Brawls & Boogaloos

CIRC has hosted some of the largest hobby robotics competitions in the country featuring RC Combat, autonomous Sumo, Line Following, and more. This page contains information about past & future Bot Brawls & Bot Boogaloos including pictures, video, competition results, and more.

In the past, CIRC held RC Combat and autonomous Sumo, Line Following, Line Maze Solving, and other events together. Due to increased interest in RC Combat, it was determined best to separate events into different competitions. The Bot Brawl will include Ant and Beetle RC Combat events. The Bot Boogaloo will include Sumo, Line Following, Line Maze Solving, Cone Stalking, Art Bot and other autonomous events. This split has been successful and makes each competition better.

Below you will find the most up-to-date rules for the various events that may be featured at our competitions. If you have any questions about the rules please contact our club officers or bring your question to one of our monthly meetings.

RC Combat (example video):
1 lb (Antweight)
3 lb (Beetleweight)

Sumo (example video):
500 gram
3 kg

Line Course (example video):
Line Following
Line Maze

Other Events:
Cone Stalking
Art Bot
RoboMagellan

Past Events:
Checkers on a Sumo Ring
Best in Show
LEGO Sumo

NOTE (1/7/12): Pages for previous Bot Brawls all the way back to 2002 will be added as we continue the move to our new website. Thank you for your patience.

Bot Brawl 18

Bot Brawl 18 was hosted on August 11, 2018 at the Peoria Civic Center in Peoria, IL. This event was part of Ignite Peoria and the Midwest MakerFest. This was our third year of teaming up with these great groups and we were delighted to be a part of it. The Midwest MakerFest is the largest MakerFest in the Midwest, and the Bot Brawl is the largest hobby robotics contest in the Midwest! There was art & craft exhibits, dance performances, maker demonstrations, and maker exhibits all day long in addition to the Bot Brawl. This event was a great blend of all sorts of creative energies.

After some last minute drop outs and walk-ins we had 27 Ants and 21 Beetles compete in RC Combat. The battles this year were more furious than ever with bot & battle box pieces flying everywhere while drivers exhibited great skill driving their creations. Lots of people were cheering for their favorite bots.

Results are shown below as well as at Challonge.com/BotBrawl18Ant and Challonge.com/BotBrawl18Beetle.

Tournament results have been sent to BotRank.com‘s site so all contestants will be ranked against other bots in the robot fighting world. I don’t know how long it takes for them to process the data. Go to their site and see your rank at http://sparc.tools/BotRank/index.php Note, this is not the same rankings as just typing BotRank.com into your browser window. That will take you to a legacy site. If you have questions, please email me, Bruce Stott, at president@circpeoria.org

Thanks to our sponsors AutonomouStuff, Servo magazine and Nuts & Volts magazine. We could not have held such a great competition without them. Thank you!

Antweight Results:

Results also listed at Challonge.com/BotBrawl18Ant/standings

1st Palce:	Kit-E-Cat
2nd Place:	The Highlander
3rd Place:	Ignatz
4th place:	The Krave Monster
5th place tie:	Happy Gnome
	FL!P
7th place tie:	Tzschüeper
	Bit Error
9th place tie:	Taster
	Stretcher
	Holy Joe
	This is a Test MK2
13th place tie:	841
	Dipster
	Mr. Spincer
	ForkLift
17th place tie:	Ignition
	Sky Shark
	Spinook
	Odium
	Emerald Ash Borer
	Danger Zone
	Commander Cupcake
	Not So Free Hugs
25th place tie:	Charlie
	Stranded
	Sibar

Beetleweight Results:

Results also listed at Challonge.com/BotBrawl18Beetle/standings

1st Palce:	Icky Mouse
2nd Place:	Ataxia
3rd Place:	Chunky Monkey
4th place:	Phantom II
5th place tie:	Sparrow
	The lord marshal
7th place tie:	Animus
	Calamity Jazz Hands
9th place tie:	Catalpa
	Boomzilla
	Vortex
	Jabar
13th place tie:	Elepha-Flip
	Rhino
	Death Wobble
	Tidal Wave
17th place tie:	k-too
	Siege Engine
	Easy Eight
	TripOut
	Do You Even Lift Bro?

June 5, 2018 at 6:50 pm | Brawls & Boogaloos, Uncategorized | No comment

Bot Brawl 17 Results

Bot Brawl 17 was hosted on August 12, 2017 at the Peoria Civic Center in Peoria, IL. This event was part of Ignite Peoria and the Midwest MakerFest. The Midwest MakerFest is the largest MakerFest in the Midwest, and the Bot Brawl is the largest hobby robotics contest in the Midwest! There were art exhibits, dance performances, maker demonstrations, and maker exhibits going on all day long in addition to the Bot Brawl.

