Robotour 2016
automatic loading and unloading
The 11th year of Robotour contest of autonomous outdoor robots will take place in Germany — the last unvisited neighbour of the origin country. New are extra bonus points for automatic payload loading at start position and unloading at goal position. Moreover some contestants could be excited about lower payload requirements when automatic loading is used. Note, that this is an optional feature and thus robots from previous years can be used without any modification. The contest will take place on 17th September 2016 in Deggendorf as part of „Czech-Bavarian week”.
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Results — winner of ultra-wet Robotour is Istrobotics!
The 11th year of Robotour contest was the wettest. It rained permanently all
day. This was not only challenge for the sensors and electronics, but also for
the teams themselves. Never the less there were 12 robots on the start
accepting the challenge in heavy rain (and wind too). Istrobotics with more
than 600 points was the clear winner …
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Introduction of teams — Raptors, Quadrons, WallE, ...
There are 14 teams registered for Robotour 2016 in Deggendorf Germany. That is
nice start of the second contest decade . Also note, that Robotour is no
longer Czech domain — there are 5 teams from Germany, only 4 teams from
Czech republic, 2 from Poland, 2 from Slovakia and 1 from Switzerland. In
particular I am pleased that there are 5 new teams and even old teams upgraded
their robots, sensors, software …
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Registration — forms and requirements
The registration for Robotour 2016 will be the same as previous year.
Besides a short hardware/software description we require also a YouTube video,
that shows that your robot is able to homologate. The registration dead-line
is 31th of July 2016.
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Rules
There are slight changes in rules this year: robot can automatically load and
also unload at destination its payload. It will gain extra bonus points. Also
there is an alternative for beer barrel — 500ml cans, if they are loaded
automatically. And small note, that rule from last year the robot with the
highest score starts from the last position will be used also in Robotour
2016.
Examples of roads in Deggendorf
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Location
The contest will take place in several neighbor locations, see the
map.
 map overview |
The base will be in
Technishe
Hochschule Deggendorf, part of the contest in
Donaupark,
and also in
Stadthallenpark
and finally on the university campus ground.
If you would like to somehow support this contest or you have some
comments/question, please use our standard contact form.