{"id":12934,"date":"2025-08-24T10:16:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T01:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=12934"},"modified":"2025-08-24T10:16:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T01:16:34","slug":"robocupwork-league-interview-with-christoph-steup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=12934","title":{"rendered":"RoboCup@Work League: Interview with Christoph Steup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\" \">\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aihub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-20-at-10.55.30.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1384\" height=\"798\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aihub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-20-at-10.55.30.png 1384w, https:\/\/aihub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-20-at-10.55.30-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/aihub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-20-at-10.55.30-1024x590.png 1024w, https:\/\/aihub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-20-at-10.55.30-768x443.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1384px) 100vw, 1384px\"><em>RoboCup@Work League groups on the occasion in Brazil.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robocup.org\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener noreferrer\">RoboCup<\/a> is a world scientific initiative with the aim of advancing the state-of-the-art of clever robots, AI and automation. The <a href=\"https:\/\/2025.robocup.org\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener noreferrer\">annual RoboCup<\/a> occasion, the place groups collect from throughout the globe to participate in competitions throughout quite a lot of leagues, this 12 months befell in Salvador, Brazil from 15-21 July. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/aihub.org\/tag\/robocup2025\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener noreferrer\">collection of interviews<\/a>, we\u2019ve been assembly a few of the RoboCup trustees, committee members, and individuals, to seek out out extra about their respective leagues. Christoph Steup is an Govt Committee member and oversees the <a href=\"https:\/\/atwork.robocup.org\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener noreferrer\">@Work League<\/a>. Forward of the occasion in Brazil, we spoke to Christoph to seek out out extra concerning the @Work League, the duties that groups want to finish, and future plans for the League. <\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_53 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\" role=\"button\"><label for=\"item-6a3514ad4594c\" ><span class=\"\"><span style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input aria-label=\"Toggle\" aria-label=\"item-6a3514ad4594c\"  type=\"checkbox\" id=\"item-6a3514ad4594c\"><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=12934\/#May_you_begin_by_giving_us_an_introduction_to_the_Work_league\" title=\"May you begin by giving us an introduction to the @Work league?\">May you begin by giving us an introduction to the @Work league?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=12934\/#In_addition_to_the_thing_transportation_that_you_just_talked_about_and_there_different_duties_that_the_groups_want_to_hold_out\" title=\"In addition to the thing transportation that you just talked about, and there different duties that the groups want to hold out?\">In addition to the thing transportation that you just talked about, and there different duties that the groups want to hold out?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=12934\/#I_used_to_be_fortunate_sufficient_to_attend_RoboCup_final_12_months_in_Eindhoven_and_what_the_groups_had_been_doing_was_actually_spectacular_It_was_additionally_fascinating_to_see_how_diversified_the_robots_had_been_and_the_way_groups_had_been_approaching_the_duties_in_distinct_methods_with_completely_different_grabbers_and_so_forth\" title=\"I used to be fortunate sufficient to attend RoboCup final 12 months in Eindhoven and what the groups had been doing was actually spectacular. It was additionally fascinating to see how diversified the robots had been, and the way groups had been approaching the duties in distinct methods, with completely different grabbers and so forth.\">I used to be fortunate sufficient to attend RoboCup final 12 months in Eindhoven and what the groups had been doing was actually spectacular. It was additionally fascinating to see how diversified the robots had been, and the way groups had been approaching the duties in distinct methods, with completely different grabbers and so forth.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=12934\/#Have_you_ever_seen_that_a_few_of_the_challenges_particularly_are_tougher_typically_for_all_of_the_groups\" title=\"Have you ever seen that a few of the challenges particularly are tougher typically for all of the groups?\">Have you ever seen that a few of the challenges particularly are tougher typically for all of the groups?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=12934\/#Are_you_introducing_any_new_duties_for_this_12_months\" title=\"Are you introducing any new duties for this 12 months?\">Are you introducing any new duties for this 12 months?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=12934\/#Is_there_a_specific_a_part_of_the_hardware_or_software_program_that_you_just%E2%80%99ve_seen_a_few_of_the_largest_developments_in_over_the_past_12_months_or_so\" title=\"Is there a specific a part of the {hardware} or software program that you just\u2019ve seen a few of the largest developments in over the past 12 months or so?\">Is there a specific a part of the {hardware} or software program that you just\u2019ve seen a few of the largest developments in over the past 12 months or so?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=12934\/#May_you_speak_concerning_the_future_plans_for_the_League\" title=\"May you speak concerning the future plans for the League?\">May you speak concerning the future plans for the League?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=12934\/#About_Christoph\" title=\"About Christoph\">About Christoph<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"May_you_begin_by_giving_us_an_introduction_to_the_Work_league\"><\/span>May you begin by giving us an introduction to the @Work league?