The ERL Emergency Robots 2017 (#ERLemergency2017) major tournament in Piombino, Italy, gathered 130 participants from 16 universities and companies from 8 European countries. Participating teams designed robots able to bring the first relief to survivors in disaster-response scenarios. The #ERLemergency2017 scenarios were inspired by the Fukushima 2011 nuclear accident. The robotics competition took place from 15-23 September 2017 at Enel’s Torre del Sale, and saw sea, land and air robots collaborating.
Welcome to #ERLemergency village pic.twitter.com/wQlIHDfhJg
— Alexandre Chapoutot (@YATheChap) 15 September 2017
Robot da tutto il mondo si danno appuntamento all’#ERLemergency #Robots. A Piombino da oggi al 23/09 @ERLrobotleague https://t.co/4h1btIlln1 pic.twitter.com/7L0Lo4wTjz
— Enel Group (@EnelGroupIT) 15 September 2017
Teams worked very hard during the practice and competition days:
First tests completed by #ENSTATeam in the @ERLrobotleague pic.twitter.com/rcWQdRHAfw
— Servane Courtaux (@servane_crtx) 16 September 2017
Tuscany Robotics Team pic.twitter.com/BFo2mnb7B7
— Benedetto Allotta (@BenAllotta) 22 September 2017
Some field repairs for team Raptors @ERLrobotleague #ERLemergency while teams Oubot and Raptors continue air and sea operations. pic.twitter.com/LJ6Zphsu6Y
— Alan Winfield (@alan_winfield) 23 September 2017
Great to see many more women roboticists in #ERLemergency2017 teams than #eurathlon2015. See e.g. team #Piombino https://t.co/FsnC3e5ijN
— Alan Winfield (@alan_winfield) 25 September 2017
Land + Air day out here at #ERLemergency! @ERLrobotleague pic.twitter.com/DzZlcmnNWf
— AUVSI Foundation (@AUVSIFoundation) 20 September 2017
Robots could be found also in the exhibition area:
SWARMs at ERL 2017! #erlemergency #Piombino @SantAnnaPisahttps://t.co/ly8ciQQgh6 pic.twitter.com/anQ9Ck7knI
— SWARMs Project (@SWARMS_Project) 21 September 2017
Or enjoying the sea:
ETH Robot ANYmal likes the sea in Italy. pic.twitter.com/UsU3hUlKTD
— Roland Siegwart (@rsiegwart) 15 de septiembre de 2017
Robotics experts held presentations and demos for the general public during the Opening Ceremony in Piazza Bovio.
The Opening ceremony of #Erlemergency 2017 @ERLrobotleague has started in Piombino #robots pic.twitter.com/SGqVLGL2Xn
— euRobotics (@eu_Robotics) 17 September 2017
.@mady_delvaux: European #robotics research is performing well, robots will impact human life, #erlemergency2017 is a positive example pic.twitter.com/gciEjcS0XW
— SPARC robotics (@SPARCrobotics) 17 September 2017
The public got to know the teams,
Let’s support the #erlemergency2017 teams! pic.twitter.com/5XbsegCATB
— SPARC robotics (@SPARCrobotics) 17 September 2017
And to see some emergency robots in action with the demo of TRADR project:
Robots will complement people, not take their jobs, says TRADR project #erlemergency2017 https://t.co/K3KOP8umVN
— SPARC robotics (@SPARCrobotics) 17 September 2017
The competition site benefitted from the visit of some personalities:
Il sindaco di Piombino @massimogiu a #ERLemergency 2017 a Tor del Sale “Manifestazione positiva per la città che vuole guardare al futuro” pic.twitter.com/xMOW9zs1Hw
— Comune di Piombino (@ComunePiombino) 22 September 2017
We are delighted to have Bill Kirkwood from our Platinum Sponsor @ieeeoes at #ERLemergency2017. Many thanks for sponsoring us! pic.twitter.com/27zsP66Xsz
— ERL robotics league (@ERLrobotleague) 23 September 2017
Since they are the new generation of roboticists, children were not forgotten either: they enjoyed the free classes given by Scuola di Robotica.
Enjoy the #robotics class for children in #Piombino #ERLemergency2017 @EmanueleMicheli pic.twitter.com/1nEB4LDcEZ
— euRobotics (@eu_Robotics) 17 September 2017
At the Piombino Castle, the public attended more #robotics presentations.
Anne Bajart @RoboticsEU presented EU funded #robotics projects @CLsPlusPlus #erlemergency2017 #Piombino pic.twitter.com/RnTbCeIIl9
— ERL robotics league (@ERLrobotleague) 18 September 2017
After days of hard work, passion and enjoyment, the winners of the Grand challenge were announced:
The winners of #ERLemergency2017 Grand Challenge are Telerob+Universitat de Girona + ISEP/INESC TEC. Congratulations! pic.twitter.com/Y89BvQhJ5x
— ERL robotics league (@ERLrobotleague) 23 September 2017
