Every year, BattleBots works on a great number of robots, ranging from the fleet of 3lbers that the new members do as a training project, all the way up to 30 lb combat robots to take to competitions all over the United States. This year, BattleBots has four large robots that their team members are…
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Preparing for URC
Two years ago, RoboNav began their long-term plan to move away from the Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition (IGVC) and instead begin participating in the University Rover Challenge (URC). We previously introduced this upcoming change in the March 2021 newsletter. The University Rover Competition still keeps the core focus of RoboNav, autonomous navigation, while increasing the…
General Interest
Every year, RoboJackets reserves a lecture hall in Howey to host General Interest meetings, where new students at Georgia Tech can come and hear more about RoboJackets so they can pick their teams and join RoboJackets in earnest. This year’s GI drew a combined 317 interested students. RoboCup and RoboNav saw the highest number of…
Meet the 2022-2023 Project Managers
Every year, each of the teams has elections for our new Project Managers. They help guide the teams to work together to solve the many interdisciplinary engineering problems for each competition we participate in. As the new school year begins, we wanted to introduce the new project managers for our five teams. RoboCup – Kevin…
Leadership Retreat
The Leadership retreat was a tradition that began in 2015, involving the president, secretary, and leadership team. Today, the leadership retreat involves the elected core officers, project managers, subteam leads, and appointed positions, as well as a group of RoboJackets alumni. This is the second year that alumni have helped in the planning and execution…
RoboJackets End-of-Semester Cookout
by Kyla Qi. At the end of each semester, usually on Reading Day, RoboJackets hosts a cookout social. The tradition was started in the fall of 2016, and usually features grilled burgers, hotdogs, and snacks. Members will often play informal matches of ultimate frisbee, soccer, or volleyball. It’s a great way for members to relax…
Moving the Student Competition Center
by Dallas Downing. When RoboJackets was founded in 2000, it was a handful of students making combat robots in the basement of the Howey Physics Building. Today RoboJackets has grown to over 200 dues-paying members spread across five competitive teams in a 17,000 square-foot workspace shared with the rest of the Student Competition Center. However,…
FRC Kickoff 2021
by Kyla Qi. A core part of the RoboJackets mission is to support local K-12 robotics programs. Since 2008, a major part of the support we provide has been hosting the annual GeorgiaFIRST Kickoff for the FIRST Robotics’ Competition (FRC). For the uninitiated, FRC is a high school level international robotics competition where students design,…
Meet the Project Managers & Outreach Chair: Interview Feature
RoboJackets (often abbreviated RJ) is an organization that manages to participate in a myriad of robotics competitions and activities to further our mission to promote, educate, and advance the field of robotics. We couldn’t do this without a robust and effective leadership structure, populated with leaders who are passionate about their projects and work tirelessly…
Mentoring the First Central American FRC Team
A few of our RoboJackets had a call with Pizzabyte Robotics, a new FRC team from Panama, to prepare for the 2021 season! We talked through planning for the build season, setting up connections for gathering resources, and making the best of the current situation. We can’t wait to see them represent as the first…