page_title: Zero Robotics
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caption_attribution_description: English: The Finals of the Zero Robotics competition aboard the JAXA module of the ISS Russian cosmonaut Andrey Borisenko and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet perform runs of the SPHERES-Zero Robotics investigation.
context_page_description: Zero Robotics is an international high school programming competition where students control robotic SPHERES aboard the International Space Station. Each year teams of students work to produce code capable of performing in a game that can be deployed on the SPHERES. This game generally contains elements such as docking with objects, moving objects, and destroying targets within a bounded area while monitoring fuel usage.
  Initial stages of the competition occur online with free team registration in the United States, Australia and for ESA member countries and limited registration for international teams. Teams are traditionally monitored by adult mentors and code submitted through the MIT website. Finalists compete in a live championship aboard the ISS. An astronaut conducts the final competition while communicating to teams through a live feed.
context_section_description: Zero Robotics is an international high school programming competition where students control robotic SPHERES (Synchronised Position Hold Engage and Reorient Experimental Satellites) aboard the International Space Station. Each year teams of students work to produce code capable of performing in a game that can be deployed on the SPHERES.  This game generally contains elements such as docking with objects, moving objects, and destroying targets within a bounded area while monitoring fuel usage.
  Initial stages of the competition occur online (with virtual SPHERES) with free team registration in the United States, Australia and for ESA member countries and limited registration for international teams.  Teams are traditionally monitored by adult mentors and code submitted through the MIT website. Finalists compete in a live championship aboard the ISS. An astronaut conducts the final competition while communicating to teams through a live feed.
caption: The Finals of the Zero Robotics competition aboard the JAXA module of the ISS
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