RoboCup: RoboCup International

The world's largest and most prestigious robotics competition and scientific conference. Teams from universities and research labs worldwide compete in leagues including humanoid soccer, @Home service robots, rescue robots, and industrial logistics. RoboCup has a strong open-source tradition — many teams release their complete codebases, and the competition drives innovation in autonomous robot systems built on frameworks like ROS.

• Organiser: RoboCup Federation
• Founded: 1997
• Frequency: annual
• Usually held in: June-July
• Duration: 7 days
• Typical attendance: 3000-4000
• Audience: Robotics researchers, university teams, students
• Topics: autonomous robots, humanoid robots, service robots, rescue robots, robot soccer, multi-agent systems, ROS, open-source robotics
• Tags: robotics, competition, open-source, ROS, humanoid

Next edition

• RoboCup 2027, Jun 17 – 21, 2027, Messe Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany

Editions

• RoboCup 2027, Jun 17 – 21, 2027, Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
• RoboCup 2026, Jun 30 – Jul 6, 2026, Incheon, South Korea
• RoboCup German Open 2026, Mar 10 – 14, 2026, Cologne, Germany
• RoboCup 2025, Jul 15 – 21, 2025, Salvador, Brazil
• RoboCup 2024, Jul 17 – 21, 2024, Eindhoven, Netherlands
• RoboCup 2023, Jul 4 – 10, 2023, Bordeaux, France
• RoboCup 2022, Jul 11 – 17, 2022, Bangkok, Thailand
• RoboCup 2021, Jun 22 – 28, 2021, Virtual
• RoboCup 2019, Jul 2 – 8, 2019, Sydney, Australia
• RoboCup 2018, Jun 16 – 22, 2018, Montreal, Canada
• RoboCup 2017, Jul 27 – 31, 2017, Nagoya, Japan
• RoboCup 2016, Jun 30 – Jul 4, 2016, Leipzig, Germany
• RoboCup 2015, Jul 17 – 23, 2015, Hefei, China
• RoboCup 2014, Jul 19 – 25, 2014, João Pessoa, Brazil
• RoboCup 2013, Jun 24 – Jul 1, 2013, Eindhoven, Netherlands
• RoboCup 2012, Jun 18 – 24, 2012, Mexico City, Mexico
• RoboCup 2011, Jul 5 – 11, 2011, Istanbul, Turkey
• RoboCup 2010, Jun 19 – 25, 2010, Singapore
• RoboCup 2009, Jun 29 – Jul 5, 2009, Graz, Austria
• RoboCup 2008, Jul 14 – 20, 2008, Suzhou, China
• RoboCup 2007, Jul 1 – 10, 2007, Atlanta, GA, USA
• RoboCup 2006, Jun 14 – 20, 2006, Bremen, Germany
• RoboCup 2005, Jul 13 – 19, 2005, Osaka, Japan
• RoboCup 2004, Jun 27 – Jul 5, 2004, Lisbon, Portugal
• RoboCup 2003, Jul 2 – 11, 2003, Padua, Italy
• RoboCup 2002, Jun 19 – 25, 2002, Fukuoka, Japan
• RoboCup 2001, Aug 2 – 10, 2001, Seattle, WA, USA
• RoboCup 2000, Aug 27 – Sep 3, 2000, Melbourne, Australia
• RoboCup 1999, Jul 29 – Aug 4, 1999, Stockholm, Sweden
• RoboCup 1998, Jul 2 – 9, 1998, Paris, France
• RoboCup 1997, Aug 23 – 29, 1997, Nagoya, Japan

Links

• Website: https://www.robocup.org/
• Organiser: https://www.robocup.org/