The Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative is commited to interdisciplinary collaboration to promote network building between makers, business talent, builders, and creatives - it takes a village to innovate and to bring innovations to market. This is the first year of a partnership between the I&E Initiative and Chomp City Combat Robotics, a collaborative organization between the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and BitBots.
Eligibility guidelines are available HERE. All currently registered SFSU students are invited to enter a combat robot for competition. Robot weight class is PLANTs (Plastic Ant Weight) only.
Attendance/audience entry is open to the extended SFSU community, including students, faculty, staff, administration, alumni, friends and family. RSVP highly encouraged.
When & Where
Competition Entry Deadline:
Monday, May 4, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. PDT
Event:
6:30 p.m. - 9:00p.m., Thursday May 7, 2026
LFCoB Innovation HUB - Humanities 125
Livestream starts at 6:30 p.m. - RSVP for link
Agenda
| Time | Session | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 5:00 p.m. - 6:30pm | Competitor Check-in and Bot Inspection | Competitors: Much check in at the front desk with their bot ready for inspection. Audience: Network, grab a good viewing spot, have some snacks, and meet others from the SFSU Community. |
| 6:35pm | Bracket Annoucement | Single elimination, 3-min matches - brackets will be released and competitors prepare their bots for the time of their match(es) |
| 6:45 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. | Preliminary Rounds | First Round of single-elimination |
| 7:30 p.m.- 8:00 p.m. | Intermission | Repair your bots, refresh yourself! |
| 8:00 p.m. - 8:25 p.m. | Quarter-Finals | Single elimination, 3-min matches |
| 8:30 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. | Semi-Finals | It's getting spicy! |
| 8:45 p.m. - 8:55 p.m. | FINALS! | Cage Match! RWWWAAAAR! |
| 8:55 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. | Awards Ceremony | Presented by ChompCity Robotics |
Competition Hosts
An in-person and streamed event like this takes significant effort and coordination by many parties. Thank you to Chomp City Combat leadership, competitor-participants and the Lam Larsen Initiative for making this inaugural event happen! Find out more about each organization, below:
Sponsors & Partners
Building robots, finding sponsors, working in teams and organizing competitions and events requires not only student passion, dedication and time, but the material support of community and sponsors. We appreciate the support provided by the following sponsors:
