15/05/2026
Proud to share that ASU ROAR’s R&D sub-team participated in the BARN Challenge this year and achieved 5th place worldwide in this year’s competition and 11th place overall among all 50+ participating teams since 2022! 🚀
The BARN Challenge (Benchmark Autonomous Robot Navigation) is an international robotics competition focused on autonomous navigation in complex and cluttered environments, pushing teams to develop robust perception, planning, and control systems for mobile robots.
What makes this achievement even more special is that the team accomplished it in a 21-day speed run, working nearly every single day to build a complete autonomous navigation system, test it on 300+ different scenarios, and ultimately secure this achievement.