We continue our work on the robot on this day as well. Since the early morning hours, our team has been busy assembling the robots, soldering boards, and writing numerous lines of code for our AI. Robots constantly shuttle between the electronics and firmware teams, the sound of the mechanical team’s hand-held Dremel tool resonates throughout the entire floor, as does the continuous playing of “Never Gonna Give You Up” from the firmware room.
To give the team a little break, we have scheduled a journal club at 1:00 p.m., where all of our team members gather to discuss and determine the best publications from other teams. This is one of the tasks we must undertake as a team, as the “Best Paper Award” is awarded based on the votes of all teams. After several more hours of work, we finally transitioned to the relaxing part of the evening: cooking together and unwinding with a bottle of French wine.
It was quite fitting that we cooked pasta – after all, our robot generation is named “Pasta” as well. Thus, dinner was an homage to our metallic midfielder No. 9 – “Fussilli.”
Having been nourished, we are eagerly looking forward to tomorrow when we will finally enter the exhebition hall, and we hope to conduct some tests with our robots on the actual playing field.
In two days, the time has finally come: RoboCup 2023 in Bordeaux begins! But before we can really get started, the first task is to arrive properly.
And this is not so easy: After an exhausting and sometimes nerve-wracking train journey of 22 hours, accompanied by some very last-minute changes in plans from our beloved friend, Deutsche Bahn, we finally arrive at our hotel on Saturday evening. The journey and our associated emotions can be summarized very vividly with the following image:
After unloading all the suitcases in the hotel rooms, it’s time to relax and reflect on the day. The numerous French restaurants make the decision for dinner not easy, but eventually, everyone finds something delicious to eat. Our robots also enjoyed a good glass of “Grand Vin de Bordeaux,” and so the day ends in a relaxed manner.
Refreshed and fueled up, the next day we start by organizing our tools and doing some initial work on the robot. The goal is to have the entire fleet of robots ready for action by Monday evening, one day before we are allowed to enter the convention hall. Whether we succeed or not, you will find out soon.
After three years of postponement due to corona the time has finally come this year and the Robocup in Bordeaux can take place.
The first phase of the qualification ended at the end of January. In addition to our Team Qualification Paper, we also had to provide a qualification video in which we show the playful abilities of our robots.
In the next phase of the qualification, the team description paper is evaluated by other teams in a peer review process. Afterwards we have one last opportunity to improve the paper before the final decision on qualification is made.
Over the past few days we have been able to play many exciting games against teams from all over the world. Despite the adverse circumstances that arose for all teams due to the corona pandemic, the semiconductor crisis and many other restrictions, the RoboCup 2022 was still an exciting tournament and a complete success.
After a successful semi-final match against RoboTeam Twente, we unfortunately lost in the final match to our friends from TIGERs Mannheim. Nevertheless, we are proud to have become Vice World Champion again this year!
Our team will remain in the “Land of Smiles” for the next few days to relax and do some sightseeing before we all return to Erlangen. There will certainly be many more exciting experiences for our members, but this is the end of our coverage of the tournament.
But as the saying goes: After the tournament is before the tournament! We’ll be back at RoboCup 2023 in Bordeaux, France!
0′ Kick-off at 10:06. ER-Force is on the ball, Twente takes the ball and plays wide. Throw-in for ER-Force, but ER-Force fails to place the ball. Throw-in for Twente. ER-Force takes the ball, Twente blocks and plays wide. Throw-in for ER-Force, but the ball placement doesn’t work again. ER-Force substituted the robot that failed the ball placement. Throw-in for Twente. Shot on the ER-Force goal, the keeper fends off.
1′ Throw-in for ER Force. Good passing game by ER-Force, and out.
Throw-in for Twente, pass to ER-Force, ER-Force passes wide.
Throw-in for Twente. Pass to ER-Force, off again.
2′ Throw-in for Twente. Twente change a robot. Pass to ER-Force, good change of pass from ER-Force, shot on goal, unfortunately over. Twente touches the ball in the defense area. Penalty shot for ER-Force, but ER-Force fails to shoot. Twente went into the 11 meter, that’s why ER-Force didn’t shoot. Now we are discussing how to proceed.
Twente went into the penalty and prevented a possible goal. Since Twente can’t play a penalty, this is now counted as a goal for ER-Force.
Twente gets 2 robots out. ER-Force plays the ball wide. Throw-in for Twente.
3′ Twente passes, ER-Force takes the ball and drives into a dead zone. Now Twente and ER-Force are fighting for the ball. Twente plays wide. Throw-in for ER-Force, but ER-Force fails to place the ball. Throw-in for Twente. ER-Force switches in a bot, but the bot tries to sleep and falls over.
4′ Good pass by ER-Force, but a bot doesn’t react and the ball goes out. Throw-in for Twente, Twente play wide. Throw-in for ER Force. ER-Force fails to place the ball. Throw-in for Twente. Both teams take out 2 robots.
Twente pass, ER-Force intercepts the ball and plays wide.
halftime
5′ Change of sides: ER-Force is now playing on the side with the worse funk.
Throw-in for Twente, pass to ER-Force, ER-Force plays wide. Throw-in for Twente, ER-Force takes the ball, passes, Twente takes the ball, passes to ER-Force, but the ball bounces off wide.
6′ Throw-in for Twente, exciting game in front of the Twente goal, ER-Force passes it back and the ball goes out over the ER-Force goal line.
7′ Throw in for Twente, pass directly to ER-Force, ER-Force play wide. Throw-in for Twente, ER-Force intercepts the ball, shot on target. Twente intercepts the ball again in the defense area. Twente contest this as they were pushed into the defense area.
The penalty applies. Twente take all robots off the field to avoid fouling again. ER-Force does not create the kick.
Twente brings all the robots back on.
Nice pass exchange by ER-Force in front of the Twente goal. Twente pass the ball and play back.
8′ ER-Force plays for goal, shot on target, blocked by the keeper. ER-Force plays off. Throw-in for Tewnte, shot straight at the ER-Force goal, ER-Force plays back, and out. Throw-in for Twente. Twente lost power and now have to restart.
Throw-in for ER-Force, pass, and pushed wide. Throw-in for Twente, ER-Force intercepts and plays wide.
9′ Throw-in for Twente, ER-Force passes, plays in the direction of the goal. And off.
Shot on goal for ER-Force, but the keeper saves.
