Never have our robots been this far from Hamburg: This year’s RoboCup World Championship takes place in Hefei, China. Driving by car this would mean a five-days drive, without break!

Our team members have it a little easier and take the plane, but the trip will still take about 30 hours, including an eight hour stay in Shanghai. We hope there won’t be delays, which wouldn’t be unlikely with this lenght and route of flight (Hamburg ✈️ Paris ✈️ Shanghai ✈️ Hefei).

The longest flight lasts eleven and a half hours, from Paris to Shanghai. At one point they flew in some distance to Hamburg:

Flight from Paris to Shanghai

But we can already celebrate a special achievement: As much as 13 team members will be taking part in the RoboCup World Championship in China. For a long time it was uncertain, as usual, wether we’d be able to participate at all. Being supported from within the university and from the outside made this possible. We provide one person each for the TC and the OC, for those the attendee fees were dropped. Also on of our team members will give a lecture about our platform Hambot and received special funding. (Costs for food and accommodation are payed by each member, as usual)

We stay curious when our team members will report again — and if yet still a typhoon disturbs the flight schedule.