Organized by DJI competition among robots RoboMasters is already not the first year. This year the competition was attended by 200 teams of which get to the finals only 32. And only one from the South China University of technology, won in the final stage.
It should be noted that RoboMasters are not the only competition of this kind, but one of the most difficult. In the “battle” with each party involved in the 5 Autonomous robotic mechanisms: engineer, “tank” (taking damage), drone, robot combat and the defender database. Teams fight on the field, the size of a basketball court with a jumble of shelters, hills and other obstacles. Each of the robots, the participants are provided with sensors, registered “hit”. When you defeat the robot debited a certain number of “points of life”. When the “life bar” hits zero, the robot is considered to be destroyed. The winner is the team who successfully destroyed the enemy base or destroy all the robots.
The final stages RoboMasters attracted the attention of more than 800,000 online viewers from 20 countries. The winning team was the final four battles, each of which lasts 7 minutes with a single loss. Prize winners amounted to 200,000 yuan (about 30,000 U.S. dollars). Silver medalists were awarded 100,000 yuan, and the bronze — 50 000. As told to Paul Hu, one of the leaders of the organizing company DJI,
“RoboMaster first competition was held in China a few years ago. They immediately gained popularity and attracted the attention of participants not only from Asia but also from USA, UK, Canada, making this event an international event”.
China won in the competition of small Autonomous combat robots
Vladimir Kuznetsov