RAILSIDE RUMBLE
Spring 2025 Combat Robotics Competition
Railside Rumble was a public combat robotics competition organized by Railside Robotics, Purdue University's combat robotics club. Full-combat Antweight and Beetleweight robots competed in double-elimination brackets to determine a champion in each weight class. This page archives the event's highlights and photos.
- Date
- Saturday, April 19, 2025
- Time
- 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
- Venue
- Purdue Armory
- Address
- 812 3rd Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907
- Status
- Event Concluded
- Age Requirement
- All competitors and spectators must be 18 or older
Highlights
Arena footage from the original Railside Rumble.
Video, 1:50
Event recap
Railside Robotics hosted the inaugural Railside Rumble on Saturday, April 19, 2025, at the Purdue Armory. Student teams from several Midwest schools competed with Antweight and Beetleweight robots.
- Robots competing
- 28
- In attendance
- 300+
- Universities represented
- 4
Figures as reported in the Railside Robotics 2025-2026 Information Handbook.
Sponsors listed for the event were ItGresa, Repeat Robotics, Essig PLM, the Purdue University Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Aras.
Registration and competition details are preserved in the official event listing.
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