RoboCup is an international initiative that fosters research and education in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence through a variety of competitions (RoboCupSoccer, RoboCupRescue, RoboCup@Home, RoboCupIndustrial, RoboCupJunior) involving mostly multi-robot systems. RoboCupSoccer currently includes a number of different robot soccer leagues that focus on different research challenges.
The Humanoid Soccer League (HSL) was formed through the unification of the Humanoid League (HL) and Standard Platform League (SPL). The first HSL world championship took place at the RoboCup 2026 in Incheon, Korea.
HSL hosts games and challenges where teams of humanoid robots play soccer autonomously. The game of soccer serves as an environment for research, development, and education in all areas of autonomous humanoid robots, including hardware development, vision, bipedal locomotion, learning, behavior control, and team coordination. The focus is thereby on human-like abilities of the robots.
Resources for Teams
- Rules: https://github.com/RoboCup-HumanoidSoccerLeague/HSL-Rules/
- GameController: https://github.com/RoboCup-HumanoidSoccerLeague/GameController
- Official mailing list: All official announcements are sent through this list. Subscribe here: https://lists.robocup.org/mm/lists/robocup-humanoid.lists.robocup.org/
- Discord server: Connect with other teams, ask questions about the rules, and more: https://discord.gg/67qGN8ycwz
- RoboCup Humanoid Robot Program: A selection of robots is available for purchase through the RoboCup Humanoid Robot Program at a special RoboCup offer: https://robotprogram.robocup.org
Resources for Spectators (RoboCup 2026)
- Schedule: See the schedule for this year’s competition here.
- Results: Here are the 2026 competition results.
- Video: Watch the tournament live here.
- Socials: Follow RoboCup HSL League on Instagram.