Microsoft Hellhounds

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The Microsoft Hellhounds (MSH) are a robot soccer team from the Technical University of Dortmund . You have been competing in the RoboCup in the 4-Legged League with Sony AIBOs since 2002 .

From 2002 to 2005 the Hellhounds were part of the GermanTeam - a kind of "German national team" - which at the time consisted of four German universities (Berlin, Bremen, Darmstadt, Dortmund). The technical cooperation in the GermanTeam is based on a modular code (GT200x), in which each participant can contribute his / her specialist knowledge as a separate module (e.g. image processing, running, kicks, ...). While the GermanTeam members contest the world championships together, the respective teams compete individually in all other competitions. Since the GermanTeam in 2005 was the team with the largest number of members in the world and has repeatedly won the world championship title, the Hellhounds were looking for new challenges.

At the 2006 World Championships in Bremen, the Hellhounds competed as an independent team for the first time. The Hellhounds managed to reach third place and beat the GermanTeam 6-0 in the game for third place.

The Hellhounds are sponsored by Microsoft Deutschland GmbH, among others , hence the addition "Microsoft" in the name. The Hellhounds belong to the Institute for Robot Research (IRF) at the Technical University of Dortmund , IT department.

In addition to academic staff and student assistants who are permanently involved in the project, a project group for twelve computer science students is offered every year.

successes

  • RoboCup 2006 World Championship, Bremen: 3rd place and 1st place in the Technical Challenge
  • US Open 2006, Atlanta, USA: 1st place
  • RoboLudens 2006, European Championship or DutchOpen, Eindhoven: 1st place
  • Robocup World Championship 2005, Osaka, Japan: 1st place World Champion with the GermanTeam
  • US Open 2005, Atlanta: intercontinental champion
  • German Open 2005, Paderborn: 1st place
  • Robogames 2005, San Francisco: 1st place
  • Robocup World Championships 2004, Lisbon, Portugal: 1st place, world champion with the GermanTeam
  • Japan Open 2004, Osaka, Japan: 2nd place Technical Challenge
  • American Open 2004, New Orleans: 4th place.
  • Australian Open 2004, Sydney, Australia: 3rd place
  • German Open 2004, Paderborn: 4th place
  • Robocup World Championship 2003, Padua, Italy: quarterfinals reached, 1st place Technical Challenge (GermanTeam)
  • German Open 2003, Paderborn: 3rd place
  • Robocup 2002 Fukuoka, Japan: reached the quarter finals.
  • German Open 2002, Paderborn: 4th place

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