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IEEE Robotics and Automation Society - http://www.ncsu.edu/IEEE-RAS/
Local and student chapters of IEEE RAS have been established in many US States and in 14 countries. Website includes local chapter contact list, calendar and resource lists. |
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Carnegie Mellon Robotics Club - http://www.roboticsclub.org/
Holds meetings on the CMU campus in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Membership is open to all CMU students. Photo gallery and project list. |
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Dallas Personal Robotics Group - http://www.dprg.org/
Based in Dallas, Texas, United States. Founded in 1984, the DPRG holds monthly meetings, a weekly Robot Power Lunch (RPL), a weekly Robot Builders Night Out (RBNO), and several contests each year. Robot news, technical articles, photo galleries, meeting minutes and a calendar of events. |
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IU Robotics Club - http://www.indiana.edu/~roboclub/
Based at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, United States. The club was founded in 2001 and holds weekly meetings on campus. Membership is open to IU students. |
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The Robot Group - http://www.robotgroup.org/
Based in Austin, Texas, United States. Holds monthly meetings and informal weekly get togethers. Founded in 1989 by a group of engineers and artists. |
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San Francisco Robotics Society of America - http://www.robots.org
The San Francisco Robotics Society of America promotes free exchange of information about robotics to stimulate education in the sciences, create new businesses, and to promote the enjoyment of robotics as a hobby. |
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Seattle Robotics Society - http://www.seattlerobotics.org/
Founded in 1982, the SRS is one of the oldest and largest robotics groups in the world. Membership is open to everyone. The group holds monthly meetings and several competitions. Encoder online newsletter. |
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Central Illinois Robotics Club - http://circ.mtco.com/
Based in Peoria, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1997. CIRC holds monthly meetings and an annual Sumo contest. Meeting schedule, news, and a mailing list. |
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B9 Robot Builders Club - http://www.b9robotbuildersclub.com/
An online club whose members are dedicated to building replicas of the B9 robot from the Lost in Space TV show. Building tips, links to suppliers and technical details are provided. |
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RHIT Aerial Robotics Club - http://www.rose-hulman.edu/Users/groups/ARC/Public/HTML/
Based at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States. Membership open to RHIT students. Meeting information, photo gallery, and project list. |
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Twin Cities Robotic Group - http://www.tcrobots.org/
TCRG is based in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States and holds monthly meetings. Technical articles, member profiles, and robot photos. |
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Missouri Area Robotics Society - http://www.robomo.com/
MARS holds monthly meetings in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Website includes an online discussion forum. |
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HomeBrew Robotics Club - http://www.hbrobotics.org/
Based in San Jose, California, United States. HBRC is the origin of the RoboBrick and holds monthly general meetings and SIG meetings. General information, meeting calendar, technical articles, and a mailing list. |
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Portland Area Robotics Society - http://www.portlandrobotics.org/
Based in Portland, Oregon, United States. PARTS holds monthly meetings and an annual competition. Meeting minutes, projects, technical articles, and photos. |
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Vancouver Island Robotics - http://www.vancouverislandrobotics.org/
Based in Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Includes meeting information and a mailing list. |
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Lenox High Bot Club - http://www.loganbot.com/
Based in Lenox, Massachusetts, United States. Membership is open to Lenox high school students. The club provides real world experience in electronics, science, and physics principles through the construction of robots. |
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Chicago Area Robotics Group - http://www.chibots.org/
ChiBots is based in Chicago, Illinois, United States and holds monthly meetings. Founded in 2000. Meeting minutes, photos, and a group email list. |
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Triangle Amateur Robotics - http://www.triangleamateurrobotics.org/
TAR is based in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Originally a homebrew computer club founded in 1975, the group was renamed to TAR in 1987. TAR holds monthly meetings and an annual contest. |
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Las Vegas Robot Club - http://www.pololu.com/club/
This group is based in Las Vegas, Nevada and holds regular meetings at the offices of a local robotics company. |
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Kansas City Area Robotics Society - http://www.kcrs.org/
KCARS was founded in 2003 and holds monthly meetings. Event information and project descriptions. |
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Atlanta Hobby Robotic Club - http://www.botlanta.org/
Based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Holds monthly meetings, monthly RBNO, and annual Robot Rally competition. AHRC was founded in 1981 as an offshoot of the Atlanta Computer Society. Discussion forum, photos, meeting minutes, and calendar. |
