Koblenzer Studierende schaffen es beim RoboCup German Open ins Finale
Robbie - Mobile Robotics
Robbie is an autonomous, mobile robot developed by students of the working group "Active Vision". Since 2005 the development of Robbie has been pursued in different student projects and each succeeding semester led to several software and hardware upgrades. In the beginning Robbie was able to navigate (with a given map) across the campus, where it would locate a bucket and transport it to a specific destination. Today, Robbie can navigate autonomously in unknown environments, recognize objects and fulfill several other tasks in both rescue and home environments.
Robbie-Projects
Robbie 12
 | Robbie 12 is the advanced version of Robbie X, a combined house keeping and rescue robot. The most significant difference compared to last years version is the new assembly of the @home robot. It was designed and implemented by the Chamber of Crafts in Koblenz (Handwerkskammer Koblenz, HWK). Also we improved the mapping software (using a Hyper Particle Filter) and we use a new thermal camera for the rescue robot. Robbie 12: Blog and gallery of the RoboCup German Open and the RoboCup World Championship in Graz (Austria). |
Robbie X
Robbie X - Robbie X, like its predecessors, participated in the RoboCup Rescue league. However, Robbie X implements new features making it capable of participating in the RoboCup@Home league as well. Some new features include object recognition, speech interaction and the ability to follow humans on orders. |  |
RoboCup World Cup 2008 (Suzhou, China)
» Robbie X: blog and photos of the RoboCup World Cup 2008 (Suzhou, China)
- resko@UniKoblenz was placed 3rd in the overall standings of the rescue league (in collaboration with "Resquake" from the Iran) and won the "Best in Class Autonomy Award" again (2nd world cup award)
- homer@UniKoblenz was placed 4th in the overall standings of the @Home league
RoboCup German Open 2008
» Robbie X: blog and photos of the RoboCup German Open 2008 (Hannover)
- resko@UniKoblenz was placed 2nd in the rescue league and won the "Best in Class Autonomy Award"
- homer@UniKoblenz was placed 3rd in the @Home league
 | Robbie 9 - Robbie 9 is a new autonomous robot built by the working group "Aktives Sehen" at the University of Koblenz-Landau. |
Robbie 7/8 - The 2007 "RoboCupRescue German Open" competition (16. - 21. April) in Hannover was the main aspiration of the development of Robbie 8. It moved autonomously across an arena which simulated a collapsed building. Simultaneously, Robbie was capable of creating a map of the building as well as finding victims. |  |
 | Robbie 6 - In the winter semester of 2006, Robbie was upgraded to accomplish rescue missions in order to qualify for the "Rescue league" of the RoboCup competition. The competition allows the exploration of different investigative methods that can ultimately be applied to real disaster scenarios, e.g. finding trapped victims. The data collected by the robots serve as a decisive factor for the rescue team. Robbie 6: Project site |
Robbie 5 - The predecessor of the rescue robot was able to navigate across the campus in Koblenz via GPS techniques. There it would locate a bucket and transport it to a specific destination. Robbie 5: Project site |  |
 | Robbie 4 - In this project Robbie acted as a service robot who would welcome people entering the corridor of the working group. Then, the name of a staff member told, he guided the person to the specific office. |
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Theses
Trierscheid, Marina; Pellenz, Johannes; Paulus, Dietrich; Balthasar, Dirk (2008): Hyperspectral Imaging for Victim Detection with Rescue Robots. In: IEEE Int. Workshop on Safety, Security and Rescue Robotics 2008. S. 7-12.
Trierscheid, Marina (2008): Hyperspektrale Bildgebung für die Opfererkennung mit Rettungsrobotern. Koblenz: Universität Koblenz-Landau. Studienarbeit.
Gossow, David; Pellenz, Johannes; Paulus, Dietrich (2008): Danger Sign Detection Using Color Histograms and SURF Matching. In: IEEE Int. Workshop on Safety, Security and Rescue Robotics 2008. S. 13-18.
Delis, Christian (2007): {E}ntwicklung einer {R}otationsplattform für den {H}okuyo {URG}-04{LX} {L}aserscanner. Universität Koblenz-Landau. Studienarbeit.
Holzhäuser, Dennis (2007): Erweiterte Integration von USARSim in die Robbie-Architektur. Universität Koblenz-Landau.
Wirth, Stephan (2007): {A}utonome gründliche {E}xploration unbekannter {I}nnenräume mit dem mobilen {R}oboter {R}obbie. Universität Koblenz Landau.
Decker, Peter (2006): Erstellung einer Tiefenkarte aus Stereobildern für den RoboCup Rescue Wettbewerb. Universität Koblenz-Landau. Studienarbeit.
Steinmetz, Sarah (2006): Schätzung planarer Flächen in verrauschten Tiefenbildern für den RoboCup Rescue Wettbewerb. Universität Koblenz-Landau. Studienarbeit.
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