A truly global robotics competition
dedicated to science, technology and education
Our mission is to help young people develop their creativity and problem-solving skills in a fun and engaging way. We do this by organizing robotics competitions in four different categories for students aged 8-19* years.
World Robot Olympiad™ Association is an independent non-profit organization. All revenue from sponsorships and fees is invested in support of our mission, which is to promote robotics in STEM education worldwide.
WRO® tournaments are organized in over 95 countries.
*In our Future Engineers category students can be up to 22 years old.
The WRO® Competitions
4 categories with different age groups
Robo
Mission
WORLD ROBOT
OLYMPIAD ™

Robo
Sports
WORLD ROBOT
OLYMPIAD ™

Numbers 2024

70,000+
students involved

the tournament has been running since
2004

countries that judges at International Final came from
57

95+
countries have joined WRO

number of involved teams
24,500+

8 – 19
age of participants

3,000+
people attended the International Final

number of adult helpers involved in WRO