Made mostly from Lego components, the robots were then dressed up for their debut on the dance floor for the theatre challenge of the cup.
The day attracted 96 primary and secondary pupils from around the city.
Otago Robots Education Committee chairman Donald Liddell said the day gave the children a platform to put their computing and mechanical skills to the test.
"It highlights them in a fun way."
They had to build the robots and programme them to do set tasks - dance in the theatre section, pick up a can in the search and rescue activity and get a soccer ball into the goal in the soccer game.
"The robots are very flexible so they decide how complex they want to make them."
The work the children do for the challenge was able to be used towards their unit standards at school, he said.
Results:
Junior theatre: Arthurbots (Arthur Street School), Ben Sutherland, Riley Symon, Kian Potts, Ethan Smith, 1; GSNS robo-chickens (George St Normal), Sam Hewson, William Scharpf, Joshua Paku, Caspian Feren, 2; Pirates of the Kaikoraibean (Kaikorai Primary School),Elliott Alloo, William Edwards, George Bates, Tobias Devereux, 3.
Junior search and rescue: Alice (Columba College) Alice German, 1; Tahuna iBots (Tahuna Normal Intermediate School) Jeremy Hastie, Richard Ratcliff 2; Rotary Park Lego Technics Crew (Rotary Park School) Geoffrey Kemp, Max Brundell, Michael Wade, Christopher Hawkins, 3.
Senior theatre: Pinkbots (Otago Girls High School) Rose Fallow, Zoe, Paterson-Smith 1; Chipettes (Columba College) Courtney Shaw, Sacha Holland, Olivia Jones, Olivia Anderson, 2; Once Upon a Time (Columba College) Christine Wierda, Rachel Eccles 3.
Senior search and rescue: Robo kings (Bayfield High School) Braden Smitheram 1; CCSenior Rescue 2 (Columba College) Kara Bethune, Josphine Williamson, Heidi Chin, 2; CCSenior Rescue 1 (Columba College) Anastasia Varlamova, Jenny Mi, Chloe Lai, 3.
Premier search and rescue: RoboAngels (Columba College) Holly Hanson, Ailsa Carroll, Annabelle Ritchie, Ryely Burtenshaw-Day, 1; Philip (Kings High School) Philip Anderson, 2.
Senior soccer: Philip (Kings High School) Philip Anderson, 1; Potato Pi (3.14) (Independent)Annabelle Ritchie, Hanna Ott, Lucy Cathro, 2.
Best programming prize (Computer Science, Otago University): Philip (Kings High School) Philip Anderson, 1; Potato Pi(3.14) (Independent) Annabelle Ritchie, Hanna Ott, Lucy Cathro, 2.
