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RoboCup 2009, Graz |
| 6.7.2009 Our Robots won the TeenSize Competitions in the Humanoid League! After winning the semi-final 3:0 against HWM (Villach, Austria), our robot Dynaped met the robot from CIT Brains (Japan) in the final of the TeenSize Dribble-an-Kick tournament. Dynaped dribbled the ball reliably across the field and kicked it strongly into the free goal corner. As a goalie, it jumped quickly to the ground when CIT kicked. Consequently, Dynaped won the final 2:0. On Friday, Dynaped also won the technical challenge of the TeenSize class. He successfully dribbled the ball through multiple obstacles and he also was the fastest robot in the foot race. In the KidSize technical challenge, our robot Rudi performed multiple successful throw-ins and reached the largest distance. 
    
 In the @Home League, our robots Robotinho and Dynamaid reached the highest score in the Introduce test. Dynamaid successfully performed the Follow-me and the Who-is-Who test. Both robots reached the second highest score in the Open Challenge, where Robotinho gave a home tour to a guest while Dynamaid delivered a drink. In Stage II, Dynamaid did the Walk&Talk test, the Supermarket test and the Party-bot test very well. Both robots were used in the Demo Challenge. After Stage II, our team had the second most points, almost on par with the leading team. In the final, Dynamaid detected persons and delivered drinks to them. Overall, our team reached the third place in the @Home competition. We won also the innovation award for "Innovative robot body design, Empathic behaviors, and Robot-Robot Cooperation".     |
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German Open 2009, Hannover |
| 24.4.2009 Our Robots won the Humanoid League soccer tournament! After winning the semi-final against FUmanoids (FU Berlin) yesterday, our robots met today the team Darmstadt Dribblers in the final. Both teams played their best soccer games so far. Our robots had a clear advantage. Consequently, the score at half time was 4:1 and the final score was 8:2 for NimbRo [video]. 
   NimbRo also participated for the first time in the @Home league. In Stage I, we used Robotinho for the introduce task. It explained itself and Dynamaid and interacted with a human in a natural way. For the follow me task, we used Dynamaid. She was able to quickly follow an unknown human though the arena, outside, and back into the arena. She also could be controlled by voice commands. Dynamaid also did the fetch and carry task very well. She took spoken orders from the human user and delivered reliably the requested object. In Stage II, Dynamaid did the walk and talk task perfectly. A human showed her places in the apartment that she could visit afterwards as requested by spoken commands. In the demo challenge, the users could order different drinks that she fetched quickly and reliably from different places in the apartment. In the final, Robotinho gave a tour through the apartment while Dynamaid fetched a drink for a guest [video]. Overall, the NimbRo@Home team reached the second place, only a few points behind b-it-bots. 
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RoboCup 2008, Suzhou China |
| 20.7.2008 Our Robots won the Humanoid League KidSize 3 vs. 3 soccer tournament! In the final game of the 3 vs. 3 soccer tournament, NimbRo met Team Osaka, for the fourth time in a row. Both teams had improved their systems significantly, compared to 2007. NimbRo scored the first goal, but the Osaka robots replied quickly. The exciting game was open until the end as no team could reach a clear lead. After regular time, the score was 6:6. In the extra time, the NimbRo robots scored one more goal, yielding the final result of 7:6 for NimbRo. A video of the final game can be seen here in wmv format and here on YouTube. 
  
 In TeenSize, NimbRo won before the third-place Dribble-and-Kick game against Robo Erectus with 2:0. 19.7.2008 Our robots reached the KidSize final! It will be played on Sunday for the fourth time in a row with Team Osaka. In the semi final our robots met CIT Brains from Japan and won 4:2. The quarter final was played with Darmstadt Dribblers. NimbRo won 5:2. In the TeenSize class, our robots met Team Osaka in the semi final. The game was very exciting. After five kicks, the result was 3:3, after three more kicks, the result was still a draw. The game ended 7:6 for Team Osaka. Our robots will play the third place game on Sunday with Robo Erectus from Singapore. 17.7.2008 Our robots paricipate in the RoboCup 2008 competition in Suzhou, China. In the KidSize class, the robots won all games of the first and second round robin and will meet Darmstadt Dribblers in the quarter final on Saturday. In the TeenSize round robin, our robot Bodo won 3:0 against Robo-Erectus. With some bad luck, it lost the game against Tshingua 1:2. The round robin will continue on Friday morning. Friday will also be the day for the technical challenges. RoboCup German Open 2008. |
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RoboCup German Open in Hannover, April 2008 |
| Our robots won the Humanoid League competitions at RoboCup German Open 2008. 25.4.2008 The final game of the soccer tournament was played with FUmanoid from FU Berlin. The NimbRo robots dominated the game. They were coordinated well and scored one goal after the other. The half-time score was 7:0. FUmanoid forfeited the game in the middle of the second half at a score of 10:0 for NimbRo. 
