Robot Combat - UK Championships

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Date:   Sat 15th &  Sun 16th Nov 2025
Time:   1pm-7pm and 10am-5pm
Venue:  University of Chichester, Bognor Regis Campus, Upper Bognor Rd, Bognor Regis, PO21 1HR, United Kingdom, Tech Park – CDIO 
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Speaker : Gareth Anstee - UK Champion Robot Combat "Hobbyweight" Category

Last year, the Hobbyweight (5.44kg/12lb) UK Championships for Robot Combat were held in the Magna Science Centre – with “Revolt” becoming the reigning champion, defeating the previous champion “Semtex” in the final. This year, the championships move to the University of Chichester Tech Park, where the Hobbyweights now have their own dedicated arena.

Hobbyweights are a new weight class within the UK, and as such previously have always appeared alongside other classes at their events – thus, at their first standalone UK Championships, the Hobbyweights now take centre stage to determine who is the best of the best at metal munching mayhem!

Members are invited to come watch, and accompanied Children (10+) are welcome. This will be the first public event held at Chichester for their robot arena, with the hope of setting up future university competitions off the back of a successful pilot.



Promotional Video for the University Engineering Dept
Demonstration video of a good fight between Student's and Lecturer's robots

Non-members are welcome to attend our events but you will need to create a non-member account to do this; it’s free and will only take a few minutes. To do this, please visit: http://www.imeche.org/my-account/Register