Artificial Intelligence

Rocket League’s Smartest Artificial Intelligence Bots Are Facing Off This Weekend


This weekend, the talented programmers in the RLBot community are pitting 24 of their best custom Rocket League bots against each other in a weekend-long tournament.

RLBot is a community of programmers who work to create high-level Rocket League bots using artificial intelligence. You’ll be amazed with the level of mechanical skill that these bots possess, some of which is highlighted in a trailer for this upcoming tournament. They’re able to hit advanced aerial shots, nasty redirects, and even incredibly smooth flicks totally autonomously without any input from players.

The RLBot community is incredibly cooperative and inviting to new members (check out their Discord server!), but this weekend is all about competition. On Saturday, March 9, the bots will compete with each other one-on-one to crown an RLBot champion live at twitch.tv/rlbotofficial. On Sunday, the bots will pair up to compete two versus two, which will emphasize the bots’ strategy and teamwork abilities. The stream begins at 1 PM (EST) on Saturday and 2 PM (EDT) on Sunday.

RLBot’s Wintertide tournament begins March 10RLBot.org

While the bots have incredibly high technical abilities, their strategy isn’t the greatest. Watching two bots try to cooperate is extremely entertaining because they behave rather unpredictably in a team environment. Impressive technical displays often devolve into a ball-chasing and teammate-bumping nightmare with twice the number of players on the field, but some impressive teamwork moments still manage to shine through. RLBot community members estimate that their bots would perform at a high-silver level in online competitive play, but are quick to point out that their bots are for offline-use only.

You’re likely familiar with Rocket League’s built-in AI teammates that drive in circles and manage to botch even the easiest goals. The bots created by the RLBot community are much more impressive than the best All-Star level bot, so they’re entering Psyonix’s own “All Star” in their tournament to prove it. Other competitors to watch out for are tournament favorites Self Driving Car and Botimus Prime.

The tournament also aims to raise money for charity by having viewers pledge donations to DirectRelief.org for every goal scored by their favorite bots, which you can contribute to here.

Finally, if you can’t tune into the stream this weekend at twitch.tv/rlbotofficial, you can check out highlights from the last major RLBot tournament here or follow RLBot on Twitter for more updates.





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