RoboCupJunior (RCJ) is an international educational initiative where teams of primary and secondary school students build and program mobile robots to perform in dance, rescue, or soccer challenges. Teams are invited to compete in one of four events:

- Dance (Performance): This entry-level event involves having a robot dance to music selected by the team. Robots must be controlled autonomously, but human team members may perform alongside their robots. Costumes for robots and human performers are encouraged.

- Rescue: Robots compete independently in a timed event where robots move around debris in a simulated disaster scenario to find victims. In Rescue A, the robot must follow a black line on a white background and manipulate a victim covered in aluminum foil. In Rescue B, the robot must navigate a maze environment and detect thermal infrared radiation emitting victims.

- Soccer (A): 2 on 2 teams of autonomous mobile robots track and push a special infrared light-emitting ball in an enclosed field.

Top performing teams at the regional may be eligible to compete in the world RoboCupJunior finals in Istanbul July 6-10, 2011.