RoboCup 2025: The Future of AI Soccer – Watch Now!
RoboCup 2025 will be held in Salvador, Brazil, expecting around 150,000 attendees and 300-400 teams. New global league partners like Unitree and Fourier will bring advanced robots to the event, further boosting participation. The main keyword here is RoboCup, a fantastic initiative driving innovation in AI and robotics.
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The Salvador Convention Center, where RoboCup 2025 will take place.
RoboCup is an international scientific initiative with the goal of advancing the state of the art of intelligent robots, AI and automation. The annual RoboCup event, where teams gather from across the globe to take part in competitions across a number of leagues, will this year take place in Brazil, from 15-21 July. We spoke to Marco Simões, one of the General Chairs of RoboCup 2025 and President of RoboCup Brazil, to find out what plans they have for the event, some new initiatives, and how RoboCup has grown in Brazil over the past ten years.
Marco Simões
Could you give us a quick introduction to RoboCup 2025?
RoboCup will be held in Salvador, Brazil. When RoboCup was held in Brazil 11 years ago, in 2014, we had a total of 100,000 visitors, so that was a great success. This year, we expect even more, around 150,000, during all the events. Nowadays, AI and robotics are attracting more attention. We are also in a town, Salvador, with a bigger population than the previous location (João Pessoa). For these reasons, we estimate the attendance to be about 150,000 people.
Regarding the number of teams, registration has not closed yet, so we’re unsure about the final numbers. However, we expect to have about 300-400 teams and around 3000 competitors. We have been helping with visas, so we hope to see higher participation from teams who couldn’t attend in the previous two years due to visa issues. We are doing our best to ensure people can come and have fun at RoboCup!
This is also a great year for the RoboCup community: We have just agreed on new global league partners, including the Chinese companies Unitree, Fourier, and Booster Robotics. They will bring their humanoids and four-legged robots to RoboCup. These will not only be exhibited to the public but also used by some teams. They are amazing robots with very good skills. So, I think this will be an amazing edition of RoboCup this year.
Did the 2014 event in Brazil inspire more teams to participate in RoboCup?
Yes, we have seen a significant increase in our RoboCup community. In the last two years, Brazil has had the fourth-largest number of teams and participants at RoboCup in Bordeaux (2023) and Eindhoven (2024). This was a very big increase because ten years ago, we were not even in the top eight or nine.
We’ve made a significant effort with RoboCupJunior in the last ten years. Most people who’ve taken part in RoboCupJunior have carried on and joined the RoboCup Major League. So, the number of teams in Brazil has been increasing year by year over the past ten years. This year, we have a great number of participants because of the lower travel costs. We are expecting to be in the top three this year in terms of the highest number of participants.
Photo of participants at RoboCup 2024, which took place in Eindhoven. Photo credit: RoboCup/Bart van Overbeeke
It’s impressive that so many RoboCupJunior participants go on to join a Major League team.
Yes, we have an initiative to foster the next generation of roboticists and engineers. We believe that by starting with RoboCupJunior, children can learn about robotics in a fun and engaging way, and then continue their work at the major league level. It’s a fantastic pathway for young people who are interested in AI and automation.
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