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NUbots NUbots Robotics Research Group, The University of Newcastle, Australia The NUbots are the 2011 Australian champions in the RoboCup Standard Platform League.

Welcome to the official page for the NUbots (the University of Newcastle's robotics research group). This page will be used to post updates regarding our robotics research, upcoming events and videos, in addition to providing you with a location to follow our progress at RoboCup each year! YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmsML4pukWSkxULHOI-KvGA

GitHub:
https://github.com/NUbots

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A comprehensive list of our current team can be found at:
https://nubook.nubots.net/team/current-members

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The Newcastle Robotics Laboratory is an interdisciplinary research initiative of Computer Science & Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Statistics at The University of Newcastle, Australia. Our robot soccer competition team - The NUbots - participated at RoboCup regularly since 2002. The NUbots competed in the RoboCup Four-Legged League 2002-2007 using Sony AIBO robots and won the World title at RoboCup 2006 in Bremen, Germany. They were placed second at the world cups in 2005 and 2007, and third in 2004, 2003, and 2002. In 2008 they won the world title in the RoboCup Standard Platform League using NAO robots as part of the NUManoid team. NUbots competed in the Humanoid KidSize League from 2012 to 2017, and in the Humanoid TeenSize league in 2018 and 2019. With the removal of the TeenSize League, NUbots will participate in the KidSize League in the future. Our researchers have expertise in many areas. You can find a list of research areas at:
https://nubook.nubots.net/team/areas-of-research


The name NUbots stands for 'Newcastle University robots' and is the name of the robot soccer competition team of the Newcastle Robotics Lab, Australia, since 2002.

🏆 RECAP: 2025 World Humanoid Robot Games, BeijingNUbots were invited to the World Humanoid Robot Games to compete for go...
21/08/2025

🏆 RECAP: 2025 World Humanoid Robot Games, Beijing

NUbots were invited to the World Humanoid Robot Games to compete for gold in Beijing.

The games featured Olympic-style events such as sprinting and boxing, and partnered with RoboCup Asia-Pacific to bring soccer to the competition. Teams did not bring their own robots, instead, they were supplied with humanoid robots from leading Chinese robotics companies.

Just a month earlier, these same robots reshaped the RoboCup Humanoid League:

• Boosted HTWK won Kid Size with the Booster K1 model.
• Tsinghua Hephaestus won Adult Size with the Booster T1 model.

NUbots entered the 5v5 soccer competition with the Booster T1, joining forces with rUNSWift (UNSW) to play as a combined Australian super team.

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✨ Preliminary Round

🇦🇺 Australia vs 🇳🇱 Netherlands (Tech United) — 7–0 WIN
🇦🇺 Australia vs 🇮🇹 Italy (SPQR) — 2–0 WIN
🇦🇺 Australia vs 🇩🇪 Germany (HTWK + NAO Devils) — 0–14 LOSS

✅ Australia finished 2nd and advanced.

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✨ Main Competition

🇦🇺 Australia vs 🇨🇳 China (CAU_COE) — 1–6 LOSS
🇦🇺 Australia vs 🇨🇳 China (Blaze) — 0–2 LOSS
🇦🇺 Australia vs 🌏 Asia Super Team — 2–1 WIN
🇦🇺 Australia vs 🇩🇪 Germany (HTWK + NAO Devils) — 0–8 LOSS
🇦🇺 Australia vs 🇳🇱 Netherlands (Dutch Nao) — 3–1 WIN
🇦🇺 Australia vs 🇨🇳 China (Power Intelligence) — 3–1 WIN
🇦🇺 Australia vs 🇨🇳 China (Tsinghua Hephaestus) — 0–3 LOSS

The Australian team placed 5th overall , with 5 wins, 5 losses and 16 goals scored! 🎉

🇦🇺 Australia secures 5th place in the World Humanoid Robot Games! 🏆🌏A combined effort from NUbots (University of Newcast...
19/08/2025

🇦🇺 Australia secures 5th place in the World Humanoid Robot Games! 🏆🌏

A combined effort from NUbots (University of Newcastle) and rUNSWift (UNSW Sydney RoboCup) has delivered an incredible result. With only a short preparation window and countless late nights, the team pulled together to compete against some of the best humanoid robotics groups in the world, achieving a result that reflects the dedication, innovation and teamwork of everyone involved.

