This is the big one! The Kilobots Canadian National Championships for 2024 will once again be held in Calgary, Alberta at the TELUS Spark Science Centre. Teams from across Canada and the United States will go head to head to etch their name on the Kilobots Cup! Registration for all classes is already filling up… Read More: Kilobots Canadian National Championship 2024! »
July 6 and 7 will be our annual Saskatoon BBQ fundraiser event. Held at FingerTech HQ (20 – 3111 Millar Ave), this event is open to the public to spectate and enjoy our BBQ fundraiser. 10am-5pm both days. Come enjoy hotdogs, burgers, sodas, and robots smashing each other! Funds from the BBQ will go back… Read More: Kilobots 56 – July 6-7, 2024 »
We’ve got a double-whammy this year. The Calgary Maker Faire is happening on the same weekend as the Saskatoon Entertainment Expo, so there will be TWO Kilobots events happening at the same time! (We are hoping to display Calgary’s livestream on a TV on top of the Saskatoon arena so we can all watch together!)… Read More: Kilobots 54 and 55 registrations are open! »
It gets cold in Saskatchewan in January and many of us require a good excuse to leave our basements. Well, here is a great excuse! Dust off your old bots. Build something new. Bring them to Kilobots 53.
Bot builders! Have you figured out your upgrades for Nationals? Do you need an extra test to make sure you design is viable? Do you crave bot parts and scrap metal? Well I have an announcement for you! Kilobots 52 and BBQ! Yea you read me right! This one day event will be happening Saturday… Read More: Kilobots 52 – The Paradox »
?? KILOBOTS IS EXPANDING! ?? We are very excited to announce that Kilobots is expanding into other Canadian provinces! A bit of restructuring has been happening behind the scenes: “Kilobots” is no longer just the event name, “Kilobots Combat Robot Events” is now the main body that holds events across the country. The SCRC (previously… Read More: KILOBOTS IS EXPANDING! »
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Looking for more robotic mayhem? Monday Jan 18 we will be streaming Part 1 of the 2019 Canadian National Championship!How many BattleBots builders can you spot? Join us at twitch.tv/fingertechrobotics to watch and chat live with the competitors and other builders! 10PM EST / 9PM CST / 7PM PSTSubscribe to the channel to be notified… Read More: Streaming the 2019 Canadian National Championship! »
It’s been a while since we destroyed some robots! August 2019 to be exact. May’s “RoboPalooza” at Saskatoon Maker Faire was cancelled, June’s “Rent-to-Wreck” at Frontier Days was cancelled, and the 2020 Canadian National Championship isn’t looking good for August either! But we’re still building. Having months of extra time is going to produce some… Read More: Kilobots COVID-19 updates »
Thank you to everyone who attended the Kilobots XLIII event in September! The 2019 Canadian National Championship tournament was most excellent. Reviews from the international competitors were highly positive, and every one of them said they plan to come back for 2020. Our social media pages lit up with positive comments and I wouldn’t be… Read More: Canadian National Championship 2019 @ The Saskatoon Ex »