🤖A CROC & URC Hackathon 2025: Scrouge of the Seven C++'s 🏴☠️
Get ready to sail the high seas, build your ship, guide your crew, plunder treasure and fight back monsters from the deep!⚓️🐙
Curtin Robotics Club (CROC) is teaming up with UWA Robotics Club (URC) to bring you the biggest, boldest Hackathon yet!
Design and build a robot to navigate obstacles and solve problems in an escape room like course. Work as a team to complete the challenge, score points and win judges favour.
Whether you're a seasoned builder or just starting out, get ready to dive into two full days of designing, coding, and competing in an electrifying robotics challenge.
🗓️ When: (During Tuition-Free Week)
- Monday, September 1st, 10am Till Late
- Tuesday, September 2nd, 9am - 6pm
📍 Where:
👥Who?
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👉🏼Open To: any non-industry professional who wants to compete, we recommend teams of 3-5. If you come by yourself you will be assigned a team.
- 👥 Team Size: 2–5 participants (we can match you up if you don’t have a team)
- 🔧 Skill Level: Intermediate level challenge, if you have basic skills in Arduino, programming, electronics or mechanical design you should have what you need to compete, we provide basic documentation for all our systems to help. If you are a beginner it's recommended you come with a good team.
🔍 What to Expect:
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Day 1: Brainstorm, plan & begin building
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Day 2: Final build, play-test, and compete! As Judging takes place in the early evening
🎒 What to Bring:
- Laptop & charger
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Arduino IDE: Make sure it’s installed!
🏆 Why Join?
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Free Event: No cost to participate!
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Free Food: Light Refreshments both days
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Prizes Include: A participation certificate (looks great on your resume!), a shiny trophy to take home and a CASH PRIZE!
Tickets Open Now!: Register your team of up to 5* people now!
👉 http://thq.fyi/se/rnAoMj8
🎟️ Tickets Now live July 21—before their gone!
Questions? DM Curtin Robotics on Instagram, ask on Discord, or email us!
*Subject to change.
**This event is for University/TAFE Students Only