SPE's Drilling Systems Automation Technical Section (DSATS) chartered a sub-committee to oversee the Drillbotics(TM) student competition. This team of volunteers plans the competitive focus of each year's program and updates the guidelines accordingly. They help find sponsors, encourage …
Drillbotics(TM) 2016 Competition Results
The Drillbotics tests for 2016 have now been completed. Judging the entrants this year has been extremely difficult. The ten Phase I submittals included innovative concepts from each school, but we had to reduce the field to only five finalists for Phase II. The finalists …
2016 Testing Complete
The fifth and final test was completed last week. The Drillbotics committee will meet to select the winner in about one week. …
