RoboCupJunior Soccer

Autonomous robots compete against each other.

This is the league where teams must compete against each other with their soccer robots. The robots compete 2:2 on a ~1.8mx2.4m field. 

The RCJ Soccer league has two sub-leagues:

  • Soccer Lightweight: The robots participating in this competition must be light, small and will play with an IR ball. This is easier to detect, setting the focus on mechanical and hardware design. 
  • Soccer Open: This competition allows for bigger robots, but the soccer ball is an orange golf ball. This requires more work on detecting it (computer vision), shifting the focus from mechanical to software. 
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. Sub-Leagues
  • RCJ Soccer Lightweight, U19 (Rules)
  • RCJ Soccer Open (Rules)
4. Timeline
5. Documents to be submitted with registration
6. Registration and payment
  • Click HERE for registration
7. Influencer Award
  • RoboCup Singapore Open 2025 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