Kibo-RPC Mission Patch
Kibo-RPC
Astrobee
Kibo Robot Programming Challenge
Int-Ball
Participation of
35
countries
/region
661
teams
2,788
students
What's New
Nov 5, 2024
The Final Round Short Movie is now available in the ‘Status of Final Round’ section
Oct 18, 2024
The link to the YouTube live streaming is now available in the ‘Status of Final Round’ section
Status of Final Round
Information
Held in
November 2024
Venue
JAXA / YouTube Live
ISS
The result will be announced on
Nov 09, 2024
with YouTube live streaming!

Click here!
Final Round Short Movie
The Final Round is just around the corner!
Participating Teams
Australia
ASA
OGL
Team
Dream Rover
Bangladesh
NMST
STEMX365
Team
team_mukul
Japan
JAXA
Team
Celestial-Ravens
Malaysia
MYSA
Team
Techwin
Nepal
NESARC
Team
TEAM PGS
Republic of the Philippines
PhilSA
Team
Inflection Point
Singapore
SF
Team
SST 1
Taiwan
TASA
Team
CHIPI-CHIPI CHAPA-CHAPA DUBI-DUBI DABA-DABA
Thailand
NSTDA
Team
Astronut
United Arab Emirates
MBRSC
Team
UF0
United States of America
NASA
Team
Salcedo
Vietnam
STI
Team
Pho_VietNam
UNOOSA
UNOOSA
Team
Orion 1
Schedule
Feb 2024
Call for Participation
Application and Self-learning
Apr 2024
Release of Simulation Environment
Program development
Jul 2024
Preliminary Round
Program Improvement
Sep 2024
APK Final Run in ISS / Kibo
Organize the Results
Nov 2024
Final Round in JAXA / YouTube Live
Game Story

On a certain day in 2024, the astronaut on the ISS were busy preparing for the Asian Try Zero-G event.

However, when the astronaut checked the whereabouts of the tools and manuals necessary
for the experiment, the astronaut found that some were missing.

With the large amount of material on the ISS, searching for things can be very time-consuming.

There is no more time before the scheduled start time.

It is almost time to start the experiment. Can you find the missing tools and manuals?

Work with the Astrobee to find the items you're looking for!

※ This is a fictional story.
Game Rules
  • 1
    Start from the docking station.
  • 2
    After the starting, Astrobee will patrol the several candidate sites for the location of objects prepared in the Kibo module while avoiding Keep Out Zone.
  • 3
    After it finishes its patrol, it moves to the astronaut and reports what objects (images) it found and where.
  • 4
    It asks the astronaut to tell it what he/she is looking for by reading the image in his/her hands.
  • 5
    Astrobee will move close to the object astronaut is looking for and it will take a picture of it.
  • 6
    After the photo is taken, the Signal Lights will light up to inform the astronaut of the location of the object and the game will end.
Game Flow
This is an overview of the rules. (Actual image is different)
How to Join the Kibo-RPC
The applications are now closed
Entry Qualification
Application Process
Guidance Movie
Result of Preliminary Round
Schedules
Result of country/region
Tutorial Video
Tutorial Video: 01 How to Login to My Page
Tutorial Video: 02 How to Set up Android Studio
Tutorial Video: 03 How to Build APK and Simulator
Tutorial Video: 04 Explanation of SampleAPK
Tutorial Video: 05 How to Improve Your SampleAPK
Tutorial Video: 06 Conditional Branch and Exception Handling
Tutorial Video: 07 Image Recognition Programing
Because this is a video of the 3rd Kibo-RPC, some of the descriptions in the video do not match those of the 5th Kibo-RPC.
Purpose of Kibo-RPC

The Kibo Robot Programming Challenge is an educational program in which students solve various problems by programming free-flying robots (Astrobee and Int-Ball) in the International Space Station (ISS).
The Kibo-RPC will inspire students to develop their educational and professional goals to a higher level.

Participants will have the opportunity to learn cutting-edge methodologies and hone their skills in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics through this program.

The Kibo-RPC will also expand international exchange by encouraging students to interact with other participants from around the world.

History of Kibo-RPC
1st Kibo-RPC
1st Kibo-RPC
2020
A total of 1,168 students comprising 313 teams from seven countries/region
has participated in the Kibo-RPC.
2nd Kibo-RPC
2nd Kibo-RPC
2021
A total of 905 students comprising 286 teams from eleven countries/region
has participated in the Kibo-RPC.
3rd Kibo-RPC
3rd Kibo-RPC
2022
A total of 1,431 students comprising 351 teams from twelve countries/region
has participated in the Kibo-RPC.
4th Kibo-RPC
4th Kibo-RPC
2023
A total of 1,685 students comprising 421 teams from twelve countries/region
has participated in the Kibo-RPC.
Robot Introduction
Astrobee

Astrobee

Astrobee, NASA's new free-flying robotic system, will help astronauts reduce the time spent on routine duties, allowing them to focus more on things that only humans can do.

Int-Ball

Int-Ball

Int-Ball is a free-flying camera robot aiming to ultimately reduce crew time to zero for routine video-shooting tasks by crew in ISS/Kibo.