Columbia University Robotics Club

A team of students dedicated to exploring the field of robotics in both competition and exploratory settings.

News & Updates

Pre-register for our upcoming Hackathon!

Hack & Build 2024, 24-hour-long hardware hackathon hosted by the Columbia University Robotics Club is happening this semester. Pre-registration is now open!

Mate-ROV competion

Today, CURC's underwater robotics team competed in the annual Mate ROV competition. After months of planning, designing, engineering, and testing, the remotely operated robot was tasked with completing a series of challenges.

PacBot team competes at Harvard

This weekend, the PacBot subteam competed at Harvard. Although a few things didn't go exactly as planned, our team fought tooth and nail against our peers from Harvard, UIUC, MIT, Princeton and many other schools

New website!

We have a new website! The old website served us well, but it was time for a change. This new website was built from the ground up and should be a lot easier to navigate. If you have any feedback or suggestions, please let us know on Slack!

Welcome back!

Welcome to the Spring '24 semester! We are excited to continue our projects and events this semester. General body meetings are back every Monday at 8PM in Mudd 644! More information on Slack. Stay tuned for more updates!

Projects

AUV

A team building an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV). Members of this team used to compete in the MATE ROV competition, but have since shifted their focus from remotely operated vehicles to fully autonomous vehicles.

PacBot

PacBot is a small autonomous robot that navigates a physical PacMan maze to collect pellets and avoid ghosts. The team participates in different competitions throughout the year where it competes against other universities.

Autonomous Vehicles

A team of students working on an F1 themed autonomous vehicles, on a 1/10th scale.

About us

Welcome to the Columbia University Robotics Club (CURC), a community open to all Columbia/Barnard students intrigued by robotics, autonomous systems, artificial intelligence, and beyond!
Whether you're an undergraduate, graduate student, faculty, or staff member from any major or background, we invite you to join us. Our collaborative environment fosters learning and teamwork in these dynamic and burgeoning fields. No previous experience is required to participate in CURC; we embrace members of all skill levels.
Our overarching goal is to explore and engage in new endeavors within the realm of robotics.

Current E-board

& Ines Khouider	Co-Presidents
Lexis Sablan	Vice President
Alvis Ou	Treasurer
Sarah Hong	Secretary
Godwill Agbehonou	Events & Outreach
Luda Serebrennikova	Career development & Alumni Relations
Michelle Zhou	Social Media Coordinator
Alex Du	Autonomous Vehicles Lead
Carl von Bonin	PacBot Lead
Alice Lin	Combat Robotics Lead

Join CURC

Interested in joining CURC? Great! We're always looking for new members to join our community.
The best way to get involved is to join our Slack workspace, where we post updates and announcements about our projects and events.
We also recommend that all members and interested students join our mailing list, where we send out weekly updates about our projects and events.