RoboCup 2026
PAST
June 30-July 6, 2026
Location:
Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea
Venue:
Songdo Convensia, Incheon
Summary:
This event is useful for scouting practical robotics systems under competitive constraints rather than only papers or vendor booths. It is especially relevant for education, autonomous systems benchmarking, young talent, and league-specific technical progress.
RoboCup 2026 is the world's largest robotics and AI competition, built around leagues that advance autonomous robotics through soccer, rescue, home, industrial, simulation, junior education, and related challenge formats. The mission remains long-term progress toward robots capable of complex autonomous performance, with competitions acting as benchmarks for perception, planning, coordination, locomotion, manipulation, and human-facing robot behavior.
Previous Edition:
RoboCup 2025 was the previous international RoboCup edition; 2026 is the first RoboCup hosted in South Korea.
Tags:
robotics competition; AI; autonomous robots; education; soccer robots; rescue robots; RoboCup; robot soccer; AI competition; humanoid soccer; home robots; industrial robots league; robot simulation; RoboCupJunior; student robotics; robot education; robot benchmarking; multi-robot systems; robot perception; robot planning; Incheon robotics; Korea robotics; robot leagues; robotics conference; automation conference; robotics expo; automation expo; industrial automation; AI robotics; physical AI; embodied AI; robotics event; robotics trade show; automation trade show; robot suppliers; automation suppliers; robotics startups; systems integrators; robotics networking; robotics speakers; robotics innovation; robotics market intelligence
Speakers:
Ubbo Visser - RoboCup Federation President, public spokesperson on RoboCup's mission and Korea 2026 significance. | League chairs - technical leaders for Soccer, Rescue, Home, Industrial, Simulation and Junior leagues. | Team presenters - student and research teams explaining autonomous robot systems, strategies and competition results. | Local organizers from Incheon/KAR/ITP - hosts connecting RoboCup to Korea's AI robotics ecosystem.
Source:
Official RoboCup 2026 website and RoboCup Federation announcement, verified May 17, 2026
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