Data Attribution, Trademarks & Media Rights

Nominative Fair Use Guidelines, University Logos, and Academic Citation Formats

Academic BibTeX Citation

Standard Citation

If you cite competition records, kinematic datasets, or robot benchmark matrices in your academic publications, please cite Robot Arena using the format below:

@misc{robotarena2026,
  title={Robot Arena: Evidence-Backed Embodied AI and Humanoid Robot Sports Platform},
  author={Robot Arena Research Guild and Official League Technical Committees},
  year={2026},
  publisher={Robot Arena Open Knowledge Foundation},
  url={https://github.com/glc-works/robot-arena},
  note={Scrutineered tournament benchmarks and kinematic telemetry logs}
}

Nominative Fair Use & Brand Asset Disclaimers

All registered trademarks, university seals (e.g. Peking University, Tsinghua University, ETH Zurich, University of Bonn), robot model designations, and manufacturer emblems appearing on Robot Arena remain the intellectual property of their respective owners.

Their inclusion on this platform constitutes nominative fair use strictly for the purpose of objective identification, official sports tournament bracket reporting, and academic verification. No commercial endorsement or official sponsorship is implied.

Media Rights Classification

link-only / embed-permitted

Direct links to official tournament broadcaster streams (CCTV-5, CMG, IEEE spectrum).

open-license / CC BY 4.0

Datasets, CAD packages, and URDF files explicitly designated with open licensing.