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robOTTO successful at the German Open in Cologne
The robotics team robOTTO from Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg participated in the German Open of the RoboCup in Cologne from March 10th to 14th. In the Smart Manufacturing League, the team took first place in the Warehouse Track and second place overall.
Team robOTTO on ROS-2
The youBot originates from a time when even ROS-1 had little market penetration. A hardware driver did eventually emerge for it, which served us well for a long time. However, ROS-1 has now been end-of-life for a year, severely limiting long-term development options. A migration to ROS-2 is hampered by the need to port the original youBot driver.
First Testdrive
Since this week, we have made initial progress on this development front and were able to run a youBot for the first time with a minimal ROS-2 stack.