RoboCupJunior Soccer
RoboCupJunior Soccer challenges teams to design, build, and program two autonomous robots that play soccer against another team. Robots must detect the ball and score into color‑coded goals on a special field modelled after a human soccer pitch.
The RCJ Soccer league has two sub-leagues:
- Soccer Infrared (formerly Soccer Lightweight): played using a special ball that emits an IR signal and robots may weigh up to 1.5 kg, and be up to 22cm in size.
- Soccer Vision (formerly Soccer Open): played using a brightly coloured orange golf ball, robots have no weight restriction and may be up to 18cm in size.
1. Team Size
- Number of members per team: 2 – 4
2. Team Members
- U12 age group:
- all members are 12 and below (For teams from Singapore, only primary school students are eligible for this category)
- U19 age group:
- At least one member in the team is 12 or above.
- All members are 19 or below.
3. Rules
- 2026 Rules (PDF) [Link], (HTML) [Link]
- Rankings for RCJ Soccer at RoboCup Singapore Open is based purely on individual match results. There are no Judged Categories including the Technical Description Paper (TDP), Poster Design and Presentation, Group Team Interviews, Sportsmanship, and Documentation and Community Contributions. However, we may give out Judges’ Awards to teams that do well outside the scope of match results, including but not limited to these Judged Categories.
- Tournament format will be decided based on the number of registered teams for each sub-league
- There will be no Communication Modules, Technical Challenges, or Superteam games.
4. Timeline
5. Documents to be submitted with registration
- Team photo
- Registration form
6. Registration and payment
- Click HERE for registration
7. Influencer Award
- RoboCup Singapore Open 2026 participating teams whose presentation videos are featured on the RCAP Academy Official YouTube Channel are eligible for the RoboCup Singapore Influencer Award.
8. Contact
- junior@robocupsg.org