A mega packed May in European Robot Combat! bbb.gd/events Possibly the most countries ever with a Spanish debut and the return of Belgium and Portugal! 🇬🇧🇳🇱🇪🇸🇱🇹🇨🇭🇨🇿🇮🇹🇵🇹🇱🇻🇧🇪🇳🇴

Oh yes. Bucket list item ticked off. Exploding things at the Royal Institution :) (Thanks to @thetuftii.bsky.social for the video)

HI @emfcamp.bsky.social FRIENDS! 🤩 ✨The NullSector night market will be back for 2026. If you’re interested in applying for a stall, please submit your application here: grist.orga.emfcamp.org/forms/2sfc94... #emfcamp #emfcamp2026 #hexpansion

That's right! It's the return of the BBB x LHG Summer Series, and along with that some amazing art from Yeo! We can't wait to be back at the Taproom with some bot fighting, a tasty beverage and hopefully some lovely weather. 25th April: Big Bot Bash 23rd May: New Blood 18th July: Summer Showdown

BBBxLHG: New Blood 2026! Join us back at LHG Taproom on Sat 23rd May for another round of New Blood Beetles! For the uninitiated, this is our annual event celebrating the best new builders and fresh designs. Priority Signups open 1st April at 7pm. More info: bbb.gd/new

Happy @vivschwarz.bsky.social book day to all who celebrate - here's a lovely post about what it is: www.vivianeschwarz.co.uk/maud-is-movi...

Tonight at 20:00 the first round of bookings for @emfcamp.bsky.social opens. I can't make it this year due to a clash but I think it's the sort of thing lots of people I know would like... www.emfcamp.org/tickets ...there will be three rounds of tickets as it's very popular.

That's right it's Brawl time tomorrow and we can't wait! Check out these amazing trophies by Joe M & art by Team DSC Robotics!! We will crown a champion from competitors across the UK, Europe and even China & a student champion as 9 different universities compete! Stream from 11am: bbb.gd/stream

Always nice to go to a geeks workshop but this is extra special - drawers of screws colour coded to the Allen keys that fit them.

BBB Beetle Brawl 2026 is *next Saturday* 28th - get your tickets now at bbb.gd/tickets! 15 university teams from 9 different universities as well as 40 teams from across UK and beyond are locked in and ready to fight in one of the biggest beetle events of the year!

Less than two weeks to CamJam hosted at Cambridge's Makespace, been catching up on some admin today. Tickets are going fast. We have interesting talks including one by Eben Upton. Over 15 'Show & Tell' including some by younger community members :-) camjam.me

19 days to go until BBB Beetle Brawl 2026! 🎮Competitors: Proof of Mobility due by end of Sunday to bbb.gd/pom 👥Spectators: less than 50% tickets left at bbb.gd/tickets 📷 Stuart Camp

🇪🇺🤖⚔️📅 bbb.gd/events February in European Robot Combat! 5rd QRFL ant workshop in London 🇬🇧 8th Rock & Robots sportsman ants in London 🇬🇧 14th Valmieras ants in Valmiera 🇱🇻 15th Czech ants in Pilsen 🇨🇿 21st Robodojo ants & beetles in York 🇬🇧 21st Combat Robotics NI 450g in Belfast 🇬🇧

One month to go until BBB Beetle Brawl 2026! Spectators: tickets available now at bbb.gd/tickets Competitors: 15th Feb deadline for Proof of Mobility at bbb.gd/pom 📷 Stuart Camp

In the red corner, hometown hero, you know them, you love them, it’s “Fearless” Bhuge! And hoping to end their season before it even begins, in the blue corner, The Technical Gremlin! It’s the match of the century, only at BBB Beetle Brawl 2026 Saturday 28th February at St Michael's Centre, Bristol.

#RaspberryPi #Pi #rpi are you UK based and up for a raspberry pi challenge have a look at hacky racers (website link hackyracers.co.uk/robotic-raci... ) a robotic vehicle challenge on a rough grass field, Robots ? autonomous or remotely controlled ? race around an outdoor circuit, looks fun

Happy new year! 🇪🇺🤖⚔️📅 bbb.gd/events Jan '26 in European Robot Combat! 3rd Capital Punishment beetles in London 🇬🇧 8th QRFL Tournament ants in London 🇬🇧 11th Rock & Robots sportsman ants in London 🇬🇧 17th Robodojo 12lbs & sportsman feathers in York 🇬🇧

There will be an #EMFcamp night market again in 2026. The night market is really great for small independent businesses who are looking to get more exposure! Highly recommend - 5 stars 🌟😛

There's a communications lead job going at @transactualuk.bsky.social, which would be a great job for the right person in the trans media space. Sadly I don't think I quite fit the bill, but you might. transactual.org.uk/jobs/

We return to St Michael's Centre February 28th for BBB Beetle Brawl 2026 & Inter-Uni Competition! 🎟️Spectator tickets are available now: bbb.gd/tickets 🎓Student sign ups are open now until 6th Jan: bbb.gd/uni Lottery Sign ups will be 7-8pm Wednesday 7th January. 📷Stuart Camp

🇪🇺🤖⚔️📅 bbb.gd/events - December in European Robot Combat, wrapping up 2025! 🎁 4th LRFS ants in Loughborough 🇬🇧 4th Sheffield Roboteers ants in Sheffield 🇬🇧 4th QRFL Workshop ants in London 🇬🇧 6th Hacker Battlebots 450g in Belfast 🇬🇧 6th GROCS ants in Gloucester 🇬🇧

