Our Robots

Our Robots

University Rover Challenge (URC)

Held annually in the desert of southern Utah in the United States, URC is an international college robotics competition that challenges student teams to design and build the next generation of Mars rovers that will one day work alongside astronauts exploring the Red Planet. We've been participating in URC since 2016, competing among hundreds of top university teams around the world.

Our latest robot

We're proud to present our latest robot, Nebula, which we've spent the past year building for URC 2024.

Take a look at our System Acceptance Review (SAR) submission to see Nebula in action!

Nebula

URC 2024

Past robots

Eclipse

URC 2023

Eclipse
Horizon

URC 2019

Horizon
Ascent MkII

URC 2018

Ascent MkII
Ascent

URC 2017

Ascent
Insomnia

URC 2016

Insomnia

Outreach

The Outreach subteam, which operates independently from the competitions, builds special robots for events to inspire and educate the community about robotics and STEM.

Rumblebot

(new!)

Rumblebot
Robotic Arm

Robotic Arm
Drawing Box

Drawing Box
Bumblebot

Bumblebot
TankBot

(retired)

TankBot
Atlas

(retired)

Atlas
Turtlebot & Rocket

(retired)

Turtlebot & Rocket

Events

Engineering Expo

Engineering Expo is an event hosted by the College of Engineering, showcasing various student organizations and engineering companies on the engineering campus. Usually hosted in the later half of the academic year's second semester, we use Expo as a great opportunity to show off our latest work.

Wisconsin Robotics at Engineering Expo

Maker Faire Milwaukee

Maker Faire Milwaukee is an annually held event, open to the Milwaukee public. Various exhibitors, known as "makers", are invited to show off their work. Wisconsin Robotics attends and demonstrates our current projects to the public.

Wisconsin Robotics at Maker Faire Milwaukee
Wisconsin Robotics at Maker Faire Milwaukee

Wisconsin Robotics at Maker Faire Milwaukee 2023

Wisconsin Science Festival

Wisconsin Science Festival is an annual event hosted by the Wisconsin Institute of Discovery, seeking to showcase various organizations and their work for the public to see. Wisconsin Robotics has regularly attended, having a booth to allow us to demonstrate our robots to the public.

Wisconsin Robotics at Wisconsin Science Festival, TankBot
Wisconsin Robotics at Wisconsin Science Festival, robotic arm

Robot Block Party

The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, IL hosts a yearly event called the Robot Block Party. Various robotic-based student organizations are invited to attend. Wisconsin Robotics brings our latest competition robot prototype and demonstrates it to the public.

Wisconsin Robotics at Robot Block Party

The Community

In addition to our larger events, Wisconsin Robotics regularly hosts events with smaller groups, including girl scouts and K-12 students. We demonstrate our projects while also answering questions about the various fields of STEM, hoping to inspire younger students in the same way many of our members were when they were younger.

Wisconsin Robotics in the community

Other robots

Miscellaneous robots that we've built for various competitions and events!

Prime

BotShot 2019

Prime
Scorpio

RASC-AL 2014

Scorpio
Singularity

IGVC 2013

Singularity