Who we are:
Comet Robotics at UT Dallas is a student organization with the goal of promoting robotics at UT Dallas and in the surrounding area through outreach, projects and workshops. We're building a world-class robotics program, competing with colleges and universities across the globe in combat robotics competitions, and programs like VEX U and University Rover Challenge.
With membership open to all students regardless of major or prior experience in robotics, we provide students with the opportunity to collaborate and compete with like-minded individuals to gain experience and refine their knowledge of designing, building, and programming robots. As an organization, we aim to build and sustain an engaged body of students hoping to expand upon their coursework and gain real-world experience, developing skills in project management, leadership, teamwork, and much more.
Originally started with ‘The Blender’, our 120lb world championship winning BattleBot, combat robotics at UT Dallas has history going back to 2004. Since the club’s revival in 2021, we have expanded to dozens of 1lb, 3lb, and 12lb weight class combat robots and grown to include more competitive robotics projects.
Achievements:
- Hosted our second Comet Clash event with a total of 54 competitors from 6 different Universities.
- Competing at 12 public combat robotics competitions with 7 podium finishes
- This year we made our second 12lb combat robot and brought it to the biggest combat robot competition in the country, NHRL in Norwalk Connecticut along with our first 12lb robot and 4 more 3lb robots getting 9th place in the 3lb weight class out of 96 competitors.
- Built a Mars Rover to compete in the University Rover Challenge. Developed a new custom drivetrain, robotic arm, and hyperspectral camera system with which we won the SPUR McDermott Scholars award for.
- COMET VEX U scored top 3 in state, and got an invite to the World Championships in St. Louis
- Tuned a PID control algorithm to have precise robot turning and driving for the ChessBots, created safety features to discover and recover from game errors, and created a concrete system to center robots in chess tiles.
Goals:
None of this would be possible without the support of people like you, thank you.
