Microbit Mars Rover Challenge Ideas! by Thomas Pfeifer

Patrick

1524441 — 2025-03-21 13:47:35 UTC

go straight 75M then stop
go straight for 50M, then left for 25M and then straight for 25M then stop
reverse for 50M, go forward for 10M then spin 3 times

Jacob

1629461 — 2025-03-21 13:48:07 UTC

Reverse 100cm

Turn right and go 100cm
Spin in a circle 3 times

Shreya H.

15550816 — 2025-03-21 13:49:05 UTC

Go left 400 centimeters then brake
Spin in a circle 4 times, and move 200 centimeters forward
Play animation text, "Hello world"

Siv

SivPatel — 2025-03-21 13:49:15 UTC

Go straight for 100cm
Go straight for 100 cm and turn right for 50cm
Go straight for 100cm and make a 50cmx50cm square

Saath

2025-03-21 13:49:35 UTC

Go straight 100cm
Go straight 50 cm, then turn right 90 degrees.
Go straight 50cm, then brake, then spin 180 degrees, then go straight again for 50cm

challenges for Mars rover

1557451 — 2025-03-21 13:49:54 UTC

Challenge one: the mars rover will move back 300cm then stop.

Challenge two: the mars rover will move 300cm, stop, the mars rover will move right for 200cm then stop.

Challenge three: the mars rover will move 300cm, stop, the mars rover will move right for 200cm then stop. Lastly it will say "hello from mars".

Pranit K.

171900_ — 2025-03-21 14:21:40 UTC

Challenges for the mars rover

1.Stay on Mars for 14.5 years.

2.Go around Mars 360 degrees.

3.Describe what Mars is made of.

Shrey

1552491 — 2025-03-21 14:37:05 UTC

Go straight for 50 centimeters and then brake
Make a 50x50 centimeter square
Make a 50x50 centimeter square and then make a triangle with 30 centimeters on each side on the right.

Ivan Z

1528905 — 2025-03-21 14:39:55 UTC

Go straight for 100cm
Go straight for 50cm do a 360 and go backwards 100cm.
Go forwards for 100cm do a 360 then forward 50 and back 250cm.

Gabe

1551385 — 2025-03-21 14:40:27 UTC

Go forward for 5 seconds then brake.
Create a square moving for 20 seconds.
Display "3, 2, 1, Go!", go in a circle, and brake.

Manasa and Julia:

JulaTheFoxy — 2025-03-21 16:45:43 UTC

Go straight for 100 cm then brake, and say WE MADE IT
Spin around twice and WHAT A DISCOVERY
Go backward for 100 cm then show a picture of a scared face saying ALIENS

Riku O

2025-03-21 16:49:52 UTC

go strait 2 meters from the space station.

turn right and go forward 3 meters.

collect the simple of mars.

go back 3 meters turn left and go back 2 meters.

say mission completed.

Norah B.

Lucy_Pepper — 2025-03-21 16:51:03 UTC

Move forward 300cm and then stop.
Move forward 300cm, stop, turn right, and move forward 100cm.
Move forward 300cm, stop, turn right, move forward 100cm, display on the screen "Hello captain." and then spin clockwise in a circle three times.

Bella

2025-03-21 16:51:35 UTC

Go straight from 100 cm then break
Turn right then go straight for 3 seconds
Turn left then go straight got 4 seconds
Reverse 2 seconds and then go straight for 4 seconds

Emma and Irene

2025-03-21 16:52:50 UTC

Go straight 70cm
Forward until Logo is pressed, at which the microbit will say "Keep Away!"
Go back 100cm
Spin in a circle 5 times

Callee

1562301 — 2025-03-21 16:56:19 UTC

Go straight for 75-CM then 360.
make a 75x75-CM square.

3. describe what the rover had seen.

Evgeny and Edward

155323 — 2025-03-21 16:59:48 UTC

1: move forward for 210cm

2: do 2 spins while going right

3: move back to the original spot

Jason and Samuil

1482223 — 2025-03-21 17:02:36 UTC

Go straight 100 cm and then stop.
Move straight 100 cm then turn left and then go another 50 cm.
After all that go right and go another 100 cm.
Then it will show a star on the screen.

Hasith V

1587672118 — 2025-03-21 17:02:55 UTC

Go forward 100 cm
Spin 3 times.
Go forward for 2 m and show the text, "Hi!" simultaneously.

