Entry Qualification
1. Australian students in primary school, high school and university level students may apply for the competition.
2. A team is comprised of more than three members.
Application Process
1. Please carefully read the Kibo-RPC Guidebook carefully.
2. Please fill out the application form for Kibo-RPC and submit it to info@onegiantleapaustralia.com
The application deadline is May 27, 2024 (23:59)AEST.
Application Form
3. The Kibo-RPC POC will inform you of your team ID via email.
Kibo RPC 2024 High-level Schedule
Call for participation
Deadline: 23:59 AEST May 27 2024
Call for participation
Deadline: 23:59 AEST May 13 2024
Team application, virtual training and self-learning:
Participants will access to the Github repository provided by NASA to learn about the programming of the space robot (Astrobee)
https://github.com/nasa/astrobee
Release of Simulation Environment
April 2024
Participants will create programs using JAXA’s simulation environment.
Preliminary Round
APK Submission Deadline: Mid- July 2024
Program Improvement
Winning team(s) will go to the final round.
Final Round in ISS / Kibo
Around September-October 2024
Final round will be hosted by JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) at Tsukuba Space Center with real-time connections with ISS and will be also broadcasted globally.
Note that this schedule is subject to change depending on the experiment schedule in the ISS.
Rules to be released in April- stay tuned!