6.270
6.270 ("six-two-seventy") is a hands-on, learn-by-doing robotics course for MIT students run entirely by volunteer student organizers. Participants in the course work in teams of three and receive a kit of parts at the beginning of January from which they must design and build an autonomous robot. Three and a half weeks later, those sixty robots compete at the annual 6.270 contest, one of MIT's most popular events.
Videotapes of the 1999 contest are now available.
Introduction Find out more about 6.270 and its history
Registration MIT students should sign up here to take the course.
Contests Descriptions of each of the annual contests.
Robots Student web pages detailing their robots' designs.
Schedules The schedule and syllabus for the course.
Course Notes The course text in electronic form.
Staff The Organizers and TAs who run the contest.
Sponsors The organizations that make 6.270 possible.
Photo Album A collection of pictures from the course.
Scrap Book Some of the media coverage of 6.270.
Links Links to related information.
Please send all comments and questions to 6.270-organizers@mit.edu