#ERLEmergency2017 in tweets

The ERL Emergency Robots 2017 (#ERLemergency2017) major tournament in Piombino, Italy, gathered 130 participants from 16 universities and companies from 8 European countries. Participating teams designed robots able to bring the first relief to survivors in disaster-response scenarios. The #ERLemergency2017 scenarios were inspired by the Fukushima 2011 nuclear accident. The robotics competition took place from 15-23 September 2017 at Enel’s Torre del Sale, and saw sea, land and air robots collaborating.

Welcome to #ERLemergency village pic.twitter.com/wQlIHDfhJg

— Alexandre Chapoutot (@YATheChap) 15 September 2017

Robot da tutto il mondo si danno appuntamento all’#ERLemergency #Robots. A Piombino da oggi al 23/09 @ERLrobotleague https://t.co/4h1btIlln1 pic.twitter.com/7L0Lo4wTjz

— Enel Group (@EnelGroupIT) 15 September 2017

Teams worked very hard during the practice and competition days:

First tests completed by #ENSTATeam in the @ERLrobotleague pic.twitter.com/rcWQdRHAfw

— Servane Courtaux (@servane_crtx) 16 September 2017

Tuscany Robotics Team pic.twitter.com/BFo2mnb7B7

— Benedetto Allotta (@BenAllotta) 22 September 2017

Some field repairs for team Raptors @ERLrobotleague #ERLemergency while teams Oubot and Raptors continue air and sea operations. pic.twitter.com/LJ6Zphsu6Y

— Alan Winfield (@alan_winfield) 23 September 2017

Great to see many more women roboticists in #ERLemergency2017 teams than #eurathlon2015. See e.g. team #Piombino https://t.co/FsnC3e5ijN

— Alan Winfield (@alan_winfield) 25 September 2017

Land + Air day out here at #ERLemergency! @ERLrobotleague pic.twitter.com/DzZlcmnNWf

— AUVSI Foundation (@AUVSIFoundation) 20 September 2017

Robots could be found also in the exhibition area:

SWARMs at ERL 2017! #erlemergency #Piombino @SantAnnaPisahttps://t.co/ly8ciQQgh6 pic.twitter.com/anQ9Ck7knI

— SWARMs Project (@SWARMS_Project) 21 September 2017

Or enjoying the sea:

ETH Robot ANYmal likes the sea in Italy. pic.twitter.com/UsU3hUlKTD

— Roland Siegwart (@rsiegwart) 15 de septiembre de 2017

Robotics experts held presentations and demos for the general public during the Opening Ceremony in Piazza Bovio.

The Opening ceremony of #Erlemergency 2017 @ERLrobotleague has started in Piombino #robots pic.twitter.com/SGqVLGL2Xn

— euRobotics (@eu_Robotics) 17 September 2017

.@mady_delvaux: European #robotics research is performing well, robots will impact human life, #erlemergency2017 is a positive example pic.twitter.com/gciEjcS0XW

— SPARC robotics (@SPARCrobotics) 17 September 2017

The public got to know the teams,

Let’s support the #erlemergency2017 teams! pic.twitter.com/5XbsegCATB

— SPARC robotics (@SPARCrobotics) 17 September 2017

And to see some emergency robots in action with the demo of TRADR project:

Robots will complement people, not take their jobs, says TRADR project #erlemergency2017 https://t.co/K3KOP8umVN

— SPARC robotics (@SPARCrobotics) 17 September 2017

The competition site benefitted from the visit of some personalities:

Il sindaco di Piombino @massimogiu a #ERLemergency 2017 a Tor del Sale “Manifestazione positiva per la città che vuole guardare al futuro” pic.twitter.com/xMOW9zs1Hw

— Comune di Piombino (@ComunePiombino) 22 September 2017

We are delighted to have Bill Kirkwood from our Platinum Sponsor @ieeeoes at #ERLemergency2017. Many thanks for sponsoring us! pic.twitter.com/27zsP66Xsz

— ERL robotics league (@ERLrobotleague) 23 September 2017

Since they are the new generation of roboticists, children were not forgotten either: they enjoyed the free classes given by Scuola di Robotica.

Enjoy the #robotics class for children in #Piombino #ERLemergency2017 @EmanueleMicheli pic.twitter.com/1nEB4LDcEZ

— euRobotics (@eu_Robotics) 17 September 2017

At the Piombino Castle, the public attended more #robotics presentations.

Anne Bajart @RoboticsEU presented EU funded #robotics projects @CLsPlusPlus #erlemergency2017 #Piombino pic.twitter.com/RnTbCeIIl9

— ERL robotics league (@ERLrobotleague) 18 September 2017

After days of hard work, passion and enjoyment, the winners of the Grand challenge were announced:

The winners of #ERLemergency2017 Grand Challenge are Telerob+Universitat de Girona + ISEP/INESC TEC. Congratulations! pic.twitter.com/Y89BvQhJ5x

— ERL robotics league (@ERLrobotleague) 23 September 2017

SPARC is the partnership for robotics in Europe.

SPARC is the partnership for robotics in Europe.