Unibotics Robot Programming Challenge, April 2026

After checking the interest in the robot programming tournament we at JdeRobot org are launching the Unibotics Robot Programming Challenge :pushpin:

  • Online asynchronous competition (from April 15th to April 30th)
  • Python language
  • Robot programming from your web browser
  • Free, just for fun
  • Based on ROS, on Gazebo simulator and Unibotics web platform

The 2026 April challenge is to program a Formula1 car to follow the red line drawn in the floor along several race circuits :racing_car: . The car is endowed with a front camera, a steering wheel (W) and an accelerator pedal (V). You can use both: the available SimpleAPI or directly the ROS topics for camera images and robot control. The car has Ackermann dynamics and MontmelΓ³ is the test circuit, although your solution should also work fine in other circuits such as Montreal or SimpleCircuit.

The β€œrules” are available at here. All the interactions will be held at the Unibotics forum

Cheers and good luck! :slight_smile:

JoseMaria

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