ITB Robot Team Became A Champion In FIRA RoboWorld Cup 2015
By Vinskatania Agung A
Editor Vinskatania Agung A
BANDUNG, itb.ac.id - Students of Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) struck back to make achievements in the international competition. In the Federation of International Robot-soccer Association (FIRA) RoboWorld Cup 2015 held in Daejeon, South Korea (04-09/08/15), FIRA ITB 2015 team named Dago Hoogeschool succeeded in beating other competing countries and earned the first winner in HuroCup-United Soccer category. Hogeschool Dago team consisted of M. Aznan Firmansyah B. (Electrical Engineering 2012), Alinda Nur Fitriana (Electrical Engineering 2012), Desiana Dien Nurchalifah (Electrical Engineering 2013), Ahmad Zaki HT (Electrical Engineering 2013), Billie Naldo Herlambang (Electrical Engineering 2013), Dhimas Bintang Kusumawardhana (Electrical Engineering 2013), Muhammad Isnain (Electrical Engineering 2013), Miftahul Mahfouz (Computer Science 2013), Rakhmatullah Yoga (Computer Science 2012), Alyssa Diva Mustika (Electrical Power Engineering 2013), Alam Setyo Nugroho (Mechanical Engineering 2012), Nurul Inayah B. M. (Marine Engineering in 2013), and Wahyu Trisvianto (Physics 2012). FIRA RoboWorld Cup is an international competition to race the ability of humanoid robots to play soccer. The robot has been designed to do smart and independent work to play the ball so that people are only involved as the referee and manager. The event which has been regularly held every year since 1995 had seven categories competed this year. There were Micro-Robot Soccer Tournament (MiroSot), Simulated Robot Soccer Tournament (SimuroSot), Humanoid Robot Soccer Tournament (HuroCup), AmireSot, NaroSot, AndroSot, and RoboSot.
Hoogeschool Dago team managed to excel in the category HuroCup-United Soccer and got the first place. Last year FIRA ITB team also managed to get the second place in this category. There were nine branches of the race in HuroCup: the Penalty Kick, Obstacle Run, Sprint, Marathon, Lift and Carry, Weight Lifting, Basketball, Climbing Wall, Long Jump, and United Soccer.
The event was participated by many countries such as USA, Germany, Singapore, Australia, China, and so on. It was very interesting because the robot was programmed to play soccer with various obstacles on the field. The game certainly was not designed as simple as general soccer, the robot must be able to avoid some obstacles on the playing field.
Source: https://stei.itb.ac.id/blog/2015/08/20/tim-robotika-stei-itb-rebut-juara-pertama-di-fira-roboworld-cup-2015/