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R2D2 Builders Club - http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/r2builders/
Group for Star Wars fans who are building replicas of the R2-D2 robot from the movies. Site includes mailing list, photos, and other resources. |
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Robotics Society of Southern California - http://www.rssc.org/
Based in Fullerton, California, United States. RSSC holds monthly meetings and occasional competitions. Site includes mailing list. |
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Waterloo Aerial Robotics Group - http://www.ece.uwaterloo.ca/~warg/
Based at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. WARG was founded in 1997 and has the goal of developing autonomous air and ground robots. Membership is open to UW students. Meeting information, history, and event information. |
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Connecticut Robotics Society - http://www.ctrobots.org/
Based in West Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Monthly meetings and line-following contest held at Hartford University. Club projects, member list, meeting minutes, and photos. |
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East Texas Robot Builders - http://www.etrb.org/
Based in Tyler, Texas, United States. Unique club structure with no membership dues, officers, or bureaucracy; just robotics. Forum and meeting information. |
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Computers, Robotics, and Artists Society of Houston - http://www.crash.org/
CRASH is based in Houston, Texas, United States. Founded in 1994. Holds occasional physical meetings but concentrates on virtual collaboration. |
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Art & Robotics Group - http://www.interaccess.org/arg/
Based in Toronto, Canada. Between 1996 and 2001, ARG created a variety of robotic art and kinetic sculptures. Includes descriptions of projects and a mailing list. |
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Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor Area Robotics Club - http://www.yaaarc.org/
YAAARC holds monthly meetings in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Robot news, mailing list, discussion forums, and technical articles. |
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Finland Robotic Society - http://www.roboyhd.fi/english/
Located in Helsinki, Finland. Founded in 1983. Site in English and Finnish. |
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Botmatrix - http://botmatrix.com/
Robotic art collective based in New York, United States. The group creates autonomous robots for parades, robot shows, and theaters. They also hold lectures and open workshops on robotics and the electronic arts. |
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Ottawa Robotics Enthusiasts - http://www.ottawarobotics.org/
Based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. ORE holds monthly meetings at Algonquin College. Technical articles, project plans, and a mailing list. |
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Phoenix Area Robotics Experimenters - http://www.parex.org/
Based in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Founded in 1998. PAReX holds two meetings each month and several competition annually. Calendar and technical articles. |
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Vancouver Robotics Club - http://vancouverroboticsclub.org/
Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The club holds monthly meetings. Meeting calendar and mailing list. |
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Nashua Robot Builders - http://nashuarobotbuilders.org/
NRB is based in Nashua, New Hampshire, United States and holds monthly meetings. Newsletters and meeting information. |
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Society for Houston Area Robotics Projects - http://www.sharpbots.com/
SHARP holds monthly meetings at the Ft. Bend Library in Sugar Land, Texas. Meeting schedule and event information. |
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UB Robotics - http://www.eng.buffalo.edu/ubr/
UBR is based at SUNY at Buffalo, in Buffalo, New York, United States. Founded in 1998. Membership is open to University at Buffalo undergraduate students. Site include projects, photos, and meeting information. |
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Denver Area Robotics Club - http://www.ranchbots.com/club/club.htm
Based in Denver, Colorado, United States. DARC holds monthly meetings. Meetings information, projects, technical articles, photos, and mailing list. |
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Turkish Istanbul Area Hobby Robot Builders - http://www.endtas.com/robot/
Formed in 2003. Meets in Istanbul area. Open to anyone with an interest in hobby robotics. |
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Boise Robotics Group - http://www.boiseroboticsgroup.org/
Based in Boise, Idaho and known as BoRG by its members. Meeting schedule, the group's mailing list, and event information. |
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Brisbane Robotics SIG - http://robotsig.org/
Based in Brisbane, Australia. Holds monthly meetings as well as workshops and competitions. Site includes an event calendar. |
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PennBots - http://www.pennbots.org/
Based in Gardners, Pennsylvania, United States. Holds monthly meetings. Members build both autonomous robots and Battlebot-style R/C combat vehicles. Discussion forum, photos, and calendar. |
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Iowa State University Robotics Club - http://nukelab1.student.iastate.edu/
Meets on the ISU campus in Ames, Iowa, United States and is open to ISU students, faculty, staff, and spouses. |
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Duke University Robotics Club - http://www.duke.edu/web/robotics/