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>The @Work League, together with the Logistics League, varieties the Industrial League. Our aim is to imitate a few of the facets of commercial manufacturing techniques. An necessary facet of that is manufacturing facility automization and making an attempt to imitate the manufacturing facility of the longer term, the place you&#8217;ve got autonomous robots constructing merchandise in accordance with buyer design. In these factories of the longer term, a single piece can be produced individually for every buyer. Factories these days have huge conveyor belts and a number of automization, with the duties principally finished in the identical means, and you&#8217;ll solely construct stuff effectively for those who construct thousands and thousands of things. We&#8217;re engaged on constructing particular person items, the place automization remains to be attainable, and even a single piece will be constructed successfully. However clearly, in our RoboCup competitions, we&#8217;re not concerned with constructing on a manufacturing facility scale \u2013 we&#8217;re doing it on a really small scale. Which means our robots are sometimes 80 centimeters lengthy, the most important are round 70 centimeters extensive, and a few of them are additionally 80 centimeters excessive. So let\u2019s say they slot in a one metre cubed field. Additionally, all our operations are finished on the bottom. That is only for simplification as a result of constructing huge tables to make it extra reasonable would additionally enhance the price for RoboCup and wouldn\u2019t give a lot extra worth.  <\/p>\n<p>What our robots have to do is transport objects from completely different workstations. So now we have a default configuration the place the sector begins, and there are workstations with objects mendacity on them, and a few of these objects should be transported to different workstations. The robotic wants to do this utterly autonomously. So this is without doubt one of the particular issues concerning the @Work League, that it\u2019s utterly autonomous and there&#8217;s solely a single restart allowed per crew. So meaning the robotic actually must be dependable. One of many huge variations between medium groups and superb groups is that the superb groups carry out nicely on a regular basis whereas the medium groups have some good runs and a few dangerous runs. <\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"In_addition_to_the_thing_transportation_that_you_just_talked_about_and_there_different_duties_that_the_groups_want_to_hold_out\"><\/span>In addition to the thing transportation that you just talked about, and there different duties that the groups want to hold out?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>There are some particular duties in our league, just like the precision placement activity the place the robotic wants to suit an object right into a cavity that&#8217;s basically the identical form and measurement as the thing. It\u2019s a bit of bit like the sport that infants do to coach their dexterity. <\/p>\n<p>We even have a activity that&#8217;s impressed by a conveyor belt, however we&#8217;re utilizing a desk that&#8217;s continuously turning. The robots want to know stuff whereas the desk is popping. This appears a bit of bit foolish as a result of nobody would really put a rotating desk in a manufacturing facility, nevertheless that is our means of truly mimicking a conveyor belt. The conveyor belt itself can be actually, actually tough to combine into the competitors, so we simply abstracted that and use this rotating desk to really have the identical problem however in a extra manageable means. And it\u2019s nonetheless a really, very onerous problem. <\/p>\n<p>Then there are some particular challenges that we combine. For instance, that robots have to report their state again in order that we are able to observe what the robotic is doing.  We even have a problem the place people are within the loop. For instance, the robotic brings items to a sure workstation the place a human is current, the human assembles the items, after which the human wants to present an indication to the robotic, after which the robotic will take the piece away and put it some place else. That is designed to actually mimic the automated manufacturing facility stream.<\/p>\n<p>Up to now we additionally had a problem the place the robots wanted to open a drawer, take one thing out after which shut the drawer once more. We\u2019ve additionally had duties the place the robotic has to deal with fragile objects, like sweets, the place the robotic actually wanted to watch out in manipulating them.  So typically, what differentiates us most from the Logistics League is that we&#8217;re focusing so much on manipulation and all of the difficulties that include manipulation and unknown objects, whereas Logistics is extra tailor-made in direction of large-scale logistics processes with all their optimization and planning.<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"I_used_to_be_fortunate_sufficient_to_attend_RoboCup_final_12_months_in_Eindhoven_and_what_the_groups_had_been_doing_was_actually_spectacular_It_was_additionally_fascinating_to_see_how_diversified_the_robots_had_been_and_the_way_groups_had_been_approaching_the_duties_in_distinct_methods_with_completely_different_grabbers_and_so_forth\"><\/span>I used to be fortunate sufficient to attend RoboCup final 12 months in Eindhoven and what the groups had been doing was actually spectacular. It was additionally fascinating to see how diversified the robots had been, and the way groups had been approaching the duties in distinct methods, with completely different grabbers and so forth.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Sure, this distinction in approaches is said to the historical past of our League, which is a bit of bit much like the Logistics League. The Logistics League was initially a sponsored demonstration by Festo, which is a big firm from Germany that creates instruments, however additionally they have a didactics space the place they supply instruments to assist folks perceive manufacturing facility optimization. The @Work League was sponsored by Kuka, the robotics firm, and, to start with, they required each crew to compete with the Kuka youBot. So this was just about the default platform for our league, however in some unspecified time in the future Kuka dropped from a sponsor to only an advisor to the league, and these days they don&#8217;t seem to be a part of the league in any respect. So when the Kuka youBot was going out of fee, the groups looked for options and now we&#8217;re offered with all kinds of robots which might be competing within the league, which I personally discover actually cool. Now now we have all these completely different robots, all these completely different approaches, and a few work higher in some eventualities and worse in others. So we actually have a scientific method to the issue and we&#8217;re actually getting some insights into how one can sort out this drawback on a number of ranges.