- Clubs
-United States-
Arizona, Phoenix - Phoenix Area Robot Experimenters
California, Fullerton - Robotics Society of Southern California
California, San Diego - San Diego Robotics Society
California, San Jose - HomeBrew Robotics Club
California, San Francisco - San Francisco Robotics Society
Colorado, Aurora - Rockies Robotics Group
Connecticut, Hartford - Connecticut Robotics Society
Georgia, Atlanta - Atlanta Hobby Robot Club
Illinois Central College - Central Illinois Robot Club
Iowa State University - The ISU Robotics Club
Minnesota, St. Paul - Twin Cities Robotics Group
Missouri, University City - Missouri Area Robotics Society
New Hampshire, Nashua - Nashua Robot Club
New Jersey - Laboratory Robotics Interest Group
New York - Long Island Amateur Robotics Club
New York, Schenectady - Union College Robot Club
North Carolina, Raleigh - Triangle Amateur Robotics
Ohio, Troy - Miami Valley Robotics Club
Oregon, Portland - Portland Area Robotics Society
Texas, Austin - The Robot Group
Texas, Dallas - Dallas Personal Robotics Group
Washington, Seattle - Seattle Robotics Society
-World Wide
Australia, Griffith University - Australian Computer Society
Canada, Alberta, Edmonton - Edmonton Area Robotics Society
Canada, Toronto - Art & Robotics Group
Canada, Winnipeg - Winnipeg Area Robotics Society
Internet - Yahoo Robotics Club
France - EFREI Robotique
Netherlands - HCC Robotica gg
Scotland, University of Edinburgh - Mobil Robots Group
- Research
ISR Research on Robots
Robotics Research at the Johns Hopkins University
- Competition
6.270 Autonomous Robot Design Competition MIT's famous robot competition
AAAI Mobile Robot Competition Sponsored by the American Association for Artificial Intelligence
Aerial Robotics Competition This is the place for smart helicopters and blimps
All-Japan Robot Sumo Worlds largest robot competition with 3000 robots entered!
BattleBots The most dangerous collection of battling robots in the world. Two hundred pound monsters who's only goal is to destroy the competition!
BEAM Their minimalist approach to robotics results in simple robots and fun competitions
BEST An annual competition in which local high school students team up with local businesses
BotBall Teams of High School students have six weeks to design, build, and program a mobile robot
Bot Bash People who like to build robots and then go out and smash them into each other
Canada First Robotic Games Sponsored by businesses to motivate students and expand the pool of "technology literate" graduates
Critter Crunch A robotic combat in which the object is to immobilize your opponent or to push him out of the arena. Two weight classes - 2 pounds and 20 pounds
Fire Fighting Robot Contest Autonomous robots extinguish fires in a maze
FIRST Corporations sponsor local High Schools across the US. Over 300 robots expected at the next event
Intelligent Robot Contest Sendai, Japan. Includes pictures for those of us who can't read Japanese
International Festival of Sciences and Technologies France's big robot competition includes walking machines and Soccer
International Ground Robotic Competition A big annual competition with almost $15,000 in prize money
Techno Games 2000 TV show featuring "Mechathletes" in a "Technology Olympics"
Micromouse Competition The UC Davis Micromouse page
MIROSOT The Micro-Robot World Cup Soccer Tournament
North East Indiana Robot Games Three weight classes of Robot Sumo Mayhem
OCAD Sumo Robot Challange Bashing/crashing/smashing robots sponsored by the Ontario College of Art & Design
RoboCon One of the world's oldest and most prestigious annual robotics events, with a television viewing audience of over 15 million people
RoboCup The official home page for the international Robot Soccer competition
RoboMania Radio controlled robot competition with $15,000 purse
RoboRama Robot competition sponsored by the Dallas Personal Robotics Group
Robot Battles Head-to-head combat with other 'bots
Robot Challenge Robot Sumo and Stock Car Derby in Australia
Robot Rumbles Canadian Robotic Destruction!
Robot Sumo The annual competition held at the Exploratorium in San Francisco also features rope climbing, maze, and other events
Robot Wars A UK TV show
Robot Vacuum Cleaner Contest Fastest robot to vacuum 1/2 pound of rice wins!
Robothon The annual competition of the Seattle Robotics Society
Singapore Robotic Games Eleven different competitions including legged robot race, wall climbing, and "robot battlefield"
SME Student Robotic Challenge Long-running competition sponsored by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers
Trinity LEGO Cybernetics Challenge A game of robot Volley Ball between teams of two robots built using Lego Mindstorms
USA Robot Sumo Japanese champions come to the US! $2000 first prize.
Underwater Robotics Competition If you think that 2D navigation is difficult, try 3D!
Walking Machine Decathlon Teams of students compete in the US, Canada, Mexico and France
Western Canadian Robot Games Canada's premier robotic event includes Robot Sumo, BEAM, and Robot Hockey
- Industry
HEXAPOD GRINDING ROBOTInternational Federation of Robots