RoboReach – Robotic Arm Competition
IIT Bombay
📌About the Event
RoboReach 2026 is a robotics competition organised under Techfest, IIT Bombay, challenging participants to demonstrate their skills in robotic-arm control, precision, speed, and automation. Teams compete by performing accurate pick-and-place tasks using a robotic arm, making it an opportunity for students and robotics enthusiasts to apply their engineering and problem-solving skills in a competitive setting.
ℹ️ Event Details
- Organiser: Techfest, IIT Bombay
- Mode: Zonal/off-campus rounds followed by qualification for the Grand Finale at IIT Bombay
- Challenge: Teams operate a robotic arm to complete precise pick-and-place tasks.
- Key skills tested: Robotics, automation, precision, speed, control, and problem-solving.
- Competition focus: Participants are expected to balance accuracy and speed while completing the assigned robotic-arm tasks.
- Finale: Top performers from the zonal competitions can advance to the Grand Finale at IIT Bombay.
📅 Important Dates
- Zonal rounds: Conducted at multiple locations as part of Techfest’s zonal competitions.
- Grand Finale: At IIT Bombay.
- Registration Deadline: 30-Sept-2026
🎯 Eligibility & Rules
- Eligibilty:
- Open to students and robotics enthusiasts interested in participating in Techfest’s robotics challenges.
- Participants should meet the team-size and eligibility requirements specified by Techfest for RoboReach.
- Exact eligibility conditions should be verified on the official competition registration page.
🏆 Benefits for the Participants
- Winners and top-performing teams get an opportunity to compete at the Techfest, IIT Bombay Grand Finale.
- RoboReach is part of Techfest’s 2026 flagship zonal challenges.
- The five featured zonal challenges have a combined prize pool of ₹4,80,000, as announced for the Techfest 2026 Delhi Zonal competitions.
- Participants get an opportunity to showcase their robotics, automation, and engineering skills on a national-level platform.
- Further RoboReach-specific prize details should be confirmed from the official Techfest announcement.