News
2/18/08
On Friday the 21st we are holding the first robotics club social event of the new semester. We are going to the Schenley Ice Rink between 9:30 and 11:30 PM. For information on how to get there and prices see http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/parks/html/schenley_skating_rink.html.
1/26/08
The website has many new pages! Check out the History of the Robotics Club or the list of Past Employers.
1/21/08
Welcome back! If you missed the general body meeting on Saturday and would like to join the club, stop by the club room or contact the officers.
10/15/07
The Robotics club would like to thank Intel for their generous donation of 4 new workstations! This is the second time that Intel has supported the computing needs of the club, and we really appreciate it! Stop by the club sometime and check them out.
09/30/07
The Robotics Club Rube Goldberg Root Beer Float event was a big hit! Congratulations to the Robo Pimps for making the coolest machine. Pictures in our gallery.
09/18/07
The Colony project has had a publication accepted to the 2007 AAAI Fall Symposium: Regarding the Intelligence in Distributed Systems. Download the paper on our publications page.
For more information, check out the Colony project home page.
7/10/07
Congratulations to Pablo for his winning "Evolution" t-shirt design!
This year we had many more design submissions than we've had in the past. Thank you to everyone who participated in the contest and gave us so many cool designs to consider. Don't forget, we might decide to use your design next year, so there's still a chance that you'll win that $50 prize!
T-shirt sales will begin in the Fall semester. We'll keep you posted on information for t-shirt sales as soon as we get them.
5/9/07
Many Robotics Club projects presented at the Meeting of the Minds, and two won awards! Congratulations to RobOrchestra for winning the STUDIO for Creative Inquiry Award and Colony for winning the Lockheed Martin Judges' Choice Award.
4/28/07
Congratulations to both our Battlebots teams! This year the Robotics Club had two robots compete at the annual Battlebots IQ competition held in Miami. Out of 11 other competing college robots, the Revenant came in 2nd place overall in it's last year at CMU. The Revenant fought for 6 rounds and was undefeated until its 4th match against a wedge bot from Missouri, which it lost to again in the finals. The 15-pound robot, Shoryuken, won its first fight without its weapon but lost the next two due resolved bugs. With the knowledge they gained from the competition, the 15-pound team looks forward to having a very competitive robot next year.
Be sure to check out some of Revenant's battles on YouTube.
4/27/07
We just added an Events section to let people know about upcoming events and major happenings within the club. The FAQ got a little updating too.
3/30/07
T-Shirt Contest! Want to design the next Roboclub t-shirt? Submit your designs by April 17 and you could win $50. Single color, email officers.
12/5/06
Sweatshirts are in! Stop by the club to pick up your preorder, or you can buy one for $35. They look really sweet. Apparel.
11/7/06
Sweatshirts! We will be selling embroidered Robotics Club sweatshirts for $30, preorder by Nov. 13th to be sure to get one! Apparel.
10/30/06
We are holding a mega-fun party on Friday, November 3rd in NSH 3305. The festivities begin at 6:30 pm and will include the movie "Robots", video games, and pizza. Come by to meet your fellow Robotics Club members and get free food! We hope to see you there.
10/3/06
Congratulations to Jean Harpley, winner of the Robotics Club hard drive raffle.
9/12/06
The first Shop Training class will be held this Saturday the 16th at 1:00 PM in the club room. E-mail Ben Berkowitz if you are interested in participating.
9/5/06
The Robotics Club just received a new SCARA robotic arm and it is now residing in its new home at the club room. Thanks to Matt Mason who made this possible.
9/2/06
Want to win an external hard drive? The club is raffling off a 250GB Firewire/USB2.0 Maxtor hard drive. Tickets are $1, talk to an officer to buy one.
8/30/06
The Robotics Club will be having its first meeting of the year on Friday, September 8th, at 5:00 PM in Wean 7500.
8/1/06
A big thanks goes out to Aaron and Eugene who have done an amazing job setting up the new Robotics Club website and the Robotics Club Wiki. The new webpage looks awesome - you guys rock!
7/15/06
We've had so many requests for coffee mugs with the RoboClub logo on it that we have finally succumbed to peer pressure. You can now find RoboClub apparel on zazzle.
7/9/06
The new Robotics Club website is now up and running. Thanks to the wiki system, all Robotics Club members can now easily edit and add content to the site.
5/7/06
The club webcam is back up! Check it out here.
5/2/06
The CMU Robotics Club BattleBots team came in 3rd place in the BattleBots IQ National Robotics Competition (story).
4/25/06
Submissions to the Roboclub t-shirt design contest are due on April 30th. The winner will receive $50.
4/4/06
The Robotics Club will be hosting an Open House on April 21st after the Mobot races from 2 to 3:30 PM. All projects will be demonstrating the progress they have made this year.