# Unibotics Robot Programming Challenge, April 2026

**URL:** https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/unibotics-robot-programming-challenge-april-2026/54139
**Category:** ROS General
**Tags:** ros2, competition
**Created:** [April 18, 2026, 4:51pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/unibotics-robot-programming-challenge-april-2026/54139 "2026-04-18T16:51:24Z")
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### Author: ![jmplaza](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.openrobotics.org/jmplaza/32/21898_2.png) [@jmplaza](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/jmplaza)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2026, 4:51pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/unibotics-robot-programming-challenge-april-2026/54139/1 "2026-04-18T16:51:24Z")

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After checking the interest in the robot programming tournament we at [JdeRobot org](https://jderobot.github.io/) are launching the **Unibotics Robot Programming Challenge** 📌

- 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 🏎 . 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 Montmeló is the test circuit, although your solution should also work fine in other circuits such as Montreal or SimpleCircuit.

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/ros/original/3X/0/b/0b0bac0cf8e407bc0b9f2f572881be940e544446.jpeg "[Unibotics] RoboticsAcademy - Follow Line") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRZC1-tGW-s)

The “rules” are available at [here](https://jderobot.github.io/activities/competitions/2026). All the interactions will be held at the [Unibotics forum](https://forum.unibotics.org/c/unibotics-robot-programming-challenge-2026-april/32)

Cheers and good luck! 🙂

JoseMaria