This year, the competition's theme was "Destination: Deep Space": each team had to load balls into their respective spaceships. Under the tutelage of their mentors, participants had to design an industrial-sized robot that could move in the arena and carry both airlocks & equipment. To help you understand better, here is the official game animation:
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://community.robotshop.com/index.php/blog/show/montreals-robotics-festival-2019-space-edition