RoboCup@Home 2027 (OPL)

June 15 to June 21 2027 in Nuremberg, Germany
https://athome.robocup.org/
https://github.com/RoboCupAtHome/RuleBook

RoboCup is an international scientific initiative with the goal to advance the state of the art of intelligent robots through competitions (RoboCup@Home, RoboCup Soccer, RoboCup Rescue, RoboCup@Work and RoboCup Junior).

The RoboCup@Home league aims to develop service and assistive robot technology with high relevance for future personal domestic applications. It is the largest international annual competition for autonomous service robots and is part of the RoboCup initiative. A set of benchmark tests is used to evaluate the robots’ abilities and performance in a realistic home environment setting. Focus lies on the following domains but is not limited to: Human-Robot-Interaction and Cooperation, Navigation and Mapping in dynamic environments, Computer Vision and Object Recognition under natural light conditions, Object Manipulation, Adaptive Behaviors, Behavior Integration, Ambient Intelligence, Standardization and System Integration.

This page describes the preregistration and qualification procedure for RoboCup@Home 2027.

Important dates:

Date	Event / Deadline
Sept.20, 2026	Publication of the Call for Participation
Oct. 30, 2026	Deadline for submission of participation intention.
Dec. 06, 2026	Deadline for submission of qualification materials. (Team Description Paper, Team Video, Team Website).
Dec. 23, 2026	Qualification announcement
Jan. 22, 2027	Deadline for Participation Confirmation

The qualification procedure consists of the following steps:

Step 1) Participation Intention Submission (advised)

Teams are invited to either fill out a Google Form or send an email to the Organizing Committee (rc-home-oc[at]lists.robocup.org) stating their intention to participate in the qualification process for the RoboCup@Home 2027 event.

You can fill out the Google Form here

**** Deadline: Friday, 30st of October 2026, 23:59 GMT *****

 

Step 2) Qualification Material Submission (mandatory)

The team ***MUST*** fill out a Google Form to participate in the qualification process for the RoboCup@Home 2027 event.

You can fill out the Google Form here

**** Deadline: Sunday, 06th of December 2026, 23:59 GMT *****

 

Step 3) Participation confirmation (mandatory)

All qualified teams ***MUST*** fill out a Google Form to confirm (or cancel) their participation in the RoboCup@Home 2027 event. Confirming attendance implies that the team has sufficient resources to register and commits to attending the event.

You can find the Google Form here

Remark: Qualified teams who miss the participation confirmation automatically waive participation, freeing their spot for the Second Call for Participation. Teams can resubmit materials during the Second CFP

**** Deadline: Friday, 22nd of January 2027, 23:59 GMT *****

 

Instructions for the Qualification Material

In order to make the application process and the evaluation of the submitted qualification material more transparent, we have published the criteria used to grade and review the submissions here

 

Instructions for the Team Video:

In order to prove a running hardware, each team has to provide a qualification video.
As a minimum requirement for qualification, the video must show the robot(s) successfully solving a task involving the integration of at least 5 different abilities, such as: environmental reasoning, high-level task planning, human-robot interaction, localization, manipulation, object recognition, people recognition, etc.

Remarks:

• The shown task execution must look continuous, smooth, and robust.
• A continuous shot is preferred to multiple cuts. Material from real competitions, if available, is preferred over video filmed in a laboratory.
• The video must not be longer than 10 minutes and must be shot in wide format.
• When speeding up video, the speed factor must be indicated.
• The language spoken and shown in the video must be English. When using any other languages, translations as closed captions must be included.
• We strongly suggest captioning the videos, particularly for the robot speech and participants with strong accents.
• We strongly suggest uploading videos to YouTube.
• Selected videos sent will be uploaded/displayed in the league’s YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/channel/UChkdCpT0xrFMMt-_N8wSVew/playlists”

HINT: It is strongly advised to show your robot(s) smoothly and accurately solving one or more of the Stage II tests of the 2024,2025 and 2026 rulebooks.

