Better late than never:

Of course we arrived safely in Hamburg. On Sunday we had watched both final games: The FUmanoids managed to score a regular goal in the final match against the russian team Photon, and became kings of the (artificial) gras with a 1:0! The final in the SPL league was also worth watching, the match was quite tactical, but on well-tried carpet. Here the B-Humans beat the team from Leipzig 3:1.

Meanwhile most of us problably caught up on sleep and what else we missed.

For that, we acquired (hopefully) nice experiences. On the one hand we now know what a scientific challenge artificial turf is, and are collaborating with other teams in our league. We are already working on reproducing a foot prototype with three points resting and pressure sensors which was developed at the University of Boston, so that we will work with one of those in China. It will be played on similar artificial turf there.

On the other hand it’s great to experience the sense of community when we cooked, and ate together or were tiredly fooling around. To experience the rush before a match, when everyone tried to put their changes on the robots. The excitement and anxiety during the match, if everything will work as planned.

We still have a lot to do until we fly to China, but are excited for the German Open next year in Magdeburg.