Home-Care Decathlon

Healthcare & Assistance

The most human challenge in humanoid robotics.

Ageing populations across Europe, Asia, and North America are creating an unprecedented demand for in-home care. The Home-Care Decathlon tests whether a humanoid robot can step into a caregiver role independently, safely, and with sensitivity inside a fully staged residential environment.

Task Requirements

Medication retrieval and timed administration
Mobility assistance from seated to standing
Fall detection and emergency alert activation
Meal preparation in a standard kitchen layout
Conversation and cognitive engagement with a simulated resident

Judging Criteria

Task completion accuracy, response time, safety behaviour, and adaptability to unscripted resident actions.

Pop-Up Store Sprint

Retail & Customer Service

Retail is people. Now it can also be robots.

Retail environments are complex, high-traffic, and relentlessly dynamic. The Pop-Up Store Sprint gives teams 90 minutes to deploy a working retail operation inside a staged store format, testing whether humanoid robots can handle the real demands of commercial customer service.

Task Requirements

Stock shelves from delivery pallets with mixed SKUs
Guide customers to products using natural language interaction
Process mock sales transactions at a POS station
Handle a customer complaint scenario with appropriate resolution
Maintain real-time inventory count and flag discrepancies

Judging Criteria

Transaction accuracy, customer interaction quality, stock efficiency, and real-time inventory management.

Hybrid Fulfilment Relay

Warehouse & Logistics

The warehouse never stops. Can your robot keep up?

Global logistics networks are under immense pressure. The Hybrid Fulfilment Relay recreates a live warehouse fulfilment scenario with a continuous order queue, human co-workers, and variable product types, testing the operational limits of humanoid robots in industrial settings.

Task Requirements

Navigate a dynamic warehouse floor shared with human workers
Pick and sort items from shelves by order ID
Pack mixed-weight parcels within specified constraints
Restock shelves from inbound pallets during live order flow
Flag and quarantine damaged goods

Judging Criteria

Order fulfilment rate, cycle time per order, co-worker safety incidents (zero tolerance), and error rate.

Resilience Challenge

Industrial Inspection

Industrial infrastructure needs eyes that never tire.

Critical infrastructure like factories, energy plants, and construction sites increasingly demands autonomous inspection capabilities. The Resilience Challenge tests a robot's ability to traverse harsh industrial environments, identify anomalies, and report accurately without human guidance.

Task Requirements

Traverse a multi-level industrial site with uneven terrain
Identify structural defects, pipe corrosion, and safety violations
Generate a structured inspection report in real time
Operate in low-light and high-noise conditions
Respond to emergency shutdown signals mid-inspection

Judging Criteria

Detection accuracy vs ground truth, reporting quality, terrain traversal speed, and resilience under environmental stress.

Classroom Co-Tutor Cup

Education & Social

The best teachers adapt. So should robots.

Education is one of the most complex human domains, requiring empathy, adaptability, and the ability to communicate across learning styles. The Classroom Co-Tutor Cup challenges robots to lead a genuine interactive learning session with a diverse group, judged by qualified educators.

Task Requirements

Deliver a 15-minute structured lesson on an assigned STEM topic
Answer unscripted student questions with accurate responses
Manage disruptive behaviour using positive reinforcement techniques
Adapt explanation style mid-session when comprehension is low
Conduct a short formative quiz and evaluate results aloud

Judging Criteria

Content accuracy, engagement quality, adaptability, classroom management, and educator panel scoring.

Competition Verticals

Healthcare & Assistance

Retail & Customer Service

Warehouse & Logistics

Industrial Inspection

Education & Social

Claim your place at the world's most demanding humanoid robotics competition