CYBATHLON Challenges 2023

Event

The second CYBATHLON Challenges will take place on 29 March 2023! 

Are you ready for CYBATHLON Challenges 2023?

Disciplines and Tasks

For detailed information please refer to the official documents about the competition:

Contact

Do you have any questions about the CYBATHLON Challenges?

Contact Katja Stoffels at

teams@cybathlon.com

Arm Prosthesis Race

Task: Carry Bottles

Forces that act on the prosthesis during the manipulation of heavy objects can cause a displacement of the prosthetic socket relative to the arm stump. In consequence, the control signals recorded by traditional surface electromyogram (EMG) can become unreliable leading to the unsatisfactory function of the prosthesis.

In this task, a series of bottles of different weights must be placed in a bottle crate and the crate must then be carried to a table. At the table, the bottles must be removed from the crate and placed on the table.

Task: Clean Sweep

A vast variety of objects of different shapes, sizes, compliance, texture, and weights must be grasped and manipulated in everyday life. The ability to cope with this diversity of requirements is challenged in this task.

In this task, pilots are asked to grasp and move blue objects individually with their prosthetic hand from their random, initial position on a table surface to a target position on a neighbouring table.

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Leg Prosthesis Race

Task: Hurdles

Sometimes, it is necessary to step over objects that are even higher than standard steps or to crouch to pass beneath objects, e.g., when walking in a forest, crossing a fence, or on a construction site.

In this task, the pilots have to pass a series of hurdles.

Task: Ladder

Climbing and descending ladders with a trans-femoral leg prosthesis is arduous and requires a lot of attention from the user.

In this task, pilots must climb up and down a stepladder by placing their feet only in predefined locations while balancing an apple on a plate.

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Exoskeleton Race

Task: Moving Boxes

Walking on surfaces that require irregular step lengths and heights is challenging since the position of the foot must be continuously controlled.

In this task, pilots must negotiate a random sequence of wooden boxes that vary in height and length.

Task: Kitchen

For exoskeletons to be practical for everyday use, they must allow their user to perform auxiliary tasks that go beyond the basic walking functions. Such auxiliary tasks are then usually performed with the upper extremities and can involve the manipulation of objects at various levels above the ground.

In this task, pilots must conduct several upper extremity tasks while standing in a kitchen environment in their exoskeleton.

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Wheelchair Race

Task: Crowd

Often in daily life, it is necessary to navigate around static or moving obstacles to reach a desired destination. When moving in dynamic crowds, in particular, constant control of direction and speed is required to avoid collisions.

In this task, pilots must pass between individual pieces of furniture. In addition, collisions with several robots that are roaming the task space must be avoided.

Task: Doorstep

Crossing the doorstep is usually the first step when entering a building. They come in many different sizes, and it is often decided at the door-step if a wheelchair user can enter or leave a building at all. Powered wheelchairs should therefore be able to negotiate a big variety of doorsteps.

In this task, pilots and their devices are challenged to negotiate different types of doorsteps.

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Assistance Robot Race

Task: Eating

Eating and drinking are situations in which an assistance robot can be of great help to a user. However, such situations pose a particular challenge to the control of the assistance robot. On the one hand, because the involved objects have heterogenic properties (e.g., shape, compliance, texture), on the other hand, due to the required inter-action between the device and the pilot during which safety must be guaranteed at any time.

In this task, pilots must use their assistance robot to eat an apple.

Task: Clean Up

Stowing away objects is a task in which assistance robots can be of significant help to their user. However, the vast variety of objects, their orientation and target locations make this type of task a challenge.

In this task, pilots must clean up a table from several objects and stow them in predefined locations.

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Vision Assistance Race

Task: Sidewalk

When walking in a public space, blind people are often confronted with physical obstacles (e.g., an e-scooter that is carelessly left on a sidewalk, or a tree branch lying on the ground). This may lead to collisions and falls.

In this task, pilots must negotiate a set of obstacles obstructing their path.

Task: Serving Food

Serving food is a challenge for blind people since plates and glasses must be kept horizontal to make sure that contents are not spilled while walking.

In this task, pilots must serve food and place it on the table.

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