Robotics Teams/Competitions for Adults

[Rangel(kf7fdb)]

AUVSI student competitions are really great and have a relatively cheap entree fee. The competitions are all pretty much autonomous and usually a week long and teams from all over the world compete. I competed in high school and then with an ASU team I created in college and it was always a good experience. You get to learn a lot from all the different teams and in reality, you can make a decent sub for probably 1-2k if you are smart about it. I definitely recommend!

Edit: Thought you said in college. Whoops

[MrForbes]

Unfortunately you still have to be connected to a school to participate in AUVSI.

SparkFun AVC is worth looking in to...although it's in Colorado.

NURC was fun while it lasted.

I play with cars in some fun competitions...been doing Drag Week for several years, and went on the inaugural LeMons Rally. But this stuff is a lot bigger than robots, and takes quite a large time/money commitment.

[SamM]

For those interested in Combat Robots, http://sparc.tools/ is the place to get started. We just had a big competition at the Orlando Maker Faire.

[zinthorne]

I have started doing drone racing. Its super fun to learn the builds and then fly them. There is also a Drone Racing League.