Announcement
Robocup 2024

EEE team Robo-Erectus@Work participated in RoboCup 2024 held from 15 to 21 Jul 2024, Eindhoven and won the following awards:

  • 4th Place Award in RoboCup@Work League
  • 3rd Place Award in Open Source Awards

Apart from edging out teams from universities from Australia, Germany and Netherlands, EEE team also achieved a new milestone in the 2024 competition with the highest-ever overall score in RoboCup@Work League.

RoboCup@Work League is one of the Major Leagues in RoboCup competition. It aimed to develop innovative autonomous mobile robots equipped with advanced manipulators and sensors for current and future industrial applications, to collaborate with human workers in complex tasks ranging from manufacturing, automation to artificial intelligence. The competition comprised 11 teams from polytechnics and universities in Australia, Germany, Greece, India, Iran, Netherlands and Singapore.

SPlackie, the robot developed by EEE team, showcased a new manipulator system (Gluon Arm) that could consistently perform manipulation tasks especially in the newest test Advanced Transportation Test with increased difficulty by introducing more random elements and advanced objects.

The students were guided by Yusuf Pranggonoh and Carlos Acosta. Details of the students are as follows:

Name of studentDiploma/Year
Chiw Sze Kiat
DEB / Year 3
D Yang EngDCPE/Year 3
Low Zheng HongDCPE/Year 3
Suresh Kumar Lokesh KumarDASE / Year 3
Mahesh S KunalanDEEE/2024 (Graduated)
Ng Yan EnDEEE/2024 (Graduated)

Check out the following videos!

RoboCup 2024 Video Highlight:
https://youtu.be/-6NF3btaYRM?si=WY0nBaZfjzuXL7EE

RoboCup 2024 Student Interview Video:
https://youtu.be/3rU9U5jOP7k?si=tfgdKrys9TMFNqJl

Results:

RankingTeam NameCountryInstitutionScore
1SWOTGermanyTechnical University of Applied Science Wurzburg-Schweinfurt7,468.75
2robOTTOGermanyOtto-von-Guericke University6,450
3b-it-botsGermanyHochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Science6,251.25
4Robo-Erectus@WorkSingaporeSingapore Polytechnic5,728.75
5autonOhmGermanyUniversity of Applied Sciences Nuremberg Georg-Simon-Ohm2,057.5
6MiRobotAustraliaUniversity of New South Wales1,946.25
7Democritus Industrial Robotics (DIR)GreeceDemocritus University of Thrace100
8Robohub EindhovenNetherlandsFontys University of Applied Sciences0
9AurigaIranShahid Beheshti University0
10S.R.B.IranIslamic Azad University0
11Team Robotics & CircuitsIndiaManipal Institute of Technology0