Opportunity brief
Date of Event : 20 November 2026
Robot Specifications:
ROBOT SPECIFICATIONS
Maximum Dimensions
35 cm × 35 cm × 35 cm
Maximum Weight
5 kg, including chassis, kicking mechanism, and batteries
Maximum Voltage
6S LiPo, 12 V DC/6S (fully charged)
Control
Fully wireless (RF or Bluetooth) manual control. No wired tethers; autonomous operation is strictly banned.
Ball Handling
At least 50% of the ball's surface must remain exposed at all times. Mechanisms that fully trap, grab, suction, or swallow the ball are prohibited.
■ Participants must bring their own robot, controller, and necessary spares.
TIME LIMIT
Two halves of 5 minutes with a short interval. The clock may stop for official interruptions.
SAFETY
Use a soft ball. Robot edges must be rounded or covered. Deliberate high-energy collisions are not allowed.
Rules:
- Each team may consist of 1–4 participants.
- Arena: 8 ft × 4 ft, with 30 cm wide goal posts on each side.
- Each team may use one robot, unless otherwise specified.
- Robots may be manually controlled, according to the competition category.
- The robot must remain within the specified size and weight limits.
- The match will be played on a designated mini football arena with clearly marked goals.
- If the ball goes out of bounds, play pauses, robots freeze in place, and the ball resets to the centre.
- The team scoring the highest number of goals wins the match.
- Robots must not intentionally damage, overturn, trap, or permanently immobilize an opponent's robot.
- No sharp, dangerous, projectile-based, or destructive mechanisms are permitted.
- In case of a draw in a knockout match, the winner may be decided by a penalty shootout or sudden-death round.
- The referee's decision regarding goals, fouls, and match results will be final.