Announcements

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 & Build Sessions | No comment

Final Lineup Tweaked for Bot Boogaloo 2025 Spring

We have tweaked the lineup of events that we will have at our Bot Boogaloo 2025 Spring. Here’s the list:

Line Follow
Line Maze
Mini Sumo

Demonstrations and fun competitions. (No registration required, fee charged, or trophies awarded.):

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.

This competition will be held on Saturday, June 21. If you have any questions, please contact president@circpeoria.org

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 & Build Sessions, Competitions | 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

Bot Boogaloo 2025 Spring Date Moved

The date for Bot Boogaloo 2025 Spring has been moved to June 21.

The events will be:

Line Follow
Line Maze
Cone Stalking
Robomagellan –
Demonstrations or competitions
- Circle Touch – New event. Tabletop competition similar to Cone Stalking. Developing rules and course.
- Lawn mowing – Demonstration possibly.
- Drag Race – Developing rules and course.
- Inverted pendulum demonstration.

The line up of events may change depending on interest and preparedness. The final line up will be finalized May 14th. If you will be competing, let us know so we can plan accordingly. Contact president@circpeoria.org with questions or registration. Details will be posted here and on our Facebook page.

April 25, 2025 at 3:38 pm | Announcements, Brawls & Build Sessions, Competitions | No comment

March 2025 Meeting

Our March monthly meeting will be held Wednesday the 12th at 5:00 PM in person at River City Labs and online via Discord. Visitors are welcome to attend. Our meeting format will be: 1) Planning and Business (short and sweet); 2) Tech Talk- “Discuss Competitions for Spring Boogaloo in May and the future”; 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.

March 11, 2025 at 8:51 pm | Announcements, Monthly Meeting Recaps | No comment

Bot Boogaloo 25 Winter Almost Here

Bot Boogaloo 25 Winter is almost upon us. We will host this competition this Saturday, February 22nd, starting at 10:00 AM at Izaak Walton Lake, 725 Seven Hills Road, Metamora, IL. Once the events are done, we will have a Build Session where we work on bots, test bots and talk bots. Lots to do with bots and very informal.

If you plan on competing, there is still time to register. Please let me know via president@circpeoria.com what events you’ll be entering your bot(s) in. I need combatants to register beforehand so I’m all organized first thing Saturday and we can get started sooner. Check in will start at 9:15 AM and cost $10 per event payable then via check, cash, or PayPal. We will run events in this order; Mini Sumo, Line Follow, Line Maze, and Cone Stalking.

We will pause for lunch sometime between noon and 1:00 PM. Food will be ordered from Subway and a donation jar will be used to cover costs. If you would rather bring your own, that is fine. Ideally, we are done with competitions by about noon, have lunch together, and then start tinkering on our bots. We will wrap the day up about 4:00 PM. More details can be found in other posts on this website.

Lastly, if you want to come and just watch, there’s no charge and all are welcome.

February 18, 2025 at 1:04 pm | Announcements, Brawls & Build Sessions | No comment

February 2025 Meeting

We will be holding our February meeting on the 5th in order for the active members to all attend. We hope to see you there. The meeting will start at 5:00 PM in person at River City Labs and online via our Discord channel. Visitors are welcome to attend in person or online. If you want to attend online, contact Bruce at president@circpeoria.org to get an invite. Our meeting format will be: 1) Planning and Business; 2) Tech Talk- TBD; 3) Show & Tell; 4) Mini Build & Test Session. Thank you River City Labs for allowing us to meet in your maker space.

January 30, 2025 at 11:49 am | Announcements, Monthly Meeting Recaps | No comment

Bot Boogaloo 2025 Winter

The first of our three Bot Boogaloos 2025 is fast approaching. Saturday, February 22nd is the date. The confirmed events for Bot Boogaloo 2025 Winter will be –

Mini Sumo
Line Follow
Line Maze
Cone Stalking

We hope to have some robotic demonstrations.

We may have a head-to-head line follow drag race competition. We’re still figuring out if we’ll have enough time to get bots and a drag strip ready. Time time time.

Details for the event are posted below. If you have questions, contact Bruce at president@circpeoria.org.

Non-members are welcome to compete or just watch. No charge for admission. There will be a registration fee for each bot entered of $10. Lunch will be provided for a charge to cover the cost.

January 16, 2025 at 9:53 pm | Announcements, Brawls & Build Sessions, Competitions | No comment

January 2025 Monthly Meeting

The January monthly meeting will be held Wednesday the 8th at 5:00 PM in person at River City Labs and online via our Discord channel. Visitors are welcome to attend in person or online. If you want to attend online, contact Bruce at president@circpeoria.org to get an invite. Our meeting format will be: 1) Planning and Business; 2) Tech Talk- “Discussion of AI Mediums”; 3) Show & Tell; 4) Mini Build & Test Session. Thank you River City Labs for allowing us to meet in your maker space.

January 6, 2025 at 4:35 pm | Announcements, Monthly Meeting Recaps | No comment

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