RoboCupJunior Americas
Students aged 10 to 19 from across the Americas build robots that compete on their own. Once a year, teams chosen by each country meet at the SuperRegional.
Can I take part?
Yes, if you are 10 to 19 and on a team with an adult mentor. The ages of the team's members decide its division, and the division decides the rules.
Primary
Every member is 10 to 14.
Each league's Entry rules.
Secondary
Every member is 14 to 19.
The international rules, the same as at the world championship.
Ages are counted on 1 July of the competition year; Secondary ages (14 to 19) follow the international rules. A team whose members are all 14 can choose either division. These ages apply to every league, including OnStage Entry, and each edition publishes the rule versions it uses.
Your team
- Two to four students, or up to five in OnStage. Each edition can set its own team size, so check its rules.
- At least one mentor aged 19 or over, who comes to the event with the team.
- The rules are written in English, and the English version counts. Ask the organizers which languages the interviews can be in.
Starting from a classroom
Pick one challenge and build for it. Many schools start with a kit they already have, and the software is usually free. Rescue Simulation needs no robot, though teams still bring a computer to the event.
RoboCupJunior's guide for beginners
Soccer
Robots play on a green field, tracking the ball and each other with no one driving them.
- Primary
- Soccer Entry, one robot a side
- Secondary
- Soccer, two robots a side
Rescue
A robot follows a line through debris and ramps, or maps a maze room by room, to find victims.
- Primary
- Rescue Line Entry
- Secondary
- Rescue Line, Rescue Maze and Rescue Simulation
OnStage
Teams build robots that perform for an audience, judged as much on the show as on the engineering.
- Primary
- OnStage Entry
- Secondary
- OnStage
Get a place
Places at the SuperRegional are given to countries, and each country usually fills them at its Regional Open.
- Compete at your country's Regional Open.
- Your country decides who goes on to RoboCupJunior International, under its own rules. The teams placed next usually go to the SuperRegional. In Primary, which the International doesn't run, the top teams usually go.
- Your country's representative confirms the teams. Once your place is confirmed, register on the edition's site.
Each edition sets its own number of places. In 2025, it was up to three teams per league from each country, and up to two per school from the United States.
Visas: check what you need as soon as you plan to go, and follow the edition's own instructions for invitation letters.
Countries that took part in 2026
- Argentina
- Brazil
- Canada
- Chile
- Mexico
- Panama
- United States
RoboCupJunior representatives in the Americas, October 2026
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Panama, United States
A country without a representative may still have schools that compete.
Find your country's representativeNo regional committee in your country yet? See how a country starts, and how its teams can ask for a guest place at the SuperRegional. A new country
Four days in Brampton
What a SuperRegional is like, from the second edition at Sheridan College, Ontario, in October 2026.
22 October
The opening
Teams register, set up at their tables and fill the gym for the opening ceremony.
23 and 24 October
The rounds
Matches, rescue runs and performances, with repairs and new code in between.
25 October
The last day
The final games on the soccer fields, with the teams gathered round the walls.
25 October
The closing
Awards in every league, and seven countries in one hall.
Where it can lead
Students who keep going after the SuperRegional have these options.
The next season
Back home, the team rebuilds what failed and tries again at its Regional Open. Between events, teams from every country talk on RoboCupJunior's and RoboCup's Discord servers.
RoboCupJunior on Discord RoboCup on DiscordRoboCupJunior International
The world championship, for ages 14 to 19, is held each year alongside RoboCup. Each country chooses the teams it sends.
University RoboCup teams
After 19, some students join university research teams in the Major leagues, building humanoids that play soccer, rescue robots and robots for the home.
RoboCup's goal
By the middle of this century, a team of autonomous humanoid robots that beats the World Cup champions.
Past editions
2026: Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Sheridan College, Davis Campus, October 22–25, 2026
64 teams registered, 7 countries
Edition site
2025: Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Mercersburg Academy, April 25–29, 2025
72 teams, 8 countries
Edition site