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 19
Bot Brawl 19 will be held on August 10, 2019 at the Peoria Civic Center in Peoria, IL. This event will once again be part of Ignite Peoria and the Midwest MakerFest. This is our fourth year of teaming up with these great groups and we are excited to be a part of it. The Midwest MakerFest is the largest MakerFest in the Midwest, and the Bot Brawl is one of the premier RC combat contests in the Midwest! There will be art & craft exhibits, dance performances, maker demonstrations, and maker exhibits going on all day long in addition to the Bot Brawl. This event is a great blend of all sorts of creative energies. Entry is free.
As of May 6th, registration is full for Bot Brawl 19. We will not be expanding the number of robots to compete. If you would like to be on our notification list, please contact Bruce Stott at president@circpeoria.org. I will notify people on the list if I notice any changes to registration. We can’t reserve spots. People drop out at all times of the day. I suggest that you monitor the registration at Builders Database. The filling of the vacant spots will be on a first come first served basis. Three spots are open for Beetleweight!!
Bot Brawl 19 will feature the following events:
- Antweight (1 lb) RC Combat
- Beetleweight (3 lb) RC Combat
Each event class is limited to 24 bots.
Rules for the events are available on our website, here. We encourage all competitors to ask questions beforehand that they have on the rules. This prevents competitors having to make rushed repairs on the day of the competition and/or getting disqualified. It is the competitors responsibility to know the rules. We will do our best to apprise people of changes made to rules, but we do not guarantee it. IMPORTANT: The rules were tweaked already this year regarding the size limit.
Maps and directions. Parking information is available here. We will be in Exhibit Hall C. Fulton parking lot works well. The Marquee parking lot works well also with a little bit more walking.
Competition Schedule: Once the competition starts, we will do our best to maintain this schedule, but flexibility may be required. It is all competitors responsibility to monitor the competition and be ready when it is their time to compete.
A BIG thanks to this year’s sponsors helping us to make Bot Brawl 19 more fun than it should be humanly possible!!
May 4, 2019 at 9:20 am | Brawls & Boogaloos, Uncategorized | No comment
Bot Boogaloo Spring 2019
CIRC hosted a NEW robotics contest, Bot Boogaloo 19. It was held on Saturday, April 6, 2019 at Illinois Central College in East Peoria, Illinois, in room 212/213 of the Academic Building. This was our first Bot Boogaloo. Here is a link to a map of the Academic Building. On this map, the room we used is marked 213b. There were signs directing people to the best way to get from parking to the room. Here is a link to parking. People used Lot V. Note that College Avenue is a one way road.
Currently we have a video of the entire event with no editing via our YouTube page. Highlight video of all events.
We served a light lunch to competitors and non-competitors. Snacks and drinks were available from vending machines. The campus cafeteria was closed.
We offered the opportunity for competitors to mail in entries for events, though no one took advantage of it. Here is a link to the form with details on how to mail in entries along with contact information if you have questions. Mail in entry form.
What was the Bot Boogaloo you ask? Well, it was a lot of fun and these were the events. Also listed are their respective rules. Two of the events were brand new.
Sumo (example video):
Mini Sumo (500 g)
Mega Sumo (3 kg)
Line Course (example video):
Line Following
Line Maze
Cone Stalking: A new event. Cone Stalking rules
Art Bot: A new event. Art Bot rules
Thanks to our sponsors for this event!! Pololu and JSumo.
January 24, 2019 at 9:26 pm | Brawls & Boogaloos, Uncategorized | No comment
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.
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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
Bot Brawl 2014
Illinois State University RedBird Arena, Normal, IL
The 2014 Bot Brawl was held during the 4th annual Family Science Day in collaboration with:
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November 9, 2013 at 2:46 pm | Brawls & Boogaloos | No comment
Bot Brawl 2013
Illinois State University RedBird Arena, Normal, IL
The 2013 Bot Brawl was held during the 3rd annual Family Science Day in collaboration with:
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December 11, 2012 at 7:35 pm | Brawls & Boogaloos | No comment
Bot Brawl 2012
Lakeview Museum, Peoria, IL
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December 26, 2011 at 11:13 pm | Brawls & Boogaloos | 3 comments
Bot Brawl 2011
Lakeview Museum, Peoria, IL
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April 2, 2011 at 9:03 am | Brawls & Boogaloos | No comment
