A collage of the three teams that make up the Autonomous Vehicles division of iRobotics.
Are you interested in building the robots of the future: robots that navigate, make decisions and accomplish tasks without human input? iRobotics features a division entirely dedicated to autonomous robotics. The Autonomous Vehicles division contains three teams: Pacbot, Micromouse and RoboSub.
Pacbot is a team dedicated to building a robot that autonomously navigates a maze to collect items while avoiding “ghosts” in a manner similar to the video game from which it is inspired. The team competes in Harvard’s PacBot tournament and also hosts its own tournament at UIUC, attracting teams from across the Midwest. In recent years, Pacbot has done very well, winning back-to-back competitions in Cambridge!
Micromouse builds a small autonomous robot whose goal is to map and navigate a given maze as quickly as possible. As part of the Micromouse team, you’ll work with other members to design and wire sensors that can successfully accomplish this — and have a great time while doing soA
RoboSub is a very new team aiming to compete in the RoboSub competition in August 2026. The goal is to design, build and test an AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) that can accomplish a variety of tasks while submerged in a pool. The challenges of building a robot that can submerge and navigate underwater make RoboSub one of the newest and most unique project teams at UIUC!
Latest Posts from Autonomous Vehicles
- Fall 2025 – Micromouse Gets Ready for an A-Maze-Ing Season
- Fall 2025 – Robosub Just Keeps Swimmin’ Towards August Competition
- Spring 2024 – Robosub Readies Up for August Competition
- Fall 2025 – Pacbot Eats Through Another Successful Semester
- Fall 2025 – Autonomous Karting Series Revs Up as iRobotics’ Newest Project Team
- Fall 2024 – Robosub Hoping To Make The Competition Sub-mit
- Pacbot Chomps On Another Semester
- RoboSub Website Post
- PacBot 2020 End of Year Wrap Up
- Pacbot’s Head Start on Next Drivetrain