RoCKIn2015, the second and major competition event in the EU-funded robotics project RoCKIn, was held in Lisbon from 21-23 November 2015. The event was open free-of-charge to the public, who got the chance to see state-of-the-art robots autonomously perform challenging tasks in realistic domestic and industrial environments. The competition was hosted in the striking 'Portugal Pavilion' and Lisbon's premier science museum - 'The Pavilion of Knowledge'. Both are situated within Parque das Nações, one of Lisbon's most prestigious leisure areas, boasting an array of restaurants, bars, museums and expansive green spaces all within a 5km stretch along the river Tagus.

Teams from around the world will took to the RoCKIn@Work and RoCKIn@Home arenas to showcase their robotic engineering prowess in front of a live audience, including renowned robotics experts and senior officials from the European Commission. Robots were put to the test through scenarios, tasks and, benchmarking criteria that are highly relevant to real world processes and conducive for developing the smarter, more dependable robots RoCKIn strives for. Further details on the Challenges can be found in the RoCKIn@Home Rulebook + Nutshell document and the RoCKIn@Work Rulebook + Nutshell document.

Congratulations to our winners! You can find out who they are by clicking the 'Results' tab above.

Watch the RoCKIn2015 winners videos here:

TBM1: homer | TBM2: SocRob | TBM3: SocRob

Watch a timelapse video of Day 3 on the RoCKIn@Work arena here.

Sponsors

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Venue

Portugal Pavilion

The Portugal Pavilion hosted the RoCKIn@Home and RoCKIn@Work arenas and is where the competitive activities and demonstrations took place.

The Pavilion of Knowledge

The opening and closing ceremonies, along with various satellite events throughout the three days, was held in The Pavilion of Knowledge.

Media

• RoCKIn2015 on the ManotoTV Tech Show, ManotoTV
• RoCKIn 2015 põe robôs em luta, Nuno Patrício, Sara Piteira, RTP
• RoCKIn. A competição internacional de robótica passou por Lisboa, Flávio Nunes, Observador
• RoCKIn 2015 - Competição internacional de robôs, Agenda Cultural Lisboa
• RoCKIn 2015: Gyro on its way to Germany, Artica
• Competição internacional de robôs no Parque das Nações, Câmara Municipal de Lisboa - Página Oficial
• Super competição de robôs chama jovens á Expo este fim de semana, OJE

Satellite Events

With the help of our partners, we ran three satellite events as part of RoCKIn2015.

Workshop on EU Robotics Clusters

Organized by Madeeli, the main focus of this workshop was bringing together innovative Portuguese robotics companies, along with end-users and investors, to help establish a Robotics Cluster in Portugal and provide opportunities for technology transfer - making academic research into industrial products. Find out more here.

ROBOT'15: Second Iberian Robotics Conference

Following on from the successful First Iberian Robotics Conference that was held in Madrid in 2013, this conference showcased successful applications of robotics research and development in the Iberian Peninsula, as well as other places around the world. Find out more here.

RoCKIn-RoboCup Meeting

This meeting was to discuss how RoCKIn's work on benchmarking and designing robot competitions can be integrated into RoboCup. This meeting is not open to the public.

RoCKIn@Home Teams

RoCKIn@Work Teams