European Robotics Week
Pupils invent robot systems at Schunk
As part of the 9th European Robotics Week, the Schunk Robot Competition once again took place at the end of November at the training center in Lauffen. Eight Year 10 students each from Hölderlin Gymnasium Lauffen and the Catholic Education Center St. Kilian Heilbronn realized an industry-related robot solution in mixed teams.
To solve the task, the young people each had a fully functional lightweight robot and a mechatronic robot construction kit at their disposal, which allowed for individual designs. The teams developed different approaches to solve the task - from the pusher, the rocker and the conveyor belt to special transport baskets. The aim was to use a mechatronic gripper to pick up balls in different colors, representing different products or components, and sort them into two containers according to color.
Teamwork meets robotics
Ultimately, the teams not only had to be technically creative, but also interact successfully. After all, the teams were a motley crew and had never worked together before - an aspect that is also frequently found in the real world of work. For training coordinator Stefan Mühleck, who formed the jury together with mechatronics instructor Hans Krauss and CNC instructor Felix Seidel, everyone was a winner at the end of the three days: "The young people were willing to learn beyond their horizons, they dealt with robot programming and design and successfully developed a realistic solution together as a team with previously unknown partners." They were actively accompanied and supported by trainees from Schunk.
This year, the Schunk Robot Competition was one of more than 1,300 events in 39 countries to demonstrate the effects that the use of robots has on people's lives, work and learning and the opportunities arising from Europe's digital transformation, which is being driven by new technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotics, cloud computing and blockchain. as
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