Important Dates

August 10 (12 noon Pacific Daylight Time): Start of phase 1 - The simulator will be made available such that participants can start phase 1.

September 25 (11pm Anywhere on Earth (AoE)): End of phase 1 - Participants must hand in their proposal, code and score (see the here for details).

October 12: Start of phase 2 - Participants who passed phase 1 will be notified and given access to the robots.

November 6: End of phase 2 - Participants must hand in a 2-page report and the singularity image containing their code. Robot-access will be withdrawn.

November 16: Start of phase 3 - Winners of phase 2 will be announced, and participants will be granted robot-access again such that they can start working on phase 3.

December 11: End of phase 3 - Participants must hand in a 2-page report and the singularity image containing their code. Robot access will be withdrawn.

TBA: Start of phase 4 - Winners of phase 3 will be announced, and participants will be granted robot-access again such that they can start working on phase 4.

TBA: End of phase 4 - Participants must hand in a 2-page report and the singularity image containing their code. Robot access will be withdrawn.

TBA: Winners of phase 4 and overall winners will be announced.