Our mission is to give students with a passion for robotics an outlet to express that passion through designing, building, testing, programming, and competing with our robots against universities from around the world. We also use this organization as a platform to coordinate community outreach and volunteer efforts for high school, middle school, and elementary school robotics teams and events throughout the metro-Milwaukee Area.
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Meeting Dates
We meet during on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays from 7PM to 9PM. |
Meeting Room
UWM EMS Makerspace (Room E173) |
Attendance
Feel free to make as many or as few meetings as necessary. You'll get out what you put in! |
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Apply Your Knowledge
We want you to look back and feel a sense of pride in your creations. |
New Workspace
Come check out our completely overhauled workshop, complete with a new 3D Printer, Desktop Computer, and Power tools! |
Meet the Officers!
Evan Hicks
Pauline Scharping |
Sam Hoffman
Jeremy Wissell |
About Us
Our organization began in 2016 after the Robotics Sub-team of our American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) chapter grew too big to sustain with the other two sub-teams in ASME. Since that year, we've continued to grow from what was 5 active members to now more than 18 consistently active team members, and we are only expecting to grow larger!
One of the biggest programs the Robotics Association participates in is the VEX U Robotics Competition. VEX U draws the best and brightest engineering minds representing universities from all over the United States, Mexico, Europe, and China. In our short tenure, our organization has carried on a tradition of success, frequently winning the "Excellence Award" and qualifying for the World Championship event in Louisville, Kentucky.
As we look toward future opportunities to grow beyond competitive robots, the Robotics Association wants to build a Star Wars BB-8 robot, as well as a frisbee-shooter robot that we can use to demonstrate at university events. We would also like to move away from limiting ourselves to the control system provided by VEX U and shift towards open-source hardware like the Arduino and RaspberryPi 2 Platforms.
One of the biggest programs the Robotics Association participates in is the VEX U Robotics Competition. VEX U draws the best and brightest engineering minds representing universities from all over the United States, Mexico, Europe, and China. In our short tenure, our organization has carried on a tradition of success, frequently winning the "Excellence Award" and qualifying for the World Championship event in Louisville, Kentucky.
As we look toward future opportunities to grow beyond competitive robots, the Robotics Association wants to build a Star Wars BB-8 robot, as well as a frisbee-shooter robot that we can use to demonstrate at university events. We would also like to move away from limiting ourselves to the control system provided by VEX U and shift towards open-source hardware like the Arduino and RaspberryPi 2 Platforms.