Copyright note: When sending videos for qualification, teams implicitly grant permission to RoboCup @Home and the RoboCup Federation to copy, modify, distribute, upload, publish, and use the multimedia material to promote the event and the league at convenience.

 

Instructions for the TDP

The TDP is an 8-page-long scientific paper detailing information on the technical and scientific approach of the team’s research, while also including the following:

• TDP
  • Describe your group’s general research focus and interests with an emphasis on topics relevant to the RoboCup community
  • Innovative technology and scientific contribution
    • Please specify when your research is being used by other teams or research groups
    • Please specify when you are using software from other teams
  • Brief, general description of the system when solving a [domestic] task (applicability in the real world)
    • The impact of your research must be clearly visible
  • Maximum length is 8 pages (including figures and citations)
• Annex
  • Photo(s) of the robot
  • Brief, compact list of the 3rd party robot’s software (e.g., include MoveIt/YOLO)
  • Brief, compact description of all external computing devices, if any
  • Brief, compact description of the robot’s hardware
  • Please mark with an asterisk home-made software solutions
  • The annex should be appended after the References
  • The annex must not be longer than 2 pages
• TDP length is ****8 pages TDP + 2 pages annex**** (any submissions over this length will be disqualified).

For the TDP, use the Springer LNAI format used in the RoboCup Symposium submissions and limit yourself to 8 pages without altering margins or spacing (including references but excluding the annex). You may download a template for the TDP from here.
Remark: The language for the TDP, its graphics, tables, images, and all additional content must be English. Content in other languages must be translated.
Copyright note: All TDPs sent for qualification may be made publicly available in the RoboCup @Home Wiki for further reference. On submitting, teams implicitly grant permission to RoboCup @Home and the RoboCup Federation to copy, distribute, upload, publish, and use the manuscript to promote the event and the league at convenience.

***** Exceeding the number of pages will automatically void your application *****

 

Instructions for the Website (No IP addresses permitted)

While the TDP goes into detail about the technical and scientific approach of the team’s research, the website should be designed for a broader audience, including:

• Photos and videos of the robot(s)
• Description of the approaches and information on scientific achievements
• Relevant publications (last 5 years, preferably available to download)
• Link to repositories with software for the community
• Team members, please specifically mention:
  • Principal Investigator of the research group with a link to their website
  • Team Leader
  • Contact Person
• Previous participation in RoboCup, local RoboCup tournaments, and rankings

Remark: Only documented active software repositories are considered as contributions to the league. It must be clear and straightforward to other teams how to use your software.

Qualification and evaluation criteria:

Please note that starting in 2026, no separate standard platform league exists, but robots previously competing in DSPL can still apply for the open league. In order to qualify, a team must meet the minimum selection requirements approved by the Executive Committee. However, meeting the minimum requirements won’t automatically grant a participation slot. Teams that are rejected are strongly advised to improve their qualification materials and apply in the second CFP.

Qualification materials will be judged by the following criteria:

• Team description paper (clarity, scientific contributions, reusability by the league, applicability in the real world)
• Performance in local tournaments and previous competitions.
• Qualification Video (number of demonstrated abilities, integration, difficulty of the task, applicability in the real world)
• Website (multimedia, publications from the last 5 years, downloadable content, open-source software, and other contributions)
• Relevant Scientific contributions/publications (downloadable papers and open-source software)
• Novelty of approach (what you do is new for @Home)
• Recent accomplishments in publications and participations are weighted higher

We encourage teams to produce self-explanatory videos for a general audience where complex tasks are solved. For Team Description Papers, focus on the scientific contribution and avoid brief descriptions of the overall system. Please keep the published submission and evaluation criteria in mind, since they can help to clarify things.

With kind regards, and looking forward to seeing your team in Nuremberg,
The 2027 RoboCup@Home Organizing and Technical Committees