Robotour 2025
Author: Martin Dlouhý, 2025-01-17
castle park Buchlovice
The twentieth year of the outdoor autonomous robot competition will be held
13th-14th September 2025 in Buchlovice Castle Park (re-try after the last year floods). You can go to a beautiful park
an entrance fee applies, but it can also be combined with a visit to the castle. The competition is accessible
the public. Update: 5/9/2025 —
Invitation
Rules
The rules are the same as last year and can be found on GitHub with the tag ROBOTOUR2023RC1:
czech
and
english.
Location
The competition will take place in the castle park
Buchlovice.
Registration
As in the last years, please send by the end of July 2025 an email to the address webmaster-at-robotika.cz with the subject Robotour 2025 - team name.
If the robot is new, add a more detailed HW/SW description.
Part of the registration is a link to this year's YouTube video with the title ROBOTOUR 2025 REGISTRATION - team name, proving that your robot (still) works. Ride 10m after
path, obstacle detection, Emergency STOP button functionality.
Teams 2025
Pre-registered teams from 2024
Marathon
New teams
- Artemis (CR)
description
HW:
Chassis: Hunter SE by Agilex
PC: Asus NUC I5
Cameras: 2x RealSense D435 from Intel
Display: 10" WaveShare
GPS: Septentrio mosaic-go
Wifi: Mikrotik mAP lite
Software:
OS: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
ROS2 Jazzy
NAV2
- Ultimo Minuto (CR+SR)
description
Own construction assembled from the ground up, material mostly iron, skid steering
Drive: DC motor, 2×24 V
Driver: PWM of an older design, replacement with a more powerful driver is planned
Power supply: 2×12 V in series, gel-lead battery
Control: PC - laptop with Windows 11, control software in Python
Currently only works with a camera, but a small LiDAR will also be connected.
The video shows today's first ride outside, so there is still a lot to work on. We hope to have everything done by the competition deadline.
- Unidroids (CR)
description
Hardware:
Computing unit: NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano (8GB, JetPack 6.2)
Cameras: 2× IMX219 (CSI, 200° FOV) – stereo view down
LiDAR: Unitree L2 (Ethernet)
GNSS + Dead Reckoning: C102-F9R (USB)
Base: Hoverboard with modified firmware, controlled via USB serial line
Control: Mobile phone (Android Infinix Smart 8)
Data storage: SSD Lexar NM620 2TB (separated for system, logs and projects)
Software:
Linux (Ubuntu, JetPack 6), services written in Python
We use our own architecture with separate socket and HTTP services (FastAPI)
Videos, segmentation, obstacle detection and control are implemented as separate processes
Development is done remotely from VSCode via USB-C (gadget mode, headless)
https://github.com/unidroids/robotour2025
Invitation
The competition will take place on Saturday afternoon (13/9/2025 2-4pm) and Sunday morning (14/9/2025 10-12am), but some teams will probably
test in the castle park on Friday.
Partners
If you want to support the competition in any way or have any additions/questions,
so please contact us using the
contact form.
