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Unser neuer Roboter macht gute Fortschritte. Hier ist er in lässiger Kleidung für ein schnelles Spiel zu sehen.

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Source code 2011

In the Standard Platform League it is a long-standing tradition that (some) teams release their source code to facilitate the advancement of the league. We feel that this is would be a very good idea for the Humanoid League as well. While obviously each team’s source code has strong dependencies on the particular hardware used (e.g. processor,operating system,motor communication,camera lenses and interface,etc),it would still provide valuable insight and allow other teams to learn from successes and mistakes being made.

In the spirit of knowledge exchange,we have decided to make available the source code used in RoboCup 2011 in Istanbul. We hope this will encourage other teams to release their source code as well!

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Standing Up (2)

Though this year’s stand up motion from the back was very –for loss of a better word –cool :-) it was not very efficient. It took too much time and it moved the robot too far away from the position where it fell down. So one of the big goals for 2012 was to rectify this problem. So far it seems we have succeeded. The video shows the first attempt at standing up from the back,and we expect to be able to make this a bit faster later.

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Standing Up (1)

One issue we had with this year’s robot was an efficient stand-up motion. With the new robot model it’s much easier. In the video we show you the first attempt to stand up from the front. We hope to increase the speed a bit more once the robot design is fully finished.

You can see that we have made several modifications in this robot compared to the picture you saw before. Main difference is a torso pitch servo that significantly improves the ability to stand up (which is a big issue with robots using parallel mechanics in their legs).

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Here we go again

With 7 1/2 months to go until RoboCup,we are close to finish our new hardware setup. Here’s a picture from a month ago,showing the three generations of robots –in cyan our 2009/2010 model,in magenta this year’s model and a bit naked and not quite finished our new design. We are re-using the same equipment,however the construction is using much lighter.

 

The prototype shown here was the first attempt,it still had some minor problems and missing components,which we fixed in the last weeks. Stay tuned.

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Mach mit!

Nach der Sommerpause sind unsere fußballbegeisterten Roboter jetzt wieder im Training für RoboCup 2012. Hierfür suchen wir neue MitstreiterInnen im Team,um für die nächstjährige Meisterschaft in Mexiko gut gerüstet zu sein.

Studierst Du an der Freien Universität Berlin und möchtest mitmachen? (*)

Im Wintersemester wird es das Softwareprojekt Künstliche Intelligenz geben. Ideal für RoboCup-Interessierte,die 2012/2013 eine Bachelor- oder Masterarbeit schreiben möchten und sich erstmal in das Projekt einarbeiten wollen. Auch wenn alle Plätze bereits voll sind,können Interessierte gerne zu Projektbeginn am 19.10. vorbeikommen,da die reale Teilnehmerzahl erfahrungsgemäß immer kleiner als die Zahl der Angemeldeten ist.

Des Weiteren stehen aktuell einige Bachelor- und Diplom-/Masterarbeitsthemen zur Verfügung. Ein sehr grober Überblick über ein paar verfügbare Themen finden sich unter http://www.fumanoids.de/join-us.

Um einen Einblick in RoboCup,das FUmanoids-Team und die Mitarbeit im Projekt zu geben,gibt es für am Softwareprojekt oder einer Abschlußarbeit interessierte StudentInnen am Freitag,den 14. Oktober 2011,um 15:00 Uhr (s.t.) die Möglichkeit,uns in Raum 020 in der Arnimallee 7 zu besuchen. Wer zu diesem Termin nicht kann,erreicht uns auch über info(at)fumanoids.de oder das Kontaktformular.

(*) Studenten anderer Berliner und Potsdamer Universitäten,gerne auch aus dem Fachbereichen Elektrotechnik o.ä.,sind auch willkommen.

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Videos of the last games

BotSport.TV has now released their edited versions of the last games,cut down to the bare essential.

Quarter final against Team ROPE:

Semi final against CIT Brains:

Small final (3vs4) against Darmstadt Dribblers:

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The final

After having lost 3:5 against CIT Brains,we played the Darmstadt Dribblers in the small finals. We already met them in the German Open Final and the finals of the last two RoboCups and as so many times before,lost this game as well. However we ended with 4:8 and even were in the lead for a short time. Botsport.TV is still busy cutting the games,so for now here’s the uncut version as recorded by the Darmstadt Dribblers:


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The half final

CIT Brains filmed the half-final,so here’s the uncut version. As you can see we still had some stability problems.


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It’s the final day

Yesterday we played the rest of the round robin games and the quarter finals. We won all of them and will post a longer report soon,but right now our full focus is on the semi-final against CIT Brains this Sunday morning. Follow us on Facebook or Twitter for more up-to-date status information,for now here is a goal video from the quarter final:

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