The Bremen team scored 86 goals over the course of the tournament and conceded just one. As a result, it relegated the HTWK Robots team from Leipzig to second place and RoboÉireann from Ireland to third place. The participation in Eindhoven marked the 15th time that B-Human had taken part in a RoboCup World Cup.

300 teams from 45 countries

The RoboCup is one of the largest and most prestigious competitions for robots in the world. At the current tournament from July 17 to 21, 300 robot teams from 45 countries competed against each other. The competition aims to promote the development of robots and their artificial intelligence so that they are able to operate without direct human control. Organized by the non-profit RoboCup Federation, the tournament has been held every year since 1997. The participating teams usually come from universities and research institutes, but also from industry.

Robots not only play soccer at RoboCup, but also compete against each other in other disciplines: RoboCupRescue, for example, simulates rescue scenarios in which robots find and rescue victims. RoboCup@Home confronts robots with household tasks. There are five different sub-leagues within the Soccer League, which differ according to the type of robot used. B-Human took part in the Standard Platform League: here, all teams use the same type of robot with the same hardware. The main focus is therefore on skillful software development.

The B-Human team

The Bremen team scored 86 goals during the tournament and only conceded 1.

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There were 19 team members on site; in total, B-Human consists of 26 students from the University of Bremen, one alumnus and two doctoral students. The team is led by the scientists Dr. Thomas Röfer from the DFKI Cyber-Physical Systems research department headed by Prof. Dr. Rolf Drechsler, and Dr. Tim Laue from the Multisensory Interactive Systems working group headed by Prof. Dr. Udo Frese at the University of Bremen. Contact Software, a provider of solutions for the product process and digital transformation, has been the team's main sponsor since 2017. Other sponsors are Just ADD AI, Cellumation, Ubica Robotics and Alumni der Universität Bremen e.V..