Byte to Bite challenges students to explore the future of food production through robotics and automation. Inspired by the farm-to-table process, this year's competition puts teams in charge of designing, building, and programming a robot capable of completing a series of tasks involving food technology and data collection.
During the competition, robots must collect special objects called Factoids. These objects represent information that the robot must distinguish between true and false. Teams must use their robot's abilities to identify and retrieve the correct objects while navigating the playing field and completing additional challenges, including constructing a data connection.
The goal is to design a robot that can complete as many objectives as possible within the match time. Success requires more than just building a machine: teams must combine engineering, programming, creativity, and strategic thinking to earn points and outperform their competitors.