United Kingdom // Combat Robotics

Imperial Voltaic

Precision under pressure.

Imperial College London // London

Crew: 4
Robots: 1
Track: Combat Robotics
Founded: 2024
To Dhahran: 5,036 km

Robot catalog

The machine

TM-U01

In testing

ArcControl-bot with a reinforced wedge // 13.6 kgA low, wide wedge built to get under opponents and steer them into the hazards. Brushless drive with regenerative braking for tight, repeatable positioning.

Weapon: Lifting wedge
Drive: 2WD brushless
Armour: HARDOX 450
Top speed: 5.1 m/s

The crew

Who's behind the build

Harry WhitfieldTeam lead · Drive
Aisha KarimWeapons
Ewan MacLeodChassis & armour
Chloe BennettElectronics

Team dossier

Drawn from Imperial's Robotics Society, Voltaic favors driver skill and durability over the biggest hitter in the room. Their design language is all clean geometry and serviceable modules: everything on the bot can be swapped between matches in under two minutes.

Their track: Combat Robotics

From the pit // shot list

01Pit setup
02Wedge fabrication
03Drive tuning
04Team

Planned coverage. No pit photography exists yet.

One of the crews entered for the RoboNexus World Championship.

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