More creative winners than ever in the RoboCup 2012 competition at Bar-Ilan University

At Bar Ilan University, the national RoboCup 2012 competition took place today, a robot competition assembled by high school students. The robots competed in the fields of rescue, dance and soccer. 21 teams from different schools across the country participated in the competition.

At Bar Ilan University, the national RoboCup 2012 competition took place today, a robot competition assembled by high school students. The robots competed in the fields of rescue, dance and soccer. 21 teams from different schools across the country participated in the competition.
The winner of the rescue competition in first place is Ashdod comprehensive high school with the robot LIVE SAVER.
The second place winner in the rescue competition is Ashdod comprehensive high school with the SHALIT robot
The first place winners in the dance competition were three:
A. Nesher comprehensive high school
B. Ehel Shem High School in Ramat Gan
third. Harmesh Ort College High School in Jerusalem
The winners of the A League football competition:
In first place - Ginsburg High School built with the robot ROBO MESSI
In second place - Ginsburg High School is built with the Robo robot in it
In third place - Kiryat Sharet High School from Holon
The winners of the lightweight football competition:
In first place - Ehel Shem High School in Ramat Gan with the XYZ robot team
In second place - Golda Meir High School in Petah Tikva
In third place - Kiryat Sharet High School in Holon
The winners of the competition in the three categories will participate in the international RoboCup Junior competition that will be held this year in Mexico
Between the dates 18-24/6/12
Prof. Haim Teitelbaum, Rector of the University, greeted the participants and said: "We want to see you and are sure that a large part of you will become students and researchers in the field of robotics and in other fields at Bar-Ilan University." Prof. Teitelbaum added, referring to this week's parshah, "Similar to the establishment of the Mishkan by Bezalel ben Uri, who was called Hacham Lev,] we could ask the question why the Temple was not built by robots, and the answer is that one must be Hacham Lev, behind the material there is a full strength also the wind". To the students from the south, Prof. Teitelbaum said, "You, who came from places that were under attack at the beginning of the week, are proof of the victory of spirit over matter."
Mr. Yaakov Shinboim, from the Faculty of Electronics and Computer Engineering and Control and Energy Systems at the Ministry of Education stated, "We had a week where we saw the importance of technological advancement in the country and the students participating in the competition did a little bit of what they are doing in the development of the Iron Dome system. We hope that in the years to come this generation of students will take the leadership of high technology in the country and march the country to new heights."
Dr. Eli Kohlberg from the engineering department at Bar-Ilan University and president of RoboCup Israel said: "Robotics is actually an interdisciplinary profession that includes knowledge of electronics, mechanics and software. The students participating in the competition have to demonstrate a high level of skill because it is a complex system." Prof. Kohlberg added, "I hope that the students who participated in the competition today will come to study at Bar Ilan. They are endowed with the highest skills and abilities and we would be happy for such students to integrate
at University ".

The RoboCup Junior competition is part of the RoboCup World competition. The RoboCup competition was first run by a group of Japanese and American researchers in 1993, and was held for the first time in Japan in 1997. Since then, the competition has been held every year at various sites around the world. The rationale of the competition is to promote robotics research in the world. For this purpose, the goal of the RoboCup competition was set and it is that by the year 2050, a team of robots will win the world champion in soccer according to the rules of FIFA.