robotics for the next generation.
We run a European robotics competition for students, fund robotics at Austrian schools and publish research. Non-profit, based in Vienna, active worldwide.
three goals.
From §2 of our statutes.
Promote young talent
Promote the next generation of scientists and engineers through robotics and related fields.
Advance research
Promote research in robotics and related fields.
Teaching methods
Develop innovative teaching methods for robotics and related fields.
ecer, schools, research.
All three run by volunteers.
ecer.
European Conference on Educational RoboticsA yearly robotics competition and conference for students. In 2025, 47 teams from three continents spent a week competing in Botball, Aerial, Open and the Junior Botball Challenge, and presenting their research.
ecer.eraa.atstudents and robots.
Scenes from ECER.
open source, by statute.
Publishing our software under open licenses is part of our statutes. Codeberg-first.
get involved.
Over 20 volunteers ran ECER 2025. Every way in starts with a short email.