Announcements

We have revised the competition rules in response to your inquiries and suggestions for improvements.

1) The rules for the preliminary beach flag battle have been revised to prevent confusion when walking to the pylons at the start of the preliminary round.

2) The rules for crouching have been revised (in response to points learned from the 44th ROBO-ONE).

3) The rules for movement methods have been revised.

Please review the rules before participating.


https://github.com/nishibra/ROBO-ONE_rule/blob/main/28thROBO_ONE_Light_rule_v3_2.md


- Revised Qualifying Beach Flag Battle Sections 8.1.c) and d)
- Revised Crouching State Sections 5.2.(a) and (c)
- Revised Movement Section 5.1.(c)

There are no changes to the ROBO-ONE Light participation flow.
https://github.com/nishibra/ROBO-ONE_rule/blob/main/ROBO-ONE_Light_flow_V2.md

Please translate into your local language and review.

28th ROBO-ONE Light Competition Rules Revised Version 3.1

We have received many inquiries regarding the pylons used in the preliminary round. In consideration of availability, we will be changing to commercially available pylons. In addition, we have made some rule revisions.
Please review these before participating.


https://github.com/nishibra/ROBO-ONE_rule/blob/main/28thROBO_ONE_Light_rule_v3_1.md

Sections a) and b) of "8.1 Preliminary Beach Flag Battle" have been revised.


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There are no changes to the ROBO-ONE Light participation flow.

https://github.com/nishibra/ROBO-ONE_rule/blob/main/ROBO-ONE_Light_flow_V2.md

International participants should translate the competition rules into their native language and review them.

Thank you for your continued participation in ROBO-ONE Light!
We are pleased to announce that we have made some changes to the competition rules for the 28th ROBO-ONE Light, scheduled to be held at the Atsugi Chamber of Commerce and Industry on March 7th and 8th, 2026.

We expect many participants, including competitors from overseas, to participate in this tournament. Therefore, to make the tournament smoother and more enjoyable, we have decided to implement a new qualifying method!

Here are the changes!
1. The qualifying battle will be changed to a "qualifying beach flag battle"!
2. Confusing wording has been revised to make it easier to understand!

You can view the new rules here!
The changes are in bold in the rulebook, so please check them out before participating!

28th ROBO-ONE Light Competition Rules V3.0
https://github.com/nishibra/ROBO-ONE_rule/blob/main/28thROBO_ONE_Light_rule_v3_0.md

Understand the flow! ROBO-ONE Light Participation Flow V2
https://github.com/nishibra/ROBO-ONE_rule/blob/main/ROBO-ONE_Light_flow_V2.md

Detailed tournament information (schedule, etc.) will be announced soon, so please wait a little longer.

We look forward to your participation! We look forward to the exciting robot battles!

International participants, please translate the text into your native language.

Thank you for your cooperation.

We are holding a briefing for the 44th ROBO-ONE competition rules via Zoom Webinar on September 6, 2025, at 5:00 PM JST.

If you are a participant or are considering joining the competition, please attend. We also ask all certified referees to participate to confirm the rules.
Please note that this Briefing will be conducted in Japanese only.

Zoom access information will be sent by email to all registered participants and those on our mailing list closer to the event date.

We look forward to your participation!

The General Incorporated Association Robo-One Committee (formerly "General Incorporated Association Biped Robot Association") is dedicated to advancing manufacturing technology and promoting bipedal robots. We are excited to announce that we will be holding the 44th ROBO-ONE bipedal robot fighting tournament, with special sponsorship from MISUMI Group Inc., a company that supports manufacturing!

Come witness the intense battles where robots face off!

Dates: Saturday, September 20, 2025 & Sunday, September 21, 2025

Venue: Kanagawa Youth Center

Also Featuring: The 2nd ROBO-ONE Beginners Tournament!
As a concurrent event, we will also host the 2nd ROBO-ONE Beginners tournament, a robot competition specifically designed for newcomers!

ROBO-ONE Beginners is a new event where even those without prior robot building or competition experience can easily participate and have fun. This is a great opportunity to dive into the world of robotics!

