The Robotics for Good Youth Challenge is entering a new chapter focused on health emergencies. Creative Child Foundation is mobilising Uganda’s schools, innovators, mentors and partners to make the next edition bigger, more inclusive and more connected to communities across the country.
Organizations with the capacity to host and deliver high-quality regional competitions are invited to express interest.
ITU says the 2026–2027 edition will focus on health emergencies in partnership with WHO. Participants will design, build and program robots to address real-world challenges while developing teamwork, problem-solving, project management, critical thinking and information literacy.
In this edition’s challenge, the mission is divided into two main lines of action inspired by realistic response processes during a public health emergency: containment and sample management, and logistic and healthcare management. The game field simulates the deployment of a quarantine zone, the collection and delivery of samples to a laboratory, the distribution of medical kits, and the triage of cases according to urgency level. All these actions test the robots’ ability to operate autonomously, accurately and in a coordinated way.
Imagine robots that can support emergency response, healthcare systems, safe delivery, monitoring, logistics, search, access or community resilience. The official rulebook should guide the exact missions and technical requirements.
The global 2026–2027 structure identifies Junior teams for participants born 2016–2012 and Senior teams for participants born 2011–2008. CCF will publish Uganda-specific participation guidance as the local pathway is confirmed.
The global competition is designed to let teams build with locally sourced hardware and open software rather than requiring one mandatory kit. This makes low-cost, locally relevant innovation possible.
Use the official ITU/AI for Good materials as the authoritative competition source. CCF’s participant brief helps Uganda teams and partners understand the local mobilisation plan.
Watch the official 2026–2027 Health emergencies game video as a visual mock-up of the competition experience.
Official AI for Good / ITU video. Use it to understand the energy, field format and autonomous robotics spirit of the competition.
CCF is preparing a wider participation pathway built around regional access, training and progression. Dates for Uganda-specific events will be announced as organizers and partners are confirmed.
Regional organizations express interest; CCF and partners assess capacity, geography, safeguarding, venues, mentors, equipment and delivery plans.
Training, mentor mobilisation, school outreach, team formation and robotics readiness activities across participating regions.
Regional competitions create more entry points for young innovators and reduce the barriers created by distance and concentration of opportunities in Kampala.
Top teams progress through the Uganda pathway toward the national stage, subject to the final local chapter structure and official rules.
National winners can progress toward the Grand Finale at the AI for Good Global Summit 2027, subject to official qualification and event arrangements.
This expression of interest helps CCF understand where demand is coming from. It is not a substitute for the official ITU registration process.
We are looking for organizations with the people, venue, technical capacity and local networks to deliver a safe, exciting and credible Robotics for Good Youth Challenge regional event. Tell us what you can bring and where you can reach young people.
Explore dedicated archive pages for the previous Uganda editions, including highlights, winners, training stories, videos and photo moments.
Peak Primary School and Trinity College Nabbingo led the Uganda winners’ story as teams tackled robotics applied to agriculture.
Open edition archive → 2024–2025Uganda teams developed robotics ideas for emergency response, with Our Lady of Africa SS and Peak Primary School emerging as national champions.
Open edition archive → PHOTO ARCHIVEExplore the 2025 Uganda Robotics for Good Youth Challenge album published by ITU Pictures.
View photo album →Uganda has no shortage of young people with ideas. The challenge is creating enough pathways to equipment, mentors, regional competitions, transport, learning spaces and global exposure. We are inviting sponsors, donors and institutional partners to help us scale the opportunity.
Support robotics kits, sensors, electronics, tools, laptops and safe learning spaces for schools and regional hubs.
Fund regional semi-finals, outreach, transport, inclusion and participation for learners who are often excluded by distance or cost.
Support teacher training, university mentors, technical officials, safeguarding, documentation and innovation coaching.