Flags from the countries of all teams who've competed at RoboGames/ROBOlympics.

RoboGames is the Olympics of Robots - we invite the best minds from around the world to compete in over 50 different events: combat robots, fire-fighters, LEGO bots, hockey bots, walking humanoids, soccer bots, sumo bots, and even androids that do kung-fu. Some robots are autonomous, some are remote controlled - but they're all cool! As an open event, anyone can compete - this means you.

Next events:
BarBot v5.0, March 2-3, 2012 in San Francisco, CA.
A celebration of cocktail robots and electronic art. For more details, click here or buy tickets! Want to compete?

RoboGames 2012, Fri-Sun, Apr 20-22, 2012 in San Mateo, CA.
The ninth annual all-events world championship! To learn about competing, look at the events or competitors page. Want to be see the show? Buy tickets now.
Call for Papers - As in previous years, RoboGames will host a symposium for participants to present papers and projects. Full details here. Examples of past academic research papers.

Watch our videos to see how cool RoboGames is! No matter what your favorite robot sport is, the best bots in the world come to San Francisco every year. The stands are filled with people watching 220 pound robots shoot flames and smash into each other and androids cart-wheeling down the soccer field. Subscribe to our mailing list to make sure you get all the updates about future TV shows, web video releases, and live events. Results from RoboGames 2011 are here.

To see the action, check out our photo page. But the best way to discover RoboGames is to read the press reports about the show! If you're looking for cool stuff to pretend you were at the show, shop at our store.


RoboGames Store!
Buy event tickets now! We've got shirts, stickers, and trading cards too! Everything a growing robot builder (or grown robot builder) could ever want. All our stuff!

Build your own robot!
Want to build your own ComBot? Team RioBotz, winners of several championships, have written a guide:
RioBotz Combot Tutorial 2.0 (PDF - 28.7MB)
Or watch a quick video covering the basics at Revsion3

2012 Int'l RoboGames
Dates:Fri-Sun, Apr 20-22, 2012
Classes:All Events
Hours:Noon-7pm
Where: San Mateo Fairgrounds
Cost: Advance:
$20/adult, $15/kids
On-site:
$25/adult, $20/kids
Free for kids 0-6 and active-duty military
Buy tickets now!

Sponsors
Tens of thousands of people have attended the last five annual RoboGames and press coverage has gone to millions all over the world. By sponsoring RoboGames, your company can reach millions of customers around the world, help engineers to compete, and influence students into studying science and engineering!

© 2004-2011, Robotics Society of America, Inc (RSA.) "RoboGames" and the RoboGames wordmark is ™ of the RSA. "ComBots" and "ComBot" are ™ of ComBots, LLC.
RoboGames' Sponsors:

Google

Jameco

TechShop

Robot Marketplace

Neato

Willow Garage

Servo

Evil Mad Scientist Labs

Kowatec

Robots Dreams

Fingertech