Moksh and Viraat

2025-03-21 17:03:05 UTC

Level 1: Rover moves forward for 10 seconds. It turns 180 degrees around. Brake.

Level 2: Rover moves forward for 10 seconds. After turning 180 degrees, it will subsequently read "Here is the crashed spaceship". Then, an LED display of a signal flare is displayed by the Rover.

Level 3: Rover moves forward till it senses the magnetic presence of the spaceship (magnet). Once detecting the magnetic force, display an LED signal flare. A message will read saying "Here is the Crashed Spaceship". After turning 180 degrees, display a rocket launching animation.

Preet, Parmar

1528071 — 2025-03-21 17:03:53 UTC

move forward 20 cetemeters

then do a spin then move forward 200 centimeters again then move back 200 centimeter then stop.

Ian

1523254 — 2025-03-21 17:06:01 UTC

1) Forward 100 cm

2) Right 50 cm

3) Left 75 cm

4) 360 Spin

5) Smiley Face

So and Jayden

17117312 — 2025-03-21 17:06:04 UTC

Go straight at full speed
Brake, show LEDs "Skrrt!"
Go forward 5 cm, go backwards 3cm, spin right 180 degrees, spin left 270 degrees, go forward 6 cm, spin right 180 degrees, go backwards 6cm, spin right 360 degrees.

Swagato and Intaj

2025-03-21 17:58:36 UTC

Go forward 100 cm
Spin in a circle 2 times
Say "Welcome to Mars"
Repeat

William A

1530681 — 2025-03-21 18:04:47 UTC

1 turn 90° go forward 100 cm

2 90° go forward 200 cm turn 180

3Go 90° to the right 200 cm forward 200 cm backwards turn 180° go forward 200 ich

AJ

1564501 — 2025-03-21 18:07:43 UTC

Do a 360 spin
Move straight 75 cm
Then do a right angle going 45 cm
show a led display by using the block show string Congrats
Then Customize your own Celebration Dance

Aaditri and sam

2025-03-21 18:09:12 UTC

go forward 50 cm
turn right 90 degrees
move 50 cm forward
stop and make a string of text appear saying JOURNEY TO SPACE STATION SUCCESSFUL
go backward 50 cm
turn left 90 degrees
move forward 50 cm

Jackson

2025-03-21 18:09:49 UTC

Forwards 200 cm
than show the Morse code message that is on the mars rover in space .___ than .__. last ._..
Then repeat the same step 10 times
Turn right 100 cm then go forward 200 cm
Repeat four times
Finally a message scroll that says Mission completes

Andrew

1501222 — 2025-03-21 18:11:01 UTC

Go right 150 cm then stop.
Go down 150 cm then stop
go left 150 cm then stop.
Go up 150 cm then stop
play text "that's a nice square I made there, what do you think?

enguun and Caden

150196_16 — 2025-03-21 18:15:38 UTC

go right 400 cm
go left 400 cm
spin the robot 4 times

Konrad

169668_ — 2025-03-21 18:17:14 UTC

Go forward 100 cm at full speed.
Turn 180 degrees.
Go forward another 100 cm at full speed.
Spin 540 degrees.
Go forward another 100 cm at full speed.
Show a smiley face.
Show string saying "Hello new planet."
Go backward for 20 cm at full speed.
Go forward for 20 cm at full speed.
Go backward for 20 cm at full speed.
Go forward for 20 cm at full speed.
Show string saying "I will explore it more."

I wanted to show more than 3 steps.

Brick Car challenges 1,2, and 3 (by Chloe. E)

NoNoTomato — 2025-03-21 19:54:18 UTC

Level 1: Your Mars Rover wants to see how far it can run in 5 seconds on Mars. Since it is really cold, your Mars Rover is trying to keep warm by excersing to increase body heat. Have it run for 5 seconds when button A is pressed and then have it brake after those 5 seconds.

Level 2: Your Mars Rover seems to feel lonely and sad, have it try and call out "HELLO" so he can see if anyone else is on Mars. Hopefully they can become friends. Have it say the word "HELLO" across it's screen when button B is pressed.

Level 3:Mars Rover has realized that it loves Mars and wants to show that he does. Have him create a heart image on his screen when button A and button B are pressed, or A+B.

Nuaim Raina

2025-03-22 03:14:37 UTC

Step one: move 100 meters diagonally to the Rocky Mountains

Step two: grab the soil and dirt from the Rocky Mountains and take it 50 meters diagonally back to the space station

Step three: inspect and research the soil and dirt for animal remains

Step four: show string “ found the remains of aliens on the rover”.

