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{{Short description|Annual robotics competition}}
[[File:13-06-28-robocup-eindhoven-024.jpg|thumb|A robot attempts to kick the ball at RoboCup 2013.]]
'''RoboCup''' is an annual international [[robotics competition]] founded<ref>{{cite journal |citeseerx = 10.1.1.49.7511 |title=RoboCup: The Robot World Cup Initiative |publisher=RoboCup |date=1995}}</ref> in 1996 by a group of university professors (including [[Hiroaki Kitano]], [[Manuela M. Veloso]], [[Itsuki Noda]] and [[Minoru Asada]]). The aim of the competition is to promote [[robotics]] and [[AI]] research by offering a publicly appealing – but formidable – challenge.

The name ''RoboCup'' is a contraction of the competition's full name, "Robot World Cup Initiative" (based on the [[FIFA World Cup]]), but there are many other areas of competition such as "RoboCupRescue", "RoboCup@Home" and "RoboCupJunior". Claude Sammut is the current president of RoboCup, and has been since 2019.

The official goal of the project is:
:"By the middle of the 21st century, a team of fully [[wikt:autonomy|autonomous]] humanoid [[robot soccer]] players shall win a soccer game, complying with the official rules of [[FIFA]], against the winner of the most recent [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]]."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.robocup.org/objective/ |title=RoboCup: Objective |year=1998 |publisher=RoboCup |access-date=2014-01-26}}</ref>

==RoboCup leagues==
[[Image:RUNSWift Naos 2010.jpg|thumb|200px|Team rUNSWift competing in the Standard Platform League at RoboCup 2010 in Singapore]]
[[File:NimbRo-OP2X Humanoid Soccer Robot at RoboCup 2018 in Montreal.jpg|alt=NimbRo-OP2X robot in Humanoid AdultSize game át RoboCup 2018 in Montreal.|thumb|[[NimbRo]]-OP2X<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Ficht |first1=Grzegorz |last2=Farazi |first2=Hafez |last3=Brandenburger |first3=Andre |last4=Rodriguez |first4=Diego |last5=Pavlichenko |first5=Dmytro |last6=Allgeuer |first6=Philipp |last7=Hosseini |first7=Mojtaba |last8=Behnke |first8=Sven |title=2018 IEEE-RAS 18th International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids) |chapter=NimbRo-OP2X: Adult-Sized Open-Source 3D Printed Humanoid Robot |date=2018 |pages=1–9 |location=Beijing, China |publisher=IEEE |doi=10.1109/HUMANOIDS.2018.8625038 |arxiv=1810.08395 |isbn=978-1-5386-7283-9 |bibcode=2018arXiv181008395F |s2cid=53044123}}</ref> robot in Humanoid AdultSize game át RoboCup 2018 in Montreal.]]The contest currently has six major domains of competition, each with a number of leagues and sub-leagues. These include:

* RoboCup Soccer
**[[RoboCup Standard Platform League|Standard Platform League]] (formerly Four Legged League)
**[[RoboCup Small Size League|Small Size League]]
**[[RoboCup Middle Size League|Middle Size League]]
**[[RoboCup Simulation League|Simulation League]]
***[[RoboCup 2D Soccer Simulation League|2D Soccer Simulation]]
***[[RoboCup 3D Soccer Simulation League|3D Soccer Simulation]]
**[[Robocup Humanoid League|Humanoid League]]
*[[Robocup Rescue League|RoboCup Rescue League]]
**[[Rescue Robot League]]
**[[Robocup Rescue Simulation|Rescue Simulation League]]
**Rapidly Manufactured Robot Challenge
*RoboCup@Home,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://athome.robocup.org/ |title=RoboCup@Home – Where the best domestic service robots test themselves |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=RoboCup@Home |publisher=Robocup Federation, Inc. |access-date=4 October 2022}}</ref> which debuted in 2006, focuses on the introduction of autonomous robots to human society
**RoboCup@Home Open Platform League (formerly just RoboCup@Home)
**Robocup@Home Domestic Standard Platform League
**RoboCup@Home Social Standard Platform League
*RoboCup Logistics League, which debuted in 2012, is an application-driven league inspired by the industrial scenario of a smart factory
*RoboCup@Work,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://atwork.robocup.org/ |title=Welcome to RoboCup@Work! |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=RoboCup@Work |publisher=Robocup Federation, Inc. |access-date=4 October 2022}}</ref> which debuted in 2016, "targets the use of robots in work-related scenarios"
*[[RoboCup Junior]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://junior.robocup.org/ |title=RoboCupJunior – Creating a learning environment for today, fostering technological advancement for tomorrow |website=junior.robocup.org |access-date=2018-04-16}}</ref>
**Soccer League
**OnStage (formerly Dance) League
**Rescue League
**Rescue CoSpace League

