Robofest, hosted by Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, MI, is a festival of competitions and events with autonomous robots that encourages students to have fun while learning principles of STEAM and Computer Science. Students design, construct, and program the robots. Any robotics kits are allowed in the construction of robots. Robots can be programmed with any programming language. Robofest programs support Computer Science for All.

We are hosting a series of Kickoff Meetings to announce the 2023 Season Rules and Schedule.  Please join us in person in the Robofest Lab or on the Zoom Webinar.  The recorded meetings and presentation slides are posted on the 2023 Main Page.

FINAL KICKOFF MEETING:

Kickoff III: Saturday, January 7, 2023: 11:00 am ~ 12:30 pm EST– Local and Zoom (Zoom Link) 

Teams compete in the Junior (grades 5-8), Senior (grades 9-12), and College divisions. RoboParade (Junior Division only) includes 4th grade. Student teams, composed of up to 5 members each, can participate in a variety of events. Click on the logo to go to the category page:

​	Accomplish robotics missions using fully autonomous robots. Robofest Game especially puts math skills to the test
	Each team has complete freedom to show off any creative computer programmed robotics R&D project
	High School and College teams create intelligent and interactive medical robotics/device projects	CLOSED
	Vision Centric Challenge. Advanced category for high school students	CLOSED
	Be the first robot to push intentionally a bottle off the table OR be the last robot remaining on the table. (Level: beginners)	CLOSED
	A parade of autonomous robotic floats (Level: beginners)	CLOSED
	RoboArts (Formerly GRAF). Robotic Music, Fashion & Dance, Robotic Painting, and Interactive Kinetic Sculptures	CLOSED
​	Unknown Mission Challenge: Mission tasks will be totally unknown until the day of competition	CLOSED
Camps	Hands-on workshops + mini competitions	CLOSED
	World conference on Integrated STEaM Education through Robotics	CLOSED

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, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Macau, Malawi, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Philippines, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, and UAE.