<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Have_you_ever_seen_that_a_few_of_the_challenges_particularly_are_tougher_typically_for_all_of_the_groups\"><\/span>Have you ever seen that a few of the challenges particularly are tougher typically for all of the groups?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>In 2018 we launched a problem of so-called arbitrary surfaces that are surfaces unknown to the groups which might be placed on prime of the workstations. The groups want to have the ability to cope with these surfaces. There are two surfaces which might be actually, actually terrible for the groups \u2013 one is grass that we just about stole from the soccer competitions! We simply thought it might be humorous to attempt it, and it was a extremely fascinating drawback, particularly for a few of the grippers of the completely different groups. For instance, the present world champion, they&#8217;ve a inflexible gripper to allow them to have power suggestions after they grasp. Nevertheless, the grass is absolutely tough for them \u2013 due to their rigidity, they at all times grasp the grass itself after which they pull up the grass with the thing. And this led to some fascinating issues, like they&#8217;re transporting the precise floor round and never solely the thing. This isn\u2019t an issue for groups utilizing a versatile gripper. Nevertheless, however, the versatile gripper makes it actually tough to evaluate you probably have grasped the thing as a result of you&#8217;ve got very dangerous power suggestions. So there are two completely different approaches which have their execs and cons in several eventualities.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aihub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6267-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aihub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6267-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/aihub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6267-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aihub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6267-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aihub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6267-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aihub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6267-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/aihub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_6267-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"><em>Three robots from the @Work competitors in Brazil.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Are_you_introducing_any_new_duties_for_this_12_months\"><\/span>Are you introducing any new duties for this 12 months?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Sure and no. So really we&#8217;re introducing a totally new problem which is completely different from what we\u2019ve finished earlier than. The brand new problem is the so-called sensible farming problem, which is opening our league to a complete new area of purposes, as a result of we are actually  agriculture. We&#8217;re engaged on this with Studica, a robotics firm from Canada, whose {hardware} we&#8217;re utilizing. We\u2019ve already given it a attempt on the German Open. This problem comes with some new specifics and one these is that the groups solely get the robotic shortly earlier than the competitors. So that they don\u2019t actually know the robotic largely upfront, and they should assemble, program and design the robotic in a really quick time. To compensate for this, we cut back the quantity of optimization and robustness that&#8217;s vital. As a result of it\u2019s an agriculture setting, now we have completely different objects, like fruits, that the groups have to deal with. This makes it a bit of bit extra difficult as a result of fruits have a extra arbitrary form and completely different ranges of ripeness that should be detected. We even have some grapes which might be hanging on a wall, which is a totally completely different form of manipulation activity than earlier than, as a result of earlier than the groups simply wanted to know issues from surfaces, however now they actually need to pluck stuff from a wall in a dependable means. So that is the brand new problem. It additionally comes with a number of software program challenges as a result of the computational energy of this robotic may be very restricted as a result of it solely has a Raspberry Pi. For instance, there&#8217;s not a number of picture processing attainable, particularly in comparison with the present robots, a few of which even have GPUs embedded.<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_there_a_specific_a_part_of_the_hardware_or_software_program_that_you_just%E2%80%99ve_seen_a_few_of_the_largest_developments_in_over_the_past_12_months_or_so\"><\/span>Is there a specific a part of the {hardware} or software program that you just\u2019ve seen a few of the largest developments in over the past 12 months or so?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Yeah, I believe one huge change I noticed through the years was a swap from customized neural networks for object detection to off-the-shelf parts. So just about all groups these days use YOLO networks, which you will get pre-trained they usually simply deploy them on GPUs that they embedded into their robots. That is additionally one of many the explanation why the robots actually grew in measurement over the previous couple of years as a result of they wanted area for the bigger computational energy.  This really made it attainable for lots of groups to reliably detect the objects. Object detection was an enormous drawback to start with of the league and these days it\u2019s not likely an enormous concern \u2013 most groups are actually good at that. Typically they&#8217;re a bit of bit startled with decoy objects \u2013 these are objects within the enviornment that aren&#8217;t actually a part of the duty, and they&#8217;re unknown to the groups beforehand. Typically they&#8217;re, let\u2019s say, evil decoys that appear to be an object and there\u2019s some mismatches that the groups do, however that is changing into very uncommon.