DPD at Robot Day 2026

Plastic antweight competition held annually during Robot Day at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The competition will be held in the ECE Building Atrium.

Robobrawl discord server for communication during the event: https://discord.gg/EZtBpEchh6

 

Schedule:

8:30am - Doors open

9:45am - Driver's meeting

10:00am - Matches start

~5:00pm - Matches end

 

Format:

Modified Swiss

6-6-5 judging rubric

 

Arena Info:

The arena is 6x6x3 with traction painted plywood floors, a 3 in high polycarb wall into a pit zone in one corner, and an active ventilation system.

The arena will be available for testing between matches.

 

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

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

For Plant:

      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

      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 Plant weight bonus modifications): https://robobrawl.illinois.edu/dpd/rules