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<25-26 April 2024>

Improve Human-Robot Interaction with ACROBA Platform.

BIBA – Bremer Institut für Produktion und Logistik

Bremen – GERMANY

Hackathon organised by:

Event partner:

Back to the event

On April 25–26, 2024, the ACROBA Hackathon brought together students from diverse academic fields at BIBA, University of Bremen. Working in interdisciplinary teams, participants designed innovative solutions to enhance human-robot interaction using robot and localization system data. Their projects focused on creating flexible, intuitive, and safe interactions, such as enabling position-independent hand-to-hand object transfers. The event, held in collaboration with the Mittelstand-Digital Zentrum Bremen-Oldenburg, showcased the potential of collaborative innovation within the ACROBA project framework. 

Join the Biba Hackathon

Your Challenge

<Challenge>

A > Develop a ROS2-based solution for flexible human-robot object overhanding with IR tracking system.

or

B > Develop a ROS2-based solution for human intention recognition with IR tracking system.

<participants>

We are looking for

  • Bachelor and Master students (teams and individuals)
  • who have expertise in programming (Python and ROS/ROS2)
  • think creatively and enjoy development.

<Objectives>

  • Improving human-robot collaboration & interaction.
  • Getting fresh ideas for human-robot interaction analysis.
  • Getting skills for ACROBA platform.
  • Getting software artefacts which can be integrated into ACROBA platform modules.

<Evaluation criteria>

  • Technical complexity.
    We look for projects with a realistic scope but greater complexity is rewarded.
  • Solution originality.
    We look for projects that are new and different and address challenges in a unique way.
  • Software quality.
    We evaluate how the idea was implemented in a prototype.
  • Presentation.
    We evaluate how well the project is presented and whether the presentation is clear and convincing.

<Prize Pool>

The winning team of each hackathon will earn a prize (1’500 EUR worth).

A team of experts

Jury members

Zied Ghrairi

BIBA, Senior Researcher

Aaron Heuermann

BIBA, Senior Researcher

From march 12 to 13, 2024

Program

DAY 1 (12th March 2024)

9:30 > 10:30_ Introduction, presentation of the hackathon and challenge description

10:30 > 11:00_ Team Formation

11:00 > open_ Work on the challenge in teams

DAY 2 (13th March 2024)

9:30 > 13:30_  Work on the challenge in teams

13:30 > 15:00_  Presentation of results by the teams and selection of the winner

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