Drillbotics® – Drilling Systems Automation

Safety Case

For the Drillbotics competition, team safety is very important to us. This is one of the first things that judges look for. Appendix B mentions a safety case and outlines just some of the areas that teams should examine to …

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 …

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.”

There are two buttons: start and stop.