Engineered for ARC

Robots

Mechanical design, embedded control, and intelligent autonomy come together in a fleet built for a fast-moving arena.

The competition

Learn the game.

In the North American ARC Competition, teams design and build three robots for a dynamic, paintball-like game. A new game each season sends every team back to the drawing board.

2026 Game Manual

08Years of Competition

073v3 World Ranking

051v1 World Ranking

Meet the robots we created and tested last season.

Sentry

The Sentry is a fully autonomous robot deployed to the battlefield.

Equipped with a machine learning-based computer vision algorithm.
Uses onboard camera images to precisely aim and fire at enemy robots.
Follows a rail in front of the opposing team's base.

Hero

The Hero is the mightiest robot in the game and shoots projectiles double the size.

Fires golf balls dealing tenfold damage compared to plastic pellets.
Though costly and slow, it excels in attacking enemy outposts.
Smaller, swifter robots can corner and overpower it due to its weight and lower speed.

Infantry

The Infantry is a nimble ground robot designed for precision combat and tactical adaptability.

Fires seventeen-millimeter pellets rapidly.
Proves highly vexing to opponents when controlled by a clever operator and a well-thought-out strategy.