Robofest - RoboParade

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Teams of up to 5 students create a an autonomous robotic "parade float" to follow other floats on a parade route.

Expanded Jr Division: Grades 4~8

2025 Official International and World Championship Rules and Official Documents

RoboParade Rules: (pdf) V2.0 - Update Released 11/07/24

RoboParade Judging Rubric: (pdf) - released 9/9/24

Test Parade Checklist: (pdf) - released 9/9/24

RoboParade will be hosted during the Robofest World Championship on May 15-17, 2025 with the international theme "Across the Universe - Fact or Fiction"

To Register Your Team, go to

Rules for starting teams, registration, team responsibilities at competitions can be found in the General Rules on the 2025 Main Page.

Each team member must bring the signed Robofest Consent and Release Form on the day of the competition if not completed online.

Technical Committee for Rules and Judging:

Member:	Bio:
Pam Sparks, Chairperson	Robofest staff member and coach since 2016. Holds BA in Biology and M.A.T from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.
Daniel Oliver	Daniel Oliver is an Application Engineer at ZF working on Advanced Driver Assist Systems in Commercial Vehicles. He does calibration and verification of camera and radar systems such as Automatic Emergency Braking, Adaptive Cruise Control, and Lane Centering Assist. He has a B.S. in Robotics Engineering from Lawrence Tech and is a former Robofest Student Assistant.
Katie Bis	Katie earned her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and her B.A. in Child Psychology from the University of Michigan. She worked for 15 years at Lionel Trains as a manufacturing engineer, design engineer and then as an Engineering Program Manager. Katie has been actively involved in coaching teams and/or coordinating competitions for FLL, Robofest, Science Olympiad, WRO, and Vex robotics for the past 10 years and has traveled internationally to Russia (2014), Qatar (2015), and India (2016) with her son’s WRO World Championship qualifying teams. Katie is currently the Robotics Program Manager for Cranbrook Schools in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Stephanie Broddie	Stephanie holds a B.S. in Biology (Chemistry minor) from Spelman College in Atlanta, GA. and a M.A. and M.Ed. in Educational Leadership from Marygrove College in Detroit, MI. She has worked as a Food Scientist (Domino’s Pizza Domestic and International); in Chemical Management (Automotive: QuakerChem/Houghton Intl); and as a Science Educator (High School). She has Coached teams for both Robofest and First Robotics.
CJ Chung	Professor of Computer Science. Founder of Robofest. Director of Robofest 1999-2020. Director of LTU's CAR (CS AI Robotics) Lab. Launched Thanksgiving RoboParade in 2006.

Prior RoboParades