 24.4.2008 In the semi-final, our robots met again B-Human. After changing the WLAN channel, our robots were able to communicate better, which allowed them to effectively negotiate roles. They played very well and scored reliably. The score at half time was 9:0. The second half ended after 20s when B-Human forfeited the game at a score of 10:0. 
 The day starts with the technical challenges. Our robot Lothar walked very quickly through the obstacles. With 11s he needed less than half the time of the second fastest robot. He also dribbled the ball half way around the colored poles and was the only robot to score in this challenge. Consequently, our team won the technical challenges with 14 points. Runner up was Darmstadt Dribblers with 7 points and third place was awarded to B-Human (5 points). 23.4.2008 In the second round robin game we met B-Human from Bremen. Due to the increased number of players, the space around the ball was frequently very crowded. After 5:0 at half time, the game ended 10:0 for NimbRo. This makes NimbRo winner of group A. NimbRo advances directly to the semi-final.   In our first round robin game we met the team FUmanoid from FU Berlin. The NimbRo robots played coordinated with three robots and scored reliably. After 7:0 at half time, the game ended 11:1 for NimbRo. 
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RoboCup in Atlanta, July 2007 |
| [Best-of Humanoid League Team Nimbro at RoboCup 2007 (WMV, 52MB)]  Summary Team NimbRo won all finals of the Humanoid League at RoboCup 2007! We are the winner of the Kidsize 2 vs. 2 games as well as the winner of the Teensize penalty kick competition. Additionally, our Kidsize and Teensize robots were elected to be the second and third best humanoid robot teams right after the Kidsize robot of Team Osaka. |
 8. 7. 2007 We are the new world champion of the 2 vs. 2 games! Our Kidsize robots Jürgen and Lothar won against the champion of the last two years Team Osaka. Our robots performed very well and scored 8:6 goals! |
 We are the winner of the Teensize penalty kick competition! We just won the final against Team Pal. The score was 4:4 after five alternating trials. Then, Bodo successfully defended its goal and Robotina scored the final goal (see photo). Thus, the final ended 5:4 for NimbRo. |
 7. 7. 2007 We just reached the final of the Kidsize 2 vs. 2 games! Our robots Lothar and Paul scored 11:0 goals against Team FUmanoid from Berlin. The photo shows our robot Lothar scoring a goal against robot Lolos from FUmanoid. In the final tomorrow at 1 p.m., we are playing against last year's champion Team Osaka. We are looking forward to it! |
 The quarter final in the 2 vs. 2 Kidsize games against the Darmstadt Dribblers was very exciting! After the first half, Darmstadt Dribblers lead 4:2. However, in the second half, our robots caught up and the game ended after regular time in a 5:5 draw. After extra time, the game finally ended 8:6 for NimbRo! The photo shows our robot Paul scoring the second goal. |
 This morning we played the half final of the Teensize penalty kick competition against Team Osaka. Our robots Robotina and Bodo performed very well and beat Team Osaka again. The final score was 4:3 for NimbRo. The photo shows Robotina scoring the third goal. On Sunday 9 a.m., we are playing the final against Pal Technology. |
 6. 7. 2007 Today was the Kidsize Technical Challenge. The best performing robot was the one from Team Osaka. We ranked third behind Team CIT Brains & Hajime. The photo shows our robot Jürgen successfully managing the obstacle avoidance challenge. |
 5. 7. 2007 In the Teensize Technical Challenge, we achieved the second place. Our robot Bodo was the second fastest robot that completed the obstacle avoidance challenge. Also in the footrace we were the second fastest team. In the dribbling challenge (see image on the right), Bodo came as far as the winner robot from Team Osaka, however, he was not as fast. |
 In the round robin of the Teensize penalty kick competition, we had three games today. In the first penalty kick game, we won 4:3 against Robo-Erectus. The image on the right shows Robotina after having scored the second goal. In the afternoon, we achieved a 5:0 against HWM, and a 4:2 against Team Osaka, the last year's champion. Thus, we have won all games so far and are the winner of the group with 27:10 goals. We play again against Team Osaka in the half final on Saturday. |
