iRobotics is the largest robotics student organization at UIUC.
Our club has over nine distinct project teams building everything from world-class combat robots to autonomous underwater submarines. We also run countless STEM outreach initiatives in the Champaign-Urbana community and host the largest 30lb combat robotics competition in the world. If you’re looking for a fascinating robotics project to get involved in, a way to connect with the Champaign-Urbana community or a network of driven engineers, we guarantee that you’ll find it here at iRobotics.
Build 30lb combat robots with other students from your year...
Combat robots are so cool that we won’t even bother explaining the reasons for building one. We instead ensure that anyone who does has a great time; iRobotics splits 30lb combat robotics into four divisions, one per grade level, making it refreshingly easy for members to get meaningfully involved.
...and 1lb combat robots with anyone you want.
In Design.Print.Destroy!, we give members everything they need — motors, ESCs, wires and the necessary CAD and electrical knowledge — to assemble their own 1lb combat robot. They build it and compete it at any and all of the monthly competitions we hold!
Work with the robotics technology of the future.
Half of our project teams here at iRobotics deal with cutting-edge autonomous technology. These teams — Pacbot, Micromouse, Robosub and AKS — offer a wide range of ways to get involved in this side of robotics.