RoboCup2026 – Robohub https://robohub.org Connecting the robotics community to the world Mon, 05 Oct 2026 01:19:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 #RoboCup2026 social media round-up https://robohub.org/robocup2026-social-media-round-up/ Wed, 08 Jul 2026 06:56:38 +0000 https://aihub.org/?p=20640

This year, RoboCup took place in Incheon, South Korea, from 2-6 July. The event saw teams take part in competitions, training sessions, and a symposium. Take a look at what the participants got up to in our round up from social media.

Little Booster K1, trying to get up after falling mid football game!
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— Raghav Arora (@ra-aurora.bsky.social) 6 July 2026 at 05:05

Straight from RoboCup 2026, at Incheon, Korea.
We added an external lidar, and a literal backpack to the booster T1 to achieve accurate indoor localisation and navigation.
@texasrobotics.bsky.social #Robocup2026

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— Raghav Arora (@ra-aurora.bsky.social) 6 July 2026 at 05:01

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This weekend saw the finale of the league competitions at RoboCup 2026 in Incheon, South Korea, with the winners in the small, middle, and large humanoid divisions decided. Congratulations to the following teams, who finished in the top three positions in each size class:

Small division

  1. Invic, Wuhan University, China
  2. Hamburg Bit-Bots, Universität Hamburg, Germany
  3. GeoHBots, School of Artificial Intelligence, China University of Geosciences, China

Middle division

  1. B-Human, Universität Bremen and German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), Germany
  2. HTWK Robots, Leipzig University of Applied Sciences, Germany
  3. Rhoban, University of Bordeaux, France

Large division

  1. Tsinghua Hephaestus, Tsinghua University, China
  2. CAU Mountain&Sea, China Agricultural University, China
  3. Water, Beijing Information Science & Technology University, China

You can watch the action from one of the semi-finals in the middle division, which saw HTWK take on Rhoban.

In the final of the middle division, HTWK took on B-Human:

In addition to the main competitions, there were five league-wide awards:

  • Best Customized Humanoid Award: HERoEHS (ALICE 4th version)
  • Best Humanoid Software Award: B-Human (Game Controller)
  • Open Research Challenge: Ruhrbot Devils (AI Camera Platform for Embedded 2D/3D Game Analysis in RoboCup HSL)
  • Best Innovation Award: Bahia Robotics Team
  • Best Referee Award: Anastasia Prisacaru (Berlin United)

Hear from Team Hephaestus of Tsinghua University, who won the large division:

Although the competitions have drawn to a close, RoboCup 2026 continues today with a symposium, which brings together researchers and practitioners from around the world to present and discuss innovative research in robotics and artificial intelligence. You can find out more here.

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The second day’s play at RoboCup 2026 has drawn to a close with another bumper set of matches. Teams have come from far and wide to take part in the humanoid soccer competition this year, with 17 different countries represented. China is the most represented country, boasting 15 teams across the three divisions. Other countries taking part are geographically widespread, ranging from Colombia to Malaysia, from Germany to Australia.

In advance of the competition, all applying teams provided a video, team description paper, and information about the robots and software that they use. You can see the complete set of these here. As a taster, here is the qualification video from team CAU Mountain&Sea (from China Agricultural University) who are currently leading the small division competition, and are in fourth place in the large division.

Yesterday’s play saw the first issuing of a red card. The robot received two yellow cards for unsafe challenges and was removed from play on safety grounds. You can see a clip of the second foul in question here.

In terms of the vital statistics of the robots, the heaviest and tallest robot is HERoEHS’s ALICE 4 robot, weighing in at 48kg and measuring 160cm tall. There is a big jump down in weight to the second heaviest bot, which is team BigHeroX’s Z4 bipedal humanoid, at 37kg. A number of teams are using the 35kg Unitree G1. At the other end of the spectrum, the lightest and shortest robot is ITAndroids’ Chape, at just 3.8kg and 53cm tall.

With the seeding rounds almost complete (the knockout rounds start tomorrow) the competitions are hotting up nicely. After four competed rounds in the small division, CAU Mountain&Sea is the only team to win all four matches, and sits atop the table with 12 points, and impressively only conceding one goal. Hamburg Bit-Bots and GeoHBots are in second and third place respectively, having both won three games and lost one.

The middle division has fast established itself as one of the most compelling competitions. B-Human has taken a commanding lead, winning all four matches so far with a +35 goal difference. Behind them, there are four teams on nine points: HTWK Robots, Rhoban, whIRLwind Amsterdam, and THMOS.

Over in the large division, teams have completed three rounds of seeding, with just one further round to come tomorrow. At this stage Tsinghua Hephaestus is the only perfect team, sitting on nine points. Behind them, two teams have each won two matches and drawn the third: PCMS-HRG and Robo-Erectus.

Once the seeding rounds have been completed, 12 teams from each division will make it forward to the knockout stages, with the quarter finals taking place in the evening.

Many thanks to JT Genter for providing the photos, videos, and facts for this article.

]]> #RoboCup2026 – humanoid league day 1 https://robohub.org/robocup2026-humanoid-league-day-1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2026 14:14:34 +0000 https://aihub.org/?p=20573 Image credit: RoboCup Federation.

RoboCup 2026 kicked off today in Incheon, South Korea, with the league competitions running until 5 July. It’s an exciting time for RoboCup, as there have been some updates to the leagues and competition format. Most prominently, the soccer leagues will have a primary focus on humanoid robots. In a series of daily updates, we’ll be bringing you the latest results, videos, and news from the humanoid soccer league.

This year, the humanoid league is split into three sizes: large division, middle division, and small division. There are 18 teams participating the small division, 16 in the middle, and an impressive 22 competing in the large division.

The first two days of competition are be devoted to the seeding round. Teams play using the Swiss-system of ranking to decide who gets through to the knockout stages.

Livestreams from the different fields of play can be found here.

At the end of the first day of competition, teams in the small and middle divisions have played two games each, with the large division ending the day part way through the second round. Early leaders in the small division, with the full six points from two games are: GeoHBots, CAU Mountain&Sea, and Hamburg Bit-Bots. There are also three teams in the middle division who have claimed the six point haul: B-Human, RoboRoos, and HTWK Robots.

You can watch a short summary of the first day, including some of the robots in action, from KBS News:

This short video from RoboCup gives a flavour of the day’s happenings, which also featured the opening ceremony.

We will be back tomorrow with further updates on competition results, some highlights from the day, and insights into how the event is progressing.

Useful links

]]> What’s coming up at #RoboCup2026? https://robohub.org/whats-coming-up-at-robocup2026/ Mon, 29 Jun 2026 08:03:25 +0000 https://robohub.org/?p=220072

This year, RoboCup will be held in Incheon, South Korea, from 2-6 July. The event will see teams take part in competitions, training sessions, and a symposium.

It’s an exciting time for RoboCup, as there have been some updates to the leagues and competition format. Most prominently, the soccer leagues will have a primary focus on humanoid robots.

The leagues and their competitions

You can find out more about the different leagues and the competition schedules and details at these links:

WEROB

A workshop focused on sharing projects, experiences, and innovations in educational robotics. This session is geared towards students, mentors, and educators. Find out more here.

Symposium

The RoboCup symposium will take place on 6 July. More information can be found here.

There will be two keynote talks:

  • Hyun Myung, Spatial Intelligence for Autonomous Robot Navigation in the Wild
  • Gentiane Venture, From function to meaning: Making robots that understand and belong

Find out more at the event website.

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