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IEEE Robotics and Automation Society - http://www.ncsu.edu/IEEE-RAS/
Local and student chapters of IEEE RAS have been established in many US States and in 14 countries. Website includes local chapter contact list, calendar and resource lists. |
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Dallas Personal Robotics Group - http://www.dprg.org/
Based in Dallas, Texas, United States. Founded in 1984, the DPRG holds monthly meetings, a weekly Robot Power Lunch (RPL), a weekly Robot Builders Night Out (RBNO), and several contests each year. Robot news, technical articles, photo galleries, meeting minutes and a calendar of events. |
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IU Robotics Club - http://www.indiana.edu/~roboclub/
Based at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, United States. The club was founded in 2001 and holds weekly meetings on campus. Membership is open to IU students. |
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Seattle Robotics Society - http://www.seattlerobotics.org/
Founded in 1982, the SRS is one of the oldest and largest robotics groups in the world. Membership is open to everyone. The group holds monthly meetings and several competitions. Encoder online newsletter. |
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The Robot Group - http://www.robotgroup.org/
Based in Austin, Texas, United States. Holds monthly meetings and informal weekly get togethers. Founded in 1989 by a group of engineers and artists. |
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San Francisco Robotics Society of America - http://www.robots.org
The San Francisco Robotics Society of America promotes free exchange of information about robotics to stimulate education in the sciences, create new businesses, and to promote the enjoyment of robotics as a hobby. |
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Carnegie Mellon Robotics Club - http://www.roboticsclub.org/
Holds meetings on the CMU campus in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Membership is open to all CMU students. Photo gallery and project list. |
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B9 Robot Builders Club - http://www.b9robotbuildersclub.com/
An online club whose members are dedicated to building replicas of the B9 robot from the Lost in Space TV show. Building tips, links to suppliers and technical details are provided. |
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Central Illinois Robotics Club - http://circ.mtco.com/
Based in Peoria, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1997. CIRC holds monthly meetings and an annual Sumo contest. Meeting schedule, news, and a mailing list. |
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Twin Cities Robotic Group - http://www.tcrobots.org/
TCRG is based in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States and holds monthly meetings. Technical articles, member profiles, and robot photos. |
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Portland Area Robotics Society - http://www.portlandrobotics.org/
Based in Portland, Oregon, United States. PARTS holds monthly meetings and an annual competition. Meeting minutes, projects, technical articles, and photos. |
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Vancouver Island Robotics - http://www.vancouverislandrobotics.org/
Based in Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Includes meeting information and a mailing list. |
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RHIT Aerial Robotics Club - http://www.rose-hulman.edu/Users/groups/ARC/Public/HTML/
Based at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States. Membership open to RHIT students. Meeting information, photo gallery, and project list. |
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Atlanta Hobby Robotic Club - http://www.botlanta.org/
Based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Holds monthly meetings, monthly RBNO, and annual Robot Rally competition. AHRC was founded in 1981 as an offshoot of the Atlanta Computer Society. Discussion forum, photos, meeting minutes, and calendar. |
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Chicago Area Robotics Group - http://www.chibots.org/
ChiBots is based in Chicago, Illinois, United States and holds monthly meetings. Founded in 2000. Meeting minutes, photos, and a group email list. |
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HomeBrew Robotics Club - http://www.hbrobotics.org/
Based in San Jose, California, United States. HBRC is the origin of the RoboBrick and holds monthly general meetings and SIG meetings. General information, meeting calendar, technical articles, and a mailing list. |
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Triangle Amateur Robotics - http://www.triangleamateurrobotics.org/
TAR is based in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Originally a homebrew computer club founded in 1975, the group was renamed to TAR in 1987. TAR holds monthly meetings and an annual contest. |
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Las Vegas Robot Club - http://www.pololu.com/club/
This group is based in Las Vegas, Nevada and holds regular meetings at the offices of a local robotics company. |
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Waterloo Aerial Robotics Group - http://www.ece.uwaterloo.ca/~warg/
Based at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. WARG was founded in 1997 and has the goal of developing autonomous air and ground robots. Membership is open to UW students. Meeting information, history, and event information. |
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Missouri Area Robotics Society - http://www.robomo.com/
MARS holds monthly meetings in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Website includes an online discussion forum. |
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Lenox High Bot Club - http://www.loganbot.com/
Based in Lenox, Massachusetts, United States. Membership is open to Lenox high school students. The club provides real world experience in electronics, science, and physics principles through the construction of robots. |
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Connecticut Robotics Society - http://www.ctrobots.org/
Based in West Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Monthly meetings and line-following contest held at Hartford University. Club projects, member list, meeting minutes, and photos. |
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Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor Area Robotics Club - http://www.yaaarc.org/
YAAARC holds monthly meetings in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Robot news, mailing list, discussion forums, and technical articles. |
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Robotics Society of Southern California - http://www.rssc.org/
Based in Fullerton, California, United States. RSSC holds monthly meetings and occasional competitions. Site includes mailing list. |
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The Robotics Club of Yahoo! - http://members.tripod.com/robojrr/
An online club open to robot hobbyists and professionals. Technical articles, tutorials, and group projects. TRCY also sponsors a Yahoo! based mailing list and weekly chats. |
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Computers, Robotics, and Artists Society of Houston - http://www.crash.org/
CRASH is based in Houston, Texas, United States. Founded in 1994. Holds occasional physical meetings but concentrates on virtual collaboration. |
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Botmatrix - http://botmatrix.com/
