Office for Supporting Youth Innovative Initiatives

“RoboWar” Combat Robot Competition

Combat robots to draw young people into robotics and prepare them for international contests — the main “RoboWar” and the school-level “RoboWar mini”

2026 · July, Tashkent See the winners
74 applications received 35 RoboWar + 39 mini
64 robots from 2 kg to 70 kg
72% experienced entrants had competed before
45 mln UZS in cash prizes for RoboWar winners
01About the competition

In the arena — engineering and strategy

“RoboWar” is a combat robot competition organised to spark young people’s interest in robotics and prepare them for international contests.

When July 2026
Where INNO technopark, Tashkent
Format Knockout (play-off)
Fight One-on-one, 2 minutes (mini)
Judges Experts from 5 organisations

Judges carry out a technical inspection of every robot, and pairs are drawn openly. Fights follow a knockout format — qualifiers, play-offs, semi-finals and the final.

Semi-final losers fight for 3rd place, finalists for 1st and 2nd. School students, university students, independent inventors and teams took part.

Competition stages

  1. 01Inspection
  2. 02Open draw
  3. 03Qualifiers
  4. 04Play-off
  5. 05Semi-final
  6. 06Final

Organisations on the judging panel

  • INNO innovative educational and production technopark
  • International Uzbek-Indian Centre for Information Technologies
  • Robotdev robotics centre
  • Institute of ICT and Military Communications
  • Office for Supporting Youth Innovative Initiatives
02Classes & rules

Two classes — one arena

RoboWar

Main class
Robot weight
up to 70 kg
Participants
ages 10–38, median 22
Applications
35
How the winner is decided
Points for hits and technical superiority
Prize
UZS 20 / 15 / 10 mln

RoboWar mini

School class
Robot weight
up to 2 kg
Participants
school students aged 10–17
Applications
39
How the winner is decided
Knockout or scoring on 5 criteria
Prize
Laptop / tablet / TV
RoboWar: points for hits
  • 1 ptsEffective hit with the body or armour
  • 3 ptsEffective hit with the robot’s weapon
  • 5 ptsDisabling the opponent’s weapon or drive system

A hit counts only while keeping at least 1 metre from the opponent.

RoboWar mini: judges’ scoring100 pts
  • 20Aggression
  • 20Control and manoeuvrability
  • 20Technical superiority
  • 20Structural resilience
  • 20Impact on the opponent

If there is no clear winner when time runs out, judges score the fight on 5 criteria out of 100 points.

03Applications

Who stepped into the arena

Robots and participants across 74 applications.

Applications by class 74
  • RoboWar35 · 47%
  • RoboWar mini39 · 53%
Share of experienced entrants 72%
  • RoboWar66%23/35
  • RoboWar mini77%30/39

53 of the 74 entrants (72%) had competed before.

Team size 74
  • Individual2736%
  • Team of 22331%
  • Team of 32432%
RoboWar robot weight 35 robots
  • 70 kg1337%
  • 60–69 kg1029%
  • 50–59 kg411%
  • 30–49 kg411%
  • under 30 kg411%
04Winners

Arena champions

RoboWar

  1. Boboyev Nabi Robot: YANCHAR
    1 UZS 20 mln + certificate
  2. Sherbo‘tayev Firdavs Robot: KESAR
    2 UZS 15 mln + certificate
  3. Nurilloyev Asadbek Robot: Tronics
    3 UZS 10 mln + certificate

RoboWar mini

  1. Xudanov Iskandar
    1 Laptop + certificate
  2. Ramazonov Ozodbek
    2 Tablet + certificate
  3. Sharofov Sharof
    3 TV + certificate
Photo album

Inside the competition

Scenes from the RoboWar and RoboWar mini bouts at the INNO technopark and the awards ceremony.

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Moments

Scenes from the arena

Combat robots, bouts inside the protective cage and the winners’ cup — on video and in photos.

Competition highlights1:39
Moment from the RoboWar competition Moment from the RoboWar competition

Is your robot ready for the arena?

RoboWar news and applications for upcoming competitions are on the robowar.yito.uz platform.

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