RoboGames

{{Short description|Annual robot contest in San Mateo, California}}

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RoboGames (previously ROBOlympics) is an annual robot contest held in San Mateo, California. The last RoboGames was held April 6-9, 2023 in Pleasanton, California, having been on hiatus since the previous event in April 2018.{{Cite web |title=Register to Compete at RoboGames |url=http://robogames.net/registration.php |access-date=2022-07-23 |website=robogames.net}}

Competitions typically involve entrants representing a large selection of countries, who compete in over fifty categories, such as autonomously navigating robots in RoboMagellan, combat robots, stair-climbing, weight-lifting, soccer bots, sumo bots, and kung-fu. About two thirds of the robot events are autonomous, while the remaining third are remotely operated (RCVs). Despite this, a large plurality of entrants in RoboGames remain in the remotely operated events, specifically combat robotics.{{Cite web|url=http://robogames.net/events.php|title=RoboGames Event Schedule and Rules|website=robogames.net|access-date=2016-08-25}}

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the 2005 RoboGames held the record for the world's largest robot competition until being surpassed by VEX Worlds in 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2016/4/robotics-tournament-vex-worlds-is-named-largest-in-the-world-after-1-075-teams-ta-426576|title=Robotics tournament VEX Worlds is named largest in the world after 1,075 teams take part|date=27 April 2016|access-date=2018-04-30}} RoboGames was selected by Wired for their list of "The Best Ten North American Geek Fests".{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2006/02/the-best-10-north-american-geek-fests/|title=The Best: 10 North American Geek Fests|magazine=Wired|access-date=2016-08-25}}