RoboCup


RoboCup is an annual international robotics competition founded in 1996 by a group of university professors. The aim of the competition is to promote robotics and AI research by offering a publicly appealing – but formidable – challenge.
The name RoboCup is a contraction of the competition's full name, "Robot World Cup Initiative", but there are many other areas of competition such as "RoboCupRescue", "RoboCup@Home" and "RoboCupJunior". Claude Sammut is the current president of RoboCup, and has been since 2019.
The official goal of the project is:
WWW Official Site

RoboCup leagues

[Image:RUNSWift Naos 2010.jpg|thumb|200px|Team rUNSWift competing in the Standard Platform League at RoboCup 2010 in Singapore]
The contest currently has six major domains of competition, each with a number of leagues and sub-leagues. These include:
Each team is fully autonomous in all RoboCup leagues. Once the game starts, the only input from any human is from the referee.

RoboCup editions

NumberYearHost cityHost countryNumber of teamsNumber of countriesNumber of participants
1RoboCup 1997Nagoya3811
2RoboCup 1998Paris6319
3RoboCup 1999Stockholm8523
4RoboCup 2000Melbourne11019
5RoboCup 2001Seattle14122
6RoboCup 2002Fukuoka19729
7RoboCup 2003Padua23835
8RoboCup 2004Lisbon34537
9RoboCup 2005Osaka38736
10RoboCup 2006Bremen44035
11RoboCup 2007Atlanta321391,966
12RoboCup 2008Suzhou37335
13RoboCup 2009Graz407432,472
14RoboCup 2010Singapore500403,000
15RoboCup 2011Istanbul451402,691
16RoboCup 2012Mexico City381422,356
17RoboCup 2013Eindhoven410453,033
18RoboCup 2014João Pessoa358452,900
19RoboCup 2015Hefei346432,032
20RoboCup 2016Leipzig404453,500
21RoboCup 2017Nagoya500502,520
22RoboCup 2018Montreal360402,345
23RoboCup 2019Sydney335402,200
24RoboCup 2021Virtual317432,129
25RoboCup 2022Bangkok
26RoboCup 2023Bordeaux
27RoboCup 2024Eindhoven
28RoboCup 2025Salvador452,000
29RoboCup 2026Incheon---
30RoboCup 2027Nuremberg---

The formal RoboCup competition was preceded by the first International Micro Robot World Cup Soccer Tournament held by KAIST in Taejon, Korea, in November 1996. This was won by an American team from Newton Labs, and the competition was shown on CNN.
RoboCup was canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The planned host location of Bordeaux went on to host in 2023.

RoboCup Asia-Pacific editions

YearHost cityHost countryNumber of teamsNumber of countriesNumber of participantsWebsite-
RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2017Bangkok130+251000+-
RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2018Kish Island-
RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2018Dubai-
RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2019MoscowRussiaJAP

RoboCup local events

2025

2024

  • German open in Kassel

2023

  • German open

2021

2020

  • RoboCup Japan Open 2020, virtual
  • RoboCup China Open 2020, virtual
  • RoboCup Brazil Open 2020, virtual
Events were cancelled due to COVID-19

2019

2018

2017

2016

  • RoboCup Portugal Open 2016, Bragança, Portugal
  • RoboCup China Open 2016, Hefei, China
  • RoboCup European Open 2016, Eindhoven, Netherlands

2015

  • RoboCup Portugal Open 2015, Vila Real, Portugal
  • RoboCup China Open 2015, Guiyang, China
  • RoboCup Iran Open 2015, Tehran, Iran
  • GermanOpen 2015, Magdeburg, Germany

2014

  • RoboCup Portugal Open 2014, Espinho, Portugal
  • RoboCup China Open 2014, Hefei, China
  • RoboCup Iran Open 2014, Tehran, Iran
  • RoboCup German Open, Magdeburg, Germany

2013

  • RoboCup Portugal Open 2013, Lisbon, Portugal
  • RoboCup Iran Open 2013, Tehran, Iran
  • RoboCup German Open, Magdeburg, Germany

2012

2011

  • RoboCup German Open, Magdeburg, Germany
  • RoboCup Portugal Open, Lisbon, Portugal
  • RoboCup Iran Open 2011, Tehran, Iran

2010