The Colorado Robotics Challenge
NASA's Colorado Space Grant Consortium Presents: The Colorado Robotics Challenge
Congratulations to all of our 2025 Robotics Teams!
2025 Robotics Teams
2025 Recognitions
Best Overall Rover - FRED - FRCC
Best Rover Over 1.5 kg and Attention to Detail Award - BioStrider PCC
Best Rover Under 1.5 kg - Nullptr - CMU
Outstanding Performance: Navigation - Muad'Dib - RRCC
Best Bio-inspired design - Manta - CSM
Outstanding demonstration of Creative Locomotion - Land Seal - CCA
Outstanding demonstration of Advanced Autonomy - Project Insight - CU
Mars Sojourner Award
Mars Opportunity Award - Mountaineer - WSU
Mars Spirit Award - TSC
Format for the 2024 - 2025 Robotics Challenge
We will be at the Great Sand Dunes National Park in April 2025 for the annual challenge!
Teams are encouraged to begin work on their autonomous robots in the fall semester. A Conceptual Design Review will be presented by participating teams in November 2024. See the Challenge Timeline below for more information.
If you have any questions please email barbra.sobhani@colorado.edu
2025 Agenda
Background Information
Who can participate? The event is open to any student at a COSGC affiliate institution. If you are a student at a COSGC school and interested in participating in the challenge, please contact the affiliate director at your school.
2024-2025 COSGC Robotics Challenge Registration Form
Design Review Sign Up
Virtual Robotics Workshop
The COSGC Robotics Workshop this year is a self-paced virtual workshop:
Previous workshop materials are available here.
Previous Robotics Workshop Code
2024 - 2025 Timeline
Conceptual Design Reviews (CoDR): November 6-10 (Zoom)
Preliminary Design Reviews (PDR) February 10-14 (Zoom)
Critical Design Review (CDR) March 11-22 (Zoom)
Pre-event Meetup: TBD
Robotics Challenge at Great Sand Dunes National Park, Saturday, April 12, 2025
**Update on Robotics Beacon (09-17-2021)**
We have discontinued use of the XBee based radio beacon used in the 2018 and earlier Robotics Challenges.
