Driven by curiosity. Driving change2026 Robot Club Tournament date announced
CEB Robot Club has officially confirmed the date for its 2026 tournament. Bots built by staff and students from all levels and sections of the department will pit their bots against each other on Tuesday 12 May.
Founded in 2024, CEB Robot Club sees teams of department members design and build robots, introducing engineering concepts through practical problem-solving and friendly competition rather than formal teaching. Members of the club get hands on with Computer-Aided Design (CAD) tools, electrical engineering, materials science and much more. Their efforts culminate in the annual CEB Robot Club tournament, which sees each team’s bot attempt to crash, smash and otherwise destroy their rivals in friendly competition.
This year’s tournament will again take place within an arena of steel, aluminium and polycarbonate built from the ground up by the CEB Makerspace team. This year’s arena will see a number of upgrades aimed at making the battle space safer, easier to assemble and crucially, smaller. The decrease in size will hopefully see an increase in the amount of bot-based mayhem and minimise lulls in the action.
The exact number of bots entering this year’s tournament has yet to be confirmed, but competition is expected to be fierce once again. Eyes turn to defending champion Muriel de Paula to see if he can make it back-to-back titles. At the time of writing, he hadn’t confirmed his plans for the tournament, so watch this space.
Heading into its third edition, the CEB Robot Club tournament has become a firm department favourite and has attracted attention from further afield. Earlier this year, it was announced that Robot Club has secured funding to expand to other departments across the University of Cambridge through the Enhancing Research Culture Fund. The future of CEB Robot Club looks bright.
Join us for the third annual CEB Robot Club tournament on Tuesday, 12 May 2026.
