The awards ceremony ends the 17th edition of the multi-event on AI and robotics.
RomeCup 2024, the event developed by the Fondazione Mondo Digitale and organised with the GEDI Publishing Group and Italian Tech and promoted in collaboration with the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” has come to an end with Rome Mayor Roberto Gualtieri presenting awards to the winners. Over 4000 participants, including over 3000 students; 109 teams competing in the robotic challenges with 23 teams in contests with universities; 35 organisations present in the showcase area with innovative prototypes developed by schools, companies, research centres, start-ups, and universities … These are the numbers of an event that focuses on technological innovation based on robotic solutions and AI for holistic sustainability, to face environmental, social, and economic challenges in an integrated manner, placing people at the centre.
“A country like ours must excel in the field of innovation to ensure collective growth. Robotics and artificial intelligence are precious allies for sustainability and inclusion, to make the world a better place, to support us in the challenges of administrating a community," commented the Mayor of Rome Roberto Gualtieri. The Mayor presented awards to the winners of the 17th International City of Rome Robotics Trophy, the first SuperTeam Trophy (Rescue Line category), and the Robotic Arm Challenge, together with the Rector of the University of Rome Tor Vergata ,Nathan Lecialdi Ghiron, the President of Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, INAIL extraordinary commissioner Fabrizio D'Ascenzo, and Mirta Michilli and Alfonso Molina, respectively Director General and Scientific Director of the Fondazione Mondo Digitale.
Yesterday evening, at the Capitoline Museums, the €20,000 prize for the second edition of the Most Promising Researcher in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (promoted by the Fondazione Mondo Digitale ETS with the Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome in collaboration with Italian Tech and the GEDI Group was presented to Mihai Dragusanu, 30, a researcher at the University of Siena (Department of Information Engineering and Mathematical Sciences) for a modular exoskeletal suit for upper limbs. Mihai’s solution exploits the force generated by Twisted-String-Actuators to activate the joints of the upper limbs. The award ceremony took place in the context of the "The Wonders of Artificial Intelligence" event hosted by journalist Riccardo Luna.
The students who competed in the robotics competitions came from all over Italy, including a team from Malta. Here are the winners of the XVII International City of Rome Trophy in each category:
- Rescue Line: Team Dave - Savio College, Malta;
- Explorer Junior: Team Marcello - IIs Pacinotti Archimede, Rome
- Explorer Senior: Team Wheel Crash - IIs Cicerone, Sala Consilina (Salerno)
- On Stage Preliminary: Team Explosivi - Associazione DreamPuzzle, Brescia
- On Stage Advanced: Team Astra - IIS Majorana, Avezzano (L'Aquila)
- Soccer Open League: Team Ikaro Open - IIS Pacinotti Archimede, Rome
- Soccer Light Weight: Team Ikaro Lw - IIS Pacinotti Archimede, Rome
For the new Robotic Arm Challenge category, held in collaboration with Prof. Luca Oliva and his team, the prize went to all the teams that participated; the first SuperTeam trophy (Rescue Line category with RoboCup Junior Italia) was won by the joint team composed buy the Remaster from IIS Majorana in Avezzano and Santhià 2 from IIS Avogadro in Vercelli [see final ranking].
Novelties of the 17th edition: the SuperTeam Championship held in collaboration with RoboCup Junior, the Robotic Arm Challenge for the development of collaborative robotic arms, and the Charter of Human Rights for Digital Tools.
This year, RomeCup has the patronage of the Regione Lazio, the City of Rome, Unindustria and Siri. Event partners: INAIL, Microsoft, SAP, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, and Opening Future (joint project with Google Cloud, Intesa Sanpaolo, TIM Enterprise). ATAC is the mobility partner and SiEnergie the technical partner.
During the course of the first day, March 20, the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” Engineering Macro Area presented the Manifesto for Collective Action on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics is an invitation to form a strategic alliance to work together on 10 concrete actions that will allow our country to advance towards a form of development based on skills and youth, so not to create further inequality, exclusion, and poverty.riore. La premiazione si è svolta nel contesto dell'evento "Le meraviglie dell'intelligenza artificiale", condotto dal giornalista Riccardo Luna.
