On July 21, 2024, the iRAP robot team of KMUTNB students represented Thailand and won the world championship in the World RoboCup Rescue 2024, held from July 16 to 21, 2024 in Eindhoven city in The Netherlands, making the team the 10-time world champion of the global rescue robot tournament. Besides, the team won other 2 additional awards for extraordinary performance, including the Best-in-Class Mobility and the Best-in-Class Dexterity categories.
In the final round of the competition, Thailand’s iRAP Robot team managed to secure the highest score of 1,076 points, while the first runner-up, SHINOBI team from Japan earned 921 points and the second runner-up ALERT team from Germany earned 825 points.
The well-known robotics competition, RoboCup 2024 was joined by 20 teams from 10 countries, including 1. Germany 2. Japan 3. France 4. China 5. South Korea 6. Austria 7. Switzerland 8. Mexico 9. Bangladesh and 10. Thailand. The 6 teams qualified for the final round with their represented country consisted of 1. IRAP ROBOT-Thailand 2. SHINOBI- Japan 3. SOLIDUS- Switzerland 4. ALERT- Germany 5. QUIX- Japan and 6. HECTOR- Germany.
The iRAP team got sponsored to cover the cost of the prototype creation and the trip to the competition by diverse organizations, including Thai Airways International PLC, KMUTNB Alumni Association under the Royal Patronage of HM the King, Search Entertainment Co. Ltd., different University Units within KMUTNB, and a range of Thai public and private sector organizations.
Congratulations to the entire iRAP Robot team for securing another victory at the World RoboCup Rescue 2024! Your amazing championship truly brings significant reputation, pride and international prestige to our country!
