The tournament is divided into 3 categories:
Small: Robot height below 0.7 m, weight below 15 kg
Medium: Robot height between 0.7 m - 1.1 m, weight between 15 - 25 kg
Large: Robot height above 1.1 m, weight above 25 kg
2 to 5 students
Minimum 1 mentor
Each team will require to have 1 robot on the field and possible 1 more as substitute. The robots compete autonomously using computer programs based on their platform without any human manual control.
Each match will consist of 2 mixed teams, one pair against the other pair, forming a 2v2 game. The competition will be a round-robin format until every team has played against all other teams. In each match, the mixed team's score is also the score of each individual member team, and rankings are determined by the cumulative scores of all matches.
Each match lasts 20 minutes, divided into two 10-minute halves with a 5-minute halftime break. Teams switch sides at halftime to ensure fairness and competitiveness. The referee may extend the game based on the amount of added time, and may also extend the game until if teams score draw.
The competition field's size is 11m × 8m. The marked lines are 9m × 6m, painted white with a precise width of 80mm. The venue is surrounded by A-frame advertising boards.
The venue surface is covered with 1.5cm-3cm thick green artificial turf, with a shock-absorbing layer (≥1.5cm thick) underneath.
The goal is 2.6m wide, 1.8m high, and 0.6m deep. The diameter of the goal net is less than 3cm and the goal net needs to be taut.
Standard size 5 ball.