RioBotz got two medals competing with five robots at HackTudo, a national event in Rio de Janeiro from November 2nd-4th. Our Antweights (up to 1 pound) competed among 21 robots. Micro Maloney achieved the fifth place in its category with a totally new and still evolving project. Unfortunately, Micro Touro was eliminated in the second round. In the Beetleweight category (up to 3 pounds), two of our robots got the podium: Mini Puma got gold undefeated after winning 6 fights, ac

For the fourth time, the Salão de Robótica was hosted in the Paraná Federal University. The event seeks to encourage early engagement with robotics, featuring several projects from school teams, as well as professional competitions in the following categories: antweight; beetleweight; line follower and sumo 500g. The event resulted in three trophies for RioBotz. We returned to Rio de Janeiro with two trophies in the Beetleweight category, in which Mini Puma won first place, a

In July, RioBotz went to São Caetano do Sul, São Paulo - Brazil for the 14th Winter Challenge, the largest robot competition in South America. The event included categories such as sumo, hockey, combat (1lb through 60lb), line follower, soccer and trekking. Our big arena robot included Touro Feather (Featherweight - 30lb) and Touro Junior (Hobbyweight - 12 pounds); the insects: Mini Puma, Mini Maloney, Mini Touro, Micro Maloney and Micro Touro. Besides the combat robots, we p

For the second time, RioBotz was selected to join BattleBots, a robot fighting TV show broadcasted by Discovery Channel. The season premiere aired on May 11th 2018, in which Minotaur faced the horizontal spinner, Tombstone, in a great fight. The project, developed at PUC-Rio, made especially for the program, was the only South American representative. The 250-pound robot was a wonder in the 2016 edition, winning the prize of most destructive robot by defeating renowned oppon