UCR Presents: Summer Slaughter 2025

🔥 UCR Presents: Summer Slaughter 2025 🔥

Date: August 16th, 2025 Location: Make Salt Lake – 663 W 100 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84104

Get ready for Utah Combat Robotics' most intense event of the year — Summer Slaughter 2025! Builders and fans from across the region will clash in a day packed with sparks, slams, and screaming motors. Whether you’re here to compete or just watch the carnage, you won’t want to miss this.

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🛠️ Weight Classes:

• 150g Fairyweights

• 1lb Plastic Antweights (must follow SPARC 16.3 Plastic Class Rules)

• 1lb Full Combat Antweights

• 3lb Beetleweights

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💵 Registration:

• $25 per bot – Register and pay on RobotCombatEvents.com

• All bots must be pre-registered

• Plastic class bots must meet SPARC v1.5 Construction Specifications

• Unlike last event the likelyhood of opening up to more then 16 bots per class is slim. Please refrain from registering more then 1 bot per driver per class until closer to the event. We want as many different drivers as possible to compete. 

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📆 Event Schedule:

• Setup Begins: Somewhere between noon and 2 pm friday and 7:00 AM Saturday

• Matches Begin: Before 9:30 AM Saturday

• Finals Start: Around 7:00 PM Saturday

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Spectators:

Free Admission! Bring your friends, family, and anyone curious about robot fighting. No ticket needed — just show up and enjoy the chaos!

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🏟️ Arenas & Hazards:

We’ll be running three arenas to keep the fights moving all day:

• 🔹 8' Beetleweight Arena (Wood Floor)

  • Features a drop pit that activates in the final 60 seconds

  • Only drops if no spinning weapons are active during that final minute

• 🔹 4' Fairyweight Arena (Wood Floor)

  • Equipped with the infamous Toblerones of Doom corner hazards

  • In the final 60 seconds, the Toblerones act as pits – get stuck and fail to escape in 10 seconds, and it’s a KO

• 🔹 Plastic & Full Combat Arenas

  • Standard layouts with no corner hazards

  • 6 ft hex arena

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🏁 Tournament Format:

• Double-Elimination Bracket

• One-and-Done Final Round

• Strict 20-Minute Rebuild Timer – If your 20 minutes are up and you're not ready when called, you forfeit the match.

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⚖️ Judging Criteria (Total of 11 Points):

• Damage (5 pts): Real, lasting impact (not cosmetic)

• Control (3 pts): Dominating movement, positioning, and use of the arena

• Aggression (3 pts): Who pushed the fight? Running = losing aggression

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⚙️ UCR Special Rules: 🔩 Grip Additives & Entanglement:

• Any grip-enhancing materials (latex, rubber, silicone, etc.) are allowed

• But if they cause entanglement (e.g., wrap around drive or weapon systems), you will be disqualified

• Incidental part loss does not count as entanglement unless intentionally designed to do so

⛓️ Unsticks & Wall Slamming:

• Unsticks allowed only if both robots are stuck together

• If stuck on arena features (walls, floor, hazard), you have 10 seconds to move or it’s a KO

• In the Fairy arena, the Toblerones count as pits during the final minute

• In the Beetle arena, the drop pit only activates in the final minute and only if no spinners are active

• Slamming into the walls or arena to free yourself is not allowed – doing so counts as a tap-out and ends the match in a loss

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📢 Contact:

For questions, registration issues, or sponsorship opportunities: 📧 utahcombatrobots@gmail.com 📞 801-372-3817

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💥 Whether you're a seasoned driver or a newcomer ready for your first hit, Summer Slaughter 2025 is your battleground. Get registered, get building, and we’ll see you in the box!