Updated 23 Sept 2020
This year marks the seventh 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 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. You may notice that the Group A and B requirements are reversed from the 2020 competition. We made this change due to the Covid-19 pandemic causing significant changes to university policies worldwide.
This year’s contest promises to be just as challenging and hopefully more fun. Stay safe.
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.
Competition Documents
Please click below to access files.
Group A: Competition Schedule
- Phase 1 (Registration): – 1 Nov 2020
- Phase 1 (Design/Modeling): Design submission – 31 Dec 2020
- Phase 1 (Design/Modeling): Judge feedback/initial acceptance of teams – 31 Jan 2021
- Phase 2 (Final presentation & rig model demonstration) – May/June 2021
Group B: Competition Schedule
- Phase 1 (Registration): – 1 Nov 2020
- Phase 1 (Design): Design submission – 31 Dec 2020
- Phase 1 (Design): Judge feedback/initial acceptance of teams – 31 Jan 2021
- Phase 2 (Final presentation & rig demonstration) – May/June 2021
| 2021-Drillbotics-Guidelines-v1.pdf |
| 2021-Drillbotics-Guidelines-v2.pdf |
| 2021-Drillbotics-Guidelines-v3.pdf |
| 2021-Drillbotics-Microbits-Baker-Hughes.pdf |
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Send an email with links to the files. Add more files if needed.
Files to be sent:
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| 2020-Drillbotics-Guidelines-Rev-0.pdf |
| 2020-Drillbotics-Guidelines-Rev-1_pdf.pdf |
| 2020-Drillbotics-Microbits-Baker-Hughes.pdf |
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| 2019-Drillbotics-Microbits-BHGE.pdf |
| 2019-FAQ-Update-R0.pdf |
| 2019-FAQ-Update-R2.pdf |
| 2019-FAQs.pdf |
| Drillbotics-Guidelines-2019.pdf |
| Drillbotics-Guidelines-2019_1.pdf |
| Drillbotics-Guidelines-2019_2.pdf |
| Drillbotics-Guidelines-2019_3.pdf |
| Drillbotics-Guidelines-2019_4.pdf |
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| Drillbotics-Guidelines-Version-2018-01-Release.pdf |
| Drillbotics-Guidelines-Version-2018-02.pdf |
| Drillbotics-pipe-2018-spec-sheet.pdf |
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| Drillbotics-Guidelines-2017.pdf |
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| Drillbotics-Guidelines-2016.pdf |
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| Drillbotics-Guidelines-2015.pdf |
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Please complete the form below to apply for the 2021 Competition. The deadline is November 1, 2020.
