Compete in a challenge that gets you closer to competing at RoboCup International than any other!
This year as a unique addition to the 2025 National Championships, we are introducing a new challenge for Australian teams to participate in – the Rapidly Manufactured Robot Challenge (RMRC). This is a challenge that is usually only hosted at the international level of robocup, and offers a bridge between the Junior and Major (university) competitions on the world stage.
Who should get involved?
Any teams competing in maze or line rescue that would like more of a challenge, RMRC is perfect for you! Particularly Year 9-12 students looking to extend their robotics skills by working with more custom hardware and software in a complex series of tests using a single robot that has to be operated remotely.
Yes that’s right, you aren’t allowed to look at your robot during the tests, but you are allowed to drive it yourself! Just like real-life robots deployed to explore difficult or dangerous situations, including fallen buildings, bomb threats or other situations that are too dangerous to send human being into.
About RMRC
RMRC challenges teams to build a custom small scale rescue response robot that can be deployed in a range of test methods designed to assess the robot’s ability to support first responders attending a disaster situation. Robots will be put up against a series of test methods developed by NIST to assess a robot’s ability against three criteria:
– Movement: Navigate a series of challenging terrain tests by remote operator.
– Dexterity: Manipulate objects or press buttons using an on-board arm/gripper.
– Sensing: Detect QR codes, hazmat labels, heat sources or magnetic fields.
Check out the Australian edition ruleset below with more information on the competition and how to get started. You can learn more about the international competition by heading to https://rrl-rmrc.org/.
There is a series of open source resources from other teams that compete in this competition globally that teams may use to support their robot designs. These are available at https://cloud.robocup.org/s/M5Yjiidpe87g6sq.
For questions about this challenge in Australia or to express your interest in taking part, contact Australia’s International Representative Graham Stock.
Registration
Teams can register for this competition as a part of the 2025 National Competition here.
RMRC 2025 Australian Edition Ruleset