ACE Robotics
UC Irvine
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About us
Anteater Combat Engineering (ACE) Robotics is the undergraduate combat robotics team at UC Irvine, dedicated to designing and competing in competitive robotics from 1lb to 30lb weight classes. Comprised of passionate students from various engineering disciplines, ACE aims to push the boundaries of robotic engineering through hands-on experience, teamwork, and participation in competitions.
Creativity
Your design is your ambition. ACE pushes the boundaries in innovative engineering for all of our robots. Your limit is your imagination in the arena.
Competition
Competition drives us to excel. With every match, we present our best inside the arena. Our determination in matches is an opportunity to prove ourselves and push to be the best.
Community
We are a team, a community of combat robotics enthusiasts helping each other to succeed and overcome any challenge. We create an environment where teamwork is our main cause for our collective success.
Updates
2024-2025
RCL National Championships 2025
March 3-4, 2025
Our 12lb Antihilator (Anteater Annihilator) team qualified and competed at the RCL National Championships at the Discovery Cube in Santa Ana! The Antihilator team has worked the past quarter making upgrades to the robot in all design aspects. Our team had great fun, and we are very proud of the team being able to qualify for Nationals! Antihilator was able to win its first match against Hemlock, disabling its weapon; however faced electronics issues in the last 2 matches, ending Antihilator's run. Despite this, the team has learned much from these battle damages and plans to come back in the Fall quarter, along with our other 2 upcoming 12lb robots!
20250503_115529.mp4ACE@UCI Antweight Assault 2025 - Collegiate!
February 16, 2025
On February 16th, ACE Robotics @ UCI hosted its 2nd annual Antweight Assault competition at the Student Center Pacific Ballroom, but this time with teams from UCSD and USC! With a total roster of 25 teams, with 12 UCI teams, our members competed with other universities to fight for the collegiate championship at UCI! Through a tough battle, UCI was able to score 2nd place with the 1lb team Lil Annihilator! Our members have been working on their projects all quarter to this point, and it was a fun time for all competitors and spectators. With over 140 attendees and spectators from several universities, we introduced the BattleBot sport to first-timers, seeing these robots fight, leaving a good and lasting impression! Our goal is to make UCI a center for collegiate combat robotics competitions to bring together engineers, students, and those who are inspired to join the BattleBot sport!
Check out our photo album to see more pictures and videos of the event!
Our Journey
2017-2022
2017
ACE is the direct successor of the original ideas from the 1st robotics club at UC Irvine, ZOTBotics. Our journey started in 2017 with ZOTBotics developing the sumo robotics project for its members. They would host yearly Robot Rumble competitions at UCI, developing miniature combat robots to fight each other with the goal of destruction! Several competitions were held from 2017-2020.
2020
With COVID-19, ZOTBotics transitioned to an online setting, focusing more on online projects. Robot Rumble projects were canceled, and it would take until 2022 for ZOTBotics to return to combat robotic projects.
2022-2023
2022
ACE Robotics was officially founded in 2022, branching off from ZOTBotics and spearheading the combat robotics team at UCI. Our development was small, making only 1lb plastic combat robots, but we were determined to establish a strong foundation for a combat robotics presence at UCI.
2023-2024
In 2023, we laid our foundation as a combat robotics team and achieved many notable milestones in under a year.
1st Battalion
By the end of the school year, ACE completed 11 combat robots! With our robots, we attended several competitions outside UCI for the first time! The 1st Battalion was a major success, finally showcasing our hard work throughout the year.
ACE@UCI Antweight Assault 2024
In March 2024, we held our first competition at UCI with our own arena and robots! With up to 10 robots competing, we finally showcased all of our robots in the arena. With many unique and diverse robots, our members could finally present all their hard work.
Join Us!
Interested in joining? Check out the Recruitment page to learn more about how to become involved! We accept anyone, no matter major or experience!
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