RoboCup 2016
Robots 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.
... 2,200 square meters for the soccer competitions with their eight disciplines. The Standard Platform League was a major visitor magnet: in this discipline, all participants compete against each other using the same hardware - the two-legged robot 'Nao' from Softbank Robotics (formerly known as Aldebaran). The challenge here was ...
© Leipzig Trade Fair"The competitions have once again shown how rapidly the development of robotics is progressing," says Prof. Gerhard Kraetzschmar, General Chair of RoboCup 2016, with regard to the 20th RoboCup World Championship. Since 1997, it has been held at various locations around the world, including China and Brazil. This year, Leipzig was the venue. Computer&AUTOMATION takes a look at the innovations in the 20th round of the competition and what was going on in the Leipzig exhibition halls in a series of pictures:
The RoboCup competition is backed by a global community with over 10,000 members. Their vision: in the year 2050, a team of autonomous robots wants to compete against the reigning FIFA World Champion - and win.
The next RoboCup venue is Nagoya, Japan, from July 25 to 31, 2017.
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