Russian youngsters to take part in Robot Olympiad in Indonesia
Robots built by young Russian engineers are to take part in the 2013 World Robot Olympiad in Indonesia on 15-17 November
Sep 04, 2013
Oleg Gornov, the Russian team’s coach, has told ITAR-TASS that our country will compete in two age categories in Jakarta.
"I am very pleased that two teams from Yekaterinburg have made it to our national team," Gornov said. "In the junior category we have Artem Ismagilov and Vladimir Starikov, both from the Urals. In the senior category Russia will be represented by Yegor Nedorostkov and Daniil Shostin."
The coach added that the main event in the junior category this year will require robots to sort several dyes and use them to make a pattern on a piece of cloth, imitating a traditional technique called batik.
Mr. Gornov says that the robot built by the young Russian engineers needs only about 15-20 seconds to complete the whole operation.
In the senior category, the robots will be required to traverse the Komodo Island without crushing a single egg of the Komodo dragon lizards.
"The robots will need to be able to differentiate between blue and red balls," Gornov says. "Our guys have made an emphasis on the simplicity of the design, while also improving the robot’s technical characteristics. We hope that our robot will prove to be the best."
Young software engineers from the Urals also wanted to take part in a creative nomination, which this year focuses on robots built to guard and protect UNESCO heritage sites.
"Unfortunately, the rules of the event say that a team consisting of a mechanic, a coach, and a software engineer can compete only in a single nomination," Gornov explains.
"We wanted to enter the competition with our firefighting robot, which fights fires in an autonomous mode. That robot has already won several prizes in Russia and internationally. Our guys have demonstrated to the whole world that they can achieve the impossible," Gornov continues.
"Ten-year-old boys have developed an algorithm that enables the robot not only to move, and not only to see various objects, but actually to recognize a fire and then put it out. There are very few people in the world who can build something like this," he adds.
Last year victory in the creative nomination of the Robot Olympiad was awarded to Agusha from St Petersburg, a robot that can play palm tap and jerk its mechanical legs in a very comical manner.
Gornov believes that the main competitors this year will be the Malaysian, Japanese and Chinese teams.
"These teams actually have most of the development work done by adult engineers; the children merely need to do the polishing work on the robots. In our team, however, the kids do the entire project from scratch on their own. Our main goal is not to win medals but to fulfill the potential of our talented young engineers. Maybe that is why our junior team is one of the best in the world," he concluded.
"I am very pleased that two teams from Yekaterinburg have made it to our national team," Gornov said. "In the junior category we have Artem Ismagilov and Vladimir Starikov, both from the Urals. In the senior category Russia will be represented by Yegor Nedorostkov and Daniil Shostin."
The coach added that the main event in the junior category this year will require robots to sort several dyes and use them to make a pattern on a piece of cloth, imitating a traditional technique called batik.
Mr. Gornov says that the robot built by the young Russian engineers needs only about 15-20 seconds to complete the whole operation.
In the senior category, the robots will be required to traverse the Komodo Island without crushing a single egg of the Komodo dragon lizards.
"The robots will need to be able to differentiate between blue and red balls," Gornov says. "Our guys have made an emphasis on the simplicity of the design, while also improving the robot’s technical characteristics. We hope that our robot will prove to be the best."
Young software engineers from the Urals also wanted to take part in a creative nomination, which this year focuses on robots built to guard and protect UNESCO heritage sites.
"Unfortunately, the rules of the event say that a team consisting of a mechanic, a coach, and a software engineer can compete only in a single nomination," Gornov explains.
"We wanted to enter the competition with our firefighting robot, which fights fires in an autonomous mode. That robot has already won several prizes in Russia and internationally. Our guys have demonstrated to the whole world that they can achieve the impossible," Gornov continues.
"Ten-year-old boys have developed an algorithm that enables the robot not only to move, and not only to see various objects, but actually to recognize a fire and then put it out. There are very few people in the world who can build something like this," he adds.
Last year victory in the creative nomination of the Robot Olympiad was awarded to Agusha from St Petersburg, a robot that can play palm tap and jerk its mechanical legs in a very comical manner.
Gornov believes that the main competitors this year will be the Malaysian, Japanese and Chinese teams.
"These teams actually have most of the development work done by adult engineers; the children merely need to do the polishing work on the robots. In our team, however, the kids do the entire project from scratch on their own. Our main goal is not to win medals but to fulfill the potential of our talented young engineers. Maybe that is why our junior team is one of the best in the world," he concluded.