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2020-03-01
Czech, Pennsylvania, NYU Team Wins MBZIRC 2020
H.E. Dr. Mugheer Khamis Al Khaili, Member of the Executive Council, and Chairman of Department of Community Development, recently honoured the Grand Challenge team winners Czech Technical University-University of Pennsylvania-NYU team and winners of the three Challenge categories at the three-day US$5-million Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics Challenge (MBZIRC 2020) that concluded in Abu Dhabi.
Organised by Khalifa University of Science and Technology, the second edition of the biennial international competition, drew to a successful conclusion, reiterating its relevance to future smart city solutions including security and defence, construction and infrastructure, as well as fire-fighting and emergency response.
Organised by Khalifa University of Science and Technology, the second edition of the biennial international competition, drew to a successful conclusion, reiterating its relevance to future smart city solutions including security and defence, construction and infrastructure, as well as fire-fighting and emergency response.
The three-day challenge witnessed the participation of 32 teams from 17 countries, selected out of 134 teams that had originally applied to compete, while gathering a large assembly of more than 400 robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) experts. There were four challenges – Challenge 1, Challenge 2, Challenge 3 and the triathlon Grand Challenge – to test advanced embodied AI technical skills.
The Czech Technical University-University of Pennsylvania-NYU team won the first position in the Grand Challenge. The University of Bonn team came second, while the combined team of Universidad Politecnica Madrid-Universidad Pablo Olvide Poznan University of Technology- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique won the third place.
The Beijing Institute of Technology topped Challenge 1 category with the Czech Technical University-University of Pennsylvania-NYU team and the University of Tokyo in the second and third places, respectively, while the Czech Technical University-University of Pennsylvania-NYU team won the Challenge 2 category with Nimbro (University of Bonn) and Technical University of Denmark in the second and third places. University of Seville-Tecnico Lisboa-CATEC team won challenge 3, while the Technical University of Denmark and the University of New South Wales-Sydney tied for the second place.
The winning teams in all three categories also received awards from H.E. Dr. Mugheer Khamis Al Khaili at the ceremony that was attended by H.E. Eng. Awaidha Murshed Al Marar, Chairman of the Department of Energy.
Also present on the occasion were His Excellency Hussein Bin Ibrahim Al Hammadi, Steering Committee General Chair, MBZIRC 2020, Dr. Arif Sultan Al Hammadi, Steering Committee General Co-Chair, and His Excellency Dr. Mohammed Al Mualla, Steering Committee Member.
Dr. Arif Sultan Al Hammadi said: “The second edition of MBZIRC has emphatically placed MBZIRC as one of the most prestigious competitions in robotics and artificial intelligence globally, while positioning Khalifa University as the leading higher education institution driving innovation in all areas of science, engineering, and newly-emerging technologies.
“Congratulations to all the winners of MBZIRC 2020, especially the Grand Challenge winner and winners of all three Challenge categories. However, all the participating teams deserve credit for their commitment, determination and perseverance during the competition. Through this challenge, we have witnessed how technology continues to evolve and we firmly believe the advancements demonstrated by these UAVs and UGVs will very soon become part of our everyday lives.”
Keeping in line with the UAE leadership’s objective towards capacity building, the young Emirati team Al Nokhba, performed strongly in the MBZIRC 2020 categories, emerging among some of the most prestigious universities and research centers worldwide.
The criteria the judges looked for in each team’s performance included robust perception and tracking of dynamic objects in 3D, sensing and avoiding obstacles, GPS-denied navigation in indoor-outdoor environments, physical interactions, complex mobile manipulations, and air-to-surface collaboration.
The MBZIRC 2020 was officiated by an elite panel of judges that included globally-renowned scholars and researchers in robotics and AI from some of the top universities and research labs in the world. The international judges were supported by over 10 judges from among Khalifa University faculty, as well as arena managers and scorers.
The Challenge was followed by the first-ever two-day MBZIRC Symposium, offering the teams an opportunity to learn about each other’s UAVs and UGVs, and showcase the projects directly to industry representatives, in order to further increase interest and raise awareness, while facilitating opportunities for research collaborations.
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