Season 2026
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Last day to register 15th March 2026
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The WRO® theme for 2026 is Robots Meet Culture
At this page you can find the official international Games & Rules for WRO 2026. More information about our international events can be found here.
Who can join
All you need is a coach and 2-3 members
Universities
Schools
Clubs
Friends
Families
Age Groups
As long as you are between the age of 6 and 22 years, you will find interesting missions for you to have fun learning
WRO® RoboMission is a challenge-based competition. Students must design, construct and program an autonomous robot that can solve specific challenges on a field. Because the field is set up randomly each round, the robot needs to be able to make its own decisions during the run.
All parts of the robot, including controller, motors and sensors must be from LEGO® (MINDSTORMS® NXT or EV3, SPIKE PRIME or Robot Inventor).
WRO® RoboSports category offers a fun and exciting game where two teams each have two autonomous robots on the field playing a sports game. The robot can be built from all (robotics) materials that fall within the criteria. There is no limitation to motors, sensors or cameras used in the robot, but the maximum weight is 1.2 kg. The game changes every 3 or 4 years and the current game is Double Tennis. Each year little changes are introduced to motivate the students to keep developing their robots.
Our Future Innovators category is a project-based competition. Students create their own innovative intelligent robotics solution relating to the current theme of the season. There is no restriction on the use of materials. This includes free choice of controllers, motors, sensors, etc.
Teams will present their project and their robot model to a group of judges on the competition day. The judges will not only grade the robot solution but will also look at aspects of innovation and entrepreneurship.
With WRO®Future Engineers we created an exciting category for older students. With this new format, we want to bring the current research challenge into schools and teach students an engineering workflow by solving real-world-problems. Teams can use any robot, controller and materials that are in line with the regulations. The game changes every 3 or 4 years and the current game is all about autonomous driving. The challenge is to build a robot with a steering drive that can drive around a track autonomously. Each year little changes are introduced to motivate the students to keep on developing their robots.
