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By: Natalie Stromberg and Om Davra
Published: 07.14.2023
Combat Robotics is not going anywhere.
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Why rebrand?
Why rebrand?
As a robotics team, we represent our program and our community. Combat Robotics was originally chosen as our name because we started as a combat robotics only organization, where robots fight each other in an arena using weapons and armor. Combat robots are fun and exciting, and they're a showcase for our student's technical skills and creativity. However, recently we've become a lot more than just a Combat Robotics organization.
Comet Robotics: moving forward
Comet Robotics: moving forward
UT Dallas is a fantastic engineering school, however (currently) robotics isn't a big share of UTD's programs. We want to change that by being the hub for robotics at UTD. Our vision for the future involves a large community coming together in their excitement for robotics. We want to do our part to develop all areas of robotics, including classwork, research, engineering challenges, control systems and materials. Combat robots are a big part of that vision, but there are a lot more opportunities available for university robotics. To reach our goals, we believe becoming more than just Combat Robotics alone is necessary.
Next steps
Next steps
Our club now has two divisions, Combat Robotics and Competitive Robotics. We are still the same team, all united under Comet Robotics, but with a bigger scope. We will continue to participate in robot combat, as well as other robotics challenges and events. We will continue to work on improving our robots, our community and developing new technologies. Our name isn't the only thing that is changing, we are taking this opportunity to look at our club structure. We are restructuring the club to be more organized so that we can focus more on projects and make sure that they get the attention and funding they deserve. We're changing the ways things get done in our club by making everything more democratic. We want as many people as possible to get involved with robotics and that starts with allowing members to take initiative on their robots and club tasks. We want members to feel like they own their club and their projects. We hope that by making our internal structure more transparent and straight forward, we become more productive and attract more talent to our institution, and ultimately create a better future through STEM.
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