Columbia University Robotics Club

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

News & Updates

Hack & Build 2024 Conclusion

Nov 25, 2024

Thanks to everyone that participated in Hack & Build 2024! The Hackathon was a great success and we were so impressed by everything you all managed to build in such a short time. Congratulations to the winning team, "3 Degrees of Freedom"!

First General Body Meeting this Tuesday

Sep 8, 2024

Welcome back everyone! Our first general body meeting will be held this Tuesday 9/10 at 7:30pm in Pupin 428. We'll be going over each of our subteams in more detail, and groups / weekly meeting times will be decided. We want to stress, no experience is required! Regardless of previous robotics or coding experience, all interested are encouraged to attend this first info meeting.

Pre-register for our upcoming Hackathon!

Sep 3, 2024

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

Jun 20, 2024

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

Apr 28, 2024

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

Projects

Robosub

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.

Roboracer

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

Combat Robotics

The combat robotics project is working on building a 12lbs robot for competition in NHRL.

AQUAS

A team building an autonomous system for detecting and treating harmful algal blooms in local ponds.

Locomotives

A team building a locomotive on a 1/6th scale. The team participates in the iMechE Railway Challenge.

CCBR

A team building an open-source, modular humanoid robot in collaboration with Caltech, Berkeley, and Rutgers.

The Cacao Project

A collaboration with artist Erika Harrsch to create the robotic elements of her next art installation surrounding the history and importance of cacao in culture.

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

Sarah Hong & Celeste Lamadrid	Co-Presidents
Alice Lin	Vice President
Alvis Ou	Treasurer
Andromeda Kepecs	Secretary
Saloni Jain	Webmaster
James Zhang	Events Chair
Joseph Lee	Career Chair
Shira Gui	Social Media Chair
Jia Liu	Business Chair
Carl von Bonin	PacBot Lead
Naowal Rahman	Roboracer Lead
Hudson Aibel	Combat Robotics Lead
Marcus Lam	AQUAS Lead
Winston Qin	Locomotives 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 joining our mailing list to receive weekly updates about our projects and events.