Robot Renegades at Maker Faire Miami 2026

Robot Renegades at Maker Faire Miami April 25-26, 2026 - New, BETTER Venue.  
This year Maker Faire Miami moves to the Fuchs Pavilion at Dade County Fairgrounds.  It's a massive upgrade providing far more space, better logistics, better parking, better everything :)  Also, not on the same weekend as F1 so travel expenses are better.  
10901 SW 24th St, Miami, FL 33165

Event Info:

• Classes: 
  • Plastic Ant
  • Ant
  • Beetle
  • Special Class: "Gladiator", aka Skizos, Vipers and Sportsman. In this class Skizo & Viper kits (spinners included) are allowed from stock to modified as well as any sportsman (non spinner) antweights. The goal of the class is to give new builders and sportsman designs a place to fine tune the bot before advancing to the Ant Pro class. *non spinner applies to both traditional spinners as well as any variants such as saws, drills etc.  The bot that wins Gladiator automatically graduates to Ant Pro for future events.    
• Registration Payment: $25 per bot.  All registration payments are due immediately upon signing up.  Any waitlisted bots already paid will be promoted immediately.  There are no longer refunds on registration payment for bots that drop out.  This update to registration policy comes from overwhelming signups holding spots, then dropping.  It takes away the opportunity for other prepared bots to compete. 
• Fights run continuosly.  We should have time for a scheduled lulnch break.
• Pits: We have a decent amount of room.  Pit space will be divided at our discretion to make room for everyone. 
• Power is available, bring extension cords, power strips, lipo bags etc
• Pre-Event email will have any more specific instructions.  
• Admission is free for builders/crew, capped at 4 per team. 

Schedule:

• Saturday April 25th
  • Load In 9-10AM
  • Safety/Weigh In: As soon as you're setup until the driver's meeting. 
  • Driver's Meeting: 10:30AM
  • Fights start at 11AM and run thru 5PM.
• Sunday April 26th
  • Arrive by 10AM
  • Fights start at 10:30AM and run thru 5PM.

Rules:

• SPARC ruleset with the following points of emphasis:
  • NO FIRE WEAPONS (Flamethowers etc)
  • Plastic Ant Specs:  Traditional SPARC Rules No nylons, No blends (CF, Glass etc), No TPU or metal etc.   Regular PLA, PLA Pro styles are allowed such as PolyMax PLA.  All plastic parts must be 3d printed. 
  • Pit:  We have a pseudo pit, more of an OOTA zone in the corner, there's a reasonable chance to escape.  If you go in the pit you have a 10 count to get out before KO is called. 
• Exposed batteries are automatic forfeits
• One postponement (15min)
• Unsticks at the referee's discretion.  Clarification to be given at driver meeting depending on which arena(s) we run. 
• Tapouts are allowed
• Match length: 2 minutes
• 3 rounds of qualifying into a single elimination finals bracket. 
• Most Important Rule - **HAVE FUN**

VOLUNTEERS WELCOME:  We're happy to have any available volunteers help with the event.  If you have family/friends coming that aren't fond of sitting in the pits all day playing games on their phone we can always use help.  Pit Runners, Judges, Safety, and possibly announcers.  Volunteers will receive free entry into the event.  Please reach out directly to events@palmbeachbots.com if interested.