Turkey // Combat Robotics

ITU Bosphorus

Two continents, one build.

Istanbul Technical University // Istanbul

Crew: 4
Robots: 1
Track: Combat Robotics
Founded: 2023
To Dhahran: 2,539 km

Robot catalog

The machine

TM-U01

In testing

YıldırımVertical spinner with self-right arm // 13.6 kgA vertical disc spinner whose self-righting arm can also shove and pin, machined largely in the university's own shop.

Weapon: Vertical disc
Drive: 2WD brushless
Recovery: Powered arm
Armour: HARDOX 450

The crew

Who's behind the build

Emre YılmazTeam lead · Fabrication
Zeynep KayaWeapons
Baran DemirControls
Elif ŞahinElectronics

Team dossier

ITU's team leans on a deep fabrication tradition: much of Bosphorus is machined in-house. Their signature is a self-righting arm that doubles as a secondary weapon, so getting flipped rarely ends the match.

Their track: Combat Robotics

From the pit // shot list

01In-house machining
02Disc balance
03Self-right test
04Team

Planned coverage. No pit photography exists yet.

One of the crews entered for the RoboNexus World Championship.

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