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Double victory for the Netherlands in the Amazon Picking Challenge
At the Amazon Picking Challenge 2016 in Leipzig, Team Delft from TU Delft & Delft Robotics came out on top against 15 other international university teams in both the Stow (storage) and Pick (order picking) categories. The winners can look forward to prize money totaling 50,000 euros. The Dutch Delft team from TU Delft & Delft Robotics impressed in both categories with its precision and speed. Second place in the Stow category went to the only German team in the competition: NimbRo Picking from the University of Bonn, who received prize money of 10,000 euros. Team PFN from Tokyo took second place in the Picking category.
"The Amazon Picking Challenge shows the current state of robot technology. It's impressive to see how much it has developed since last year," says Joey Durham, Manager & Research Scientist at Amazon Robotics. "We were also impressed by the performance of the teams in the Stow category, which was held for the first time this year."
Numerous trade fair visitors, representatives of the Leipzig Graduate School of Management, the Leipzig Chamber of Industry and Commerce and employees of the Amazon logistics center learned more about the interaction between technology and people in logistics centers at the "Innovations are our DNA" exhibition.
"Robotics helps to improve processes in logistics. Robots do not replace people, they support them and create better jobs," said Bettina Kudla, Member of the German Bundestag, at the award ceremony.
The Amazon Picking Challenge was held at the beginning of July as part of the RoboCup. 16 international research teams sent their self-designed robots into the competition. The aim of the Amazon Picking Challenge is to strengthen the exchange between science and industry in robotics and to share open solutions for the challenges in unstructured automation projects that are typical for logistics. Amazon announced today that the competition will be held again next year. "We are looking forward to the Amazon Picking Challenge 2017," says Joey Durham.
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