Results of RoboCup Istanbul 2011here!

Final match vs. team Water: part 1| part 2| part 3| part 4

Again we’re one goal short of winning a world title in soccer robotics. After beating RFC Stuttgart in the semi-finals, we met team Water in the final match. Many team members feared this team from China because of our earlier confrontation in Singapore.

Team Water is known for its perfectly placed lob balls and fast turns. These skills were one of the reasons we decided to completely redesign our goalkeeper earlier this year. One hour before the final match of RoboCup Istanbul, this goalkeeper broke down. Taking its warming up a little too serious, parts of its electronics were melted…

As usual, we decided to change our software right before the match. Eventually version 4011 was uploaded to the robots. Our team was getting nervous. Could this go wrong again? Would we end up with second place for four times in a row?

Indeed we could. Directly after kickoff team Water made some impressive goals, lifting the score to 3 to 0. It was really frustrating to see the goalkeeper recognizing the balls properly but not being able to move its rack upward. During the second half we were able to finally catch up after one of the Water robots turned out to be malfunctioning.

Our team members working on the AMIGO robot were just as nervous. For them this was the first appearance in a major RoboCup tournament. It’s characteristic for the Tech United team spirit that these new team members were accepted by the group this fast. After half a year of development, we are already better than some of the more experienced teams in the @Home competition.

And of course Tech United is much bigger than only the people who were standing courtside in Istanbul. We would like to thank all previous team members, our fans, sponsors and of course Eindhoven University of Technology as a whole!

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