Stanford Center on Longevity Design Challenge 2026–2027: Human-Centered Robotics for Longevity

The Stanford Center on Longevity runs an annual international design challenge for university students. The 2026–2027 theme, "Human-Centered Robotics for Longevity", asks how robotics can support longer lives while strengthening, rather than replacing, the relationships and communities that make those lives worth living. Teams of one to five students enrolled at any accredited university worldwide can enter (at least one full-time student per team). Phase I submissions are due 1 December 2026 and don't require a built product. Finalists are announced on 27 January 2027 and present at the finals competition at Stanford on 6 April 2027.