RoboCup

2001-2004 and again 2017-2019 I’ve participated in a yearly contest called RoboCup at DTU

It started when a friend and I spectated a previous contest, where we said to each other: “How hard can this be?!?”.
I guess we more or less followed the same “track of realization” as most teams participating at RoboCup. One of our “opponents” expressed it something like this:

Time to startGoal
1 yearWe will take all points, faster than everybody else.
6 monthsWe will take all points.
2 monthsWe will take most points.
1 monthsWe will take the easy route.
1 weekIf we can complete half the easy route, it’s a success.
1 dayIf we can get through the first port, it’s a success.
1 hourIf we can just get it to drive…
RoboCup Ambition Guide

When theory meets real life, quite a few things gets complicated.

Robots

KlodsHans

KlodsHans, 2001–2004

KlodsHans v2

KlodsHans v2, 2017

RoadRunner

RoadRunner, 2018–2019