FreeBots Wiki¶

Description and rules¶

The FreeBots competition aims to challenge the international community of R&D to present their latest research results in applied robotics, in the form of a technical presentation and public demonstrations.

The robots in exhibition are real (one or more), mobile or not, terrestrial, airborne or aquatic. Teams are assessed by a panel of experts in the field of robotics with regards to technical and scientific achievement, potential application of robots demonstrated, quality and success of the presentation and its impact on the general public.

The rule of this competition can be found in the Documents section.

Previous competitions¶

FreeBots 2015¶

Venue: Robotica 2015, Vila Real, 8-12 April 2015.

Winner: Team Carlos (INESC-TEC) - Portugal

Candidate teams:

• RoboAsist - Slovenia
• Carlos (INESC-TEC) - Portugal
• Layer Madness - Slovenia

Jury:

• Luís Paulo Reis (LIACC, University of Minho)
• Nuno Lau (IEETA, University of Aveiro)
• José Cruz (SARobótica)

FreeBots 2014¶

Venue: Robotica 2014, Espinho, 14-18 May 2014.

Candidate team:

• SocRob@home (ISR/IST) - Portugal

demo video

(no competitions due to single application)

FreeBots 2013¶

Venue: Robotica 2013, Lisboa, 24-28 April 2013.

Winner: Cambada@home (University of Aveiro) - Portugal

Menção Honrosa to FlyDinis (E. S. D. Dinis)

Candidate teams:

• FlyDinis (E. S. D. Dinis) - Portugal
• Tigre Team (INESC-TEC / ISEP) - Portugal
• Smart-AGV (INESC-TEC / Univ. de Aveiro) - Portugal
• Cambada@home (University of Aveiro) - Portugal

Jury:

• Paulo Alvito (IdMind)
• Artur Arsénio (Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon / YDreams Robotics)
• Marco Barbosa (SelfTech)
• Pedro Lima (ISR, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon)
• Vitor Santos (University of Aveiro)

FreeBots 2012¶

Venue: Robotica 2012, Guimarães, 11-15 April 2012.

Winner: Golf Minho - Portugal

Candidate teams:

• RoboVigil - Portugal
• Golf Minho - Portugal
• FreeHand - Portugal

Jury:

• Rodrigo Ventura (ISR, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon)
• Vitor Santos (University of Aveiro)
• Francisco Restivo (Universidade Católica Portuguesa)
• Paulo Carmo (MCM Electronic Solutions)
• José Miguel Rodrigues (YASKAWA Ibérica, MOTOMAN Robotics)

FreeBots 2011¶

Venue: Robotica 2011, Lisbon, 7-10 April 2011.

Winner: ATLASCar (University of Aveiro) - Portugal

Candidate teams:

• Intellwheels (FEUP, University of Porto) - Portugal
• Robô Santander (YDreams) - Portugal
• ATLASCar (University of Aveiro) - Portugal

Jury:

• António Lindo da Cunha (Critical Move)
• Isabel Ribeiro (ISR, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon)
• Jorge Lobo (ISR, University of Coimbra)
• Alberto Vale (IPFN, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon)
• Paulo Alvito (IdMind)
• Rui Cancela (Motofil)