Build. Compete. Innovate. Win.

Join us in person at NextGen Expo 2026, Bengaluru, for five hands-on technology challenges. Bring your team, build your solution, and compete with innovators from across the country.

Build an intelligent robotic system that can sense, understand, decide and act to solve a real-world problem using AI and robotics.

AI & ROBOTICS - 4 ROBOTICS CHALLENGES

Put your robotics skills to the test across four exciting challenges designed around autonomous navigation, problem-solving, precision and robot control.

🏁 Line Follower

Build a robot that can autonomously follow a designated track with speed and precision.

🌽 Maize Challenge

Navigate the maze, make the right decisions and reach the destination using your robot’s sensing and control capabilities.

🪨 7 Stones

Build and control a robot to pick, move and rebuild the stone structure while completing the challenge within the given constraints.

⚽ Robot Football

Design a competitive robot capable of finding, controlling and pushing the ball while playing against other robots.

Ai & Robotics innovation hackathon

Participants can choose one of four AI & Robotics challenges and develop a solution based on the selected problem statement.

Challenge 1 — AI
Build an intelligent AI-based solution to address a real-world problem.

Challenge 2 — Robotics
Develop a robotic system capable of sensing, decision-making and performing a useful task.

Challenge 3 — AI + Robotics
Combine AI intelligence with robotics to create an autonomous solution for a real-world problem.

Create an immersive AR/VR experience that solves a real-world problem or introduces a new way to learn, interact or experience something.

Test your drone skills through two rounds:

• Round 1: Pick & place a 1–5 kg payload
• Round 2: Navigate through an obstacle course with precision and control.

Design and 3D-print a functional solution to a given engineering problem. Think, design, print, test and improve.

Create an original 3–7 minute short film using AI meaningfully across storytelling, visuals, animation, sound or post-production.

📍 In-Person: Tripura Vasini Palace Grounds, Bengaluru
📅 23–25 October 2026

Choose your challenge. Build your solution. Take the stage.

• Participants will be evaluated based on the following criteria:
  Judging will focus on innovation, problem relevance, technical implementation, functionality, and real-world impact. Teams should demonstrate a working and meaningful solution rather than just an idea.