RoboCup World Championship 2017
German robots impress in Japan
Soccer skills were on display at the RoboCup robotics competition in Japan at the end of July. At the forefront: the robots from the German university teams. They also showed how advanced they are technologically in the industrial, household and rescue disciplines.
Since 1997, the World Robot Championship has been held at various venues around the world: Last year in Leipzig, the 21st round of the RoboCup moved to Nagoya in Japan. Every year, the competition combines interdisciplinary problems in a fun way - for example from the fields of robotics, artificial intelligence, computer science, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering. As a central discipline, robots compete against each other in soccer leagues. Other application disciplines have been added in recent years: robots designed by research and student teams compete as intelligent helpers in industrial production, rescue operations and in the home.
Computer&AUTOMATION presents the innovations in the 21st round of the competition and the disciplines in which the German robot teams were able to score points in a series of pictures:
The RoboCup competition is backed by a global community with over 10,000 members. Their vision: in 2050, a team of autonomous robots will compete against the reigning FIFA World Champions - and win. A German regional committee is promoting the RoboCup initiative in Germany by organizing and holding the qualifying rounds for the world championship on local soil - the 'RoboCup German Open' in Magdeburg.
The next venue for the next RoboCup World Championship will be Montréal, Canada. The 22nd RoboCup World Championship will take place there from June 15 to 22, 2018.
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