BitRobot

grand challenges

Meet robotics'
toughest challenges

The BitRobot Foundation has launched a $5M fund to drive real progress on robotics’ hardest problems—rewarding bold, outcome-driven breakthroughs.

Enter a Grand Challenge today.

Prizes available: $5 million

Active Challenges: 3

current phase: accepting entries

winners: tba

entrants: confidential

Challenges designed to advance
frontier robotics capabilities

GC/01

Earth Rover

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

Prize

Up to $1M

Application date

Open Now

Co-Organizers

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

Start competing

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GC/02

Robotic Origami

AI models benchmarked against human experts from Nippon Origami Association

Prize

Up to $1M

Application date

Open Now

Co-Organizers

BitRobot, FrodoBots Lab, Agility Robotics, Nippon Origami Association (日本折紙協会), Sharpa Hands, Lightwheel, Toyota Central R&D Labs. NUS, Stanford University, Tsinghua University

Start competing

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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

Application date

Open Now

Co-Organizers

Researchers from BitRobot, Unitree, Lightwheel, and Singapore Institue of Technology

Start competing

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GC/01

Earth Rover

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

Prize

Up to $1M

Application date

Open Now

Co-Organizers

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

Start competing

Read the Brief

GC/02

Robotic Origami

AI models benchmarked against human experts from Nippon Origami Association

Prize

Up to $1M

Application date

Open Now

Co-Organizers

BitRobot, FrodoBots Lab, Agility Robotics, Nippon Origami Association (日本折紙協会), Sharpa Hands, Lightwheel, Toyota Central R&D Labs. NUS, Stanford University, Tsinghua University

Start competing

Read the Brief

GC/03

Robotic IKEA Furniture Assembly

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

Prize

Up to $1M

Application date

Open Now

Co-Organizers

Researchers from BitRobot, Unitree, Lightwheel, and Singapore Institue of Technology

Start competing