Columbia University Robotics Club

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

Calendar

Onboarding

SolidWorks Workshop

Electrical Engineering Workshop

Reinforcement Learning Workshop

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.

CCBR

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

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
Mannat Jain	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
Levis Alvaro Bawit & Areli Sanchez	Robosub Co-Leads
Sarah Hong	CCBR Lead
Celeste Lamadrid	Cacao Project 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.