Second Prize, Humanoid Championship, FIRA RoboWorld Cup Korea 2004

• The competition comprised of 4 different tasks that the robots had to perform. They are Robot Dash and Backward Walk, Penalty kick and Goal Keep, Obstacle Run, and Lift and Carry. In the Robot Dash, the robots had to complete a distance of 1.2m using forward bipedal locomotion and then walk backwards in the shortest time possible.
• MaNUS managed to set a new world record of 16 seconds, shaving off 10 seconds from the previous record in the forward dash and completed the entire race in 52 seconds.
• The second task is Penalty Kick and Goal Keep. This task requires that the robot use artificial intelligence techniques to locate a randomly-placed ball and the goalpost, generate a trajectory for the ball, and kick the ball according to the trajectory generated. MaNUS managed to score 1 goal in 5 tries with 1 shot saved by the goalkeeper and another narrowly missing the goal.
• In the third task, the Obstacle Run, the robots have to overcome two challenges. The first is to walk along a path avoiding randomly placed obstacles in front of the robot. And secondly, in addition to avoiding the obstacles, the robots are also required to remember the paths they have taken. MaNUS used IR proximity sensors to detect the obstacles, with a servomotor driving the IR sensor to scan laterally, and a digital compass to sense the direction.
• Lastly, in the Lift and Carry event, the robots were required to carry extra batteries as additional weight MaNUS managed to lift a total of 11 AA-size batteries.
• Based on its performance in all 4 categories, the MaNUS brought home the overall 2^nd position in the FIRA HuroSot category.