ME72 Engineering Design Competition

Bot Hockey

40th Annual Engineering Design Competition

The Mission

In the 40th Annual ME 072 Engineering Design Competition, teams of mechanical engineering students will design and build a fleet of three remote-controlled (R/C) robots to compete in a high-energy Bot Hockey tournament. Inspired by traditional street hockey, this game challenges students to develop robots that can maneuver, pass, and shoot a regulation street hockey puck into their opponent's goal while defending their own. Unlike conventional Bot Hockey competitions, this year's game features a custom-designed 20 ft × 12 ft rink with a ferromagnetic surface, allowing robots to generate enhanced traction using magnets mounted on their chassis—a design element that introduces a unique mechanical and strategic challenge. The top-performing teams from the round-robin phase will advance to an elimination bracket, culminating in a championship match that determines the winner of this year's ME 072 Capstone Design Challenge.