Each team is fully autonomous in all RoboCup leagues. Once the game starts, the only input from any human is from the referee.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/a-new-goal-for-open-source |title=A New Goal for Open Source |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=20 May 2008 |website=Red Hat Blog |publisher=Red Hat, Inc. |access-date=4 October 2022}}</ref>

==RoboCup editions==
{| class="wikitable" width="75%"
|-
! Number
! Year
! Host City
! Host Country
! Number of teams
! Number of countries
! Number of participants
|-
| align="center" | 1
| [[RoboCup 1997]]
| align="left"   | [[Nagoya]]
| align="left"   | {{flagu|Japan}}
| align="center" | 38
| align="center" | 11
| align="center" |
|-
| align="center" | 2
| [[RoboCup 1998]]
| align="left"   | Paris
| align="left"   | {{flagu|France}}
| align="center" | 63
| align="center" | 19
| align="center" |
|-
| align="center" | 3
| [[RoboCup 1999]]
| align="left"   | [[Stockholm]]
| align="left"   | {{flagu|Sweden}}
| align="center" | 85
| align="center" | 23
| align="center" |
|-
| align="center" | 4
| [[RoboCup 2000]]
| align="left"   | [[Melbourne]]
| align="left"   | {{flagu|Australia}}
| align="center" | 110
| align="center" | 19
| align="center" |
|-
| align="center" | 5
| [[RoboCup 2001]]
| align="left"   | [[Seattle]]
| align="left"   | {{flagu|United States}}
| align="center" | 141
| align="center" | 22
| align="center" |
|-
| align="center" | 6
| [[RoboCup 2002]]
| align="left"   | [[Fukuoka]]
| align="left"   | {{flagu|Japan}}
| align="center" | 197
| align="center" | 29
| align="center" |
|-
| align="center" | 7
| [[RoboCup 2003]]
| align="left"   | [[Padua]]
| align="left"   | {{flagu|Italy}}
| align="center" | 238
| align="center" | 35
| align="center" |
|-
| align="center" | 8
| [[RoboCup 2004]]
| align="left"   | [[Lisbon]]
| align="left"   | {{flagu|Portugal}}
| align="center" | 345
| align="center" | 37
| align="center" |
|-
| align="center" | 9
| [[RoboCup 2005]]
| align="left"   | [[Osaka]]
| align="left"   | {{flagu|Japan}}
| align="center" | 387
| align="center" | 36
| align="center" |
|-
| align="center" | 10
| [[RoboCup 2006]]
| align="left"   | [[Bremen]]
| align="left"   | {{DEU}}
| align="center" | 440
| align="center" | 35
| align="center" |
|-
| align="center" | 11
| [[RoboCup 2007]]
| align="left"   | [[Atlanta]]
| align="left"   | {{flagu|United States}}
| align="center" | 321
| align="center" | 39
| align="center" | 1,966
|-
| align="center" | 12
| [[RoboCup 2008]]
| align="left"   | [[Suzhou, Jiangsu|Suzhou]]
| align="left"   | {{PRC}}
| align="center" | 373
| align="center" | 35
| align="center" |
|-
| align="center" | 13
| [[RoboCup 2009]]
| align="left"   | [[Graz]]
| align="left"   | {{AUT}}
| align="center" | 407
| align="center" | 43
| align="center" | 2,472
|-
| align="center" | 14
| [[RoboCup 2010]]
| align="left"   | [[Singapore]]
| align="left"   | {{SGP}}
| align="center" | 500
| align="center" | 40
| align="center" | 3,000
|-
| align="center" | 15
| [[RoboCup 2011]]
| align="left"   | [[Istanbul]]
| align="left"   | {{TUR}}
| align="center" | 451
| align="center" | 40
| align="center" | 2,691
|-
| align="center" | 16
| [[RoboCup 2012]]
| align="left"   | [[Mexico City]]
| align="left"   | {{flagu|Mexico}}
| align="center" | 381
| align="center" | 42
| align="center" | 2,356
|-
| align="center" | 17
| [[RoboCup 2013]]
| align="left"   | [[Eindhoven]]
| align="left"   | {{NLD}}
