| Guidelines v2025.1 published | 2025-09-30 | |
| Registration (2026 cycle) | Closed | Closed 2025-12-31 23:59 (Local Time) |
| Phase I Design Reports | 2025-12-31 23:59 | Deadline passed — thank you to submitting teams |
| Optional Phase I video | 2026-01-23 | Deadline passed (both modes), Local Time |
| Edge‑AI custom task pre‑approval | 2026-02-01 | Deadline passed; same JSON interface and offline rules |
| Advancement list | 2026-02 | Completed |
| Final demonstrations and testing | 2026-05 → 2026-06 | Completed |
| 2026 results published | 2026-06-29 | Final public results: https://drillbotics.com/drillbotics-2026-competition-results/ |
| 2026 conference paper invitation | 2026-06 | ITBA invited to prepare the 2026 Drillbotics conference paper |
| SPE Drilling Conference (Stavanger, Norway) | 2027-03-09 → 2027-03-11 | ITBA invited to present the 2026 winning work |
| 2027 rules | Later in 2026 | Publication timing to be announced; notable changes expected |