Supported by the State Key Laboratory of Industrial Control Technology and Zhejiang University’s Robotics Science and Education Practice Base, ZJUDancer was founded in 2006. Over the 20 years since its establishment, ZJUDancer has grown from independently designing and manufacturing robots to refining the code for modules such as motion control, visual perception, and behavioral decision-making, gradually developing into a highly competitive powerhouse in the Humanoid League.
ZJUDancer’s competition record, taken from official results pages or contemporary reports. Click a competition name to open the source, or a competition type below to filter the table.
| Date | Competition | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | RoboCup German Open 2026 (Cologne, Germany, Humanoid Soccer League - Small Division) | Champion | Official standings: 1st ZJUDancer, 2nd Hamburg Bit-Bots, 3rd Berlin United; won the semi-final 1:0 and the final 4:0. |
| 2026 | RoboCup 2026 World Championship (Incheon, Korea, Humanoid Soccer League - Small Division) | Fifth to eighth | Play-in won 4:1 against ICHIRO ITS, quarter-final lost 2:7 to Invic. Official top three: Invic, Hamburg Bit-Bots, GeoHBots. |
| 2025 | RoboCup 2025 World Championship (Salvador, Brazil, Humanoid League - KidSize) | Fourth place | Official top three: Boosted HTWK, THMOS, NUbots. |
| 2024 | RoboCup 2024 World Championship (Eindhoven, Netherlands, Humanoid League - KidSize) | Round of 16 | Official top three: CIT Brains, KURA, Barelang FC. |
| 2023 | RoboCup Asia-Pacific Tianjin Invitational Tournament 2023 (Tianjin, China, Humanoid League) | Champion | Official standings: 1st ZJUDancer, 2nd Beihang Robotics Team, 3rd TH-MOS. |
| 2023 | RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2023 (PyeongChang, Korea, Humanoid League - KidSize) | Third place | Official standings: 1st RO:BIT, 2nd R-SCUAD, 3rd ZJUDancer. |
| 2020 | RoboCup China Open 2020 (Nanjing, China, Humanoid League) | Champion | |
| 2019 | RoboCup 2019 World Championship (Sydney, Australia, Humanoid League - KidSize) | Runner-up | Official standings: 1st Rhoban, 2nd ZJUDancer, 3rd CIT Brains; 3rd in the Drop-In. |
| 2019 | RoboCup German Open 2019 (Magdeburg, Germany, Humanoid KidSize) | Runner-up | Official standings: 1st Rhoban FC, 2nd ZJUDancer, 3rd Starkit. |
| 2018 | RoboCup 2018 World Championship (Montreal, Canada, Humanoid League - KidSize) | Fourth place | Official top three: Rhoban, MRL-HSL, Barelang FC; won the round of sixteen and the quarter-final; 2nd in the Drop-In. |
| 2017 | RoboCup 2017 World Championship (Nagoya, Japan, Humanoid League - KidSize) | Runner-up | Official standings: 1st Rhoban, 2nd ZJUDancer, 3rd CIT Brains; 2nd in the Drop-In. |
| 2017 | RoboCup IranOpen 2017 (Tehran, Iran, Humanoid League - KidSize) | Champion | Standings: 1st ZJUDancer, 2nd MRL-HSL, 3rd FUmanoids - Berlin United; won the final 4:2. |
| 2016 | RoboCup 2016 World Championship (Leipzig, Germany, Humanoid League - KidSize) | Runner-up | Official standings: 1st Rhoban, 2nd ZJUDancer, 3rd CIT Brains. |
| 2015 | RoboCup 2015 World Championship (Hefei, China, Humanoid League - KidSize) | Runner-up | Official standings: 1st CIT Brains Kid, 2nd ZJUDancer, 3rd Rhoban. |
| 2014 | RoboCup 2014 World Championship (João Pessoa, Brazil, Humanoid League - KidSize) | Quarter-finalist | Official top three: CIT Brains, Bold Hearts, Baset; won round-robin groups H and L. |
| 2013 | RoboCup 2013 World Championship (Eindhoven, Netherlands, Humanoid League - KidSize) | Third place | Official standings: 1st Team DARwIn, 2nd AUTMan, 3rd ZJUDancer; won the third-place match 5:1. |
| 2012 | RoboCup 2012 World Championship (Mexico City, Mexico, Humanoid League - KidSize) | Fourth place | Official top three: Team DARwIn, CIT Brains Kid, Darmstadt; beat MRL 4:2 in the quarter-final. |
| 2011 | RoboCup 2011 World Championship (Istanbul, Türkiye, Humanoid League - KidSize) | Quarter-finalist | Official top three: Team DARwIn, CIT Brains, Darmstadt. |
| 2010 | RoboCup 2010 World Championship (Singapore, Humanoid League - KidSize) | Quarter-finalist | Official top three: Darmstadt, FUmanoids, CIT Brains Kid; won group E. |
| 2010 | China Robot Competition & RoboCup Open 2010 (Ordos, China, Humanoid - KidSize) | Champion | Defended the national title without dropping a match (25 goals scored, none conceded); also national champion in 2007 and 2009. |
| 2009 | RoboCup 2009 World Championship (Graz, Austria, Humanoid League - KidSize) | Quarter-finalist | Official top three: Darmstadt, FUmanoids, CIT Brains Kid; won group D. |
| 2008 | RoboCup 2008 World Championship (Suzhou, China, Humanoid League - KidSize) | Second round robin | Official top three: NimbRo, Team Osaka, CIT Brains; won the intermediate round against Robo Erectus. |
| 2007 | RoboCup 2007 World Championship (Atlanta, USA, Humanoid League - KidSize) | First round robin | Official top three: NimbRo, Team Osaka, FUmanoid. |
