Registrations are Open for IRO 2026 In-Person and Online Modes
Indian Robotics Olympiad 2026 Theme
The theme for IRO 2026 is "Smart Amusement Park"
This year, young innovators will reimagine the future of amusement parks through robotics, coding, automation, and intelligent systems. From designing smart ride operations and automated safety checks to managing crowd flow and creating interactive robotic attractions, participants will explore how technology can make amusement parks safer, smarter, and more exciting.
The Smart Amusement Park theme is designed to spark creativity, strengthen engineering skills, and encourage real-world problem-solving — all while having fun building innovative robotic solutions.
IRO 2026 Challenge Mats
ROBO Adventures - Explorers (Ages 5 - 7)
Kubo the Park Helper has taken on the mission of transforming the park into a Smart Amusement Park, and he needs your help to make it smarter, safer, and more exciting! Let’s assist Kubo in this journey by managing smart ride operations, ensuring automated safety checks, optimizing crowd flow, and maintaining park cleanliness with innovative robotic solutions.
ROBO Adventures - Innovators (Ages 7 - 10)
Your mission is to design, build, and program a park protector robot to escort the engineer to the ride maintenance zone, install the safety barrier, transport the visitor from the resort to the amusement park, place the items in the locker, activate the ride’s seat belt system, and open the emergency gate during the dry run.
ROBO Adventures - Techies (Ages 10 - 15)
Your mission is to design, build, and program a park commander robot to transport visitors to the rides, move construction materials to the designated construction zone, escort the engineer to the maintenance zone, and turn off the main power lever of the amusement park at the end of the day.