On Saturday (September 21), centre:mk will be hosting the grand final of first European Robotics League (ERL) Smart CIty RObotic Challenge (the SciRoc challenge) in Middleton Hall.
The SciRoc challenge is the world’s first robot competition integrating real time smart city data, where robots will face a series of challenges including serving coffee, picking and packing items in a supermarket, providing emergency medications, opening a door and using an elevator.
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The competition will see 14 teams from eight different countries compete in one or more of the tasks, according to their research interests.
The robots will also be using the capabilities of the city itself to compete at doing everyday tasks. Milton Keynes is a ‘Smart City’, where sensors gather data to improve services, lower costs, and improve efficiency.
