Kanazawa Institute of Technology's "demura.net team" will be held in Leipzig, Germany from June 2016th to July 6th, 30 at the world competition "RoboCup @ Home" for life support robots using artificial intelligence. Participate in.
"RoboCup @ Home" is a competition in which robots equipped with artificial intelligence compete for technology to help people and live with them in everyday living environments such as kitchens and living rooms. In a model room of about 2LDK, the robot follows human voice instructions to pick up PET bottles and sweets on the shelves, and to follow people and move autonomously.
The "demura.net team" is one of the projects of Kanazawa Institute of Technology aiming to produce engineers who are active in the world. Under the guidance of Professor Kiminari Demura of the Department of Robotics, students of the Department of Robotics of the Faculty of Engineering and Demura of the third year of high school It is composed of a total of 3 people, Mr. Kensei (belonging to Kanazawa Institute of Technology Yumekobo Junior).Team Vision is "Create a cute robot and make the world happy."In Japan, which is entering a full-fledged declining birthrate and aging age, we believe that cute robots will be the trump card to solve the problem, and we are aiming to realize a life support robot like a pet loved by families.
初出場となった2015年7月に中国・合肥で開催された世界大会では日本勢トップの第9位、2016年3月に愛知県で行われたジャパンオープンでは初優勝という実績がある。チーム一行は、2016年6月26日に小松空港を出発し、7月6日に帰国する予定。
reference:[The demura.net team] The demura.net team website (Watch the World Championship Judging Video)