In the WRO RoboMission category teams design robots that solve challenges on a competition field.
The robots are fully autonomous.

For each age group a new field and mission are developed each year. On the day of the competition a surprise rule adds a new element to the mission.

An extra challenge will test the creativity and quick-thinking skills of the teams at national and international events.

Focus Areas
Every WRO category and game has a special focus on learning with robots. In the WRO RoboMission category, students will focus on developing in the following areas:
– General coding skills & basic robotics concepts (perception of environment, control, navigation).
– General engineering skills (building a robot that can push/lift objects of certain sizes).
– Developing optimal strategies to solve concrete missions.
– Computational Thinking (e.g., tinkering, debugging, collaboration etc.).
– Teamwork, communication, problem solving, creativity

In the WRO Future Innovators category teams develop a robot that helps solve real-world problems. There is a new theme every year, often connected to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

After research into the theme each team develops an innovative and functioning robotic solution.

They present their project on the competition day.

Focus Areas

Focus Areas Every WRO category has a special focus on learning with robots.

In the WRO Future Innovators category, students will focus on developing in the following areas:
– Research and development: identify a specific problem within the season theme, research and come up with a creative solution.
– Prototyping: turning your idea into a functional robot solution.
– Technical engineering skills: implementing a robotic solution while using different source of materials (controllers, motors, sensors, 3rd party equipment etc.).
– Software engineering skills: developing a code that supports the robotic solution (e.g., using sensors, interaction between multiple devices).
– Innovation: Think about potential users, the impact and how you could turn your prototype into reality.
– Presentation skills: Prepare a project booth and present the idea to judges & audience.
– Teamwork, communication, problem solving, creativity

In the WRO Future Engineers category teams need to focus on all parts of the engineering process.
The teams get points for documenting their process and making a public GitHub repository.

Every year a 20 to 30% change will be made to the challenges.

The whole challenge will change every 4-5 years. In the Self-Driving Cars challenge a robotic vehicle needs to drive autonomously on a parkours that randomly changes for each competition round.

Focus Areas

Every WRO category has a special focus on learning with robots.

In the WRO Future Engineers category, students will focus on developing in the following areas:
– Use of computer vision and sensor fusion to estimate the state of the parkours and the vehicle itself.
– A working vehicle with open-source hardware such as electromechanical components and controllers.
– Action planning and control of robots with moving parts and kinematics different from the differential drive (e.g., steering).
– Optimal strategies to solve the mission, including stability of mission solving.
– Teamwork, communication, problem solving, project management, creativity.
– An Engineering journal to show progress and design strategies.

In the WRO RoboSports category teams design robots that compete with robots of another team.
In a match two teams each have 2 robots on the field.

The robots are coded to play the game autonomously and collaborate with each other where possible.

The sport that is played by the robots changes every 4-5 years.

Focus Areas

Every WRO category has a special focus on learning with robots.

At the WRO Double Tennis Game, students will focus on developing in the following areas:
– More advanced coding skills (repeating algorithms for a good game play).
– Communication between robots and planning collaborative actions.
– Orientation of the robot on the field in an environment with other robots that move.
– General engineering skills (building robots that can push/shoot objects of certain sizes) and advanced kinematics (omni-directional robots).
– Application of imaging using cameras and sensors
– Strategy and tactics changing depending on the opponent’s robot’s behavior.
– Teamwork, communication, problem solving, creativity