RoboCup

We have set up a team of robots at our department that were designed to act completely autonomous. This is a perfect environment to conduct research in the areas of

• mobile systems,
• autonomous systems,
• intelligent group behavior,
• group communication, and
• security in group interaction.

In tight cooperation with the precision engineering department we have developed a lean robot platform based on standard components. For decision making, navigation, vision processing, and all the tasks an autonomous robot has to accomplish, a powerful laptop computer is available in each robot. The vision system, the motion as well as the kicking devices do not have a preferred direction. The first two devices are completely omnidirectional.

The software architecture is written in C# and C++. It is a highly distributed software system with a very lean and fault-tolerant communication infrastructure.

We are taking part in the RoboCup community and the annual championships.

We have only defined a few student project so far. Much more topics are possible and will be made available upon request. Please contact one of the persons responsible for this project, if you are interested in a project/topic.