The Archives
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.
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 • 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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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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