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For example, the team from NTNU reports “one of NTNU Drillbotics team members has become a vice president this year.”
Also, “in the last 1.5 years NTNU used their Drillbotics rig for further R&D on how to increase driller’s situational awareness. See, e.g. this video with Equinor CEO testing our new DrillFeel technology: https://youtu.be/wILXR_pje3Y?feature=shared DrillFeel is much more than what he talks about. Right now we are looking for industrial partners to go forward with it.”
My journey with Drillbotics began in 2019, introduced to the competition by my academic supervisor, Professor Roman Shor. For three consecutive years, I participated but did not win, yet this challenge fueled my passion and ambition. Those experiences inspired me to establish a drilling software company and to understand drilling on a deeper level. Today, I am proud to say that I have triumphed in my own way. I now teach drilling to third-year students at a university in Nigeria, helping to pass on the practical and technical knowledge I gained.
Through my involvement with Drillbotics, my team and I have developed six drilling applications, each one rooted in the valuable lessons we learned from the competition and through mentorship. The exposure to data usage, critical result interpretation, and technical skills such as MATLAB App Designer, well path design, reverse minimum curvature methods, and essential drilling calculations has been instrumental in my growth.
I encourage petroleum schools everywhere to get their students involved in Drillbotics. The practical challenges and deep understanding of the drilling process it offers are invaluable. I am deeply grateful to the Drillbotics organizers and sponsors—you made this competition possible, and your impact on students like me is profound. A special shoutout to Uncle Fred and heartfelt thanks to Professor Roman Shor. I am excited to bring a group of my students to the next Drillbotics competition. The journey continues, and it only gets better from here.
Thank you, Darlington. We now have a third generation team: University of Texas, University of Calgary and now University of Lagos.