Dimitar D.

1524331 — 2025-03-22 03:46:23 UTC

Move straight for 7 seconds
Move straight 126 cm, turn 90 degrees to the left, & drive for 4 seconds
Reverse 30 cm, turn 49 degrees to the right, drive forward for 5 seconds, stop for 2, drive back 10 cm, & do a dance (wiggle, spin, go back & forth, etc.)

Zachary Balasa

2025-03-27 16:33:53 UTC

Forwards 200 cm
Do a 360 spin
Show string "Welcome To Mars!"
Collect 3 marbles "Space rocks"
Head back to earth

Samuel

1561116 — 2025-04-02 02:12:28 UTC

Go forward 50 meters and slow down for 3 seconds to stop.
Make a curved line that is 100 meters from the end point and starting point.
Collect any objects within the perimeter.

Cayden

1528032 — 2025-04-02 13:29:26 UTC

Go straight 76M then stop

go straight for 51M, then left 26M and then straight 26M then stop

reverse for 51M, go forward for 11M then spin 4 times

Filip

1524235 — 2025-04-02 13:31:15 UTC

Reverse 50 cm
180 degree turn
Turn 90 degrees left
Forward 50 cm
Turn 75 degrees right
Forwards 65 cm

sanjana

2025-04-02 18:22:06 UTC

go 50 cm

rotate 90 degrees

go back 150 cm

go forward 50 cm

Tejasvi

1526691 — 2025-04-02 18:22:54 UTC

Forward 150 cm
Turn 50 cm
Go forward 50cm
Turn 85 degrees left

Shreya T.

160978_11 — 2025-04-03 13:42:38 UTC

Go straight for 150M, then stop.
Turn right and go 300M
Turn left and go 50M
Stop.
Spin around in 2 circles
Display a blinking smiley face on the microbit

Sebastian Q.

178026_5 — 2026-03-20 13:18:16 UTC

Go forward 75cm
Turn right 90*
Go forward 25cm and jump over a "crater" (40* ramp, 2in in height)

Naman P.

1584013 — 2026-03-20 13:19:36 UTC

Go forward for 50 cm.
Go forward for 50 cm then turn around and go in the opposite direction for the same distance.
Go forward at full speed while playing on the LED screen "CHARGE!"

1713107 — 2026-03-20 13:20:13 UTC

Go forward 50 cm
turn 180 degrees
go forward 50cm

Aditya

2026-03-20 13:20:42 UTC

1.go in a square

2.spin 2 times

Play "Mars discovered"

Samarth

162749_5 — 2026-03-20 13:21:18 UTC

Here are my VERY IMPORTANT IDEAS:

Get the vehicle to drive forward 5 meters, stop, turn around, drive another 5 meters, and stop again
Make drive around various ROCKS(glorified obstacles)
Set up 3-4 locations around Mars, and make it so that when Button B is pressed you can set which location it goes to, while when Button A is pressed it goes to said location

Zack

152739 — 2026-03-20 13:21:47 UTC

Reverse 50 cm then do a 360 turn and say hello.
Turn around then go 150 cm forward.
Spin in a circle 6 times and move 200 cm forward and say goodbye!

Mar rover idea

1522102 — 2026-03-20 13:22:38 UTC

1. Move forward 300 cm to find the space station.

find the space station say hello then turn right 100 cm then left 100 cm then brake.
show a face on the Miro bit and then return to base

Keshav

1532978 — 2026-03-20 13:22:46 UTC

go straight 100cm then stop
Turn 90 degrees counterclockwise and go straight 40m then stop
Spin around 3 times then go straight 100cm.

15557820 — 2026-03-20 13:23:17 UTC

challenge 1: go forward 50 cm turn right for 25 cm and then spin in a circle 3 times

challenge

challenge 2: get to a certain point on the floor and start playing music and have the text WE DID IT

challenge 3: Start turning in circles while saying 67

Aron

1683931 — 2026-03-20 13:24:37 UTC

1. Go 300 cm forward

2. spin 6 times

3.make a smiley face

Michal

1563031 — 2026-03-20 13:24:48 UTC

Go forward for 150 centimeters then brake
Turn 180 degrees
Go backwards 100 centemeters and show jumping jacks and brake
Play text "Mission Success" and show a smiley face.

