RoboCup is an annual international robotics competition founded in 1996 by a group of university professors (including Hiroaki Kitano, Manuela M. Veloso, Itsuki Noda and Minoru Asada). The aim of the competition is to promote

robotics Robotics is the interdisciplinary study and practice of the design, construction, operation, and use of robots. Within mechanical engineering, robotics is the design and construction of the physical structures of robots, while in computer s ...

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" (based on the

FIFA World Cup The FIFA World Cup, often called the World Cup, is an international association football competition among the senior List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams of the members of the FIFA, Fédération Internatio ...

), 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: :"By the middle of the 21st century, a team of fully

autonomous In developmental psychology and moral, political, and bioethical philosophy, autonomy is the capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision. Autonomous organizations or institutions are independent or self-governing. Autonomy can also be defi ...

humanoid robot soccer players shall win a soccer game, complying with the official rules of

FIFA The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (), more commonly known by its acronym FIFA ( ), is the international self-regulatory governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal. It was founded on 21 May 1904 to o ...

, against the winner of the most recent

World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the name is ...

RoboCup leagues

NimbRo-OP2X Humanoid Soccer Robot at RoboCup 2018 in Montreal

The contest currently has six major domains of competition, each with a number of leagues and sub-leagues. These include: * RoboCup Soccer ** Standard Platform League (formerly Four Legged League) ** Small Size League ** Middle Size League ** Simulation League *** 2D Soccer Simulation *** 3D Soccer Simulation ** Humanoid League * RoboCup Rescue League ** Rescue Robot League ** Rescue Simulation League **Rapidly Manufactured Robot Challenge *RoboCup@Home, which debuted in 2006, focuses on the introduction of autonomous robots to human society **RoboCup@Home Open Platform League (formerly just RoboCup@Home) **Robocup@Home Domestic Standard Platform League **RoboCup@Home Social Standard Platform League *RoboCup Logistics League, which debuted in 2012, is an application-driven league inspired by the industrial scenario of a smart factory *RoboCup@Work, which debuted in 2016, "targets the use of robots in work-related scenarios" * RoboCup Junior **Soccer League **OnStage (formerly Dance) League **Rescue League **Rescue CoSpace League 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

The formal RoboCup competition was preceded by the (often unacknowledged) first International Micro Robot World Cup Soccer Tournament (MIROSOT) held by

KAIST KAIST (originally the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) is a national university, national research university located in Daedeok Innopolis, Daejeon, South Korea. KAIST was established by the Korean government in 1971 as the ...

in Taejon,

Korea Korea is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, and smaller islands. Since the end of World War II in 1945, it has been politically Division of Korea, divided at or near the 38th parallel north, 3 ...

, in November 1996. This was won by an American team from Newton Labs, and the competition was shown on

CNN Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news organization operating, most notably, a website and a TV channel headquartered in Atlanta. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable ne ...

. RoboCup was canceled in 2020 due to COVID-19. The planned host location of Bordeaux will host in 2023.

RoboCup Asia-Pacific editions

European RoboCupJunior Championship

RoboCup local events

2024

*German open in Kassel

2023

*German open

2021

* RoboCup Kazakhstan,

Nur-Sultan Astana is the capital city of Kazakhstan. With a population of 1,423,726 within the city limits, it is the second-largest in the country after Almaty, which had been the capital until 1997. The city lies on the banks of the Ishim (river), Ishim ...

, Kazakhstan * RoboCup Portugal Open, virtual * RoboCup Russia Open,

Tomsk Tomsk (, ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Tomsk Oblast in Russia, on the Tom (river), Tom River. Population: Founded in 1604, Tomsk is one of the oldest cities in Siberia. It has six univers ...

, Russia * RoboCup Brazil Open, virtual

2020

* RoboCup Japan Open 2020, virtual * RoboCup China Open 2020, virtual * RoboCup Brazil Open 2020, virtual Events were cancelled due to

COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. In January 2020, the disease spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic. The symptoms of COVID‑19 can vary but often include fever ...

2019

* RoboCup Portuguese Open 2019, Gondomar, Portugal * RoboCup Brazil Open 2019,

Rio Grande The Rio Grande ( or ) in the United States or the Río Bravo (del Norte) in Mexico (), also known as Tó Ba'áadi in Navajo language, Navajo, is one of the principal rivers (along with the Colorado River) in the Southwestern United States a ...

, Brazil * RoboCup Asia Pacific 2019, Moscow, Russia * RoboCup German Open 2019,

Magdeburg Magdeburg (; ) is the Capital city, capital of the Germany, German States of Germany, state Saxony-Anhalt. The city is on the Elbe river. Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, Otto I, the first Holy Roman Emperor and founder of the Archbishopric of Mag ...

, Germany * RoboCup China Open 2019,

Shaoxing Shaoxing is a prefecture-level city on the southern shore of Hangzhou Bay in northeastern Zhejiang province, China. Located on the south bank of the Qiantang River estuary, it borders Ningbo to the east, Taizhou, Zhejiang, Taizhou to the south ...