<\/p>\n<p>I believe the second huge change is a swap to bigger manipulators with extra levels of freedom. So to start with, everybody had a really small manipulator with solely 5 levels of freedom, which restricted the working vary, and these days just about all groups have a six diploma of freedom manipulator with a wide variety. Because of this they don\u2019t want to maneuver their robotic when they&#8217;re in entrance of a workstation, which makes them a lot sooner and in addition rather more exact.<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"May_you_speak_concerning_the_future_plans_for_the_League\"><\/span>May you speak concerning the future plans for the League?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>There are some things we&#8217;re eager about. <\/p>\n<p>Almost about the competitors itself, we had a dialogue with the groups about what they&#8217;re concerned with doing sooner or later. Two issues got here up that they actually wish to have. One is cellular obstacles, so they need different objects to maneuver autonomously via the sector. We\u2019re within the course of of making that, in cooperation with EduArt, which is an organization from Germany that additionally supplies small instructional robots. And the second factor we wish to introduce is a form of humanoid robotic that the groups can use to really deal with particular manipulation duties that can&#8217;t be finished merely with a robotic manipulator. <\/p>\n<p>By way of creating an entry-level League, now we have been engaged on this and one potential concept is to make use of the smart-farming problem because the entry level. Via the collaboration with Studica, we are able to present groups with the robotic they usually get to maintain it after the competitors. On the German Open I spoke to the Quickly-Manufactured Rescue League about this crossover between the Rescue and the Junior Leagues, and they&#8217;re very eager to collaborate. <\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re additionally speaking with the Logistics League. Their sponsor, Festo, has dropped out of their league and now they should reorganize. We&#8217;re questioning if it might be worthwhile to carry our leagues nearer collectively, and even fuse them collectively to a single RoboCup Industrial league. The Logistics League needs to do extra manipulation, and the @Work League needs to do extra planning, so we&#8217;re closing the hole naturally between the 2. Nevertheless, that is only a thought for the time being \u2013 we have to see how the groups react to that.<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"About_Christoph\"><\/span>About Christoph<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aihub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Steup_Christoph-H-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2560\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aihub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Steup_Christoph-H-scaled.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/aihub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Steup_Christoph-H-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/aihub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Steup_Christoph-H-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/aihub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Steup_Christoph-H-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aihub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Steup_Christoph-H-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/aihub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Steup_Christoph-H-1638x2048.jpg 1638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\">\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Christoph Steup is an lively researcher specializing in varied fields of robotics, together with swarm robotics, precision farming, and weather-resilient autonomous driving. He presently works on the <em>Fraunhofer Institute for Transportation and Infrastructure Programs<\/em> (IVI), the place he leads the <em>Swarm Know-how Group<\/em>. Previous to this function, he headed the <em>Computational Intelligence in Robotics<\/em> group on the <em>Otto von Guericke College Magdeburg<\/em>. Christoph\u2019s involvement with RoboCup started in 2015 when he joined the robOTTO crew of Otto von Guericke College as crew chief. His contributions to the RoboCup neighborhood expanded as he turned a member of the Technical Committee for the @Work League in 2017. In 2019, he additional superior his participation by becoming a member of the Govt Committee of the league.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr class=\"xh2\"\/>\n<div class=\"pdxv  printhide\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/robohub.org\/author\/aihub\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#13;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/robohub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/AIhub-square-2021-150x150.png\" class=\"grayscale0\" style=\"float:left; margin: 0px 1.5em 0em 0px;  width:100px  \" alt=\"\">&#13;<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"minitext xh75 pdx\" style=\"min-height: 100px; \">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/robohub.org\/author\/aihub\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AIhub<\/a><br \/>\n is a non-profit devoted to connecting the AI neighborhood to the general public by offering free, high-quality data in AI. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pdxv  printshow\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/robohub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/AIhub-square-2021-150x150.png\" class=\"grayscale\" style=\"float:left; margin: 0px 1.5em 0em 0px;  width:100px  \" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>     &#13;<br \/>\nAIhub &#13;<br \/>\n is a non-profit devoted to connecting the AI neighborhood to the general public by offering free, high-quality data in AI. &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"xh2\"\/>\n<div class=\"pdxv  printshow\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/robohub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Smith-150x150.png\" class=\"grayscale\" style=\"float:left; margin: 0px 1.5em 0em 0px;  width:100px  \" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>     &#13;<br \/>\nLucy Smith &#13;<br \/>\nis Managing Editor for AIhub. &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RoboCup@Work League groups on the occasion in Brazil. RoboCup is a world scientific initiative with the aim of advancing the state-of-the-art of clever robots, AI and automation. 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