Robotics competitionRoboCup 2018 season started
The robotics competition 'RoboCup' is entering a new round. Students and pupils can once again register for the German preliminary round - the 'RoboCup German Open'. Those who qualify for the junior final will compete at the 2018 RoboCup World Championships in Canada.
© Technische Universität Darmstadt
A total of 23 teams qualified for this year's RoboCup 2017 'Rescue League', including a single German team - the 'Hector' team from the Technical University of Darmstadt (pictured). In the main categories of maneuvering, agility, dexterity and exploration, the robots each had to face up to six different partial evaluations. The six runs per day placed high demands on the resilience of the robots and the teams. ...