BEEES - Bristol Electrical & Electronic Engineering Society
- Makeathon 26/27 BEEES x MechSoc Queen's Building General Engineering Lab and Cafe Saturday 07-11-2026 - 11:00 until Sunday 08-11-2026 - 16:00
Makeathon 26/27 BEEES x MechSoc
Join BEEES and MechSoc for the Makeathon!
In 24 hours, build a line following Robot to compete for a prize-pool of over £400 against other teams in our bespoke like following course. This is a great opportunity to develop your skills for your CV and engineering knowledge, competitions like these are exactly what hiring managers love to hear about in interviews.
All hardware and tools will be provided for free! We'll also give you dinner, breakfast and lunch for free! Drinks and snacks will be provided throughout as well. If you'd like to keep your robot after the event, we'll ask a small payment to cover the cost of parts.
Details of line course to be followed and electronics will not be revealed until the start of the event to ensure a fair competition. No prior skills or knowledge is required, we strongly recommend first years to attend. Teams will be 4-6 members, feel free to join alone - we'll help you find a team! Alternatively, sign up with a group of friends!
The event will be from 11am Saturday 7th Novemeber until 4pm Sunday the 8th November. We'll spend a bit of time singing people in and explaining the event in more detail before starting the 24-hour build period. Afterwards, the Robots will compete! All building will take place in the Genereal Engineering Lab, it will be open until 11pm on Saturday and from 9am on Sunday. Between these times Queen's cafe will be open for coding and basic assembly tasks.
BEEES sponsors, Arm, Babcock and Imagination Technologies, will be joining us for the event to give you help and advice building your robot as well as scouting out potential future candidates for graduate roles and internships. Arm will have their own challenge, with another prize! Use this great opportunity to ask career questions or for them to even review your CV!
More information to be revealed closer to the event.
A full timeline of how the event is expected to run can be seen below:
Here are the teams:
You MUST complete the confirmation of attendance form within 5 days of you receiving the email about it or your place will be given away to someone on the waitlist. If you cannot access the form or you have not received the email and you are on this table, please contact Theo using the contact details listed below this event listing.
Venue/Timing
Venue : Queen's Building General Engineering Lab and Cafe
Type: Alcohol Free Events, Free, Other, Society Events
Start Date: Saturday 07-11-2026 - 11:00
End date: Sunday 08-11-2026 - 16:00
Capacity: 120
Location
Contact Details
Theo Coates
ua25514@bristol.ac.uk
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