Events

The Australian Robowars Nationals return to ARM Hub on 28–29 November 2026, with open featherweight and Sportsman tournaments.

Robowars joined World Science Festival Queensland at the historic Rail Workshops in Ipswich for a weekend of robot combat and hands-on science.

Australia’s leading featherweight combat robots met at ARM Hub in Northgate for two packed days of national championship action.

The 2024 Sportsman Cup brought 13.6 kg robots to South Bank Piazza as part of World Science Festival Brisbane.

Twenty-two of Australia’s best Featherweight robots returned after a four-year hiatus for 54 fights across eight sold-out sessions.

The 2019 Nationals selected a field of 32 Australian Featherweight robots for two days of competition in Brisbane.

The Ipswich Robotics Sports Club hosted the 2018 national Antweight competition in partnership with Robowars Australia.

Thirty-two Featherweight robots contested group and elimination stages across two days at Brisbane State High School.

Thirty-two Sportsman robots opened ICRA 2018 at South Bank Piazza in a competition decided by wins and crowd votes.

The 2017 Nationals brought Featherweight championship fights and Sportsman exhibitions to Robotronica at QUT in Brisbane.

Twenty-three Sportsman robots fought across four Vivid Ideas sessions, with a new arena and pit hazard close to the Sydney crowds.

The Queensland Robotic Sports Club brought the 30 lb Sportsman class to Gladstone for two days of competition.

Almost 40 robots contested the 2016 Nationals at the Big Boys Toys Expo in Canberra during National Science Week.

Robowars returned to Vivid Sydney at the Overseas Passenger Terminal, with four sessions and more than 10,000 people around the event.

Thirty robots competed at Ipswich Art Gallery, with Mr Mangle taking the 2015 Australian Featherweight Championship.