| align="center" | 410
| align="center" | 45
| align="center" | 3,033
|-
| align="center" | 18
| [[RoboCup 2014]]
| align="left"   | [[João Pessoa, Paraíba|João Pessoa]]
| align="left"   | {{flagu|Brazil}}
| align="center" | 358
| align="center" | 45
| align="center" | 2,900
|-
| align="center" | 19
| [[RoboCup 2015]]
| align="left"   | [[Hefei]]
| align="left"   | {{PRC}}
| align="center" | 346
| align="center" | 43
| align="center" | 2,032
|-
| align="center" | 20
| [[RoboCup 2016]]
| align="left"   | [[Leipzig]]
| align="left"   | {{DEU}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.leipzig.de/news/news/robocup-wm-2016-kommt-nach-leipzig/ |title = RoboCup WM 2016 kommt nach Leipzig| date=22 July 2014 }}</ref>
| align="center" | 404
| align="center" | 45
| align="center" | 3,500
|-
| align="center" | 21
| [[RoboCup 2017]]
| align="left"   | [[Nagoya]]
| align="left"   | {{JAP}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://robocup2017.org/eng/ |title=RoboCup2017 Nagoya Japan(ロボカップ2017) |access-date=2017-04-03 |archive-date=2017-04-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404215624/http://robocup2017.org/eng/ |url-status=usurped }}</ref>
| align="center" | 500
| align="center" | 50
| align="center" | 2,520
|-
| align="center" | 22
| [[RoboCup 2018]]
| align="left"   | [[Montreal]]
| align="left"   | {{flagu|Canada}}
| align="center" |360
| align="center" |40
| align="center" |2,345
|-
| align="center" | 23
| [[RoboCup 2019]]
| align="left"   | [[Sydney]]
| align="left"   | {{flagu|Australia}}
| align="center" |335
| align="center" |40
| align="center" |2,200
|-
| align="center" | 24
| [[RoboCup 2021]]
| align="left"   | Virtual
| align="left"   | 
| align="center" |317
| align="center" |43
| align="center" |2,129
|-
| align="center" | 25
| [[RoboCup 2022]]
| align="left"   | [[Bangkok]]
| align="left"   | {{THA}}
| align="center" |
| align="center" |
| align="center" |
|-
| align="center" | 26
| [[RoboCup 2023]]
| align="left"   | [[Bordeaux]]
| align="left"   | {{flagu|France}}
| align="center" |
| align="center" |
| align="center" |
|-
| align="center" | 27
| [[RoboCup 2024]]
| align="left"   | [[Eindhoven]]
| align="left"   | {{NLD}}
| align="center" |
| align="center" |
| align="center" |
|-
| align="center" | 28
| [[RoboCup 2025]]
| [[Salvador, Bahia|Salvador]]
| align="left"   | {{flagu|Brazil}}
| align="center" |
| align="center" | 45
| align="center" | 2,000
|-
| align="center" | 29
| [[RoboCup 2026]]
| [[Incheon]]
| align="left"   | {{ROK}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.incheon.go.kr/en/EN020300/2201257/ |title = Voice News | date = 23 July 2024 }}</ref>
| align="center" |
| align="center" |
| align="center" |
|-
| align="center" | 30
| [[RoboCup 2027]]
| [[Nuremberg]]
| align="left"   | {{flagu|Germany}}
| align="center" |
| align="center" |
| align="center" |
|}


The formal RoboCup competition was preceded by the (often unacknowledged) first [[International Micro Robot World Cup Soccer Tournament]] (MIROSOT) held by [[KAIST]] in [[Taejon]], [[Korea]], in November 1996. This was won by an American team from [[Newton Labs]], and the competition was shown on [[CNN]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.newtonlabs.com/soccer/ |title=Robot Soccer at Newton Research Labs |website=www.newtonlabs.com |access-date=2019-12-06}}</ref>

RoboCup was canceled in 2020 due to COVID-19. The planned host location of Bordeaux will host in 2023.

