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EtherCAT powered robots win RoboCup German Open

05/10 | The TechUnited team has won the German Open robot soccer competition held in April in Magdeburg, Germany. The EtherCAT powered robots play in the middle-size league, which can considered to be the main league of the competition. In this league two teams of mid-sized robots with all sensors on-board play soccer autonomously on a field. Communication among robots is supported via wireless communications. The TechUnited robots use EtherCAT both for data acquisition and for motion control. The current 5th generation moves even faster than its predecessor, features an optimized path-planning algorithm and is able to pass the ball dynamically between players.
A video compilation showing the TechUnited Team at the RoboCup German Open can be found here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=agHBb8KCTZg