We encourage everyone to come and participate or simply enjoy the spectacle!

For more details on The 44th ROBO-ONE: https://www.robo-one.com/roboones/index/81

For more details on The 2nd ROBO-ONE Beginners: https://www.robo-one.com/beginners/index/85

We are pleased to announce the competition rules for MISUMI presents 44th ROBO-ONE, which is scheduled to be held at the Kanagawa Prefectural Youth Center on September 20th and 21st, 2025.

-MISUMI presents 44th ROBO-ONE competition rules-
https://biped-robot.or.jp/upload/dbmaterials/1539_15d3e6c76b1455020bad0965f6b4832coriginal.pdf

Tournament details will be released by the end of July.
Please join us.

Thank you for always participating in ROBO-ONE Light.

We have revised the competition rules for the 28th competition.

These revisions were made after careful discussions by the judging committee, taking into account the valuable opinions we received from everyone and the results of the previous 27th competition.

Revised rules for the 28th ROBO-ONE Light competition
https://github.com/nishibra/ROBO-ONE_rule/blob/main/28thROBO_ONE_Light_rule_v2.md
ROBO-ONE Light participation flow
https://github.com/nishibra/ROBO-ONE_rule/blob/main/robo-one-light-flow.md
(Please translate into your native language and check.)
The revised parts are in bold, so be sure to check them.

We appreciate your understanding and cooperation.
We look forward to your continued support of ROBO-ONE Light.

We have decided to change the 2025 tournament schedule announced on March 2, 2025, as follows.

①MISUMI presents ROBO-ONE will be held on September 20th (Sat) and September 21st (Sun) at the Kanagawa Prefectural Youth Center.

②New ROBO-Ken will be held on November 16th (Sun) at the Kanagawa Prefectural Youth Center.

We sincerely apologize for any confusion caused by the schedule change.

We are announcing the new rules for the 28th ROBO-ONE Light.
We are announcing the competition rules for the 28th ROBO-ONE Light, which will be held in March of next year. We aimed to create competition rules that allow as much freedom as possible in robot construction and make participation easy.
There is a possibility that major changes will be made to the construction of the robots, so we will announce them early.

https://github.com/nishibra/ROBO-ONE_rule

https://github.com/nishibra/ROBO-ONE-Flow
Please use Google Translate to translate the content into your language and check it.

This year's tournament will be held on the following dates.
MISUMI presents ROBO-ONE will be held on November 15th and 16th at the Kanagawa Prefectural Youth Center.
New ROBO-Ken will be held on Sunday, September 21st at the Kanagawa Prefectural Youth Center.
Although it will be different from previous years, we hope you will adjust the schedule and participate.

The 27th ROBO-ONE Light Competition Rules Briefing will be held on March 1, 2025, from 5:00 PM on Zoom (webinar).
Participants and those thinking about participating are welcome to join.
Certified referees are also encouraged to join to review the competition rules.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81677030466
-No registration is required.-

The Bipedal Robot Association will hold the 27th ROBO-ONE Light bipedal robot fighting competition, which aims to improve manufacturing technology and popularize bipedal robots.

27th ROBO-ONE Light
https://www.robo-one.com/en/lights/index/80

Date
2025 March 8th: Preliminary Battle
March 9th: Final Tournament

Location
Atsugi Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Applications for participation in the tournament will be accepted from January 15th to February 15th.
Spectating is free.
We hope you will participate and watch.

We are pleased to announce the rules for the 27th ROBO-ONE Light competition, scheduled at the Atsugi Chamber of Commerce and Industry on March 8th and 9th, 2025.

-the 27th ROBO-ONE Light competition rules-
https://biped-robot.or.jp/upload/dbmaterials/1496_e7141efc3a71191c3e40e8a924927336original.pdf

Tournament details will be released by the end of January.
Please join us.

The 27th ROBO-ONE Light will be held at the Atsugi Chamber of Commerce and Industry on March 8-9, 2025.

March 8th: Preliminary Battle
March 9th: Final Tournament

The competition rules will be released soon (up to 3 months before the tournament).
We look forward to your participation.