RoboCup World Championship 2017German 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.
... two German teams faced each other: the newly developed 3D-printed robot from the University of Bonn - 'NimbRo-Op2' (left) - and Offenburg University of Applied Sciences with its robot 'Sweaty' (right). Both robots saw the ball reliably with the help of their cameras, ran quickly to the ball and kicked vigorously. 'NimbRo-Op2' was able to assert itself in the duels and kept its balance, allowing it to score goals in quick succession: In the end, he clearly scored in an 11:1 victory for the University of Bonn. In the TeenSize class (robots up to 140 cm tall) ...