Dasmariñas Integrated High School claimed the top overall title at Robolution Manila 2026, standing above 38 schools whose teams filled De La Salle University Manila on August 22, 2026, for a day built around science, technology, engineering, mathematics, innovation, and artificial intelligence.
The championship school will advance to Robolution National, where leading teams from separate regional contests converge for another round of robotics and automation competition. That berth hands the winning school a stage to speak for its region and to put forward the abilities and inventions it refined through the Robolution series. Beyond that, organizers announced that the Manila champions will carry the Philippine flag into international events in November 2026, specifically Robolution Dubai and the Fibonacci International Robotics Olympiad in Italy.
Rounding out the overall standings, Pasay City National Science High School finished as first runner-up and Minuyan National High School as second runner-up. Maigo National High School and the San Pablo Amateur Robotics & Knowledge Society, known as SPARKS, tied for fourth, and GearTech Academy landed in fifth. These placements rewarded schools that stayed strong across several event types rather than peaking in a single contest, a result organizers tied to teamwork, groundwork, inventiveness, and technical command.
The prize structure reinforced those finishes. The overall champion received P10,000 along with a trophy, a plaque, an ERO medal, and tokens. The first runner-up took home P5,000 and the second runner-up P3,000, each with the same set of trophy, plaque, ERO medal, and tokens.
In total, 102 teams competed, drawing students, teachers, coaches, and technology enthusiasts into a program designed to let young innovators put their technical grounding, imagination, strategy, and problem-solving to the test. Nine categories anchored the schedule: Fibonacci Math, EROBO Quiz Bee, ERobot Sumo, EMiniSumo V3 (Open Category), EMegaSumo V3 (Open Category), EMegaSumo V1.5, ERobot Line Following Open Category, Freestyle Competition (Innovation), and ESoccerBot 3v3.
Across those events, competitors moved from rapid sumo bouts and self-guided line-following runs to soccer-playing machines and open-ended freestyle builds. Each demanded more than assembly and coding; students had to reason through problems, coordinate as teams, apply engineering fundamentals, and make split-second calls while their robots were in play. Taken together, the categories put the widening skill set of Filipino students in robotics and newer technologies on display.
Educators had their own track. A free Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Training gave teachers hands-on exposure to AI and robotics tools they could fold into current classrooms, and those who took part earned four Continuing Professional Development points.
The regional circuit presses on quickly, with the next Regional Robolution set for September 2 to 4, 2026, at the University of Baguio, an installment expected to draw still more students, schools, educators, and enthusiasts as the series pursues its aim of nurturing young innovators and building up robotics and STEM education nationwide.
