Georgia Spring Smash 4.0

The Georgia Spring Smash is an event for Beetleweight, Antweight, and Plastic Antweight bots located at UGA in Athens Georgia. Hosted by the UGA Robotics Club for the fourth time, the event will be held at the UGA Driftmier College of Engineering on Saturday April 11th 2026. 

 

Livestream

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9b_ygDA7dY

 

Details

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Check-ins will start at 9:00 AM, tournament will start at 10:30 AM.

Room details will be given during the event. Tables and chairs will be available, but no tools, and limited power outlets, so bring extensions, power strips, etc.

Our tournament will be a standard double-elimination bracket for all three weight classes.

Matches are 3 minutes long, judged using the SPARC ruleset.

We will allow 1 unstick per robot per match

Please see updated SPARC rulesets for new weight bonuses and multibot bonuses!!

Brackets

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Beetleweight Swiss - https://challonge.com/gn20g7eu

Beetleweight Single Elim - https://truefinals.com/tournament/d2b38c362d694af0

Metal Antweight - truefinals.com/tournament/02e837d8422b449b

Plastic Antweight - truefinals.com/tournament/e41c4164871e4e3d

 

Schedule (Subject to Change)

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9:00 AM - 10:30 AM -  Check-ins and registration

10:30 AM -  Matches Start

1:30 PM -  Lunch Intermission

2:30 PM -  Matches resume

6:00 PM -  Final Matches

 

 

Registration

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Registration is $20, paid in cash/Venmo on the day of the event.

 

Arena

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There will be 2 arenas, 1 for the beetleweight bots and 1 for the antweight bots.

The beetleweight arena is an 8'x8' arena with wood floors, and no pits or hazards.

The antweight arena is a 8'x8' arena with wood floors, and no pits or hazards.

 

Robot Specifications

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We require bots to use our updated SPARC requirements.  We will not require a power light, but we would like the power-on sequence to be quick.  We will not measure rpms for weapons, but do need spin-down times to be under a minute. 

Weapon Locks and Externally Accessible Power Switches are required for all weight classes. As well as a radio failsafe, which will be tested during check-in.

We do not allow flamethrowers for this event, due to administration concerns.

We will allow at least 20 minutes between each event for bots to repair since the fights will get closer together as the tournament goes on.  If more time is needed, please work with volunteers to allow for this, but if your team takes too long or takes too many delays, you may be forced to forfeit a match.

SPARC Rule Set

 

Sponsors

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We'd like to thank our event sponsors for sponsoring the prizes for the Georgia Spring Smash:

Repeat Robotics: https://repeat-robotics.com/, @repeatrobotics on Facebook or Instagram

ItGresa: https://itgresa.com/