Competition · 2025
ACE 20255th overall.
Our first year competing at ACE. The team built a functional exoskeleton in just five months and placed 5th overall, against schools that had been at it far longer.
- Placement
- 5th
- Year
- 2025
- Host
- The University of Michigan
- Events
- 6
What is ACE
The Applied Collegiate Exoskeleton competition
Undergraduate teams build a wearable exoskeleton and run it through first-responder tasks with a pilot inside. A suit has to clear a design review and a safety inspection before it is allowed onto the course.
01
Design Review
Judged presentation of the engineering behind the suit.
02
Safety Check
The suit is cleared for a pilot before it runs anything.
03
Don/Doff Test
How fast a pilot can get into and out of the suit.
04
Emergency Doff
Removing the suit under simulated emergency conditions.
05
Stair Climbing
Powered ascent and descent under the pilot's own control.
06
Obstacle Course
Full first-responder agility run against the clock.
Gallery
ACE 2025 in photos
Our other seasons
We have placed 5th at ACE two years running.