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"The Best Engineers at Virginia Tech"

-The Hokie Bird, 2025

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Awards

1st
Manufacturing Workcell Competition
National Robotics Challenge
2025
Marion, OH
Honda Innovation Award
National Robotics Challenge
2025
Marion, OH
1st
Open Design Competition
SoutheastCon
2024
Atlanta, GA
1st
Open Competition
SoutheastCon
2024
Atlanta, GA
1st
Most Donors
Student Org Challenge, VT Giving Day 2025
2025
Blacksburg, VA
16th
World's Rank
VEX U Worlds
2024
Dallas, TX
TC
Tournament Champions (Worlds Qualifier)
VEX U - Seagull Showdown
2024
Salisbury, Maryland
Design Award
VEX U - Seagull Showdown
2024
Salisbury, Maryland
Design Award
VEX U - VT Competition
2024
Blacksburg, VA
3rd
Mixxer Makerspace
College Antweight Division Mixxer Makerspace
2026
3rd and 4th
Royal Rumble
Charlotte Royal Rumble
2025
Charlotte
Open Sauce 2026 Exhibitor
WorkCell
2026
San Francisco, CA

Mission

Improve the presence of robotics at Virginia Tech and surrounding communities.

What we are

We are Virginia Tech's premiere engineering team, with six design teams working on varied projects and four support teams across three labs.

We Believe in Small, Dedicated Teams.

Even though we are Virginia Tech's largest design team, we believe in small, tight-knit design teams of 8-12 motivated and talented engineers.

Core Principles

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Reliability

Engineering you can count on.

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Simplicity

Simplicity surpasses complexity.

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Modularity

The cornerstone of flexible design.

Seven Design Teams

AutoNav

AutoNav is an autonomous rover project built to tackle real outdoor obstacle courses in the IGVC competition.

Canopy

Cable‑suspended autonomous robot that uses AI and a 2‑DOF arm to deliver precise, plant‑level greenhouse care.

CROLabs

CroLabs is developing HIVE, an AI system that lets drones, rovers, and robotic arms act as a unified swarm that follows a single spoken command.

CroQuest

CroQuest creates custom STEM kits for VT CEED to help kids learn engineering through hands‑on summer builds.

Dart

Combat robotics team building ultra‑durable bots engineered to hit hard, rebuild fast, and compete from local fights all the way to NHRL’s global stage.

SoutheastCon

Building a fully autonomous vehicle for IEEE’s 2027 “Stock Car Race” challenge, focused on precise navigation and high‑speed obstacle avoidance.

VEX U

VexU is a global collegiate robotics competition where our two custom robots work together to master Override and out-engineer the field.

Four Support Teams

Executive

The Executive team's purpose is to execute the strategic vision of the organization.

Learning

The Learning Team provides the opportunity for anyone at Virginia Tech to learn about robotics.

Operations

The Ops team keeps the club running smoothly while we achieve our mission of creating winning robots!

Outreach

The Outreach Team spreads STEM education to K–12 students across Southwest Virginia through hands-on workshops, demonstrations, and community events.

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