Zeus B.

155300 — 2026-03-20 13:25:49 UTC

Move forward 100 cm, then turn right and move forward 100 cm.
Collect 3 marbles and return them to the start.
Remote-control the bot and complete a maze (pictured above).

Emi

1591843 — 2026-03-20 13:30:04 UTC

1) Go straight 250cm

2) Stop

3) Turn right

4) Go 100cm

5) Stop

6) Play sound

7) Smile

Arjun

159237 — 2026-03-20 13:30:14 UTC

Explore the surface of Mars by traveling in a circle with a radius of 25 cm and then display "Detected Resources".
Pick up resources by spinning around 360 degrees twice and display "Resources Collected"
Reach back to base by travelling 100 cm at full speed and then display "MISSION PASSED"

Owen Majewski

1552112 — 2026-03-20 13:34:39 UTC

1) drive forward for 5 seconds then turn left and move back for 3

2) turn in a circle then say 67 2 time

3) go forward full speed when playing music

Mori

180172_27 — 2026-03-20 13:34:57 UTC

1. Go forward 200 cm

2. Turn left 90 degrees

Go forward 100 cm
Spin 2 times
Turn 90 degrees right
Go forward 100 cm

Amogh and Niko

2026-03-20 13:51:38 UTC

Go forward 67 cm
Spin 67 degrees 3 times
Go forward for 6.7m and show the text, "We Love 67" simultaneously.

Ojas

2026-03-20 13:54:37 UTC

maneuver the rover to the rocks .
make an addition that pick you moon rocks(paper balls).
Then come back to the check point and drop rocks \.

William L.

1628841 — 2026-03-20 13:58:57 UTC

drive forward 100 cm, stop, say hello!
spin at max speed for 5 seconds then show a dizzy face.
move back and forth while spinning, repeat till a button is pressed.

Brady

1586871 — 2026-03-20 13:59:40 UTC

1. Pick up moon rocks

build a carrier to carry the moon rocks
return moon rocks to research center
go back to pick up more rocks

Shanmukhi Tanuku

1554048 — 2026-03-20 14:03:15 UTC

Make a smiley face and go forward at full speed for 46 centimeters
When it is loud, make the rover go straight and make a u turn, but have it stop when there's no sound.
Use another Micro-bit to make your ring-bit go straight, do a spin and display the message 'Mars is nice!'

1561102 — 2026-03-20 15:00:04 UTC

1) Move forward for 10 seconds

2) Spin 2 times and go 20 cm. backwards

3) Make a square and spin once in the center of it.

Shaan

1531252 — 2026-03-20 15:25:33 UTC

Explore the perimeter of the area being explored (in a square formation)
Collect moon rocks in a location.
Drop it into a hopper attached to another rover, and make that go back to the base using the radio controls from the first one.

Ananya

1627651 — 2026-03-20 16:08:41 UTC

Go straight for 100cm then stop.
Go straight for 100cm then stop and say hello.
Go straight 100cm then stop say hello and then go left for 50cm and then go right for 50cm.

Khuslen

181754_4 — 2026-03-20 16:11:14 UTC

1.Go straight 50M and stop

2.turn right and go 30M to the space station

3.Stay there for 1 day and keep going straight to the next station.

Isabelle McBurrows

155692 — 2026-03-20 16:11:50 UTC

Move forward then back to end up where it started.
go around in a circle to end up at the start.
Jump over a distance using a ramp

Arth

159600 — 2026-03-20 16:12:26 UTC

go 250 centimeters forward in to the space station then break.
once at the space station do a spin to refuel energy
once you have spun then do a zigzag paternity for 100 centimeters with your robot to get to the top of the mountain on mars and show text I did it

180729_11 — 2026-03-20 16:12:37 UTC

go forward strait for 5 seconds then do a 180.
go to outside 200 meters and collect three marbals/ rocks.
go back to were you started and drop of the rocks.

Rishaan L.

RishaanLillaney — 2026-03-20 16:13:02 UTC

Level 1:Rover moves forward for ten seconds. Spins around in a circle(360 degrees). It brakes.

Level 2: Rover moves forward for 5 seconds, brakes. It spins in a circle twice and then reverses back to the starting point, while a smiley face is on the screen.

Level 3: Rover moves forward for 5 seconds, then brakes. A smiley face shows on the screen. The robot turns 90 degrees, goes straight for 5 seconds, turns 90 degrees goes straight for another 5 seconds, and then turns 90 degrees again, forming a square before returning to the starting point.

