The 1996 competition offered a challenging arena to the younger generation and researchers working with autonomous mobile robotic systems.
[3] It attracted teams from Singapore, Indonesia, Taiwan, India, China, South Korea, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Canada, Russia and Malaysia.
The FIRA AIR league has two associated competitions, Autonomous Race and Emergency Service.
The FIRA Sports league has four associated competitions, HuroCup, RoboSot, SimuroSot, and AndroSot.
The FIRA Youth league has six associated challenges, Sport Robots, HuroCup Junior, CityRacer, DRV_Explorer, Cliff Hanger, and Mission Impossible.