The Upper Rhine Mobile Robotic Challenge

 

Photos from the 2025 edition

For two days, eight teams competed and collaborated during the Upper Rhine Mobile Robotic Challenge, organized by ENSISA as part of the INTERREG RobotHub Academy project and hosted by the BE 5.0 trade show. 

Congratulations to the winners:
- Robot d'Or: Die Hochschule Karlsruhe (HKA) 
 - Grand Prize: Télécom Physique Strasbourg 
- Jury Prize: IUT Haguenau 

 Congratulations also to all the other teams from the various institutions: ENSISA, UHA 4.0, IUT Mulhouse, INSA Strasbourg, Télécom Physique Strasbourg, IUT Haguenau, Die Hochschule Karlsruhe, Die Hochschule Trier 
Edition 2025

Tame your robot!A fun, unifying event that highlights student know-how

Following the success of its first edition at the BE 5.0 Industries of the Future trade show in November 2024, the Upper Rhine Mobile Robotic Challenge (URMC) is back for a second edition in November 2025 in Mulhouse. The Upper Rhine Robotic Mobile Challenge is a mobile robotics challenge involving eight teams, centered around a central platform where mobile robots operate according to predefined specifications. The challenge takes place over the two days of the trade show. This unique event in the region is aimed at students enrolled in bachelor's/license degree programs in technology and master's/engineering schools in Europe. It brings together students, teachers, and industry professionals in one place for an innovative and friendly competition. The goal of the competition is to program the robots so that they can move safely in an unfamiliar environment. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

The competition in detail The increasingly complex missions on offer are :

A competition at the heart of the industry of the future Organized as part of the INTERREG RobotHub Academie project, with the support of ENSISA, IUT Mulhouse, and IRIMAS, and in partnership with the BE 5.0 Industries du Futur trade show, URMC allows participants to: 
  1.  Tackle real-world problems and put their skills into practice; 
  2.  Promote robotics and scientific training to manufacturers and visitors at the trade show; 
  3.  Create exchanges between academics and businesses; 
  4.  Experience a unifying moment, at the crossroads of technology and conviviality. 

 For two days, visitors to the trade show will be able to watch autonomous mobile robots in action on a central stage, with the teams in full swing. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

What is the main objective of this second edition?

Program mobile robots such as TurtleBot3 Burger to perform various tasks in a logistics context (moving around a warehouse, following a route, avoiding obstacles, pick and place, etc.). 
 The programming must enable the robots to operate safely in an unfamiliar environment. 

Competition description: 
 The mobile robotics challenge revolves around a central platform where mobile robots operate according to predefined specifications (competition rules). The proposed logistics environment includes curves, intersections, a goods deposit area, and a passage through a warehouse without lighting, allowing for the definition of different missions to be carried out. Registered teams will have access to a simulation environment (digital twin) including: an example track layout; a robot simulation model; and examples of missions. This simulation environment allows teams to prepare and develop their various solutions. 

 During the BE5.0 trade show, a turtlebot3 burger mobile robot will be made available to each team.

The Upper Rhine Mobile Robotic Challenge
The Upper Rhine Mobile Robotic Challenge

A challenge supported by ENSISA, IUT Mulhouse and IRIMAS

The Upper Rhine Mobile Robotic Challenge is organized with the support of ENSISA, IUT Mulhouse and IRIMAS as part of the INTERREG RobotHub Academie project. 

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