Florence

heheyha — 2026-03-20 16:13:35 UTC

Move forward 200cm and then brake
Move in a square, each side 100cm
Choreograph a dance to the song happy birthday

Liam H and Jacob O

16916110 — 2026-03-20 16:17:01 UTC

go 20 meters then brake
turn left then go 10 meters then spin 3 times then brake
show string of text "I'm lost" before the micro bit goes back to the original position

Asher's Idea

1634521 — 2026-03-20 16:17:25 UTC

Go forward 100cm and back to the space station
search around the area in a square
move in a rectangle around the area then return the the space station and say hello to the captain

Heth P.

155809 — 2026-03-20 16:19:13 UTC

Go straight 70 centimeters and then brake.
Make a triangle 3 times, and then move 100 centimeters left
Reverse 20 centimeters, spin in a circle twice, and then display text, "welcome to Mars."

Prisha

1558272 — 2026-03-20 16:19:54 UTC

Walk in a square twice and spin 360° once, showing the message "yay" at the end
Find the value of (sin(x+π))+7 if x is 1, and travel that many centimeters forward
Move 2 centimeters forward, show a winking screen, turn 180°, display a smile, and move 2 centimeters back

Barsbek Mars Rover idea

175393_4 — 2026-03-20 16:21:32 UTC

1.) turn around 360 degrees and then show a jumping jack.

2.) Go forward 180 cm while playing music and then turn 40-70 degrees and form a triangle

3.) Go back 100 cm and turn around other way. next go back for another 180 cm while playing music and saying boi at the end while playing some music

Avani K

1591751 — 2026-03-20 16:24:50 UTC

Go straight 30 cm then 360 and repeat the process 3 times
Compose a 20 second piano song (extra credit: dolce piano song at the pace of presto that contains major 7th arpeggios and augmented 11th chords and a C#sus4 chord. It should contain the dynamics of ppp and fff and also should have a vocalist that sings hello world 100 times in the song. It should also sound good :)
Find the equation for a_n
with the information that the third term is 5 and the 8th term is 1/625. The first 5 terms will be the amount of centimeters you must do in between 6 360 turns.

Eshan

1503704 — 2026-03-20 16:25:04 UTC

Make your Mars Rover foward and spin 67 degrees to the right
2 Say "Welcome to Mars" while turning right
Go forward full speed for 5 seconds and stop. spin left and say "We did it"

Nolyn S

178430_10 — 2026-03-20 16:26:44 UTC

1. go straight at full speed for 100M

go straight for 50m make a right and go straight for 25 m take a left and go straight for 17.5m
1. help save a lost Rover using your microbit and control it back to base

Ovee Salavi

1558441 — 2026-03-20 16:27:48 UTC

Have one person stand 5 feet away from the begining, shouting "help! help!" THE TASK DOESN'T COUNT IF THEY DON'T YELL FOR HELP! Give the robot a peice of paper with top secret scientific Mars base information and send the robot off to save the person. Then, the person should follow the robot back to the begining, or our Mars base.
Go forward 20 centimeters, then use the microbit to send an SOS signal with sound and a message using LEDs, while the bot spins in a circle 4 times.
Use the robot to make a Zumba dancing instructor. The robot should show a person doing different exercises on the LED screen while playing a very off-key version of Old Town Road on full volume. To complete the task, follow the robots instruction and record it. The robot's exercises must include jumping jacks, push-ups, curl-ups, and a backflip.

Philip K

1599491 — 2026-03-20 16:29:42 UTC

Go straight at full speed. Brake

Turn 3800 degrees

Drive forward for 5 seconds

Julian L.

1589483 — 2026-03-20 16:29:46 UTC

STEP 1: First, make your rover go 100 cm forward.

STEP 2: Repeat the first step, then right after your rover display a short animation using LED patterns.

STEP 3: Repeat the second step, then turn your rover 360 degrees to the right, then create any customized sound.

Chrischelle. S

169321_13 — 2026-03-20 16:29:53 UTC

go forward for 6 secs then do a happy face and say Hello Humans.
make the micro-bit spin left 360 degrees and repeat 4 times.
make the micro-bit make a dizzy face and then have a text to say dizzy
make music play kinda while just sitting in one place

n8

2026-03-20 17:31:47 UTC

a race.

you make obstacle course and have to navigate it in a time limit of 1 minute