Thank you for the hard work and long hours by the student teams participating in the 2017 Drillbotics competition. Through two semesters you have learned things that are not in the textbooks. You experienced the thrill of invention followed by the intense effort necessary to develop your …
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Cody Smith Presented WVU Paper at WRM
Cody Smith presented SPE paper 185730 "A Real-Time Interactive Drill-Off Test Utilizing Artificial Intelligence Algorithm for DSATS Drilling Automation University Competition" at SPE's Western Regional Meeting in Bakersfield, CA on 26 April 2017. In keeping with SPE's copyright policy, the paper …
Permanent Slot at the Drilling Conference for Drillbotics Paper
Good news! The program committee of the SPE/IADC Drilling Conference has awarded the Drillbotics program a permanent slot at one of the drilling sessions at this renowned international conference. Also, SPE has offered a booth for the winning team to exhibit their rig during the conference. The …

























