Grigory Morozov, a first-year student of the Engineering Systems master's program and captain of the ReSet team, the Laboratory of Intelligent Space Robotics (Skoltech Center for Digital Engineering), talks about the team's preparation for international robotics competitions.

- We already have a robot that can build, grab resources, and accurately determine its location on the field. Navigation has implemented. We are still working on the design and the computer vision (CV) system, and we are also improving the small robots - one of them can already drive along the line and perform tasks.

On April 20, our team qualified for the Moscow stage of the competition at the Palace of Pioneers on Sparrow Hills. Moreover, the final of Eurobot 2025 will be held from May 2-4, 2025 in MIPT.

Assignment: ‘Robo-Rock Tour’:

This year's theme is a robot rock tour. The assignment is to create several robots that perform different tasks in preparation for a concert.

The first robot is a stage robot. It will perform on stage. The second type of robots are fans, so to speak, who are near the stage and perform various movements such as dancing or actuator spins. The biggest and most challenging task is to create a large robot that builds the audience stands and the stage from materials located on the map. This robot must find resources, sort them, build structures, and avoid collisions with enemy structures and robots. Another small task is deploying the group's banner. At this point, we know how to do almost everything. All that is left is to come up with a design for the banner itself.

Dream Team:

Our team consists of nine people: two mechanics, three electronic engineers and four programmers. Half of the participants are from Russia, two from Vietnam and two from Nigeria. All the guys are master's students in the Engineering Systems educational programme. They are so enthusiastic that they even sleep in the laboratory, trying to finish their work on time. Frankly speaking, I am truly proud of them.

The main task now is to finish everything after the Moscow stage. But we are confident that we will manage!

ReSet:

The Eurobot International Youth Robotics Competition is an open championship of mobile robots created by youth teams from all over the world. The ReSet team is an eight-time Russian champion and the current winner of the competition. 

One of the peculiarities of the competition is that each task is updated annually. Therefore, you have to design and build a robot literally from scratch. Traditionally, first year Master's students participate in our laboratory, so the composition of the team changes every year. Eurobot is a great opportunity to hone your robotics skills and learn how to work effectively in a team. 

As they say, build a robot and do not quarrel

Photos: Timur Sabirov