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    Hull University Robotics Society

    We build robots.
    Come build one with us.

    A student society for anyone who wants to wire, print and program real machines. No experience needed, every course welcome.

    See our projects Come to a Project Meeting
    Next up Project Day Every Wednesday, 13:30 to 17:00 Robotics Lab, Applied Science building Details →

    The robot roster

    Meet the machines

    Active

    Flagship build

    Dalek

    A full-size, mind-controlled Dalek on an electric wheelchair base.

    Base
    Electric wheelchair, DB9 controller
    Brains
    Arduino bridge, Raspberry Pi
    Party trick
    EEG headset → Node-RED → motors
    Seen at
    Freshers Fair, Top 100 Leaders, Varsity 2026
    Read the build log →
    OSRC Active

    Designed in-house

    OSRC

    An open-source handheld remote for controlling any robot over ROS or MQTT.

    Compute
    Raspberry Pi 5, 7-inch touchscreen
    Input
    Dual joysticks, buttons
    Talks
    ROS, ROS 2, MQTT via Node-RED
    Case
    CAD-designed, 3D printed
    Read the build log →
    Baxter Active Baxter press image © Rethink Robotics

    Research robot

    Baxter

    Bringing a Rethink Robotics dual-arm cobot back into service.

    Arms
    2 × 7 joints, series elastic actuators
    Software
    ROS, Python
    Highlights
    Music video, Baxter × Pepper dance
    Read the build log →

    Photo coming soon

    Just started

    Newest project

    Transformer

    Our most recent project. Introduction posted, more coming.

    Started
    January 2026
    Brains
    Raspberry Pi, ESP32
    Muscles
    High-torque servos, PCA9685 driver
    Read the build log →
    Pepper Active

    Front of house

    Pepper

    Tablet apps, Freshers Fair demos and a dance routine with Baxter.

    Type
    SoftBank Pepper humanoid
    We built
    Tablet web apps, choreography
    Seen at
    Freshers Fair, Graduation 2026
    Read the build log →

    Out of the lab and into the world

    Read the journal →
    The Dalek at the Top 100 Leaders event
    Top 100 Leaders · May 2025
    Film night banner
    Film nights
    The HullRS stand with Pepper at Freshers Fair
    Freshers Fair · Sep 2026
    The Dalek outside a crêpe stand at Varsity
    Varsity · Mar 2026
    Fitting an EEG headset
    Mind control research
    The Dalek with a camera tripod
    Dalek 50 · 2025

    Join us

    No experience?
    Perfect.

    Membership is through Hull University Students' Union (HUSU) and open to all HUSU members. Come to a Project Meeting or Project Day first if you want to see what it's like.

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