Overview

Rising Pioneers is part of the MARC Innovation Challenge under the 2025 theme Future Vision Robotics. The challenge encourages students to imagine how robots will support humans 10 years from now, identifying real-world problems and proposing creative AI and robotics-based solutions
 

 

Objectives

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• Cultivate the 5C skills: Critical Thinking, Creativity, Collaboration, Communication, and Computational Thinking.

• Inspire students to explore interests, discover talents, and develop expertise.

• Guide participants from creativity → technology → validation → application, linking learning with real-world industry needs
   

Age Groups & Team Composition

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• Elementary School (Creative Explorers): Ages 7–12 (born 2013–2018), up to 5 teams.

• Junior & Senior High School (Tech Builders): Ages 13–19 (born 2006–2012), up to 10 teams (including up to 5 international).

• Mixed-age teams are placed in the older group.

• Each team: 2–4 students + 1–2 coaches (cross-school teams allowed)
   

Competition Rules & Requirements

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• Students must complete the work (assembly, programming, booth design); coaches may guide but not execute.

• Evaluation focuses on creativity, functionality, process, and presentation, adjusted by age group.

• Each team will prepare:

  • Project Report (≤20 pages, PDF)

  • Project Video (≤90 sec)

  • Booth display & on-site presentation

• Booth size: 2m × 2m (max height 2m), flexible display formats allowed. Safety rules strictly enforced.

• Projects must demonstrate AI elements appropriate to the group level (e.g., sensor input with explanation for younger group; multi-sensor AI decision-making for older group)
   

Competition Process

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• Preliminary round: Online registration and document submission (per official announcement

• Final round: On-site booth presentation and Q&A with judges.

• Awards Ceremony: Announcement of winners and special awards.
   

📌 For full details, please refer to the official [Rising Pioneers General Rules] document.