Working together
HERO combines ground, air and space in a multidisciplinary competition. Teams plan, develop and test together. In cooperative missions, different robots must also exchange information and coordinate their actions.
Responsibilities can overlap. Members may contribute to design, programming, testing, organisation, communication or other work the team needs. These are suggestions, not required job titles.
Teams may bring together people from different institutions and companies and represent up to three organisations. Add their names in the team profile; the same team can enter different events.
Your event roster
The event roster records everyone attending with your team, up to 14 people:
- Up to three competitors in each selected area: Ground, Air and Space.
- Up to three optional shared contributors, with responsibilities chosen by the team.
- One official captain, who may also compete in addition to the three competitor places in an area.
- One optional team manager: a coach, professor or supervisor.
A person working across areas counts once as an attendee and occupies a competitor place in each area they enter. Co-captain access is assigned to existing roster members; it does not add places.
Choose from the programme offered by your event. Beginners may enter one local challenge; you do not need to fill every place or enter all three areas at a preliminary.
Mission lineups
Each mission entry names the competitors taking part. Its lineup comes from your event roster and follows that mission’s technical rulebook.
- Single Robot: choose the mission’s competitors, one pilot/operator and a different safety observer. The observer may be another attendee, including the team manager.
- Multi-Robot: up to seven competitors under the current Ground/Air roster, including a competing captain (technical maximum: eight).
- Drone Soccer: three to five players, with three active pilots and up to two reserves. The event’s area limit still applies.
- CanSat: one to seven student competitors. Advisors and supervisors are additional to that mission lineup and may not work on the CanSat during a scored run.
Select HERO Explorer or HERO Pro for each applicable mission. If entering both levels, create a separate mission entry for each. CanSat Descent and CanSat Comeback retain their own names and requirements.
The smaller limit always governs. With three area competitors plus a competing captain, an Air-only Drone Soccer lineup has three or four players and a Space-only CanSat lineup has one to four. The technical maxima of five and seven do not add area places. The 14-person attendance limit does not increase a mission’s competitor allowance. Equipment, safety, eligibility and scoring remain governed by the shared technical rulebooks.
Managing the team
The captain applies for access to an event. After approval, the captain creates the roster and submits the team’s entry for organiser review.
A verified, invited team manager shares team management and payment permissions. Up to two co-captains, selected from roster members, may manage entries, rosters and join requests. Payment and access invitations stay with the captain or team manager.
Other members can request to join or be entered directly by the captain. Accepting a join request does not add someone to a competition lineup; the captain or another authorised team manager updates the entry.