Official Club Projects
These are long-running projects within Roboclub which have been given special status. Some are competition teams, while others are independent projects with a specific goal.
Combat Robotics
Combat Robotics is CMU's largest combat robotics team; We compete in the National Havoc Robot League. Become a part of the action as we design, build, and battle our way to victory!
Project Leads: John Ciecierski, Peter Elmer, Luke Hann, Jeff Jiang, Janice Lin, Katherine Liu, Alex Marichal, John Newsom, Teddy Rapelyea, Julian Sanchez, Ryan Sohn, Amy Wang
Robobuggy
Robobuggy is Roboclub's foray into CMU's Buggy competition. Our team has built several autonomous buggies and proudly holds the robotic course record. Robobuggy is the only autonomous competitor in CMU's Buggy competition. We are building a new buggy this year, and aim to push the limits of buggy technology to create the fastest buggy on campus! Join us and help solve fun technical problems and take buggy driver jobs.
Project Lead: Garrison ChanAccessible Prosthetics
Prosthetics is a project dedicated to creating an affordable and easily repairable prosthetic hand. With our newly redesigned hand, we are focused on integrating motor controls and simulating testing environments through software. Join us if you are interested in applying your engineering skills to make a real-world impact!
Project Leads: Shriya Sivakumar, Sofia Warehall, David Newsom
Quadrupeds
Quadruped's goal is designing and building an autonomous-capable quadruped robot from scratch. The robot includes custom actuator design, a ROS2-based autonomy stack, RL, and much more. If you're interested in bio-inspired robotics, Quadrupeds is the project for you.
Project Leads: Advaith Narayanan, William Gao3D Printer Project
We are building a first-of-its-kind benchtop metal 3D printer using Vacuum Laser Welding Additive Manufacturing (V-LWAM) technology. This project is open to all skill levels and is perfect for engineers and computer scientists interested in advanced manufacturing technology or starting the idea-to-product pipeline.
Project Lead: River Sepinuck
RoboOrchestra
RoboOrchestra builds instruments that play themselves and writes the code that composes their music. Right now we're working on getting them to play alongside humans. No experience needed, come explore where technology meets art!
Project Lead: Zhaojin ChuCouchbot
We design, build, and drive a motorized, teleoperated couch to traverse across campus and beyond
Project Leads: Ryan Sohn, John Ciecierski, Mehul Goel