Nuremberg, 27 January 2026 – The countdown has started: Nuremberg will host RoboCup 2027, the world’s largest and most renowned competition for robotics and AI. At the official kickoff in City Hall, the city’s Commissioner for Economy & Science and Lord Mayor Marcus König welcomed teams from across the region and gave the symbolic go-ahead for the mission ‘Home Game 2027’.
From EduArt: Thank you to the city leadership for the official announcement. Our goal yesterday and going forward is clear – expand the sponsor network so our student teams can compete internationally: first at RoboCup 2026 in Incheon, South Korea, and then at the big home game in 2027.
The teams impressed with what they already build and program today: from industrial assistance robots to robotics for disaster response. Many teams are mixed across grades 5–12 – true cross-school collaboration. Despite weather-related school closures, numerous students still made it to City Hall in their free time to work on and demonstrate their robots. That’s dedication!
We’re proud to sponsor student and university teams. Most teams use our KinematicsKit Kim as the mechanical and electronics foundation – an easy way to build any robot, from classroom prototypes to corporate R&D testbeds. Build it your way; Kim scales with you.
Partner schools
- Christoph-Jacob-Treu-Gymnasium Lauf a.d. Pegnitz
- Willibald-Gluck-Gymnasium Neumarkt i.d. Opf.
- Dürer-Gymnasium Nürnberg
- Wilhelm-Löhe-Schule Nürnberg
- Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Gymnasium Oberasbach
- Geschwister-Scholl-Realschule Nürnberg
- Johann-Pachelbel-Realschule Nürnberg
- Oskar-von-Miller-Realschule Rothenburg
- Markgraf-Georg-Friedrich Realschule Heilsbronn
Call for sponsors
If you’d like to support the region’s next generation of roboticists on their road to Incheon 2026 and Nuremberg 2027, get in touch – sponsorships enable travel, materials, and competition fees, and create lasting impact in STEM education.