Design Print Destroy! - Robot Day 2025

Overview:

Plastic antweight competition hosted at UIUC's robot day. The format will be 3 round modified swiss, with the top 16 moving on to a single elimination bracket.

Arena Info:

The arena is 6x6x3 with traction painted plywood floors, 3 in high polycarb kickplates, and an active ventilation system.

Test boxes will be availible for testing

Bot Guidelines:

Active weapon rule is in place and will be enforced

Weapons must be able to influence a fight in a meaningful way and is up to the event organizer's discretion.

Weapon locks MUST be on at all times in the pit and wheels off the ground

We used a modified weight bonus system that encourages technological innovation:

   Non traditional locomotion(shufflers, gyro walkers, bristlebots, etc.) = 1.25lbs

   Swerve drive and true multibot(50/50 or 51/49 split) = 1.5 lbs

   True walker (at least 3 individually controlled DOF between all legs) = 2 lbs

Weight bonuses do NOT stack. If you have any questions, feel free to ask on our discord.

   The only allowed plastics are PLA(+), PETG, ABS, and ASA.

   COTS parts are allowed where necessary.

   Custom TPU wheel cores are NOT allowed.

   Under no reasonable circumstance should a non printed component be impacted in a way which protects the robot

   Thermal post processing of parts (salt annealing) is not allowed. 

A full ruleset can be found here (see above for weight bonus modifications): https://robobrawl.illinois.edu/dpd/rules