==RoboCup Asia-Pacific editions==

{| class="wikitable" width="75%"
|-
! Year
! Host City
! Host Country
! Number of teams
! Number of countries
! Number of participants
! Website
|-
| [[RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2017]]
| align="left"   | [[Bangkok]]
| align="left"   | {{THA}} 
| align="center" | 130+ <ref>{{Cite web |title=ICCA member press release: Thailand Robotics Week 2017 & RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2017 |url=https://www.iccaworld.org/newsarchives/archivedetails.cfm?id=7190 |access-date=2021-08-04 }}</ref>
| align="center" | 25
| align="center" | 1000+
| align="center" | [http://www.robocup-ap2017.org/]
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2018]]
| align="left"   | [[Kish Island]]
| align="left"   | {{IRN}} 
| align="center" | 
| align="center" | 
| align="center" |
| align="center" | [https://robocupap2018.org/]
|-
|[[Dubai]]
|{{ARE}} 
|
|
|
| align="center" | [http://robocupap.org/index.php/dubai2018/]
|-
|[[RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2019]]
|Moscow
|{{flagu|Russia}}
|
|
|
| align="center" | [https://robocupap2019.org]
|-
|[[RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2020]]
|Virtual
|
|
|
|
| align="center" | [https://2020.robocupap.org/]
|-
|[[RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2021]]
|[[Aichi Prefecture]] / Virtual
| {{JAP}}
|
|
|
| align="center" | [https://2021.robocupap.org/eng/index.html]
|-
|[[RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2025]]
|[[Abu Dhabi]]
|{{ARE}} 
|
|
|
|align="center" | [https://2025.robocupap.org/ <nowiki>[7]</nowiki>]
|}

==European RoboCupJunior Championship==
{| class="wikitable" width="75%"
|-
! Year
! Host City
! Host Country
! Number of teams
! Number of countries
! Number of participants
!Website
|-
| [[European RoboCupJunior Championship 2018]]
| align="left"   | [[Pescara]]
| align="left"   | {{flagu|Italy}} 
| align="center" | 
| align="center" | 
| align="center" | 
| align="center" | [http://2018.robocupjunior.eu/]
|-
| [[European RoboCupJunior Championship 2019]]
| align="left"   | [[Hanover]]
| align="left"   | {{flagu|Germany}} 
| align="center" | 
| align="center" | 
| align="center" | 
| align="center" |
|-
|European RoboCupJunior Championship 2020
| align="center" colspan="6" | Cancelled due to [[COVID-19 pandemic]]
|-
|European RoboCupJunior Championship 2021
| align="center" colspan="6" | Cancelled due to [[COVID-19 pandemic]]
|-
|[[European RoboCupJunior Championship 2022]]
|[[Guimarães]]
| {{flagu|Portugal}}
|
|
|
| align="center" | [https://2022.robocupjunior.eu/]
|}

==RoboCup local events==
[[File:WMR RoboCupRescue robot navigates red step fields 2009 German Open.ogv|thumb|Warwick Mobile Robotics (from the [[University of Warwick]]) robot navigates red step fields, in the RoboCupRescue arena at the 2009 RoboCup German Open]]
[[File:RoboCupSoccer Robot Football at 2009 German Open.ogg|thumb|Brainstormers Tribots (from [[University of Osnabrück|Universität Osnabrück]]) play RFC Stuttgart (from [[University of Stuttgart|Universität Stuttgart]]) in the RoboCupSoccer Middle-Size League at the 2009 RoboCup German Open]]

=== 2025 ===
*German Open in Nuremberg
*Greece Open in [[Agrinio]]

=== 2024 ===
*German open in Kassel

=== 2023 ===
*German open 

=== 2021 ===
* RoboCup Kazakhstan, [[Astana|Nur-Sultan]], Kazakhstan
* RoboCup Portugal Open, virtual
* RoboCup Russia Open, [[Tomsk]], Russia
* RoboCup Brazil Open, virtual

