Combat Robotics at Cornell

Welcome to Combat Robotics at Cornell, a fourth-year robotics team at Cornell University! We believe that working in a collaborative, supportive environment on a robotics team can help students grow as both engineers and leaders of the future. Founded in 2019, we are now 30+ members strong. Our hope is to provide an outlet for students to engage with hands-on experience in mechanical, electrical, and computer engineering, in addition to media, marketing and business. Our team is composed of 4 subteams: Kinetic, Sportsman, Business and Media, and Firmware. Each year, our Kinetic subteam designs and manufactures a high-kinetic-energy combat robot while our Sportsman subteam creates a low-kinetic-energy bot. For reference, a high-kinetic energy robot typically relies on damage and durability while a low-kinetic-energy robot relies on strategy and creative design. In the spring, both types of robots compete in a series of 3-minute battles as part of a combat elimination tournament (s...