 Furthermore, we won our last game in the 2 vs. 2 Kidsize competition against TH-MOS with 6:1 goals. The picture on the right depicts our robot Rudi scoring the third goal. Thus, we achieved the first place of Group D with 30:3 goals! We are looking forward to the quarter final against Darmstadt Dribblers which is scheduled for Saturday. |
 4. 7. 2007 Today started the penalty kick competition of the Teensize class. In the round robin, our team scored 5:2 against Pal Technology. The photo depicts Robotina scoring against Pal. |
 In our second match, we won 4:1 against Hajime. The photo shows our robot Bodo successfully defending its goal against Hajime. We also won the third Teensize class match against Tsinghua Hephaestus 5:1. Additionally, we had the third game in the round robin of the 2 vs 2 games. Our Kidsize robots won with 10:0 goals against Team UofM. |
 3. 7. 2007 Team NimbRo participates in the Humanoid League of the RoboCup 2007 in Atlanta. On the first day of competition, our Kidsize robots scored 5:2 against Team KMUTT and 9:0 against UChile RoadRunners in the 2 vs. 2 games round robin. |
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RoboCup German Open in Hannover, April 2007 |
| Our KidSize robots won the RoboCup German Open 2007 competition at Hannover Messe. They scored a total of 41:0 goals in the soccer games and won also the technical challenges. [Video] On Wednesday, April 18th, the round robin for the 2 vs. 2 soccer games was played. In our group we met B-Human and Humanoid Team Humboldt. Both games ended early with a score of 10:0 for NimbRo. This made our robots the winner of Group A.  
 On Thursday, April 19th, our KidSize robots Paul, Gerd, and Franz won the Technical Challenges. They walked quickly through six black poles without touching any of them, passed the ball four times between two players, and dribbled the ball around three poles. 
  On Friday, April 20th, Robotinho
participated
in the Opening of the TectoYou
initiative. He met the Federal Minister of Research, Dr.
Annette Schavan.In the afternoon, our KidSize robots Paul, Franz, and Gerd played the semi-final of the 2 vs. 2 soccer tournament. They met the team B-Human and won the game 6:0. 
 On Saturday, April 21st, our KidSize robots Paul, Franz, and Gerd met Darmstadt Dribblers in the final game of the 2 vs. 2 soccer tournament. Our robots won 15:0. As on the other days, Robotinho demonstrated penalty kicks. 
 
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Humanoids conference in Genova, December 2006 |
| Our soccer robots played for two days at the Humanoids 2006 conference in Genova, Italy. The Darmstadt Dribblers & Hajime team and the team Artisti also participated in the demonstrations. 
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Science Days in Europa-Park Rust, October 2006 |
| Our soccer robots played for three days at the Science Days in the Europa-Park Rust while our communication robot Fritz explained some smaller robots to the visitors. 
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Q110-Event, September 2006 |
| Our TeenSize robot Robotinho conducted the 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonics in the Q110, Berlin. 
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Science Summer in Munich, July 2006 |
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presented our soccer robots at the Wissenschaftssommer
2006, which
took place in Munich. Our KidSize robots played many demonstration
games with the Darmstadt Dribblers. Robotinho performed many penalty kicks.  The Federal President, the Federal Minister of Research, the President of DFG, and other officials visited our field. [Video] |
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DFG-project: "NimbRo - Learning humanoid robots" |
The project is funded by the "Aktionsplan Informatik" of
German Research
Foundation.
It aims at developing learning humanoid robots, which have an
anthropomorphic body and anthropomorphic senses. For this purpose we
are developing mechanical and electronic components as well as
algorithms for perception and behavior control.
Our research objectives include achieving energy-efficient bipedal
locomotion by supporting the system dynamics and intuitive multimodal
communication with humans through analysis and synthesis of body
language, gestures, facial expressions, and language. We are going to
use different learning techniques, such as learning by imitation, to
optimize the robots' behavior.
We are going to use two test beds to investigate different aspects of
the problem: the robots should take part in the RoboCup soccer
competitions and also shall be deployed as museum guides. It is planned
to improve the robot on a yearly schedule.
Project