{"id":11469,"date":"2023-11-23T21:06:38","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T20:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wro.swiss\/categories-and-age-groups\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T11:32:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T10:32:00","slug":"categories-and-age-groups","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wro.swiss\/en\/information-on\/categories-and-age-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Categories and Age Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-stretch\" style=\"--awb-bg-color:var(--awb-color4);--awb-bg-color-hover:var(--awb-color4);--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:25%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:7.68%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:7.68%;--awb-width-medium:25%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:7.68%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:7.68%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\"><h3 id=\"single\" class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" data-fontsize=\"40\" data-lineheight=\"48px\">RoboMission<\/h3><\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2200\" height=\"2200\" alt=\"Category RoboMission\" title=\"Icon-RoboMission_white-BG\" src=\"https:\/\/wro.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Icon-RoboMission_white-BG.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-7617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wro.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Icon-RoboMission_white-BG-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/wro.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Icon-RoboMission_white-BG.png 2200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 2200px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:20px;\"><p><strong>The classic competition.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You have a set playing field with known tasks.<\/li>\n<li>Your robot solves the tasks autonomously.<\/li>\n<li>You have 2 minutes to achieve as many points as possible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div ><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/wro.swiss\/en\/information-on\/categories-and-age-groups\/robomission\/\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Read more<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-stretch\" style=\"--awb-bg-color:var(--awb-color5);--awb-bg-color-hover:var(--awb-color5);--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:25%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:7.68%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:7.68%;--awb-width-medium:25%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:7.68%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:7.68%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\"><h3 id=\"family\" class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" data-fontsize=\"40\" data-lineheight=\"48px\"><strong>Future Innovators<\/strong><\/h3><\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2200\" height=\"2200\" title=\"Icon-Future-Innovators_white-BG\" src=\"https:\/\/wro.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Icon-Future-Innovators_white-BG.png\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-7621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wro.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Icon-Future-Innovators_white-BG-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/wro.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Icon-Future-Innovators_white-BG.png 2200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 2200px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:20px;\"><p><strong>The research project.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"has-normal-font-size\">\n<li>You study the season&#8217;s theme.<\/li>\n<li>You come up with ideas how robotics can help solve a specific problem in the real world within the theme.<\/li>\n<li>You build a robot prototype.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div ><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-2 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/wro.swiss\/future-innovators\/\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Read more<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-stretch\" style=\"--awb-bg-color:var(--awb-custom_color_3);--awb-bg-color-hover:var(--awb-custom_color_3);--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:25%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:7.68%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:7.68%;--awb-width-medium:25%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:7.68%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:7.68%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-3 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\"><h3 id=\"family\" class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" data-fontsize=\"40\" data-lineheight=\"48px\"><strong>Starter<\/strong><\/h3><\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-3 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2200\" height=\"2200\" alt=\"WRO Starter\" title=\"WRO Starter\" src=\"https:\/\/wro.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Starter-Symbol-dunkel-white-BG.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-14346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wro.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Starter-Symbol-dunkel-white-BG-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/wro.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Starter-Symbol-dunkel-white-BG-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/wro.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Starter-Symbol-dunkel-white-BG-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/wro.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Starter-Symbol-dunkel-white-BG-800x800.png 800w, https:\/\/wro.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Starter-Symbol-dunkel-white-BG-1200x1200.png 1200w, https:\/\/wro.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Starter-Symbol-dunkel-white-BG.png 2200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:20px;\"><p><strong>For the first attempts at robotics.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For roboticists aged 6 and up.<\/li>\n<li>Your tasks are a bit easier than in RoboMission.<\/li>\n<li>We offer workshops where you can prepare for the competition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div ><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-3 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/wro.swiss\/en\/information-on\/categories-and-age-groups\/wro-starter\/\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Read more<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-stretch\" style=\"--awb-bg-color:var(--awb-custom_color_7);--awb-bg-color-hover:var(--awb-custom_color_7);--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:25%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:7.68%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:7.68%;--awb-width-medium:25%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:7.68%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:7.68%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-4 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\"><h3 id=\"family\" class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" data-fontsize=\"40\" data-lineheight=\"48px\"><strong>Future Engineers<\/strong><\/h3><\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-aspect-ratio:4 \/ 3;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-4 hover-type-none has-aspect-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"568\" height=\"568\" title=\"Future Engineers\" src=\"https:\/\/wro.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Kategorie-Icon_Future-Engineers_whiteBG.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-13906 img-with-aspect-ratio\" data-parent-fit=\"cover\" data-parent-container=\".fusion-image-element\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/wro.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Kategorie-Icon_Future-Engineers_whiteBG-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/wro.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Kategorie-Icon_Future-Engineers_whiteBG-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/wro.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Kategorie-Icon_Future-Engineers_whiteBG.png 568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:20px;\"><p><strong>The technology project<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For teens and young adults aged 14 to 22<\/li>\n<li>Construction and programming of an autonomous robotic car that can solve a random terrain of 9m2.<\/li>\n<li>Free choice of hardware and programming language<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div ><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-4 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/wro.swiss\/en\/information-on\/categories-and-age-groups\/starting-in-2025-future-engineers\/\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Read more<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-5 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\"><h3>Age groups (valid 2026)<\/h3><\/h2><\/div>\n<div class=\"table-2\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th align=\"left\">Age group<\/th>\n<th align=\"left\">Ages<\/th>\n<th align=\"left\">Years of birth<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\"><strong>RoboMission<\/strong><\/span> and <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Future Innovators<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">      Elementary<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">8 to 12 years<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">2014 to 2018<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">      Junior<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">11 to 15 years<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">2011 until 2015<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">      Senior<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">14 to 19 years<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">2007 until 2012<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #cc99ff;\"><strong>WRO Starter<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; All<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">6 to 10 years<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">2016 until 2020<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><strong>Future Engineers<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; All<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">14 to 22 years<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">2004 to 2012<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:30px;\"><p><strong>Please note:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The decisive factor is the <b>year of birth<\/b>, not the age on the day of the competition.<\/li>\n<li><b> No exceptions<\/b> are made for people who are too old or too young for an age group! (See &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wro.swiss\/en\/conditions-of-participation\/\">Conditions of participation<\/a> point 4.3)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":11811,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"wf_page_folders":[],"class_list":["post-11469","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wro.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wro.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wro.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wro.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wro.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11469"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/wro.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22758,"href":"https:\/\/wro.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11469\/revisions\/22758"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wro.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wro.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wf_page_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wro.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_page_folders?post=11469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}