=== 2020 ===
* RoboCup Japan Open 2020, virtual
* RoboCup China Open 2020, virtual
* RoboCup Brazil Open 2020, virtual

Events were cancelled due to [[Coronavirus disease 2019|COVID-19]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Statement from RoboCup Federation and Bordeaux RoboCup LOC: Corona Virus (COVID-19) |url=http://www.robocup.org/news/93 |access-date=2020-07-01 |website=robocup.org}}</ref>

=== 2019 ===
* RoboCup Portuguese Open 2019, [[Gondomar, Portugal|Gondomar]], Portugal
* RoboCup Brazil Open 2019, [[Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul|Rio Grande]], Brazil
* RoboCup Asia Pacific 2019, Moscow, Russia
* RoboCup German Open 2019, [[Magdeburg]], Germany
* RoboCup China Open 2019, [[Shaoxing]], China

===2018===
*RoboCup Portugal Open 2018, [[Torres Vedras]], Portugal
*RoboCup Asia Pacific 2018, [[Kish Island]], Iran
*RoboCup Iran Open 2018, [[Tehran]], Iran
*RoboCup UAE 2018, [[Abu Dhabi]], United Arab Emirates
*RoboCup German Open 2018, [[Magdeburg]], Germany

===2017===
*RoboCup Portugal Open 2017, [[Coimbra]], Portugal
*RoboCup Iran Open 2017, [[Tehran]], Iran
*RoboCup German Open 2017, [[Magdeburg]], Germany
*RoboCup Russia Open 2017, [[Tomsk]], Russia
*RoboCup US Open 2017, [[Miami]], United States
*RoboCup China Open 2017, [[Shaoxing]], China

===2016===
*RoboCup Portugal Open 2016, [[Bragança, Portugal|Bragança]], Portugal
*RoboCup China Open 2016, [[Hefei]], China
*RoboCup European Open 2016, [[Eindhoven]], Netherlands

===2015===
*RoboCup Portugal Open 2015, [[Vila Real]], Portugal
*RoboCup China Open 2015, [[Guiyang]], China
*RoboCup Iran Open 2015, [[Tehran]], Iran
*GermanOpen 2015, [[Magdeburg]], Germany

===2014===
* RoboCup Portugal Open 2014, [[Espinho, Portugal|Espinho]], Portugal
* RoboCup China Open 2014, [[Hefei]], China
* RoboCup Iran Open 2014, [[Tehran]], Iran
* RoboCup German Open, [[Magdeburg]], Germany

===2013===
*RoboCup Portugal Open 2013, [[Lisbon]], Portugal
*RoboCup Iran Open 2013, [[Tehran]], Iran
*RoboCup German Open, [[Magdeburg]], Germany

===2012===
* RoboCup Portugal Open 2012, [[Guimarães]], Portugal
* RoboCup Dutch Open, [[Eindhoven]], Netherlands
* RoboCup German Open, [[Magdeburg]], Germany
* RoboCup Iran Open, [[Tehran]], Iran
* RoboCup SSL North American Open, [[Vancouver]], Canada

===2011===
* RoboCup German Open, [[Magdeburg]], Germany
* RoboCup Portugal Open, [[Lisbon]], Portugal
* RoboCup Iran Open 2011, [[Tehran]], Iran

===2010===
* RoboCup Portugal Open, [[Leiria]], Portugal
* Iran Open 2010, [[Tehran]], Iran
* Latin America & Brazil Open 2010, [[São Bernardo do Campo]], Brazil
* RoboCup Mediterranean Open 2010, Rome, Italy
* RoboCup German Open (unofficial all-European tournament), [[Magdeburg]], Germany
* AUT Cup 2010, [[Tehran]], Iran

==See also==
* [[Robot]]
* [[Botball]]
* [[For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology|FIRST]]
* [[BEST Robotics]]
* [[RobotCub Consortium]], a humanoid robot project to study [[cognition]] via robotics

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons-inline}}
* {{Official website|http://www.robocup.org/}}
* [https://athome.robocup.org/ RoboCup@Home] league, aims to develop service and assistive robot technology with high relevance for future personal domestic applications.

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