PALB II

PALB II was the second robot we built for RoboCup. We played with it in the 1on1 league at the World Championsships in Bremen in 2006.
PALB II

History

Through a bad happenstance, the whole Electronic of the real PALB II burned out a few days before the World Championsships started. So the PALB II we used for the competitions was less-than-ideal...which you can probably see on the picture.

Hardware

Electronic:
  • 3 Qfix Bobby-Boards
Chassis:
  • Omnidirectional Wheels
Dribbler:
  • Mouse wheel
Ball Identification:
  • 8 Infrared Sensors + 1 Light barrier
Orientation:
  • 3 Sharp Infrared Distance Sensor

Software

Also our Software was messed up. PALB II followed the ball, orientated a little with the distance sensors and shot -in the end really reandomly- if it thought that it saw a goal...

Success

We played with it in the 1on1 league at the World Championsships in Bremen in 2006 and even if PALB II only was a stopgap, we did well with it. We came into the finals were we were beaten by the World Champions.

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