RoboCup World Championship 2018Germany is the soccer world champion!
If not in Russia, then in Canada: robots from German universities recently beat the international competition in soccer at the RoboCup World Cup. But the robotics competition in Montréal was not just about soccer. A look back.
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The team from the Technical University of Darmstadt also proved adept at maneuvering and exploration with their rescue robot 'Hector'. It came 7th out of a total of 22 participating teams in the Rescue League. The TU Darmstadt team also won the 'Best in Class Exploration Award', which is presented to the best autonomous robot. The ability of 'Hector' ...