The Midterminators have finalized and CADed their design. It's just a matter of time before the robot goes public, but for now, the anticipation for Engineering Open House grows.

After a solid performance at the Purdue regional, the VEX team is in the midst of finalizing their travel plans for the VEX Robotics Collegiate Challenge World Championship at Anaheim, CA, on April 18th-20th. Team meetings will continue up until competition--keep up the good work, Cyber Chiefs!

We are having our first general meeting of the semester on Thursday, February 7th, from 7-8pm at Transportation Building, Room 112. Come and see what our teams have been up to, and what events and activities are coming up! Pizza and soda will be provided.

With 90% of all parts ordered, the electrical board complete, and significant work done on the "unicorn drive," the Midterminators are feeling strong through week 3. Stay tuned.

Hey guys! We're having our Jerry Sanders introductory meeting this Wednesday, October 10th, at the ESPL at 7:30pm! If you want to be on the team this year, make sure you come! We will be giving you a preview of the season, as well as splitting up our new members among the two teams. You will have the opportunity to ask questions and see our workspace! See you there!

We've got our design nailed down for this year's game, VEX Sack Attack! Shop training this week, and then time to start building and programming! Let's get to work!

We are still working with the RSO Office to get a room reserved for our info meeting… stay tuned and we will let you know when and where!

We had a great turnout on Quad Day! Thanks to everyone who stopped by our booth! Don’t forget to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter!

Welcome to our new website! Although it is still being further developed, feel free to browse around the site. Pictures and news updates from our teams will be posted here and in their appropriate tabs.

Our mission is to provide an opportunity for both engineers and hobbyists to practice a wide variety of engineering, teamwork, and leadership skills, helping them develop necessary expertise as they move into the workforce while simultaneously sharing their passion for robotics with their community in an effort to inspire society to come to appreciate technology in the same way.

iRobotics is a competition-oriented, student-lead college robotics club that not only competes in a variety of collegiate robotics competitions, but is also interested in spreading the word of science and technology to the community. Student leadership, organization, and time management are demonstrated in this club as we divide work and create schedules to finish projects on time. Mechanical, Electrical, and Software sub-teams each area work on their own tasks as well as communicating with the rest of the team. In addition, all club members are expected to participate in community outreach events, including mentoring, volunteering, judging, and demonstrating. This organization aims to be a well-represented group of students who not only wish to hone their own engineering skills, but also reach out to the local community as they spread their excitement for science and technology to society.

The Midterminators started in 2010 as the Engineering Freshman Committee (EFC) Engineering Open House (EOH) Robotics team, receiving a grant to build a robot to compete in the Jerry Sanders Creative Design Competition (JSDC). In their first year, they competed and finished as the highest ranked UIUC team, ranking 2nd overall after the qualifying rounds. They continued into the finals where an unfortunate electrical failure caused the robot to break down, and the team finished fourth. After this exciting season, the team decided to continue together, and thus founded iRobotics.

The Midterminators competed again in 2011, this time ranking 4th overall after qualifying rounds. They made it to the finals, where after an action-packed match, they finished 3rd.

This year, the team has high aspirations to make another solid run at their first JSDC title.

Team Captain:

Matt Birkel – birkel2@illinois.edu

The Brobots started in 2011 as the EFC EOH Robotics team, competing in the Jerry Sanders Creative Design Competition for the first time in March 2012. They had a solid run and made it to the quarter finals before getting eliminated. The team decided to join iRobotics after their year with EFC so that they could continue to improve and make even stronger performance as JSDC in the coming years.

Team Captain:

Ahmed Suhyl Sulaiman – sulaimn2@illinois.edu

The Cyber Chiefs started in Fall 2011 to compete in the VEX Robotics Collegiate Challenge (VRCC). They were able to learn a lot about the VEX Robotics system, and they even had the opportunity to travel to Anaheim, CA, in April 2012 to participate in the VEX Robotics World Championship, competing against teams from countries around the world, including Mexico, Puerto Rico, China, and more. After meeting teams at Purdue and MSU, the team plans on working with these schools to spread VEX to the rest of the Big 10.

The Cyber Chiefs are excited to get to work this fall with their new Raspberry Pi board and implement computer vision into the autonomous mode on their robots this year, among other new features. With new connections and new knowledge, the team is looking to have a strong season.

Team Captains:	Matt Birkel – birkel2@illinois.edu
	Nick Burton – burton13@illinois.edu

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Matt Birkel	birkel2@illinois.edu	President
Karl Shah	khshah3@illinois.edu	Treasurer
Nick Burton	burton13@illinois.edu	Secretary
Arsalan Aslam	aslam4@illinois.edu	Director of PR
		Travel Coordinator
Fedor Adarichev	adarich2@illinois.edu	Social Chair
Rob Stein	stein20@illinois.edu	Webmaster

Matt Birkel	birkel2@illinois.edu	VEX 1
Nick Burton	burton13@illinois.edu	VEX 2
Matt Birkel	birkel2@illinois.edu	JSDC Midterminators
Ahmed Suhyl	sulaimn2@illinois.edu	JSDC Brobots

Nick Burton	burton13@illinois.edu	Mechanical
Chris Gerth	gerth2@illinois.edu	Electrical
Brian A'Hearn Matt Birkel	ahearn1@illinois.edu birkel2@illinois.edu	Software