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At the RoboCup Symposium 2023 in Bordeaux, the Dutch Nao Team will present a poster on how synthetic data can improve the precision of the ball detection under difficult lighting conditions. Details on the study can be found in the conference paper, Xavier Monté’s thesis and Rogier’s project report.

Also in 2023 the German RoboCup SPL teams came together on a long weekend called GORE (German Open Replacement Event) in Hamburg. Also Dutch and Swiss teams were present, which made it possible to have many round-robin games and a full quarter-final elimination scheme (see the timetable). The Dutch Nao Team was able to win two round-robin games,…

The interview on what actually happens in Intelligent Robotics Lab, at the entrance of LAB42, is now online. The interview can be found at the LAB42 website.

The Intelligent Robotics Lab is modelled in Unity, which allows to experiment with different lighting conditions and viewpoints. Today our oldest Nao robot Rouge (2010) was equiped with markers and scanned in full 3D. This makes it possible to place such robot anywhere on the ray-traced field.

The Dutch Nao Team has published their qualification video for the RoboCup that will take place July 2023 in Bordeaux. In this video they show some of the latest developments which were described in their latest Qualification Report.

Today the students from the Dutch Nao Team 3D printed an extensions that can be clipped on the Nao robot’s head. This extension allows us to track with high accuracy the robot with the Optitrack system. This gives us an independent measurement to compare the Nao’s internal localisation with an external reference.

Patrick Göttsch and Thomas Reinhardt pictured all the participating Nao robots at the RoboCup 2022 in Bangkok, which is now a showcase in IEEEE Spectrum’s Big Picture: https://spectrum.ieee.org/robocup-2022

The website is updated to the latest php-version, which also meant that we had to give the website a new-look and feel. The chosen theme is fairy inspired.

The Intelligent Robotics Lab has a new location: at the entrance of the LAB42 building. The Dutch Nao Team was one of the exciting experiences during the opening festival on September 22, 2022. Here are some impressions from the festival:

The Dutch Nao Team has arrived in Bangkok, Thailand to compete in the RoboCup World Championships. They play against 12 other teams. There progress in the competition can be followed at https://spl.robocup.org/results-2022.