BART LAB Rescue won the first prize at RoboCup Japan Open 2010

On May 1-4, 2010 at Osaka, Japan: BART LAB Rescue team attended the Rescue League at RoboCup Japan Open 2010. There were 11 teams from Japan, [including, “CIT Pelican,” former World Champion ’01 – ’05, “Shinobi,” Japan Champion ’09, and “Nexis-R,” A.K.A. NU-Tech R, Japan Champion ’07-’08], a young team from Iran and BART LAB Rescue, Thailand Champion ’09.

There were three 15-minute missions in the first round. The first mission, BART LAB Rescue scored 142 points while the second rank, CIT Pelican, received only 27 points. After three missions, only 4 teams advanced to the final round, one from Thailand, BART LAB Rescue, and three from Japan, CIT Pelican, Shinobi, and Nexis-R.

The final round was a knock-out one mission with a longer length of time, 30 minutes. It was really closed. Japanese teams were at full performance, however, we were ready as well. BART LAB Rescue won the Japan Open Championship with the final run of 146 points left the second place about 50 points. BART LAB Rescue was only an international team to win a title for all leagues in the RoboCup Japan Open 2010. To attend the Japan Open, BART LAB Rescue was fully supported by the THAICOM Foundation for 2 consecutive years.