We are honoured to represent Australia at RoboCup Asia-Pacific (RCAP) Beijing Masters and grateful for the opportunity to compete on the world stage.

4th of August - 17th of August(Week 3 and 4)Join a student-led robotics and AI research group.Apply now!tinyurl.com/NUbo...
05/08/2025

4th of August - 17th of August
(Week 3 and 4)
Join a student-led robotics and AI research group.

Apply now!
tinyurl.com/NUbots2025
Questions?
[email protected]
See our robots in action.
tinyurl.com/NUbotsSalvador

After every RoboCup is the symposium, where research is presented by different teams. This year, Ysobel Sims, from NUbot...
23/07/2025

After every RoboCup is the symposium, where research is presented by different teams. This year, Ysobel Sims, from NUbots, presented her research on "Zero-Shot Environmental Sound Classification Onboard a Resource-Constrained Robot". Congratulations to Ysobel and everyone who presented 🎉.

NUbots take 3rd place at RoboCup 2025! 🥉. Years of effort, innovation, and teamwork led to this incredible podium finish...
21/07/2025

NUbots take 3rd place at RoboCup 2025! 🥉. Years of effort, innovation, and teamwork led to this incredible podium finish. Massive thanks to all the teams who competed and made this event unforgettable. Special shoutout to ZJU Dancers 🇨🇳, you pushed us to the limit in an epic match.

Frankie, Sarah and Kevin put up a good fight but we lost the semi finals. Its not over yet, we are still playing for a 3...
20/07/2025

Frankie, Sarah and Kevin put up a good fight but we lost the semi finals. Its not over yet, we are still playing for a 3rd place finish against the ZJUDancers 🇨🇳. We are not live this time but make sure to watch our competitors play at 10:30AM BRT, 11:30PM AEST for the kid size final between Boosted HTWK 🇩🇪 and TH-MOS 🇨🇳.

We won the quarter finals 🎉. Thank you ITAndroids 🇧🇷 for a challenging match, 2 - 0. It's not over because the semi fina...
19/07/2025

We won the quarter finals 🎉. Thank you ITAndroids 🇧🇷 for a challenging match, 2 - 0. It's not over because the semi finals are still to come. Make sure to tune in at 6 pm BRT, 7 am AEST.

It's game time. We are live at 2:00 pm BRT, 3:00 am AEST.
19/07/2025

It's game time. We are live at 2:00 pm BRT, 3:00 am AEST.

NUbots are turning up the heat 🔥️⚽!We crushed the round robin with a CLEAN SHEET and these killer scores: 1–0 vs PMec Hu...
18/07/2025

NUbots are turning up the heat 🔥️⚽!

We crushed the round robin with a CLEAN SHEET and these killer scores:
1–0 vs PMec Humanoid 🇧🇷
6–0 vs PUMAS 🇲🇽
4–0 vs RoboFEI 🇧🇷

Frankie, Sarah & Kevin had the crowd roaring. Now it’s onto the Quarter Finals.
The sweat is on 💦. Let’s finish strong 💪.

Make sure to tune in to watch us on live stream platforms in the links posted previously at 2PM BRT, 3AM AEST.

Come watch us play ⚽. Click the YouTube link to watch the official Brazil live stream.
17/07/2025

Come watch us play ⚽. Click the YouTube link to watch the official Brazil live stream.

RoboCup has started ⚽. Today is the drop in games, you can watch us and other teams play in the links below.
17/07/2025

RoboCup has started ⚽. Today is the drop in games, you can watch us and other teams play in the links below.

We’ve just arrived at the RoboCup 2025 convention centre in Salvador, Brazil—and the excitement is building! ⚽🤖 Our team...
15/07/2025

We’ve just arrived at the RoboCup 2025 convention centre in Salvador, Brazil—and the excitement is building! ⚽🤖 Our team is getting prepped and ready to compete.
Stay updated with our matches and track all the action by downloading the official RoboCup2025 app.

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