The 2015 Engineering Exploration Challenge

The Engineering Exploration Challenge is back! National Geographic wants you to solve up to three big challenges that explorers often face when they are out in the field by using your own robot-like design. Your solution must collect information about its immediate environment and use that information to decide an action to take, the way a robot might. The resulting action can be as big or as small as you can imagine!

Choose one or more of the challenges below to work on. When you are satisfied with your solution, submit it to National Geographic by midnight, EST on August 1, 2015. National Geographic staff will review every solution submitted to the Challenge, and we will also look at submissions in consideration of using them in a Google Hangout or for publication in a new National Geographic book, ​Everything Robotics​ . Everyone who is qualified and submits a solution to National Geographic will receive a certificate of accomplishment and a free movie ticket to the new National Geogrpahic film, ​ROBOTS 3D ​(while supplies last).

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Pick One of the 2015 Challenges

Animal Migrations

How do you study an animal that can't sit still? Design, build, and test a way to study an animal as it migrates.

Telling the Story

How do you prove a place is special? Design, build, and test a way to collect data about a place.

Extreme Environments

How do you explore an extreme place that you cannot or should not go? Design, build, and test a way to study an extreme place that you'd like to explore but cannot go to because of extreme conditions.

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The Fine Print

The Engineering Exploration (NGX) Challenge is open to children ages 6-18 worldwide. Participants may develop solutions as individuals or in groups. Adults may submit solution forms on behalf of their children or students. Children 12 and under will need a parent, guardian, or educator to submit for them. Students between the ages of 13 and 18 may submit their own solutions but will need to provide a parent or guardian's email address. Solutions are due by midnight, EST on August 1, 2015.

National Georaphic staff will review every solution submitted for the Challenge, and we will also look at submissions in consideration of using them in a Google+ Hangout or for publication in the new National Geographic book, ​Everything Robotics​. We will send you or your parent/guardian an email to reach our for further discussion is we are interested in using your solution.

By submitting a solution to the Challenge, you agree (on behalf of yourself and the child(ren) for whom you are submitting) to release, discharge, and hold harmless National Geographic from any and all liability, loss, damage, or injury resulting from participating in the Challenge.