The Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) is organising the Manufacturing Robotics Challenge, a 2-day hackathon-style event for students, early career researchers and industrial engineers, at ICRA 23 in London.
The event will be a follow-on from the highly successful UK-RAS Manufacturing Robotics Challenge 2019 and 2021, both hosted by the University of Sheffield and AMRC. Up to 20 participants will compete in teams of 4 or 5 to build the tallest Jenga tower using collaborative robots, machine vision, AI, control algorithms, and digital twins. The task is designed to challenge and stimulate some core skills required by robotics engineers. Participants will have to use solid problem solving skills, concentration, strategic planning, mental flexibility, and creativity to complete the task. The challenge is also designed to replicate a ‘Learning Factory’ environment outlined as a simulation of an industrial factory. This will promote a solid understanding of key concepts required in manufacturing such as robotic manipulation, motion planning, perception and vision and will also enable critical thinking approaches to common manufacturing scenarios and higher levels of analytical and organisational capabilities necessary to react to the continuing changes that the Industry faces in the future.
The challenge will be hosted at ExCeL London from the 31st May to the 1st of June 2023. The event will bring together early career researchers and engineers from across disciplines to develop practical solutions to real-world problems in a competitive environment. Also, a fantastic prize will be awarded to the winning team.

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