5dpo wins the Robot@Factory 4.0 2022
Original source: https://www.inesctec.pt/en/news/inesc-tec-won-a-competition-at-national-robotics-festival.
A robot developed at INESC TEC’s Centre for Robotics in Industry and Intelligent Systems (CRIIS) by the 5dpo Robotics Team won the Robot@Factory 4.0, a competition part of the National Robotics Festival, which took place from April 29 to May 1, in Santa Maria da Feira.
The challenge was to transport as many boxes as possible in the shortest time, using an electromagnet, from a starting warehouse to a target warehouse, while moving the boxes through specific processing machines according to their colour. Said colour was introduced at beginning of the competition, and the robot had to request this information to the server, in order to know the colour and position of the boxes in the starting warehouse.
The competition was divided into three stages: the first involved transporting four blue boxes only between warehouses; the second focused on moving two blue and two green boxes through a processing machine; and the third involved moving one blue, two green and one red boxes by two processing machines. Competing with three other teams, INESC TEC’s robot finished the race in first place, transporting all the boxes, and completing the first stage in 2m04s7, the second in 2m09s5 and the third stage in 2m15s3.
The differentiating factors of INESC TEC’s robot were, on the one hand, a LiDAR laser, which facilitated the location considering the poles in the corners of the field, and, on the other hand, the mechanum wheels with omnidirectional traction, which provided freedom of navigation in all directions. For the development of this robot, which started about three months ago, the team resorted to 3D modelling and design, location algorithms using laser data and odometry (wheel data), as well as coordination, sequencing, and task assignment actions.
The videos of INESC TEC’s performance in each stage are now available in YouTube:
The participation of the 5dpo Robotics Team in the Robot@Factory 4.0 competion counted with the contribution of the following team members: António Paulo Moreira, Cláudia Daniela Rocha, João G. Martins, Jorge Filipe Ferreira, Maria S. Lopes, and Ricardo B. Sousa.
Lastly, Robot@Factory 4.0 is organized by the Sociedade Portuguesa de Robótica (SPR) at the Festival Nacional de Robótica. The organizors are José Lima, Paulo Gomes da Costa, and Vítor Pinto.
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