Teams from Robotics City Hannover once again internationally successful

17.08.2022 - The current robotics world and European champions once again come from Roboticity Hannover.

Holten den Weltmeistertitel in Thailand in der Disziplin Rescue Maze Simulation: Von Links Vincent Michalski, Gunnar Wild und Lennard Lessig — Won the world championship title in Thailand in theRescue Maze Simulation discipline: From left Vincent Michalski, Gunnar Wild and Lennard Lessig

What a journey, what a success. The team from the Roberta Regional Center sponsored by the Hannover Region has once again brought home a robotics world championship title. As in 2019 and last year, students from the RegioZentrum were able to impress in the "Rescue Maze Simulation" category.

Here, the robot must autonomously navigate a maze, search for letters and color codes on the walls and find its way back to its starting position at the end of the run. Nobody managed this better than the team of Vincent Michalski, Gunnar Wild and Lennard Lessig.

This year, the world championship was once again held as an in-person event, with participants led by project manager Ina May traveling to Bangkok at the beginning of July. An international field of participants from 45 nations and 400 teams traveled to Bangkok to take part in various challenges and competitions.

The aim: to find out which nation can show the best performance in which areas. In the Rescue Maze category, 17 teams from 17 nations took part, including teams from Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Egypt, Australia and Germany, represented by the trio from the Hanover region. After a total of eight races, it was clear that the title would once again go to Hanover.

"It's great to see that the Roberta RegioZentrum's many years of work are bearing such fruit. Hannover is an international stronghold for promoting young talent in the field of robotics. We will continue to promote the STEM fields in the Hannover Region at pre-school, school and university level. Such successes show how much potential lies dormant here in the region."

Ulf-Birger Franz, Head of Economic Affairs, is enthusiastic

Siegerteams in Portugal: Von Links: Eduard Fell, Malte Gembus, Nick Padrok, Lara Trappmann, Devin Milnik, Justin Nguyen — Winning teams in Portugal: From left: Eduard Fell, Painter Gembus, Nick Padrok, Lara Trappmann, Devin Milnik, Justin Nguyen

In addition to the world championship title, there is also a European championship title to celebrate this year. In Guimaraes, Portugal, the "i-bots", the robotics team from the Robarta RegioZentrum Hannover, won the European Championship title in the newly created Soccer Open 2v2 category.

In this competition, two soccer robots per team compete against each other and play soccer autonomously. In most cases, the balls and goals are recognized visually via camera systems. The robots are also able to shoot and dribble balls. All game decisions are made without human intervention after the robot is started.

"It fills me with great pride to be able to bring home the world championship title for the third time in a row, with new teams each time - and topped off with a European championship title. In my daily work with the students, I see how they grow in their tasks and go out into the world as responsible young people. They can become great specialists for local companies."

Roberta founder Ina May has been supporting the project for a long time