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Little Robots, Big Missions

Robofest, hosted by Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, MI, is a festival of competitions and events with autonomous robots encouraging students to have fun while learning STEAM and Computer Science principles.

Students can design, construct, and program the robots using any robotics kit and programming language. 

 
2025 Season Info

What's New:

 

State of MI 99h Grant Team Pre-Registration is Open!

MDERobofest is an official program provider for the Michigan Department of Education 99h Robotics Competition Grant which provides funding to Public School Districts, Intermediate School Districts, and Nonpublic Schools to participate in Robofest.  Grants for 2024-2025 teams (between $500 and $1,200) and Coach Stipends (between $1,000 and $1,500) will be available for Robofest teams that compete in the 2024-2025 season and are registered in the Robofest Registration system and the MDE applicaiton submitted in NexSys through their district by noon on December 2, 2024 (Pre-registration is open for all categories).  More information and detailed instructions is available on the Michigan Department of Education website: https://www.michigan.gov/mde/services/financial-management/grants/oset-grants/99h---robotics

On Wednesday, November 6, 2024 3:30 pm~5:00 pm, the Michigan Department of Education is hosting a 99h information session with Robofest on Zoom. The drop-in session is available to all, and will introduce teachers to the Michigan 99h Grant and Robofest Competition opportunities, review the grant application / registration process and answer any questions. Please join us. (Zoom link coming soon)





 

 

 

Fall RoboParade at MISD

Robofest is hosting a Fall-themed RoboParade at the Macomb Intermediate School District, 44001 Garfield Rd., Clinton Twp., MI

  • Saturday, November 16, 2024 9:00 am ~ 1:00 pm  

Registration will open on September 2. More information can be found on the RoboParade page

 
 








 

Since 1999, over 36,800 students have competed in Robofest, including teams from 18 United States and the countries of Algeria, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, England, France, Ghana, GreeceHong Kong, Hungary, India, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Libya, Macau, Malawi, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, RomaniaSaudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Africa, South KoreaTaiwan, UAE and Uzbekistan.

2024 Robofest Game

Competition Categories

Student teams with up to 5 members each can participate in a variety of events.

Teams compete in Junior (grades 5-8), and Senior (grades 9-12) Divisions.

RoboParade (Expanded Junior Division) includes 4th grade.

 
Game


Unique missions using fully autonomous robots. Robofest Game puts math skills to the test!

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BottleSumo

Be the first robot to push a bottle off the table OR be the last robot remaining on the table. Great for beginners to autonomous robotics.

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Unknown Mission Challenge

Unknown Mission Challenge:
Mission tasks are totally unknown until the day of competition

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Vision Centric Challenge
Vision Centric Challenge:
Advanced category for high school students.
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Exhibition
A "Robotics Science Fair" where each team has complete freedom to show off any creative robotics research & development project.
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RoboArts

Robotic music, dance, visual arts and story-telling projects and interactive kinetic sculptures.

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RoboMed
Teams create intelligent, interactive medical robotics/device projects.


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RoboParade

A parade of autonomous robotic self-driving floats. Great for beginners to autonomous robotics.

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Since 1999, over 31,000 students have competed in Robofest, including teams from 18 United States and the countries of Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, England, France, Ghana, GreeceHong Kong, Hungary, India, Jordan, KenyaLebanon, Macau, Malawi, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Philippines, RomaniaSaudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, and UAE.

Thank you to all of our 2025 Sponsors

If you would like to sponsor Robofest, download and submit the 2025 Robofest Sponsorship Form

 

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