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RoboCup Crailsheim: ER-Force vs. TIGERs Mannheim

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Our second game of the day was against our toughest competition, the reigning world champion from Mannheim: TIGERs Mannheim.

After the game started with some delay, we unfortunately had to deal with some radio problems at first. But since we are already tested in this area, we were able to test our radio frequencies in our timeout and choose the best frequency accordingly.

Despite everything, the game wasn’t as comfortable and fluid to watch at the beginning as we are used to from our games with TIGERs Mannheim. Instead, we had to deal with teleporting robots in our software, i.e. the positions of the robots within our software changed suddenly and unpredictably by many centimeters. Apparently, the robots appeared with a few seconds delay at places where they had previously driven. The reason for this is initially unknown.

Towards the end of the game, however, we were able to find out the reason for this: the data from the cameras was transmitted both over the LAN and over the W-LAN. However, the data from the W-LAN arrives much later than the data via the LAN. Accordingly, we received both “past” and present data, which we interpreted as “current” data at all times. Accordingly, our software could not handle this problem and the robots drove as if they were slightly drunk.

After the W-LAN was switched off, we were able to drive to the balls properly as usual and play our usual nice game. Unfortunately, nine minutes of regular time had already elapsed by this point, leaving us with less than a minute.

Overall, we had to admit defeat to TIGERs Mannheim with a 0:2.

RoboCup Crailsheim: ER-Force vs. luhbots

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Our weekend was originally supposed to start with a game against the French team NAMeC, but it seems that the majority of their members have been caught in a strike when they travelled from Bordeaux, which is why only very few members and robots are currently present. Therefore, after consultation with luhbots, we offered to swap the game ER-Force vs. NAMeC with the game ER-Force vs. luhbots that was originally planned for Sunday.

Hence, we are now playing our first game against the Hanoverian team luhbots. Despite the switch, the game will still be played on only one half of the field, as both luhbots and NAMeC are Division B teams.

In contrast to Division A, in which our team plays, Division B is an entry-level league for new teams. Accordingly, the playing field is smaller and only 6 robots per team play a game.

In addition, both teams agree to play without ball placement, i.e. the ball is not automatically placed by robots if it goes out of bounds, but instead by the human referee. This rule is mandatory for games between Division A teams, but can be waived in the case of Division B games.

After the live commentary by ER-Force is ready, we can finally start!

Something new happens shortly after the kick-off: with little sensitivity, the luhbots’ robots severely damaged a ball through excessive dribbling, so that it had to be pulled out of circulation. At least their dribbler seems strong enough. Luckily we have enough spare balls with us so that after a lot of laughter we can continue straight away.

Our new prototype was able to play for the first time (see video, number 15). It even scored a goal right away, but the ball was too fast and the goal wasn’t counted.

Nevertheless, we were able to win the game 4:0. Overall, the game was relatively smooth and enjoyable to watch. For such a new team, the game was a really good effort.

Unfortunately, we are currently well behind schedule due to technical problems. According to the current status, the next game RoboTeam Twente vs. luhbots will take place at 3:00 p.m.

RoboCup Crailsheim: Setup-Day

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Today is the day. Our tournament in Crailsheim starts. Our team has been in the Karlsberghalle since 09:00 this morning and is hard at work setting up the field.

The chipboards are laid out, the carpet is rolled out and the cameras are hanging from the ceiling at a height of 6m. The vision is adjusted and calibrated with great sensitivity. After several strips of tape, all the tables are connected to the LAN and the end of field construction is in sight.

At the same time, the teams prepare the robots for the tournament. To do this, the color patterns that are required to recognize the robots in the camera system must be cut to size and attached to the robots. In addition, the last robots are still being screwed together and all the others are being serviced.

We are looking forward to an exciting test tournament!

Tomorrow the tournament is scheduled to start at 09:00. The first game will be played between TIGERs Mannheim and RoboTeam Twente. Meanwhile, our first game is expected to start at 11 a.m. against the new French team NAMEC.

Advance notice: RoboCup Crailsheim 2024

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It’s almost time! The second RoboCup Crailsheim is about to begin and invites you to be amazed and excited by thrilling soccer matches and other activities! In addition to our team, the reigning world champion TIGERs Mannheim, the Hannover team luhbots, and the Dutch RoboTeam Twente will participate in the tournament.

The event will take place on Sunday, April 7, 2024, at the HANGAR Event Airport Crailsheim (Address: Im Fliegerhorst 2, 74564 Crailsheim) from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Besides exciting soccer matches, there will also be a supporting program provided by the organizers this year, so there should be no boredom aside from the actual tournament events.

We and the other teams would be very happy to see numerous visitors. There will also be live commentary of the matches on-site. Digitally, we are working on live tickers and a status board that will show the current tournament standings.

See you in Crailsheim!

Note: The above information is based on the public communication of the organizer. Our club is not the organizer of the tournament and therefore cannot independently verify the information.