Yesterday, the curtain was lowered on the 21st edition of RoboCup, the Robotics World Championships held in Leipzig. Over 3500 students in 500 teams from 45 countries competed in 16 categories ranging from football to dance. Here are the results of the team that had participated in RomeCup 2016.
In the Soccer Open Category, "super team" Mega Hertz placed first. The team was formed by IIS Cobianchi in Verbania and the Elettra Robotics Lab Association [see news From Verbania to Leipzig]. In the individual meet, the team placed third.
Prof Paolo Torda was also extremely satisfied. He brought the new IIS Galileo Galilei from Rome to RoboCup to compete in the Junior Soccer LWL Secondary. At their first world championship, Team SPQR placed 6 out of 22 competing teams [see news Team Power]. From Leipzig, Paolo writes: "We didn’t repeat the results of the past years, but I am still very satisfied because the students were at their first experience and the robots were new. Their behaviour was excellent.”
Team Aurat from the Istituto tecnico C.Facchinetti in Castellanza (Varese) placed first in the Junior OnStage Secondary Category - another fantastic experience for the team that had already obtained a “special mention for multidisciplinary integration” at the first edition of the Robotics Olympics [see news Helping Robots].
