Drillbotics® – Drilling Systems Automation

Two Groups for 2021: Virtual and Physical Rigs

The Drillbotics committee met to authorize both Group A and Group B for the 2020-2021 Competition. Please register your team before the November 1st deadline. Complete the form at the bottom of the Guidelines page. It is too …

2021 Guidelines Released: Update

The Guidelines (version 1) for the 2020-2021 competition are now available. Go to the Guidelines page for the latest set of guidelines. Please complete the registration form for your team before 1 November 2020. Universities …

SPE Podcast: Drillbotics History and More

SPE's Paige McCown talks with Fred Florence, president of Rig Operations/one of the founding members of SPE’s Drilling System Automation Technical Section, and Enrique Losoya, Petroleum Engineering doctoral student at Texas A&M …

Autonomous Drilling with a Miniature Drilling Rig

“Design a drilling rig and related equipment to autonomously drill a vertical well as quickly as possible while maintaining borehole quality and integrity of the drilling rig and drillstring.”

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