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Stunts, builds & space operas

Every robot, rover, and reckless prototype adds a new chapter to our story. From combat arenas to ESA hackathons, this is where Shobolinsky’s chaos becomes history.

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2025 • Store launch

Shobolinsky Shop Launch

We opened a storefront for hardware drops, stickers, and the experimental gear that keeps Shobolinsky moving.

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Mission log

Every build, competition, and cosmic detour, charted by year. Scroll the track to retrace where the chaos took us.

2025

5 entries

2025 • Research update

ESA ESTEC Workshop: The Daedalus Crater Proposal

Our proposal for a far-side lunar observatory at Daedalus Crater was presented at the ESA ESTEC workshop, joining the discussions that shape Europe’s future Moon missions. We weren’t there in person, but the chaos definitely was.

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2025 • Research initiative

The Great Coral Reef

A modular Edge AI cluster built from Coral TPUs, designed to think where the data is born. From Euclid telescope cutouts to rover vision, it’s our Frankenstein experiment in low-power autonomy.

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2025 • Competition recap

European Rover Challenge 2025

Lunomyss the rover and Aetheromyss the drone, an unfinished but evolving duo. Active suspension, swarm comms, and onboard AI tested piece by piece, scar by scar.

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2025 • Competition recap

BattleLab Robotica 2025

EVO MAX stalled, Noctyss burned, but Shobolinsky still clawed to 4th place. BLDC experiments, custom sensors, and the lesson that Project Noctyss never dies.

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2025 • Competition recap

RobotChallenge Oradea 2025

Three robots in one week, two rushed into being, one carrying the banner. MINI fought through a sea of kits into the semifinals, proving custom rats still bite hardest.

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2024

6 entries

2024 • Collaboration dossier

ESA Datalabs Ariel

Thirty sleepless hours, linear regression, and a hunch about data drift. From youngest team in the room to 2nd place with ESA, proof that chaos can scale to science, even if a smudge on a telescope lens looks like an exoplanet.

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2024 • Showcase recap

DemoDay 2024

The moment competitions turned into a spark that started the company. A CanSat-inspired farm sensor pitched on stage, earning 2nd place and showing Shobolinsky could live beyond the arena.

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2024 • Competition recap

Robochallenge Bucharest 2024

Seventy robots, two Shobolinskys. EVO II tanked hit after hit into the top eight, while MINI and its spoiler charmed the crowd and sprinted into the semifinals.

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2024 • Competition recap

World CanSat and Rocketry Championship (WCRC) 2024

A soda can turned chemist, sniffing the atmosphere for NO₂, NH₃, and VOCs. Two minutes of flawless telemetry, the fastest landing in CanSat history, and two trophies to show for it.

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2024 • Competition recap

BattleLab Robotica 2024

EVO I’s metal-printed worm gear cracked under pressure, but a midnight miracle kept it alive. Limping into the semifinals, 4th place again, and lessons etched in steel.

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2024 • Competition recap

Romanian CanSat and Rocketry Championship (RCRC) 2024

Our home-field CanSat campaign that paved the way to the world stage. Rugged builds, live telemetry, and a national run that sharpened every subsystem.

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2023

2 entries

2021–2025 • Hackathon roundup

Various Hackathons

From Q_PERIOR to NASA Space Apps to ESA Acceleration Days. Dozens of 24-hour sprints that forged our habits: build under pressure, embrace chaos, and learn in public.

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2023 • Competition archive

BattleLab Robotica 2023

The rat’s first fight. A one-kilogram underdog rebuilt in ten frantic minutes, dragging itself into 4th place and giving Shobolinsky its identity: stubborn, scrappy, and unkillable.

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