, China

2018

*RoboCup Portugal Open 2018,

Torres Vedras Torres Vedras () is a concelho, municipality in the Portugal, Portuguese district of Lisbon (district), Lisbon, approximately north of the capital Lisbon. It is a strong agricultural region thanks to its vineyards, and has an intense commercial ...

, Portugal *RoboCup Asia Pacific 2018,

Kish Island Kish ( ) is a resort island in Bandar Lengeh County, Hormozgan Province, off the southern coast of Iran in the Gulf. The island constitutes the city of Kish, Iran, Kish. Owing to its free trade zone status, the island is marketed as a consumers ...

, Iran *RoboCup Iran Open 2018,

Tehran Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9. ...

, Iran *RoboCup UAE 2018,

Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi is the capital city of the United Arab Emirates. The city is the seat of the Abu Dhabi Central Capital District, the capital city of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and the UAE's List of cities in the United Arab Emirates, second-most popu ...

, United Arab Emirates *RoboCup German Open 2018,

, Germany

2017

*RoboCup Portugal Open 2017,

Coimbra Coimbra (, also , , or ), officially the City of Coimbra (), is a city and a concelho, municipality in Portugal. The population of the municipality at the 2021 census was 140,796, in an area of . The fourth-largest agglomerated urban area in Po ...

, Portugal *RoboCup Iran Open 2017,

, Iran *RoboCup German Open 2017,

, Germany *RoboCup Russia Open 2017,

, Russia *RoboCup US Open 2017,

Miami Miami is a East Coast of the United States, coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade County in South Florida. It is the core of the Miami metropolitan area, which, with a populat ...

, United States *RoboCup China Open 2017,

, China

2016

*RoboCup Portugal Open 2016, Bragança, Portugal *RoboCup China Open 2016,

Hefei Hefei is the Capital city, capital of Anhui, China. A prefecture-level city, it is the political, economic, and cultural center of Anhui. Its population was 9,369,881 as of the 2020 census. Its built-up (or ''metro'') area is made up of four u ...

, China *RoboCup European Open 2016,

Eindhoven Eindhoven ( ; ) is a city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of the Netherlands, located in the southern Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Brabant, of which it is the largest municipality, and is also locat ...

, Netherlands

2015

*RoboCup Portugal Open 2015,

Vila Real Vila Real () is the capital and largest city of the Vila Real District, in the Norte, Portugal, North region, Portugal. It is also the seat of the Douro (intermunicipal community), Douro Intermunicipal communities of Portugal, intermunicipal comm ...

, Portugal *RoboCup China Open 2015,

Guiyang Guiyang; Mandarin pronunciation: ; Chinese postal romanization, alternatively as Kweiyang is the capital of Guizhou, Guizhou province in China. It is centrally located within the province, on the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau, eastern part of the Yun ...

, China *RoboCup Iran Open 2015,

, Iran *GermanOpen 2015,

, Germany

2014

* RoboCup Portugal Open 2014, Espinho, Portugal * RoboCup China Open 2014,

, China * RoboCup Iran Open 2014,

, Iran * RoboCup German Open,

, Germany

2013

*RoboCup Portugal Open 2013,

Lisbon Lisbon ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131, as of 2023, within its administrative limits and 3,028,000 within the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, metropolis, as of 2025. Lisbon is mainlan ...

, Portugal *RoboCup Iran Open 2013,

, Iran *RoboCup German Open,

, Germany

2012

* RoboCup Portugal Open 2012,

Guimarães Guimarães () is a city and municipality located in northern Portugal, in the district of Braga. Its historic town centre has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2001, in recognition for being an "exceptionally well-preserved ...

, Portugal * RoboCup Dutch Open,

, Netherlands * RoboCup German Open,

, Germany * RoboCup Iran Open,

, Iran * RoboCup SSL North American Open,

Vancouver Vancouver is a major city in Western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the cit ...

, Canada

2011

* RoboCup German Open,

, Germany * RoboCup Portugal Open,

, Portugal * RoboCup Iran Open 2011,

, Iran

2010

* RoboCup Portugal Open,

Leiria Leiria () is a city and municipality in the Central Region, Portugal, Central Region of Portugal. It is the 2nd largest city in that same region, after Coimbra, with a municipality population of 128,640 (as of 2021) in an area of . It is the seat o ...

, Portugal * Iran Open 2010,

, Iran * Latin America & Brazil Open 2010,

São Bernardo do Campo São Bernardo do Campo () is a Brazilian Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the state of São Paulo. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. The population is 810,729 (2022 census) in an area of . According to 2021 data from ...

, Brazil * RoboCup Mediterranean Open 2010, Rome, Italy * RoboCup German Open (unofficial all-European tournament),

, Germany * AUT Cup 2010,

, Iran

References

External links

*
RoboCup@Home
league, aims to develop service and assistive robot technology with high relevance for future personal domestic applications. {{Authority control Engineering competitions Dance animation Recurring events established in 1997 Articles containing video clips Robotics competitions

RoboCup leagues

RoboCup editions

RoboCup Asia-Pacific editions

European RoboCupJunior Championship

RoboCup local events

2024

2023

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

See also

References

External links