{"id":34,"date":"2025-06-24T11:46:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T15:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/r5conferences.org\/2026\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2025-09-27T17:44:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T21:44:04","slug":"robotics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/r5conferences.org\/2026\/student-competitions\/robotics\/","title":{"rendered":"Robotics"},"content":{"rendered":"

The year is 2047. After GRID successfully deflected asteroids from comet 2047-5-L1, it was discovered that they contained valuable materials, <\/span>Geodinium <\/span><\/i>and <\/span>Nebulite<\/span><\/i>. Your team\u2019s rover is recruited to quickly collect these <\/span>Astral Materials<\/span><\/i> before the asteroids sail off into space, never to be seen again. Your robot touches down with T-3 minutes till the point of no return, so you have to collect as many astral materials as possible, put them into cosmic shipping containers, and bring them to the rendezvous pad communicated from the telemetry. There are also reports of a strange geographical feature like a cave\u2026 With the amazing materials your robot collects, the world will be able to build new technologies never seen before!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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<\/i>Mining Mayhem<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Eligibility<\/h2><\/div>

Undergraduate Students at schools throughout IEEE Region 5 and globally are invited to compete. The competition encourages a multidisciplinary approach to robot development and recognizes the participation of students who may already be members of SAE, ASME, EEGS, etc. Teams may not include any graduate students. <\/p>\n