Leagues
Every robot league, series and organiser we track, across combat, sumo, humanoid games, soccer, racing, drones and student competitions.
Each league’s dates and results are on the events page. Where we have written one, the league name links to its profile.
Combat and sumo
| League |
Format |
Base |
Runs |
Website |
| BattleBots |
combat |
Las Vegas, USA |
World Championship each year, plus Pro League and live Destruct-A-Thon shows |
battlebots.com |
| NHRL |
combat |
Norwalk, USA |
Monthly Opens, a three-event Pro Tour and December finals, in 3, 12 and 30 lb classes |
nhrl.io |
| Extreme Robots |
combat |
UK |
Touring shows, about seven a year |
ents24 |
| Robots Live! |
combat |
UK |
Touring shows |
lovetovisit |
| AHHAA RoboBattle |
combat |
Tartu, Estonia |
Yearly |
ahhaa.ee |
| Robot Royale |
combat |
Sydney, Australia |
Several a year, 150 g class, university-run |
Eventbrite |
| Battle of Robots |
combat |
Russia |
Yearly, qualifiers in October |
La Presse |
| URKL (EngineAI) |
humanoid-combat |
Shenzhen, China |
Season July to December, every team on the same robot |
HowAIWorks |
| REK |
humanoid-combat |
California, USA |
Irregular |
Runtime Wire |
| Stream Fighters |
humanoid-combat |
Colombia |
Streamer fight cards; robot bout from edition 5 |
El País Cali |
| All Japan Robot-Sumo (Fujisoft) |
sumo |
Tokyo, Japan |
Regional rounds August to September, finals in December |
fsi.co.jp |
| Robotic Arena |
sumo |
Wrocław, Poland |
Yearly, April |
pwr.edu.pl |
| RoboNexus |
sumo |
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia |
Yearly, April |
Servo Magazine |
Humanoid games and soccer
| League |
Format |
Base |
Runs |
Website |
| RoboCup |
soccer |
Worldwide |
World cup each summer, regional opens through the year |
robocup.org |
| RoboCup Humanoid League |
soccer |
Worldwide |
Part of RoboCup; absorbed the Standard Platform League in 2026 |
hsl.robocup.org |
| FIRA |
soccer |
Worldwide |
RoboWorld Cup each summer |
firaworldcup.org |
| RoBoLeague |
soccer |
Beijing, China |
Humanoid 3v3, launched June 2025 |
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| World Humanoid Robot Games |
humanoid |
Beijing, China |
Yearly, August |
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| Beijing E-Town Half Marathon |
humanoid |
Beijing, China |
Yearly, April |
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| World Robot Conference |
expo |
Beijing, China |
Yearly, August |
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| International Humanoid Olympiad |
humanoid |
Olympia, Greece |
First held 2025 |
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| DARPA challenges |
challenge |
USA |
One-off programmes; Triage Challenge final November 2026 |
darpa.mil |
| Cybathlon |
assistive |
Zurich, Switzerland |
Every four years; next expected 2028 |
cybathlon.com |
Racing and drones
Student and education
| League |
Format |
Base |
Runs |
Website |
| FIRST (FRC, FTC, FLL) |
education |
USA |
Championship in Houston each April or May |
firstinspires.org |
| FIRST Global Challenge |
education |
Worldwide |
Yearly, October |
first.global |
| VEX Robotics (REC Foundation) |
education |
USA |
World Championship each April |
recf.org |
| World Robot Olympiad |
education |
Worldwide |
International final each November or December |
wro-association.org |
| RoboMaster (DJI) |
education |
China |
University series, final in August |
robomaster.com |
| Eurobot |
education |
France |
International final in May, Junior in June |
eurobot.org |
| Robotex International |
education |
Estonia |
Yearly; 2026 edition moved to South Korea |
robotex.international |
| APEC Micromouse |
micromouse |
USA |
Yearly, March |
apec-conf.org |
| University Rover Challenge |
rover |
Utah, USA |
Yearly, late May |
urc.marssociety.org |
| European Rover Challenge |
rover |
Kraków, Poland |
Yearly, September |
roverchallenge.eu |
| RoboSub (RoboNation) |
underwater |
USA |
Yearly, July |
robosub.org |
| MATE ROV |
underwater |
USA |
World championship each June |
materovcompetition.org |
Not yet dated
We list these so they are not forgotten. None has a 2025 to 2027 date we could confirm: RoboGames, King of Bots, Robot Wars, Robot-SM (Sweden), ROBO-ONE, Bugglebots, Mortal Kombots, Robot Combat League, UFB.