DURC is located at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 2001. Site include projects, meetings times and minutes, member list, and photos. |
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Union College Robotics Club - http://www.vu.union.edu/~robot/
A campus club open to students of Union College in Schenectady, New York, United States. UCRC annually designs a robot for competition. Project photos, mailing list, and meeting minutes. |
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Bellingham Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Society - http://bairs.cs.wwu.edu/
BAIRS meets monthly on the Western Washington University campus in Bellingham, Washington, United States. Meetings are open to everyone. |
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RIT Multi Disciplinary Robotics Club - http://www.geocities.com/mdrc_rit/
The MDRC is located at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York, United States. Membership is open to RIT students. |
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Greater Lafayette Lego Robotics Club - http://dynamo.ecn.purdue.edu/~andy/LAFLRC/BLOCKSandBOTS.html
LAFLRC is based in Lafayette, Indiana, United States. Open to anyone who is interested in Lego Mindstorm robotics. Meets twice a month. Site include photos, news, and event schedule. |
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Maine Robotics - http://www.mainerobotics.org/
Privately operated group promoting educational robotics projects in Maine, United States. Projects include a FIRST LEGO League team and robotic summer camps. Also provides on-site robotics workshops for teachers. |
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Trinity College Robot Study Team - http://www.trincoll.edu/orgs/robotteam/pages/start.htm
Founded in 1992, the team is run by undergraduate students and focuses on the design and construction of robots for the Trinity College Fire Fighting Home Robot Contest. |
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Roanoke Robotics Society & Club - http://www.roanokerobotics.org/
Based in Roanoke are of South West Virginia, United States. Group promotes robotics as a hobby, and sponsors robotics education activities, including FIRST Lego League (FLL) teams. |
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So-Cal Hero Group - http://www.hero2000robots.com/9501.html
Based in Los Angeles, California, United States. Meets monthly to work on restoration of Heathkit Hero 2000 Robots. |
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The UK Cybernetics Club - http://www.zen94865.zen.co.uk/
An online collective based in the United Kingdom. Membership is open to anyone interested in intelligent mobile robots. |
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Western Canadian Robotics Society - http://members.shaw.ca/cybug/
Based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 2001. WCRS holds monthly meetings at the SAIT campus and puts on the annual Western Canadian Robot Games. Photos, general information and a meeting calendar. |
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University of Toronto Robotics Association - http://www.ecf.utoronto.ca/~utra
The University of Toronto Robotics Association (UTRA) is primarily interested in designing and constructing competitive robots for competition in BattleBots and other similar events. |
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East Finchley Robotics Club - http://orionrobots.co.uk/tiki-index.php?page=East+Finchley+Robotics+Club
Located in East Finchley, London, United Kingdom. The club is sponsored by the OrionRobots community website and provides a way for local robot builders and researchers to pool their resources, while holding workshops for young and new builders. |
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The Robotics Club of Yahoo! - http://members.tripod.com/robojrr/
An online club open to robot hobbyists and professionals. Technical articles, tutorials, and group projects. TRCY also sponsors a Yahoo! based mailing list and weekly chats. |
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Port Huron Robotics Club - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/phbots/
PHBots is based in Port Huron, Michigan, United States. Includes a mailing list and resource links. PHBots hosts weekly Internet based chat sessions. |
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Pittsburgh Area Robotics Society - http://www.pittsburghrobotics.org/
Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. PARS was founded in 1999 and holds monthly meetings. |
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RoboMontreal - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/robomontreal/
Online group open to roboticists of all skill levels in the Montreal area. |
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LEGO Robotics Group of Ann Arbor - http://www.24tooth.com/
Based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Member profiles, discussion forums, and event calendar. |
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Robot Club of Traverse City, MI - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/robotcluboftraversecitymi/
Based in Traverse City, Michigan, United States. Yahoo Group site includes mailing list, calendar, and photos. |
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Mobile Autonomous Robot Society - http://mars.uah.edu/
MARS is a student organization of the University of Alabama in Huntsville, Alabama, United States. Membership is open to all UAH students. Site include member list and project pages. |
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Big Sky Robotics - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BigSkyRobots/
Yahoo! based online robotics group for robot builders located in Montana, United States. |
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Pikes Peak Robotics Group - http://home.pcisys.net/~phantom/pprg.htm
PPRG holds the Monthly meetings. Links to other robotics resource. |