
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.
What's New:
- NEW! 09-20-23 eNews
- 2023 Wrap-Up Video
- 2023 Annual Report
- 2023 Assessment Report
- Robofest Wiki page

Since 1999, over 34,000 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, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, UAE and Uzbekistan.

Competitions
Student teams with up to 5 members each can participate in a variety of events.
Teams compete in Junior (grades 5-8), Senior (grades 9-12), and College divisions.
RoboParade (Junior Division only) includes 4th grade.

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

Be the first robot to push intentionally a bottle off the table OR be the last robot remaining on the table. (Level: beginners)

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

Vision Centric Challenge.
Advanced category for high school students
Advanced category for high school students

Each team has complete freedom to show off any creative robotics R&D project

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

Middle School and High School teams create intelligent, interactive medical robotics/device projects

A parade of autonomous robotic self-driving floats
(Level: beginner)
(Level: beginner)
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.
Thank you to all of our 2023 Sponsors
If you would like to sponsor Robofest, download and submit the 2024 Robofest Sponsorship Form