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Robot sports

Robot sports is an umbrella context for robotics competitions in which teams build, program and test robots under league rules. Depending on format, it covers robot soccer, rescue/mission tasks, junior challenges or technical evaluation with hardware, software and team roles.

LevelMain sport FamilySkill Sport CategorySkill / technology competition

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Classification

Category Skill / technology competition

Family Skill Sport

Level Main sport

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Robotics competition with team, hardware, software and league-dependent tasks.

Geeignet für Suitable for people who like programming, tactics, building and debugging in a team.

Cost A school/club team or existing robotics kit lowers cost; a full personal build can become expensive. Robotics kit, sensors/actuators, laptop, spare parts, field material, team/event fees and travel. RoboCupJunior team, robotics group, maker/hackspace, school/university team or local competition. Choose a league, read the rulebook and test small; think hardw…

First progress First missions after weeks; stable competition robots need many test cycles.

Fitness level low to medium

Was du brauchst

robotics kit
laptop
software environment
sensors/actuators
test field
team roles
rulebook

First steps

choose league or challenge
find beginner team
test simple robot
solve sensor/actuator task
read rules and field dimensions

RoboCupJunior, robotics club, school/university group, maker space or local robotics competition.

Use batteries, tools, moving parts and test fields only under team/lab safety rules.

Weitere Angaben

Tags technology_competition, umbrella, robot-sports, skill-sport, robotics-competition, geschicklichkeitssport, technology-competition, geschicklichkeits-technikwettbewerb

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Build and program robots under league rules so they solve tasks or matches legally.

Teilnehmer

Teams with robots.

Teamgröße

Team size by league; junior teams often small.

Spielfeld

Robotics field, mission course or simulation environment.

Dauer

Depends on format and event.

Wertung

Points, goals, time, mission completion or technical evaluation.

Gewinnbedingung

Best valid time, placing or score in the announced format.

Ausrüstung

robot
sensors
actuators
software
laptop
test field

Wichtige Regelpunkte

illegal hardware
unsafe power supply
field breach
manual intervention against league rules

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Federations

RoboCup Federation
RoboCup Federation (RoboCup)

RoboCup RoboCup Federation · federation-guide · high
Getting Started with RoboCup - For Absolute Beginners RoboCupJunior · beginner-guide · high
Rules and Regulations RoboCupSoccer Middle Size League · rulebook · high