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AI robot wrestling with open source<\/span>
\nomichel<\/a><\/span>
\nSat, 02\/25\/2023 – 03:00<\/span><\/p>\n

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The ICRA 2023 conference will take place from May 29 to June 2, 2023 in London. It brings together the world\u2019s top robotics researchers from academia and industry. During this event, several competitions are organized to foster new achievements in robotics. Among them, the wrestling competition will confront the best algorithms controlling intelligent humanoid robots in a wrestling game. Although the competition takes place in simulation, these little 3D guys are true digital twins of existing real robots named NAO. So their AI could transfer into the body of their real counterparts in a pretty straightforward way.<\/p>\n

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Digital twin of a real robot<\/h2>\n

Each robot is equipped with a number of sensors and motors. These devices are available from the programming interface. The controller program can retrieve their measurements, such as camera images, process them, and send motor commands to drive the robot on its way to floor its opponent. Each participant can submit several versions of its controller program. For each new submission, a series of games is run in the cloud. Everyone can view them immediately as 3D animations from the web page of the leaderboard.<\/p>\n

All shots allowed<\/h2>\n

The goal for the little guys on the ring is to floor their opponent in less than three minutes. If none succeed, the robot who covered the largest area wins. During the game, all shots are allowed, including using a stick or throwing a little plastic duck. Because these guys are sometimes so clunky, watching the games can be very entertaining.<\/p>\n

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100% open source software<\/h2>\n

The complete competition infrastructure runs on GitHub and fully relies on open source software, including the Webots robot simulator. The participant workflow is straightforward for any software developer and can be easily re-used to implement a similar competition.<\/p>\n

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Open to anyone<\/h2>\n

Although it requires some basic skills in software development, participation is open to anyone. The robots can be programmed in Python<\/a>, Rust<\/a>,\u00a0C<\/a>, C++<\/a>, Java<\/a> or ROS. There\u2019s no limitation on the software libraries or programming languages that can be used.<\/p>\n

Save the date<\/h2>\n

If you want to participate, you can register until May 23rd, 2023. However, you\u2019re encouraged to register as early as possible to increase your chance of success.<\/p>\n