This is The Typewriter Repairmen's page for the 2026 National Underwater Robotics Challenge, a competition put on by Si Se Puede in Tempe, AZ. Please visit their facebook page for latest updates.
The Typewriter Repairmen is a family robotics club. Jim, the Principal Instigator, is a "retired" mechanical engineer. He has worked with the local FIRST high school robotics team NERDS for the past 20 seasons as an engineering mentor, and discovered that it's about the most fun thing there is. Jim's daughter Carol has been playing with robots since high school in 2007. Jim's brother David is an Electrical Engineer at the University of Arizona's Steward Observatory, and also runs a side business Cathode Corner, which sells neat electronic gadgets. David's son Linus has been playing with robots since high school in 2012.
Link to the 2009 NURC robot notBob
Link to the 2010 NURC robot Babs
Link to the 2012 NURC autonomous robot Biff
All through the project we have been posting videos on youtube.
Contact us at jforb427@gmail.com
We signed up for NURC.
Copyright 2009-2025 Jim Forbes, David Forbes