Kibo-RPC Guidance Session will be held.
Date: Mar. 4, 2025 (Tuesday) 18:00-19:00 (JST)
Held with the Teams conference system.
- 1Students up to graduate school in a Kibo-RPC participating countries/region under the framework of Kibo-ABC may apply for the competition.
- Australia（ASA/OGL）
- Bangladesh（NMST/STEMX365）
- Indonesia（BRIN）
- Japan（JAXA）
- Malaysia（MYSA）
- Nepal（NESARC）
- Republic of the Philippines（PhilSA）
- Singapore（SF）
- Taiwan（TASA）
- Thailand（NSTDA）
- United States of America（NASA）
- Vietnam（STI）
- 2The team shall be compromised of a minimum of 3 team members.
- 3Students from countries/regions not listed above may be eligible to participate through the UNOOSA international slot. Please check the guidebook for details.
- 1Please carefully read the Kibo-RPC Guidebook.
- 2Please fill out the application form in your language for the Kibo-RPC and submit it to the point of contact (POC) in your country/region as listed below.
- 3The Kibo-RPC POC will inform you of your team ID via email.
Farahana Kamarudin
Ka Weng Cheong
Benjamin Chua
Frank Lo
TS Cheng
Mingchun Chen
Phạm Văn Bạch Ngọc
Mami Sasamura
The space pirate IB-1 (Int-Ball the First) has hidden the space treasures he collected during his short life somewhere on the International Space Station “Kibo”.
The astro-naut knows clues to find the real treasure hidden by IB-1, but the exact location is un-known.
However, previous research has identified several possible sites where the treas-ure may be hidden, and landmarks have been found nearby.
Now, you will take control of the Astrobee and together we will search for IB-1’s hidden treasure.
First, to find the treasure, the participants must command the Astrobee around the po-tential sites by following the landmarks.
Be careful that fake treasures may be scattered among them.
After visiting all the candidate sites, use the clues that the astronaut has to find the real treasure, return to the correct location and get the treasure!
The path you take to the treasure is up to you.
Grab the treasure hidden by the Space Pirate IB-1 before your rivals find it!
- 1Start from the docking station.
- 2After starting, Astrobee will patrol several candidate sites aboard Kibo where treasures are hidden.
- 3Each team may choose a route through the Oasis Zones, where they receive points for passing through, and report what they find at each candidate location for hidden treasures.
- 4Once all Astrobee has visited all of the sites, go to the astronaut and read the image of the real treasure and its nearby landmark. This will reveal the identity of the real treasure.
- 5Go to the real treasure and take a picture.
- 6After taking the photo, activate the Signal Lights to inform the astronaut of the treasure's location, and the mission is complete.
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.
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has participated in the Kibo-RPC.
has participated in the Kibo-RPC.
has participated in the Kibo-RPC.
has participated in the Kibo-RPC.
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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.
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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.