2022 Guidelines/Application Form

This year marks the eighth competition for the title of Drillbotics® champion and a chance for sponsored travel to present a paper at the next SPE/IADC Drilling Conference and possibly at an event organized by DSATS. The past years involved undergraduates, masters and doctoral students from a variety of disciplines who built innovative drilling machines and downhole tools while developing a deeper understanding of automating the drilling process.  In 2020 and 2021 teams also created models to simulate drilling from a full-sized rig.

Again, this year, there are two categories:  Group A will not require any rig construction; it requires a model of the rig, the well, and a directional drilling technique.  Group B will build and operate a physical rig.  The Drillbotics Challenge Team is working to update the Guidelines for next year’s contest.  Look here in early September to download the updated document.

NOTE: Updates will be posted on the Drillbotics.com blog, and it is the responsibility of each team to keep up to date, as these Guidelines and the FAQs become an amendment to the Guidelines and are the official rules of the competition. Teams are encouraged to enroll to receive notification of new posts on the blog page.  Sign up for alerts by filling in the form on this page.

Competition Documents

Please click below to access 2022 and previous Guidelines.  Team must register before 15 October by completing the form at the bottom of this page.