Department of Computer Science

2nd place for b-it bots @work at the German Open

Friday 4 May 2018

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Congratulations to our b-it bots @work team who came in second at the 2018 RoboCup German Open! The team did not only secure a place on the podium but they also received an award for being the best team in the Line Following Test and a prize for the highest score in the Arbitrary Surface Test. The results are indeed very promising so let's keep our fingers crossed that the team will be able to compete in this years' world cup in Canada.

RoboCup@Work is a competition in RoboCup Industrial that targets the use of robots in work-related scenarios. It aims to foster research and development that enables use of innovative mobile robots equipped with advanced manipulators for current and future industrial applications (Source: www.robocupgermanopen.de).

During the competition the robot drives through an arena with various obstacles autonomously and has to deal with several challenges such as picking-up and delivering objects in the shortest time possible.
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Our second team, the b-it bots @home, participated in Magdeburg as well. The team has however been through various changes in the last year - new leadership, the need to revamp the code base for improved reusability, and most importantly, the arrival of our new domestic robot Lucy only two months ago. Lucy was thus not ready for the whole competition and only took part in some of the first-round challenges, but the team is working hard to make sure that Lucy can soon keep pace with her robotic classmates.
 

The RoboCup@Home league aims to develop service and assistive robot technology with high relevance for future personal domestic applications. A set of benchmark tests is used to evaluate the robots’ abilities and performance in a realistic non-standardized home environment setting. Focus lies on the following domains but is not limited to: Human-Robot-Interaction and Cooperation, Navigation and Mapping in dynamic environments, Computer Vision and Object Recognition under natural light conditions, Object Manipulation, Adaptive Behaviors, Behavior Integration, Ambient Intelligence, Standardization and System Integration.
Source: www.robocup2018.org

Want to join the team?
Please contact one of our team leaders (see contacts). Bachelor students with an interest in robotics are welcome, too!