Robofest is a festival of competitions and events with autonomous robots that encourages students to have fun while learning principles of STEM, Art, Computer Science and AI. Students design, construct, and program the robots. Any robotics kits are allowed in the construction of robots. Robots can be programmed with any programming language.
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Competition Process
Robofest has “game style” competitions and “exhibition style” competitions. Game teams accomplish robotics missions using fully autonomous robots. Exhibition teams have complete freedom to show off any creative computer programmed robotics R&D project. Qualifying Events: (teams qualify at local or video qualifier to advance to World Championship Finals on May 14-16, 2026) - Jr and Sr Game Division - Jr and Sr Exhibition Division Open Game Style Categories (teams participate at local events or at the World Championship open events) - Jr and Sr Unknown Mission Challenge - Jr and Sr BottleSumo - Sr Vision Centric Challenge Open Exhibition Style Categories (teams participate at local events or at the World Championship open events) - Jr and Sr RoboArts - Jr and RoboParade - Jr and Sr RoboMed
Judging Criteria
Varies by category. Game tournaments consist of two rounds. For each round, the teams are given additional “unknown” tasks that they need to accomplish in addition to the known mission. They have 30 minutes to work on their robots before running each round. The winner is determined by the average of the two rounds. Exhibition teams give a five-minute presentation that is evaluated by a panel of judges according to a published judging rubric.
Participate
Website: https://www.robofest.net/
Managing Organization: Lawrence Technological University
Anyone in grades 4 through 12 is eligible to participate.