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Micro Invaders is our current competition; a strategic robotics game where teams compete to develop the smartest AI, enabling two autonomous robots to perform manoeuvres in a fast-paced game of strategy.
About the Competition
Teams receive robot kits and must program their robots to navigate arenas, solve puzzles, and outsmart opponents. The competition combines programming skills with strategic thinking.
Micro Invaders 2024
Our latest competition Micro Invaders 2024 was hosted by HAMK Häme University of Applied Sciences and took place at Riihimäki, the future capital of robotics!
Upcoming Competitions
Our next competitions are being planned. To stay up to date on when they're published, join our Discord above! To get started on your competition solution, checkout the competition guide and the community simulator to get started!
- Micro Invaders 2025: ????
- Micro Invaders 2026: Spring tournament at Metropolia AMK in Helsinki
Key Features
- Robot kits provided to all teams
- Team-based competition
- Study credits available for students of partner universities
- Live-streamed matches on Twitch and YouTube
- Prizes for winning teams
Robot Uprising is Europe's largest hands-on robotics challenge where gaming, puzzles and storytelling are all combined. Robot Uprising has brought together over 500 techies and robotics enthusiasts to program, design and build robots to compete in our epic arenas. The Robot Uprising hackathon has been organized for three consecutive years in 2017 to 2019, after which we've focused on the Micro Invaders competition. We're currently rebooting our activities and planning future activities.
The story of Robot Uprising is set in 2042 and lore has an important role in our narrative. We offer an immersive alternative reality experience to our participants and partners.
Yes, totally free!
Future events to be announced. Stay tuned!
Robot Uprising is a volunteer-led community that shares a common love for robots and making cool stuff happen. Our team members come from extremely multidisciplinary backgrounds from both students and alumni from the e.g. University of Helsinki, Aalto University and abroad. We are constantly looking for new team members to join our warm and ambitious team! We build everything with our own hands from robotics hardware and battle arenas to marketing and experience design. If you want to join us, come say hi in our Discord above!
For Micro Invaders 2024 study credits were available for students of HAMK as a summer project course.
Previously also both University of Helsinki and Aalto University have given study credits for participants of our hackathons. Other students can receive a certificate of participation that they are free to use for independent applying of student credits from their home universities.
The competitions and hackathons organized by Robot Uprising are intended for all robotics enthusiasts, whether your role is primarily in development, design, building or just scheming tricks to outsmart the opponents! When applying to compete, you should make sure that someone in your team has basic programming programming experience.
Robot Uprising provides participating teams the necessary robot kits for the Micro Invaders competition! See the competition page for more information!
Yes! The entire event is also streamed to Twitch and YouTube!
The ideas born and developed throughout the program are entirely owned by the teams themselves.
Robot Uprising ry reserves the right to showcase teams and projects at their events. Photographs and video material will be taken during the competition and Robot Uprising ry reserves the right to publish them in its channels. If you wish not to be shown in the photos and other materials, let us know.