Bot Brawl and Build 2025 Fall is CANCELLED
Unfortunate news. We have had to CANCEL our Bot Brawl and Build 2025 Fall due to a medical problem for one of our members. We’re disappointed to do this, but on the bright side, this will give us all more time to prepare for the rescheduled event. We don’t have a tentative date at this point.
November 14, 2025 at 10:44 am | Uncategorized | No comment
November 2025 Meeting
Our November monthly meeting will be held Wednesday, the 12th at 5:00 PM in person at River City Labs [RCL] or online. If you want to attend online, email president@circpeoria.org and we’ll get a link to you. Visitors are welcome to attend and check us out. Our meeting format will be: 1) Planning and Business kept as short as possible; 2) Tech Talk- “Planning for Our Contest This Weekend”; and 3) Show & Tell lasting as long as we can make it.
November 11, 2025 at 9:47 pm | Announcements, Monthly Meeting Recaps | No comment
September 2025 Meeting Online Only
Our September monthly meeting will be held Wednesday, the 10th at 5:00 PM ONLINE via Discord or Google Meet. If you want to attend online, email president@circpeoria.org and we’ll get a link to you. Visitors are welcome to attend and check us out. Our meeting format will be: 1) Planning and Business kept as short as possible; 2) Tech Talk- “TBD” of about 20 minutes; and 3) Show & Tell lasting as long as we can make it.
August 22, 2025 at 12:53 pm | Announcements, Monthly Meeting Recaps | No comment
August 2025 Monthly Meeting
Our August monthly meeting will be held Wednesday, the 13th at 5:00 PM in person at River City Labs and online via Discord or Google Meet. If you want to attend online, email president@circpeoria.org and we’ll get a link to you. Visitors are welcome to attend and check us out. Our meeting format will be: 1) Planning and Business kept as short as possible; 2) Tech Talk- “TBD” of about 20 minutes; 3) Show & Tell lasting as long as we can make it; and 4) Mini Build & Test Session if interest and time allow.
August 8, 2025 at 10:02 am | Announcements, Monthly Meeting Recaps | No comment
Bot Boogaloo 2025 Fall
We have tentatively selected the date and events for our final Bot Boogaloo of the year. The date will be November 15, 2025. We will hold it at the same place as the last few have been held, the Izaak Walton Lake clubhouse located at 725 Seven Hills Road, Metamora, IL. Registration for each robot in each event is $10. Attendance is free to all. Once again this competition will be on the casual side with trophies given to the top three places. The focus is on us all having fun and learning from each other.
For the competitions listed, we will give out trophies for the top three places if there are enough competitors. Robomagellan and Circle Touch will require two or more competitors. The other events will require three or more. If you plan on competing or have questions, please contact us at president@circpeoria.org. Rules will be posted on the Brawls and Boogaloos page. If the rules are final or tentative, they will be marked appropriately.
- Official Competitions
- Mini Sumo
- Line Follow
- Line Maze
- Robomagellan
- Drag Race
- Circle Touch
- Demonstrations
- Autonomous Drone
- Pick-n-Haul
- Inverted Pendulum
Schedule
- 9:00 AM Registration opens
- 10:00 AM Events start
- 12:30 PM (estimated) Trophies awarded
- 1:00 PM (estimated) Lunch
- 1:30 PM (estimated) Build Session
- 4:30 PM (estimated) Pack up
Our Build Session in the afternoon is an informal opportunity for all those interested to work on their projects, talk robotics, and exchange expertise. All are welcome.
July 24, 2025 at 5:05 pm | Announcements, Brawls & Boogaloos | No comment
July 2025 Monthly Meeting
Our July monthly meeting will be held this Tuesday, the 15th at 5:00 PM in person at River City Labs and online via Discord or Google Meet. If you want to attend online, message me and I’ll get a link to you. Visitors are welcome to attend. Our meeting format will be: 1) Planning and Business; 2) Tech Talk- “TBD”; 3) Show & Tell; 4) Mini Build & Test Session (Bring something that you want work on). Thank you River City Labs for allowing us to meet in your maker space.
July 14, 2025 at 11:10 pm | Uncategorized | No comment
Final Lineup Tweaked for Bot Boogaloo 2025 Spring
- Line Follow
- Line Maze
- Mini Sumo
- Circle Touch – New contest. Run this event to have fun and see how rules stand up.
- Line Drag Race – New contest. Run this event to have fun and see how rules stand up.
- New competition idea demonstrations – Members share new contest idea and demonstrate.
- Pick-n-haul: Plan next steps
- Robomagellan – Maybe discuss club robomagellan bot.
If you plan on attending to watch or participate, please contact president@circpeoria.org so we can plan accordingly.
June 11, 2025 at 8:42 pm | Announcements, Brawls & Boogaloos, Competitions | No comment
Bot Boogaloo 2025 Spring Line of Events
Our Bot Boogaloo 2025 Spring will be held on June 21st starting at 10:00 AM and finishing up at approximately noon. The location will be the Izaak Walton Lake clubhouse at 725 Seven Hills Road, Metamora, IL.
The events have been finalized and will be:
- Mini Sumo
- Line Follow
- Line Maze
- Robomagellan
Demonstrations or fun competitions
- Circle Touch – This is a new tabletop competition similar to Cone Stalking. We are developing rules and course.
- Drag Race – Developing rules and course.
- Inverted pendulum demonstration.
- Ideas for a new event – Participants demonstrate an idea for a new event and solve it themselves.
If you will or hope to be competing, let us know so we can plan accordingly. Contact president@circpeoria.org with questions or registration.
The cost to enter will be $10 per bot per event to be paid at check-in. Lunch will be ordered from a local restaurant and a donation jar will be used to cover the cost for those interested. The location will be the clubhouse at Izaak Walton Lake on 725 Seven Hills Road, Metamora, Illinois. Visitors are welcome and there will be no cost to watch.
These competitions will be run with the emphasis on comradery, learning, and the general enjoyment of hobby robotics.
After the competition we will have a Build Session. These are casual unorganized sessions where will build our bots and talk robotics.
June 5, 2025 at 2:34 pm | Uncategorized | No comment
June 2025 Monthly Meeting
Our June monthly meeting will be held Wednesday the 11th at 5:00 PM in person at River City Labs and online via Discord or Google Meet. Visitors are welcome to attend. Our meeting format will be: 1) Planning and Business; 2) Tech Talk- “TBD”; 3) Show & Tell; 4) Mini Build & Test Session (Bring something that you want to work on). We’ll probably order dinner at some point. Thank you River City Labs for allowing us to meet in your maker space.
May 29, 2025 at 11:05 pm | Uncategorized | No comment
May 2025 Monthly Meeting
Our May monthly meeting will be held Wednesday the 14th at 5:00 PM in person at River City Labs and online via Discord or Google Meet. Visitors are welcome to attend. Our meeting format will be: 1) Planning and Business – Decide Bot Boogaloo 2025 Spring events; 2) Tech Talk- “TBD”; 3) Show & Tell; 4) Mini Build & Test Session (Bring something that you want work on). We’ll order dinner at some point. Thank you River City Labs for allowing us to meet in your maker space.
May 3, 2025 at 2:30 pm | Announcements, Monthly Meeting Recaps | No comment