RoboCup 2016Robots stir up the Leipzig trade fair
Soccer skills were in demand not only at the European Football Championship in France, but also at the 20th RoboCup in Leipzig at the end of June. The players were not humans, but smart robots. In addition to soccer, they demonstrated their skills in the disciplines of care/service, rescue and industry.
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... of robots was on show in the 'Amazon Picking Challenge', which took place for the first time during a RoboCup. 16 university teams from all over the world competed with their own designs. Their robots' sensors had to recognize objects of different sizes and sometimes transparent and shiny surface structures. In the 'Stow' competition category, the robots had to load a shelf with certain products from a box under time pressure. In the ...