Robotic art collective based in New York, United States. The group creates autonomous robots for parades, robot shows, and theaters. They also hold lectures and open workshops on robotics and the electronic arts. |
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Vancouver Robotics Club - http://vancouverroboticsclub.org/
Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The club holds monthly meetings. Meeting calendar and mailing list. |
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Kansas City Area Robotics Society - http://www.kcrs.org/
KCARS was founded in 2003 and holds monthly meetings. Event information and project descriptions. |
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Finland Robotic Society - http://www.roboyhd.fi/english/
Located in Helsinki, Finland. Founded in 1983. Site in English and Finnish. |
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East Texas Robot Builders - http://www.etrb.org/
Based in Tyler, Texas, United States. Unique club structure with no membership dues, officers, or bureaucracy; just robotics. Forum and meeting information. |
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Ottawa Robotics Enthusiasts - http://www.ottawarobotics.org/
Based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. ORE holds monthly meetings at Algonquin College. Technical articles, project plans, and a mailing list. |
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Turkish Istanbul Area Hobby Robot Builders - http://www.endtas.com/robot/
Formed in 2003. Meets in Istanbul area. Open to anyone with an interest in hobby robotics. |
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Phoenix Area Robotics Experimenters - http://www.parex.org/
Based in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Founded in 1998. PAReX holds two meetings each month and several competition annually. Calendar and technical articles. |
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Duke University Robotics Club - http://www.duke.edu/web/robotics/
DURC is located at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 2001. Site include projects, meetings times and minutes, member list, and photos. |
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Denver Area Robotics Club - http://www.ranchbots.com/club/club.htm
Based in Denver, Colorado, United States. DARC holds monthly meetings. Meetings information, projects, technical articles, photos, and mailing list. |
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Nashua Robot Builders - http://nashuarobotbuilders.org/
NRB is based in Nashua, New Hampshire, United States and holds monthly meetings. Newsletters and meeting information. |
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Society for Houston Area Robotics Projects - http://www.sharpbots.com/
SHARP holds monthly meetings at the Ft. Bend Library in Sugar Land, Texas. Meeting schedule and event information. |
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UB Robotics - http://www.eng.buffalo.edu/ubr/
UBR is based at SUNY at Buffalo, in Buffalo, New York, United States. Founded in 1998. Membership is open to University at Buffalo undergraduate students. Site include projects, photos, and meeting information. |
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Union College Robotics Club - http://www.vu.union.edu/~robot/
A campus club open to students of Union College in Schenectady, New York, United States. UCRC annually designs a robot for competition. Project photos, mailing list, and meeting minutes. |
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Brisbane Robotics SIG - http://robotsig.org/
Based in Brisbane, Australia. Holds monthly meetings as well as workshops and competitions. Site includes an event calendar. |
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PennBots - http://www.pennbots.org/
Based in Gardners, Pennsylvania, United States. Holds monthly meetings. Members build both autonomous robots and Battlebot-style R/C combat vehicles. Discussion forum, photos, and calendar. |
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Maine Robotics - http://www.mainerobotics.org/
Privately operated group promoting educational robotics projects in Maine, United States. Projects include a FIRST LEGO League team and robotic summer camps. Also provides on-site robotics workshops for teachers. |
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Boise Robotics Group - http://www.boiseroboticsgroup.org/
Based in Boise, Idaho and known as BoRG by its members. Meeting schedule, the group's mailing list, and event information. |
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R2D2 Builders Club - http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/r2builders/
Group for Star Wars fans who are building replicas of the R2-D2 robot from the movies. Site includes mailing list, photos, and other resources. |
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Greater Lafayette Lego Robotics Club - http://dynamo.ecn.purdue.edu/~andy/LAFLRC/BLOCKSandBOTS.html
LAFLRC is based in Lafayette, Indiana, United States. Open to anyone who is interested in Lego Mindstorm robotics. Meets twice a month. Site include photos, news, and event schedule. |
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The UK Cybernetics Club - http://www.zen94865.zen.co.uk/
An online collective based in the United Kingdom. Membership is open to anyone interested in intelligent mobile robots. |
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So-Cal Hero Group - http://www.hero2000robots.com/9501.html
Based in Los Angeles, California, United States. Meets monthly to work on restoration of Heathkit Hero 2000 Robots. |
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University of Toronto Robotics Association - http://www.ecf.utoronto.ca/~utra
The University of Toronto Robotics Association (UTRA) is primarily interested in designing and constructing competitive robots for competition in BattleBots and other similar events. |
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Roanoke Robotics Society & Club - http://www.roanokerobotics.org/
Based in Roanoke are of South West Virginia, United States. Group promotes robotics as a hobby, and sponsors robotics education activities, including FIRST Lego League (FLL) teams. |
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Western Canadian Robotics Society - http://members.shaw.ca/cybug/
Based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 2001. WCRS holds monthly meetings at the SAIT campus and puts on the annual Western Canadian Robot Games. Photos, general information and a meeting calendar. |
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East Finchley Robotics Club - http://orionrobots.co.uk/tiki-index.php?page=East+Finchley+Robotics+Club
Located in East Finchley, London, United Kingdom. The club is sponsored by the OrionRobots community website and provides a way for local robot builders and researchers to pool their resources, while holding workshops for young and new builders. |
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Port Huron Robotics Club - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/phbots/
PHBots is based in Port Huron, Michigan, United States. Includes a mailing list and resource links. PHBots hosts weekly Internet based chat sessions. |
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RoboMontreal - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/robomontreal/
Online group open to roboticists of all skill levels in the Montreal area. |
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Robot Club of Traverse City, MI - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/robotcluboftraversecitymi/
Based in Traverse City, Michigan, United States. Yahoo Group site includes mailing list, calendar, and photos. |