The Darmstadt Dribblers have some of the most impressive humanoid robots in the RoboCup tournament. For the second year in a row, the team from the Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany, took the title in the kid-size humanoid league (for robots 30-60 centimeters tall). How did they do it?
IEEE Spectrum’s Harry Goldstein went to RoboCup 2010 in Singapore to find out. Watch the video below to see these amazing little robots playing and also an interview with Dribblers team member Dorian Scholz. Then visit their YouTube channel for more more videos, including this year’s kid-size final.
Erico Guizzo is the digital product manager at IEEE Spectrum. He oversees the operation, integration, and new feature development for all digital properties and platforms, including the Spectrum website, newsletters, CMS, editorial workflow systems, and analytics and AI tools. He’s the cofounder of the IEEE Robots Guide, an award-winning interactive site about robotics. An IEEE Member, he is an electrical engineer by training and has a master’s degree in science writing from MIT.
