In 2025 teams will explore the way robotics can help solve global challenges and improve our lives. From robots reshaping our future cities, robots driving the expansion of life across the universe to AI-enabled robots improving all aspects of our life. The possibilities are endless. Through The Future of Robots, we can shape a future that holds solutions, drives progress, and brings a better tomorrow for mankind.
At this page you can find the official international Games & Rules for WRO 2025, the Q&A and more important information about competing.
WRO® RoboMission is a challenge-based competition. Students must design, construct and program an autonomous robot that can solve specific challenges on a field. Because the field is set up randomly each round, the robot needs to be able to make its own decisions during the run. All parts of the robot, including controller, motors and sensors must be from LEGO® (MINDSTORMS® NXT or EV3, SPIKE PRIME or Robot Inventor).
For all specific rules and regulations refer to the
General Rules for this category.
Our Future Innovators category is a project-based competition. Students create their own innovative intelligent robotics solution relating to the current theme of the season. There is no restriction on the use of materials. This includes free choice of controllers, motors, sensors, etc.
Teams will present their project and their robot model to a group of judges on the competition day. The judges will not only grade the robot solution but will also look at aspects of innovation and entrepreneurship.
The official rules for the WRO 2025 can be found on WRO’s official Website. Clarifications and answers to questions about the rules are given on WRO’s Questions & Answers page.
The answers given there are an official part of the rules! If there is any change to the rules of WRO Maldives, it will be communicated separately.
We are aware that a competition usually means that those involved are driven to win. This applies to team members, coaches, parents and even to countries. We feel there is nothing wrong with that, as long as the guiding principles of the competition remain intact.
We expect all teams and coaches participating in the competition to respect the WRO® Ethics Code.
The regulations for each category are described in the General Rules for that category.
We are participating in a competition. We like to win. We want to learn. And we also want to have fun.
We want to play fair. We design our own robot and we write our own software. It is not fair if someone else does that for us. We can only learn if we try things ourselves. Our coach can teach us things and guide us. And we can also get inspired by others. But our coach should not do the work for us. And we do not simply copy a robot or software from someone else. We use the examples we find to design our own robot and programming.
Sometimes we fail and that is OK. Original ideas come from failing.
Winning is nice but failing is part of our journey.
