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Upcoming Events

Future club meetings, workshops, and project sessions. Check back for confirmed dates and room numbers as they are announced.

Friday, Sept. 18th

9:45am-11:00am

Orientation - Engineering Club Fair

UC Davis, Bainer Lawn

Welcome Freshmen and Transfers! Stop by our table at this event to learn more about our club.

School Events

Sunday, Sept. 20th

8:00am-1:00pm

RC Swap Meet - ACE Hobby Shop

Vacaville - ACE Hobby Shop - 825 Davis St Suite, D, Vacaville, CA 95687

Ace Hobby Shop is hosting an RC Swap Meet in Vacaville—a great chance to score RC cars, planes, drones, motors, ESCs, and batteries at around half the typical used market price. Whether you need parts for club projects or personal builds don't miss out on this opportunity! (Note: Davis Robotics Club is not affiliated with or hosting this event—just sharing a great local resource!) Click here to learn more about this event.

Community Events

Saturday, Oct. 3rd

2:00pm

First Club Meeting!

UC Davis, Teaching & Learning Complex - Room 2010

Kick off the school year with the Davis Robotics Club! Join us for our first meeting of Fall Quarter to meet the new officer board, discover our roadmap for the year, and learn how to get involved—no prior engineering or coding experience required.

Meeting

Saturday, Oct 10th

6:00am-12:00pm

Sacramento Area Modelers 17th Annual Swap Meet

11000 Florin Rd, Sacramento, CA 95830

A massive outdoor morning swap meet hosted by the Sacramento Area Modelers RC Club. Best for scoring deals on fixed-wing RC planes, airframes, radio equipment, servos, and bench electronics. Gates open early at 6:00 AM, and the best deals go fast!

Community Events

Saturday, Oct 17th

9:00am-12:00pm

Sac Valley RC Bashers Swap Meet @ Fast Track Hobbies

4420 Granite Dr Ste 400, Rocklin, CA 95677

A community hobby swap meet hosted outside Fast Track Hobbies featuring RC cars, trucks, bashers, drones, and boats. A great spot to pick up budget rollers, replacement brushless motors, batteries, ESCs, and donor chassis for custom ground and flight projects.

Community Events

Saturday, Oct. 17th

12:00pm-3:00pm

Project Onboarding Meeting!

UC Davis, Teaching & Learning Complex - Room 1214

Join us for our Project Onboarding sessions! Each active project team will have a 30-minute block to review hardware, claim subteam tasks and deadlines, and get set up with essential build tools. Drop in during your project's scheduled slot or stick around to collaborate and prep software with fellow builders. Click here to sign up for projects.

Meeting

Saturday, Oct. 24th

12:00pm

Team Workspace Session

UC Davis, Teaching & Learning Complex - Room 2218

This in-person workspace session brings our build teams together to connect directly with project leads and teammates. We'll be configuring project software tools (Fusion 360, Onshape, VS Code, Betaflight, Klipper), finalizing workspace setup, and claiming initial build deliverables to start hands-on work. Please bring your laptops, chargers, and any preliminary notes/research you have!

Meeting

Saturday, Nov. 21st

7:00am-5:00pm

NorCal Robotics Expo

Sierra College, Rocklin, CA

The largest combat robot competition in Northern California returns is bringing full day of head-to-head matches and showcase events. Builders will compete across combat weight classes in steel-floor arenas, alongside a dedicated bot hockey tournament. Click here to learn more about the competition.

Competition

Saturday, Dec. 5th

7:00am-5:00pm

Berkeley Bot Bash #2

UC Berkeley Campus

Hosted by Cal Combat Robotics under SPARC 1.6 rules, this collegiate-priority competition features fast-paced group round-robin matches and an elimination bracket. Free and open to the public to spectate! Click here to learn more about the competition.

Competition

Saturday, Dec. 19th

7:30am-4:00pm

Hornet Havoc!

Sacramento State University Campus

Hosted at Sac State, Hornet Havoc is an entry-level combat robotics tournament focused on giving college students hands-on competition experience under modified SPARC rules. Priority registration is open for college students through December 13th, and spectators are welcome to attend for free! Click here to learn more about the competition.

Competition
New students talking to president and vice president at the Engineering Club FairView of other tables at the Engineering Club FairNew students talking to the president of the Robotics ClubFirst club meeting presentation

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