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"The Best Engineers at Virginia Tech"

-The Hokie Bird, 2025

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Awards

1st
Manufacturing Workcell Competition
National Robotics Challenge
2025
Marion, OH
Honda Innovation Award
National Robotics Challenge
2025
Marion, OH
1st
Open Design Competition
SoutheastCon
2024
Atlanta, GA
1st
Open Competition
SoutheastCon
2024
Atlanta, GA
1st
Most Donors
Student Org Challenge, VT Giving Day 2025
2025
Blacksburg, VA
16th
World's Rank
VEX U Worlds
2024
Dallas, TX
TC
Tournament Champions (Worlds Qualifier)
VEX U - Seagull Showdown
2024
Salisbury, Maryland
Design Award
VEX U - Seagull Showdown
2024
Salisbury, Maryland
Design Award
VEX U - VT Competition
2024
Blacksburg, VA
3rd
Mixxer Makerspace
College Antweight Division Mixxer Makerspace
2026
3rd and 4th
Royal Rumble
Charlotte Royal Rumble
2025
Charlotte
Open Sauce 2026 Exhibitor
WorkCell
2026
San Francisco, CA

Mission

Improve the presence of robotics at Virginia Tech and surrounding communities.

What we are

We are Virginia Tech's premiere engineering team, with six design teams working on varied projects and four support teams across three labs.

We Believe in Small, Dedicated Teams.

Even though we are Virginia Tech's largest design team, we believe in small, tight-knit design teams of 8-12 motivated and talented engineers.

Core Principles

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Reliability

Engineering you can count on.

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Simplicity

Simplicity surpasses complexity.

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Modularity

The cornerstone of flexible design.

Seven Design Teams

AutoNav

Autonomous rover project built to tackle real outdoor obstacle courses in the IGVC competition.

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Canopy

Cable‑suspended autonomous robot using AI and a 2‑DOF arm to deliver plant‑level greenhouse care.

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CROLabs

Developing an AI that lets drones, rovers, and robotic arms act in unison that follows a command.

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CroQuest

Creating custom STEM kits for VT CEED to help kids learn engineering through hands‑on builds.

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Dart

Combat robotics team building bots engineered to compete from local fights to NHRL’s global stage.

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SoutheastCon

Building a fully autonomous vehicle for IEEE’s 2027 “Stock Car Race” challenge.

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VEX U

Collegiate robotics team building two custom robots to work together and win a World Title.

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Four Support Teams

Business

The Business team helps market and launch VT CRO and its innovations, laying the foundation for future startups.

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Executive

The Executive team's purpose is to execute the strategic vision of the organization.

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Learning

The Learning Team provides the opportunity for anyone at Virginia Tech to learn about robotics.

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Operations

Keeping the club running smoothly while we achieve our mission of creating winning robots!

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Outreach

Spread STEM education to K–12 students across Southwest Virginia through community events.

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We are VT CRO—the Competitive Robotics Organization at Virginia Tech and the largest design team on campus. Our multidisciplinary club features eight specialized design teams and four support teams out of three labs.

"If we're going to do it wrong, we might as well do it right."

Marco Gonzalez Hauger
Founder of VT CRO

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