Registration
Registration is now open for the Embodied AI Grand Challenge 2026: World Model Challenge for Embodied Intelligence.
The challenge evaluates world-model capabilities in simulated embodied environments, with an emphasis on executable environment understanding, closed-loop decision-making, exception recovery, and rapid task adaptation.
Registration is required for access to official updates, submission instructions, participant notifications, and final evaluation arrangements.
Track 1
Unseen Environment Exploration and Closed-Loop Task Execution
Track 1 focuses on autonomous exploration, world-model construction, task planning, and exception recovery in unseen simulated indoor environments. Teams are expected to build systems that can discover spatial topology, recognize key objects, model interactive states and affordances, generate task plans, and replan after controlled exceptions.
- Recommended episode structure: 20-minute autonomous exploration, 10-minute task reception and planning, and 60-minute autonomous execution.
- Controlled exceptions may include door-lock state changes, object relocation, target-container unavailability, and tool substitution.
- Track 1 submissions are expected to include an executable container, model weights, run instructions, world_model.json, episode_log.jsonl, and a technical report.
- Teams interested in Track 1 should complete the official team registration form and select "Track 1" or "Both tracks" in the Track Selection field.
Registration Period
All teams should complete registration before the registration deadline.
| Milestone | Date / Status |
|---|---|
| Registration opens | May 8, 2026 |
| Registration deadline | June 15, 2026 |
| Environment v1.0 freeze | June 16, 2026 |
| Qualification submission window | June 17-26, 2026 |
| Hidden validation | June 27-July 3, 2026 |
| Finalist announcement | July 5, 2026 |
| Final submission window | July 8-15, 2026 |
| Official final testing | July 16-24, 2026 |
| Final ranking notification | July 29, 2026 |
| On-site final presentation | Early August 2026 |
Who Can Participate
The challenge is open to university teams, industry research teams, independent researchers, and student teams worldwide, subject to the official rules and eligibility requirements.
Each team must designate one team leader. The team leader will be the primary contact for organizer announcements, submission instructions, eligibility checks, and finalist notifications.
Each participant should belong to only one team within the same track, unless explicit approval is granted by the organizing committee.
How To Register
- Review the official challenge rules, fair-use policy, data-use agreement, and track descriptions.
- Prepare team information, including team name, team leader, affiliations, member list, selected track(s), and contact email.
- Complete the official EAGC 2026 Team Registration Form.
After registration, the team leader will receive organizer updates by email.
Register NowImportant Notes
Registration information may be updated before the registration deadline by submitting the form again or contacting the organizing committee. The latest valid registration record will be used for administrative purposes.
Registration does not replace final submission. Teams must still submit executable containers, model files, logs, and technical reports according to the official submission instructions.
All official evaluations will be conducted under the official runtime stack. Internet access, online model APIs, hidden-ground-truth access, manual remote control, and large-scale retraining during official evaluation are not allowed.
Teams must disclose training resources, pretrained models, private data, synthetic data, compute budget, and external dependencies in the technical report.
Registration FAQ
For questions about registration, eligibility, or track selection, please contact CIS-RAM2026_EAGC@outlook.com.
Do I need to register before submitting?
Yes. Team registration is required before official submission and evaluation.
Can one team join both tracks?
Yes. A team may register for both tracks, but each track may require a separate submission package and technical description.
Can we update registration information?
Yes. Registration information can be updated before the deadline by resubmitting the form or contacting the organizers. The latest valid record will be used.
Can private data or pretrained models be used?
Yes, subject to license compliance and full disclosure in the technical report. Hidden test assets, seeds, task scripts, and checker internals may not be extracted, reverse engineered, redistributed, or used for training.
Is code release mandatory?
Code release is encouraged for reproducibility and special awards. Final code-sharing requirements, if any, will follow the official rules.
Privacy And Data Use
The registration form collects team and contact information only for challenge administration, eligibility checks, organizer communication, submission management, and finalist notification. Submitted logs, replays, and structured model files may be used by the organizers for verification, anonymized analysis, and benchmark maintenance according to the official data-use agreement.