The 2018 ENPH 253 competition was designed to be the most complicated and challenging robot competition over the 18-years that the course has been run.

The robots needed to rescue four Ewoks and Chewbacca, which required overcoming obstacles including a ramp with a 6” vertical gain, a 6”  horizontal gap, a gate patrolled by rotating Stormtroopers, a 6” gap with a 2” gain in height, and a suspension bridge between two towers.