[robocup-small] RoboCup German Open 2005: Results

[Ansgar Bredenfeld]

Dear RoboCuppers,

the 5th RoboCup German Open is over! More than 160 teams from 12 nations
came to Paderborn. During three days over 700 participants and
additonally 5500 visitors saw exciting games in the Heinz Nixdorf
MuseumsForum in Paderborn. See results, pictures and a short video with
impression of the event at http://www.robocup-german-open.de

Congratulations to the winners:

  Middle Size League
  1. Rank 	Brainstormers (Germany)
  2. Rank 	MINHO (Portugal)
  3. Rank 	Cops (Germany)

  Four-Legged Robo League
  1. Rank 	Microsoft Hellhounds (Germany)
  2. Rank 	Aibo Team Humboldt (Germany)
  3. Rank 	Bremen Byters (Germany)

  Small Size League
  1. Rank 	FU-Fighters (Germany)
  2. Rank 	Vienna Cubes (Austria)
  3. Rank 	BOTNIA (Finland)

  Rescue Robot League
  1. Rank 	MRL (Iran)
  2. Rank 	Rescue Robots Freiburg (Germany)
  3. Rank 	Bremen Rescue Walkers (Germany)
  Best Mobility 	Deutschland1 (Germany)
  Best Mobility 	RescueRobots Freiburg (Germany)
  Best Autonomy 	Deutschland1 (Germany)

  Rescue Simulation League
  1. Rank 	Caspian (Iran)
  2. Rank 	ResQ Freiburg (Germany)

  Soccer Simulation 2D League
  1. Rank 	Brainstormers 2D, Osnabrück, (Germany)
  2. Rank 	AT Humboldt, Berlin, (Germany)
  3. Rank 	YowAI2005, (Japan)

  Soccer Simulation 3D League
  1. Rank 	Brainstormers 3D, Osnabrück (Germany)
  2. Rank 	Caspian (Iran)
  3. Rank 	RoboLog, Koblenz (Germany)


I would like to thank all participants for coming and all sponsors,
namely Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) the German National Science
Foundation, Elliptec AG and the start2grow competition that
supported the event financially. KTB Mechatronics, Fischertechnik, Lego
and micro-epsilon gave support by material and awards. The Fraunhofer
Institute AIS and the Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum volunteered to take the
main burden for organizing and financing this event including the
financial risk for the whole event. Thanks to Thomas Christaller and
Heinz Beiersdörfer.

Best regards,

Ansgar Bredenfeld
(Chair RoboCup German Open)



Special thank to the league organizing commitees for their great support:

Middle-Size	
   Alexander Ferrein , RWTH Aachen

Small-Size	
   Raul Rojas, FU Berlin

4-Legged	
   Matthias Jüngel, Humboldt University Berlin

Real Rescue	
   Adam Jacoff, NIST (Chair)
   Brian Weiss, NIST
   Andreas Birk, IUB Bremen
   Alexander Kleiner, University of Freiburg
   Hartmut Surmann, Fraunhofer AIS
   Thomas Wisspeintner, Fraunhofer AIS

Humanoids
   Sven Behnke, University of Freiburg

Soccer Simulation	
   Oliver Obst, Universität Koblenz

Rescue Simulation	
   Michael Brenner, University of Freiburg

Junior	
   Martin Bader, Illertal-Gymnasium, Vöhringen
   Rolf Bayer, Störck-Gymnasium, Bad Saulgau
   Johannes Klotz and Sebastian Polly, RoCCI
   Gerhard Kraetzschmar, Fraunhofer AIS

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Dr. Ansgar Bredenfeld
Fraunhofer Institute for Autonomous Intelligent Systems (AIS)
Schloss Birlinghoven
D-53754 Sankt Augustin

Phone: +49-2241-14-2841    mailto:bredenfeld at ais.fraunhofer.de
Fax:   +49-2241-14-2342    http://www.ais.fraunhofer.de/BE
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