Links to the Guidelines and the team’s Registration Form are shown below.
This year marks the sixth 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 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. This year there are two categories: Group A will build and operate a rig as before to drill a directional well. Group B will not require any rig construction; it requires a model of the rig, the well, and a directional drilling technique. This year’s contest promises to be just as challenging and hopefully more fun.
Group A: Competition Schedule
- Phase 1 (Design): Preliminary Design submission – Nov 30, 2019
- Phase 1 (Design): Judge feedback/initial acceptance of teams – Jan 15, 2020
- Phase 1 (Design): Final design report submission – Feb 15, 2020
- Phase 2 (final presentation & rig demonstration) – May/June 2020
Group B: Competition Schedule
- Phase 1 (Design): Preliminary Design submission – Nov 30, 2019
- Phase 1 (Design): Judge feedback/initial acceptance of teams – Jan 15, 2020
- Phase 1 (Design): Final design report submission – Feb 15, 2020
- Phase 2 (final presentation & rig demonstration) – May/June 2020
Competition Documents
Please click below to access files.
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 that become an amendment to the Guidelines are the official rules of the competition. Teams are encouraged to enroll to receive notification of new posts on the blog page www.Drillbotics.com/blog
Please complete the form below to apply for the 2020 Competition. The deadline is November 30, 2019.
