UNSW School of Built Environment
2026 STEM, Robotics & AI Coding Challenge
Australia's premier K–12 STEM competition — featuring AI & Machine Learning · 4th Year
🚨 2026 Scenario
Emergency Protocol: The Highway Collapse
A massive geotechnical failure has severed a critical transport route. Students design coding, robotics, and AI solutions for rescue, logistics, safety, and recovery.
🧠 AI & Machine Learning — Integrated Across the Challenge
Students don't just use AI — they build, train, and deploy their own AI models.
Three Challenges, One Mission
STEM Learning Challenge
Complete grade-level Mathematics + the Logic Mission Challenge — computational thinking puzzles that build problem-solving, pattern recognition, and logical reasoning skills.
🏆 Earn Gold, Silver, or Bronze STEM Awards
📘 K – Year 12 · Online · Self-paced · No coding required
Coding Challenge — 3 Pathways
Research a real emergency problem, then code a rescue solution using MRT AI Studio.
Path A (K–Y2): Junior Coding — ScratchJr / MRT AI Studio stories & games
Path B (Y3–Y12): Creative Coding — MRT AI Studio block coding rescue games
Path C ⭐ AI: AI Pose Rescue Game — Train AI model + control game with body movements
Robotics Challenge — AI-Powered Robot Control
Build rescue robots controlled by AI Pose Recognition — not remote controls, but trained AI models that read body movements via webcam + Bluetooth.
Cat A — Individual: 1 student · AI Mission Kit · Starter or Custom AI model
Cat B — Team: 2–4 students · AI Mission Kit · Must train own AI model ⭐
Cat C — Open: Any robot: LEGO, Arduino, VEX, micro:bit · AI bonus
🏟️ Live AI Robot Competition Finals @ UNSW Sydney — 20–21 October 2026
🗓️ Key Dates — 2026
| Registration Opens | 22 April 2026 |
| STEM & Robotics Deadline | 25 September 2026 |
| Coding Submission Deadline | 20 October 2026 |
| 🏟️ Robotics Finals @ UNSW | 20–21 October 2026 |
| 🏆 Awards & Prize Dispatch | 9 November 2026 |
School Group
$20/student
Save $10 vs Individual
Min. 5 students · Teacher dashboard included
Individual
$30/entry
For parents registering at home
📚 Included with Every Registration — Full eLearning Access
- ScratchJr, Scratch, MRT AI Studio coding courses (60+ lessons)
- AI Pose Recognition + Google Teachable Machine course ⭐
- 451 AI Motion Rescue — Official Robotics Competition Prep ⭐
- Grade-level Mathematics course (K–12, curriculum-aligned)
- Logic Mission Challenge — computational thinking puzzles for STEM Award ⭐
- Digital participation certificate + up to 2 project submissions per student
Why Schools Choose RCC
School group registration takes 2 minutes. Student names are added later.
Download individual A4 brochures for each challenge
