Marko Križmančić, a scientist from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing at the University of Zagreb, visited Sarajevo and delivered a presentation about LARICS' participation in the International Robotics Challenge in Abu Dhabi (MBZIRC). The presentation was part of the AeroStream project and was intended for his partners from AeroStream1 company and the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Sarajevo, and it was attended by professors, doctoral candidates, and master's students.
The summary of the lecture:
The Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics Challenge (MBZIRC) is an international competition that challenges robotics teams from all over the world to solve real-world problems using autonomous systems. This year’s edition of the MBZIRC focuses on maritime security and requires teams to use a combination of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) to perform tasks such as locating intruding vessels, detecting illegal cargo, and capturing and transporting objects in an environment without global navigation satellite system. This talk will present the solution developed by a team from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University in Zagreb which is one of the five teams that qualified for the final demonstration phase of the MBZIRC taking place in Abu Dhabi in 2024. Through real-world examples, we will explore topics such as control, navigation, perception, and communication in heterogeneous multi-robot teams, as well as share our experience with the competition and some lessons learned from the simulation phase we successfully completed last year. The talk is aimed at students, professors, and anyone interested in robotics, autonomous systems, and the challenges we face in real-world scenarios.