The TU/e team came in second last year, but this is their first win at the German tournament. The team hopes to do the same at the world cup in July. Last year, Eindhoven won second place at the world cup.

It’s the first time the Eindhoven care robot team graces the highest platform on the medal stand at an international tournament. Their results have been improving since their start in 2011, and this win continues that upward trend. The organization raises the standard to increase technological development for every cup, so each team must improve. The high ranking indicates that the TU/e team makes more progress than any of the other teams. 

All eyes are now on China. From July 17-23, that's where the Robot World Cup will be: a larger tournament with strong players. “We’ve seen here there is room for improvement still. But we definitely have a solid foundation to travel to China with confidence. We want to win this time”, says team leader Janno Lunenburg.

TU/e robot AMIGO did the most challenges in Magdeburg. His successor SERGIO is not quite finished and does not yet have arms, but he still took part in the challenges in Germany that didn’t require arms. SERGIO scored points on speech recognition and person recognition. AMIGO took over for the assignments where arms were needed.

Source: TU/e press team