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RoboCup search and rescue

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Two generations of an autonomous search-and-rescue robot, which won Best in Class awards in 2022 and 2023.

When
2022 – 2023
My part
On Insper Dynamics both years, working on design, manufacture and software. One of four who competed in 2022 and one of five in 2023, and an author of the 2023 team description.
  • C++
  • ROS
  • OpenCV
  • LiDAR
The 2023 search-and-rescue robot, a tracked chassis with a LiDAR unit mounted above it, on the competition arena floor

Best in Class: Sensor Test, shared with S.A.R.T., at RoboCup 2022 in Bangkok Thailand, and Best in Class: Exploration, the autonomous mapping test, at RoboCup 2023 in Bordeaux France.

The 2023 entry ran 2D LiDAR mapping, and Insper’s write-up says Insper Dynamics was the only team to map the arena on its own. A search-and-rescue robot is scored on finding victims in a collapsed structure it has never entered, so the robot has to build its own map as it goes and remember where it has been.

The 2022 award is how I became president of Insper’s robotics and AI club the following year. As president, I got the club a $40,000 budget by rebuilding the campus access app in exchange for it, rather than asking for the money.