We hear news that there is a new Make/Hackspace starting up in March, Cambridgeshire associated with the folks at REMO remo.org.uk If you are looking for a Hackspace in the North of Cambridgeshire you may have a new place to check out... #HackSpace #Makespace #Cambridgeshire #IsleOfEly

Used the colour picker to create this 8-bit Pacman image. :-) software status is good enough. Need to make a couple changes to the function keys, currently too easy to wipe your hard work with one key press. This Saturday I will be showing off this project and others at assemble. #giganticUnicorn

You can now watch back just the fights from Champs here: bbb.gd/champs or the whole stream is available at bbb.gd/stream 🙂 📷Stuart Camp

I'm at @bristolbotbuilders.com Champs today, supporting @pinski1.bsky.social and his new robot Fig Roll

Less than 48 hours until we kick off BBB Beetle Champs 2025 🏆 We will be livestreaming from 11am BST at bbb.gd/stream

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BBB Beetle Champs 2025 has fully sold out! Thank you so much to everyone who's bought a ticket, we'll see you on Saturday. If you can no longer make it you can use resale on headfirst to sell on your ticket to somebody on the waiting list.

As mentioned by @cannonfodder.bsky.social a while ago there is a very good #maker event in #Derby later this month. If you are near Derby on the 25th October head along to #Assemble at #DerbyMuseum derbymuseums.org/assemble/

Check out the trophies for BBB Beetle Champs 2025!🏆 🎟️ Spectators: tickets are available at bbb.gd/tickets 🎮 Competitors: mobility due by end of Sunday to bbb.gd/pom

Anybody in the Stevenage area have available an accessible room or studio flat to rent? My daughter is starting a PhD next week and the flat that we hoped she be in by now looks like it is going to fall through. Thanks

Less than a month before we return for BBB Beetle Champs 2025, our biggest event of the year! 🎟️Spectators: tickets are available at bbb.gd/tickets 🎮Competitors: mobility is due by 5th Oct to bbb.gd/pom

Smashing there Cura...

Oh @ste5eu.bsky.social the joy of finding fellow #Makers on here, I thought you were mostly on mastodon. Any more #Makers hello?

BBB Beetle Champs 2025 18th Oct, St Michaels Center, Bristol. 🎮Competitors: Lottery sign ups tomorrow (Weds 3rd Sep) 7-8pm at bbb.gd/champs 🎟️Spectators: audience tickets are available now at bbb.gd/tickets

@oshwassociation.bsky.social your definition page 404s oshwa.org/definition/

If you'd like to pre-register for Potton Pi and Pints on Saturday, 1st November, please head over to Eventbrite and grab a free ticket. #raspberrypi #raspberryjam #bedfordshire #cambridgeshire #potton www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/potton-pi-...

🇪🇺🤖⚔️📅 bbb.gd/events - August in European Robot Combat: 2nd Seaside Showdown sportsman ants in Felixstowe 🇬🇧 2nd Robosota ants & 450g in Helsinki 🇫🇮 2-3rd Robot Rebellion beetles in Colchester 🇬🇧 6th Hacker Battlebots 450g in Belfast 🇬🇧 9th Antweight World Series ants in Gainsborough 🇬🇧

We are finally ready to announce that EMF 2026 will happen on July 16-19, 2026, at Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Herefordshire. Expect more updates soon as we start spinning up the organisation again.

All the fights from Saturday with timestamps. Thanks to the roboteers for all the fun and chaos, and our wonderful crew for setup & packdown! youtu.be/PaPSmDSf7Sw

Went to a pub in Liverpool yesterday to catch up with friends and watch robot fights. God I've missed this. Hopefully will be back to competing very soon #robots #battlebots #robotwars

🇪🇺🤖⚔️📅 bbb.gd/events - July in European Robot Combat: 5-6th Merseyside Robot Fighting ants & beetles in Liverpool 🇬🇧 12th Bristol Bot Builders pub beetles in Bristol 🇬🇧 13th Rock & Robots sportsman ants in London 🇬🇧 19th July CAT sportsman ants in Leighton Buzzard 🇬🇧

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT! BBB x LHG: Big Bot Bash Our final of our three summer series events with our pals at LHG Taproom this is the our biggest bots in our biggest arena for maximum chaos to round out the summer on 16th August 1pm, free to spectate. Event page: fb.me/e/2BqBVbEOE

Robot club at Makespace tomorrow, open to non members as well.

Hi folks! It's almost time for Battle In the 'Burgh 5 our Edinburgh adjacent #beetleweight #robotcombat event! Spectator tickets are available at: www.ticketsource.co.uk/battle-in-th... If you can't make it in person, we'll be streaming at: youtube.com/@battleinthe... Hope to see you there!

Is anyone out there maintaining a list of Pi Pico form-factor compatible dev boards?

Summer Showdown Pub Beetles 12th July: Sign ups tonight at 7pm from BBB.gd/pub! 📷 Ellie Harrington

Final calls for sign ups for our upcoming ant event, we will close the form tomorrow evening! BBB.gd/signup

The PCB I designed last weekend as a carrier board for a cheap Chinese DC - DC converter arrived this Friday! Just made one up and it's looking good! Not sure if I'm going to directly solder them to the converter most likely, I will use a plug and socket arrangement #GiganticUnicorn

Anyone looking for a some basic CAD and 3D rendering work (as commission) for a wearable device in Fusion & Blender? Basic models of components exist, enclosure needs to be polished, minor DFM and I need pretty renderings of it. Maybe 30-40h of work, budget around $1,000. DMs open, pls retweet ^.^