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Grand Challenges

We’re committing $5 Million to

push robotics beyond its limits.

Open challenges. Bold goals. Real breakthroughs in embodied AI.

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Fueling Embodied AI Moonshots

BitRobot's Grand Challenges Fund supports ambitious teams tackling the toughest problems in robotics. With global collaboration, targeted milestones, and prizes up to $1M, we turn today’s moonshots into tomorrow’s breakthroughs.

Fueling Embodied AI Moonshots

Open challenges

GC/01

Earth Rover

Human gamer teams compete with AI teams to advance autonomous navigation.

prize

Up to $1M

APPLICATIONS

Open Now

Co-Organizers

Researchers from academia (NUS, NYU, GMU, Princeton, etc.) and Google DeepMind, FrodoBots Lab

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GC/02

Robotic Origami

Human origami experts compete with AI teams in an ongoing robotic origami challenge.

prize

Up to $1M

APPLICATIONS

Open Now

Co-Organizers

FrodoBots Lab, Nippon Origami Association, Tesollo, Daxo Robotics, Orca Hand

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GC/03

Robotic IKEA Furniture Assembly

Human furniture assemblers compete with AI teams in an ongoing furniture assembly challenge.

prize

Up to $1M

APPLICATIONS

Open Now

Co-Organizers

FrodoBots Lab

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do challenges work?

Each challenge runs as a subnet on the BitRobot Network with a clear problem, phases, and success criteria. Teams compete to beat human benchmarks, with progress verified on-chain.

What challenges are eligible for the Grand Challenges Fund?

How is the $5M Grand Challenges Fund distributed?

Can I launch a challenge?

Frequently Asked Questions

How do challenges work?

Each challenge runs as a subnet on the BitRobot Network with a clear problem, phases, and success criteria. Teams compete to beat human benchmarks, with progress verified on-chain.

What challenges are eligible for the Grand Challenges Fund?

How is the $5M Grand Challenges Fund distributed?

Can I launch a challenge?

Power the next breakthrough in robotics — join us

open data collection opportunities

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SN/01

Drive and earn

Buy a sidewalk robot. Catch aliens and complete missions to accumulate Qualified Miles.

Get started

Launch a subnet

Spin up a subnet to coordinate resources, define tasks, and drive progress in embodied AI.

Contribute hardware

Provide robotic embodiments to power large-scale data collection and real-world evaluation.

License ecosystem outputs

License real-world datasets and models or purchase evaluation services to test and validate AI in the wild.

Grand Challenges

Co-organize, sponsor, propose, contribute hardware, or compete in a Grand Challenge

Contribute compute

Contribute compute resources to enable large-scale model training, simulation, and real-world AI evaluations.

Collaborate on research

Build a state of the art model by tapping into a global pool of robot fleets, teleoperators, and compute.

Not sure how to participate? Click here to see how you can get involved.

Stay informed

Enter your email to follow along as we build the BitRobot Network.

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Get involved

Careers

Community

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Company

Brand Assets

contact@bitrobot.ai

Power the next breakthrough in robotics — join us

open data collection opportunities

ET FUgi

SN/01

Drive and earn

Buy a sidewalk robot. Catch aliens and complete missions to accumulate Qualified Miles.

Get started

Launch a subnet

Spin up a subnet to coordinate resources, define tasks, and drive progress in embodied AI.

Contribute hardware

Provide robotic embodiments to power large-scale data collection and real-world evaluation.

License ecosystem outputs

License real-world datasets and models or purchase evaluation services to test and validate AI in the wild.

Grand Challenges

Co-organize, sponsor, propose, contribute hardware, or compete in a Grand Challenge

Contribute compute

Contribute compute resources to enable large-scale model training, simulation, and real-world AI evaluations.

Collaborate on research

Build a state of the art model by tapping into a global pool of robot fleets, teleoperators, and compute.

Not sure how to participate? Click here to see how you can get involved.

Stay informed

Enter your email to follow along as we build the BitRobot Network.

Learn

Get involved

Careers

Community

X/Twitter

Company

Brand Assets

contact@bitrobot.ai

Power the next breakthrough in robotics — join us

open data collection opportunities

ET FUgi

SN/01

Drive and earn

Buy a sidewalk robot. Catch aliens and complete missions to accumulate Qualified Miles.

Get started

Launch a subnet

Spin up a subnet to coordinate resources, define tasks, and drive progress in embodied AI.

Contribute hardware

Provide robotic embodiments to power large-scale data collection and real-world evaluation.

License ecosystem outputs

License real-world datasets and models or purchase evaluation services to test and validate AI in the wild.

Grand Challenges

Co-organize, sponsor, propose, contribute hardware, or compete in a Grand Challenge

Contribute compute

Contribute compute resources to enable large-scale model training, simulation, and real-world AI evaluations.

Collaborate on research

Build a state of the art model by tapping into a global pool of robot fleets, teleoperators, and compute.

Not sure how to participate? Click here to see how you can get involved.

Stay informed

Enter your email to follow along as we build the BitRobot Network.

Learn

Get involved

Careers

Community

X/Twitter

Company

Brand Assets

contact@bitrobot.ai