Manila, June 25 -- The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) announced on Thursday that a group of students from the Batangas State University (BatStateU) placed third in the international Kibo Robot Programming Challenge (Kibo-RPC).

The team, called Inflection Point, "commanded NASA's Astrobee robot aboard the Japanese Kibo module of the International Space Station (ISS) with their own program, competing against teams all over the world in image recognition accuracy and mission speed," the PhilSA said in a news release.

A total of 738 teams from over 30 countries joined this year's Kibo-RPC, according to PhilSA.

Inflection Point's win marks another achievement for the Philippines, following its successful debut into the Kibo-RPC last 2024...