Ro:bit Won in Three Categories at the World Robot Competition "Robocup 2022"

- Demonstrating Ro:bit's unique skills and abilities at a competition attended by 3,000 people from 45 countries around the world -

- 3rd place in Humanoid League Drop-In Challenge, 2nd place in Technical Challenge, 4th place in Soccer Game - 

[Kwangwoon University Ro:bit won three awards at the World Robot Competition RoboCup 2022]

Kwangwoon University's robot game team, Ro:bit, won the Humanoid League 3 categories at the World Robot Competition "RoboCup 2022". This year it was held in Bangkok, Thailand from July 8^th (Fri) to July 19^th (Tue), 2022.

‘RoboCup’, a world robot competition, started in 1997. It is considered an important event in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics. This year, 4,000 people from 35 countries participated and competed in 13 different categories such as robot soccer, industrial robots, rescue robots, home robots, youth robots, and others. The robot soccer was divided into small groups, medium groups, and adult groups. 

Ro:bit took second place with an average of 0.8 points in 8 games in the Drop-In Challenge, where all participants team up to play soccer. In the Technical Challenge, which objectively evaluates the performance of a robot that plays soccer, Ro:bit took third place with a total score of 13 points. Also, in the Soccer Game, where 8 teams go through group qualifiers and tournaments, our university team advanced to the quarterfinals with the result of 2 wins, 1 loss, and 2nd place in group B group preliminaries. After the 3rd and 4th place match, Ro:bit ended up 4th.

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Seong-Jun Kim, a student at Kwangwoon University's Department of Robotics, who is in charge of Ro:bit's humanoid team, said, "Participating in an offline world competition for the first time in two years was a great opportunity to learn technologies developed in laboratories in other countries. I want to point out that the team members worked diligently and tirelessly day and night, even in difficult conditions. I also would like to pay tribute to Kwangwoon University and Professor Park Kwanghyun, who gave full support so that Ro:bit could gain valuable experience and achieve good results.”

Founded in 2006 by Kwangwoon University, Ro:bit, Korea's first university robot game team, currently consists of a leader, a manager, and 25 robot pilots. It boasts the strongest skills in Korea and has won excellent awards in over 300 competitions. Ro:bit is certainly taking the lead in promoting the name of Kwangwoon University.