Robots,
on stage.
At our competitions, teams go head to head with robots they built and programmed themselves.
iRobo Sumo
Two autonomous robots, one ring. Push the other one out and you win.
- 2–3kids per team
- 1 kgmax. weight
- 30×30cm footprint
- 5 swait after the start
- 1 minper round
- 2 / 3rounds to win
Allowed
- LEGO EV3, NXT, VEX or other robot systems
- Plastic, metal, wood, rubber bands, string
- Wheels, gears and pulleys
Not allowed
- Sharp or pointed edges
- Strong magnets, liquids, fire
- Parts that shoot or jam
- Remote control – everything runs autonomously
- Glued LEGO parts
The key rules
- The ring is 36″ (about 91 cm) across: black surface, 2″ white border.
- Robots start on opposite sides. After each round, sides switch.
- After “On your marks, get set, go”, robots wait 5 seconds.
- Touch the floor outside the ring with any part and you lose the round.
- If robots get stuck together, the judges stop and restart.
- During a round: stay 1 metre from the ring, touch nothing.
- Between rounds only the kids repair their robot – no adults.
Played as single elimination or round robin. Places 1 to 3 win awards.
VEX IQ
Our teams at the VEX IQ competition: building, programming and driving robots across the field together.
Built, coded,
and winning.
Our teams take robots they built themselves up against the best, in Germany and internationally.
2023
- Competition
VEX Robot Cup Germany
Won the North German qualifier and reached the national cup for the second year in a row.
- Milestone
Over 900 students
10 kids in Bremen grew into more than 900 students and 33 partner schools.
- Competition
2022
- Competition
VEX World Championship qualifier
Won the North qualifier, then went on via the German cup to the World qualifiers in the USA.
- Milestone
Registered provider in Bremen
Officially registered, running robotics courses in Bremen state schools.
- Milestone
903 sign-ups
for the iRobo summer coding festival.
- Competition
2020
- Press
First iRobo Sumo competition
Robot sumo for kids, covered by the newspaper Sabah Al Arab.
- Press