The day was a success with 49 robots going at each other. There were 20 Antweights and 14 Beetleweights competing. A couple of robots had to drop out due to not passing safety inspections. A few Beetleweights could not get ready in time and dropped out at the last moment. The Mini (500g) Sumo event had 10 competitors that produced a few surprises with the upstarts taking on the veterans. The Mega (3 kg) Sumo had only 2 competitors. Two of the pre-registered robots ran into technical difficulties the night before and dropped out. Still, the 2 entrants that were able to compete put on a good show. The Line Following and Line Maze events were held as demonstrations due to a low number of entrants. Checkers on a Sumo Ring had 3 competitors, with the victor upsetting last year’s champion. The RC Combat Rumbles held at the end of the day were a great roar of fun. The Antweight victor was chosen by audience applause since there were at least 6 bots still moving at the end of 4:00 minutes. The Beetleweight victor was a surprise and left no doubt as to who was in charge of that rumble!

Live streaming videos are available at https://www.youtube.com/user/circrobotics

Here is a table of the final results.

	Bot Brawl 2017 Final Results
500 g Mini Sumo
Place	Robot	Team
1	Blooman	dbots
2	Newman	dbots
3	Orthos	dbots
4	ExSpurt	Brooksbots
5	GIZMO-UNI	TeamUNI
5	Zoom-O	CoolWHip
7	LI’L DEVIL	TeamUNI
7	Zuman	dbots
9	KING ARDY	TeamUNI
9	UNICORN	TeamUNI

3kg Mega Sumo
Place	Robot	Team
1	Executioner	Brooksbots
2	Turf	Andrew & Todd

Antweight
Place	Robot	Team
1	Ignatz	VBT Robotics
2	The Snip	Rad Robotics
3	Pushy Wushy	Rad Robotics
4	Taster	Bleach Boys
5	Ignition	Haven
5	Betula	Anthracnose
7	The Krave Monsters	Hurd Robotics
7	This is a Test	TML Productions
9	Spinook	CoolWHip
9	10 Days Til Destruction	Warwick Robotics STL
9	Ygritte	The Northerners
9	Some Putty’s In Trouble	Warwick Robotics STL
13	Holy Joe	Scrappy Angels
13	Peter Pan	Hurd Robotics
13	Circular Reference	Arch Reactor STL
13	Stretcher	Bleach Boys
17	Wombatchewed	Loos Cannon
17	Sky Shark	Black Lightning Robotics
17	Calamity Jazz Hands	Rampage Productions
17	Odium	Widows Peak

Beetleweight
Place	Robot	Team
1	k-too	HtG Robotics
2	Phantom II	Black Lightning Robotics
3	Catalpa	Anthracnose
4	Boomzilla	Rampage Productions
5	Cyanide	VBT Robotics
5	King Googly	Hurd Robotics
7	TripOut	Team Cerberus
7	From the Top of Skyscrapers	Warwick Robotics STL
9	Death from Above	Endgame
9	Al6bb1	Al6kar
9	Dandelion	Rampage Productions
9	Icky Mouse	Widows Peak
13	Elepha-Flip	Dan The Robot Man
13	Honorable Mention	HtG Robotics

Checkers on a Sumo Ring
Place	Robot	Team
1	Coaster	Central Illinois Robotics Club
2	Triple Jump	Team tOBOR Combat Robotics
3	King Me	dbots

Antweight Rumble
Place	Robot	Team
1	Spinook	CoolWHip

Beetleweight Rumble
Place	Robot	Team
1	Icky Mouse	Widows Peak

Many thanks to our sponsors for 2017!! Without them, our prize selection would not have been possible. With all the great prizes we were able to offer, our victors had a hard time selecting which prizes to take home.

August 9, 2017 at 4:10 pm | Brawls & Boogaloos, Uncategorized | No comment

Bot Brawl 2016

The 2016 Bot Brawl took place on August 13th, 2016 at the Peoria Civic Center in conjunction with River City Labs‘ Midwest MakerFest and Ignite Peoria. Results, pictures, video, and sponsor info can be found on the event page. This year’s Bot Brawl was a roaring success with a total of 41 robots that competed in the Antweight RC Combat, Beetleweight RC Combat, Mini Sumo, Checkers On A Sumo Ring, Line Follow, and Line Maze competitions. Thanks to all of the robot operators who made this event fun!!! Can’t wait to see what creations you bring back next year!

Click for Highlights and Results

October 1, 2015 at 10:18 am | Brawls & Boogaloos | No comment

Bot Brawl 2015

Illinois State University RedBird Arena, Normal, IL

The 2015 Bot Brawl will be held during the 5th annual Family Science Day in collaboration with:

Come see one of the United States’ longest-running robotic combat competitions, now in our 15th year! See the metallic carnage of the RC Combat Arena or the displays of brute strength in the Sumo Ring! Watch some of the fastest robots in Illinois fly around the line following track! Or see if the more intelligent autonomous robots can outsmart the labyrinth in the Maze Solver competition! Admission to the event is FREE and registration is NOW OPEN!

Click for Registration and Schedule Information!

February 10, 2015 at 11:57 pm | Brawls & Boogaloos | No comment