Grosseto. They don’t have the muscles of Lautaro nor the bank account of the highly paid players in Serie A. They are the robot footballers of Manetti Porciatti technological hubthe Grosseto school that boasted the national title of Robocup Junior in the Soccer Open category, repeating last year’s success, and who will go on to represent Italy at the world championship in July in Eindhoven, Holland.
Instead of adductors and calves, they use ringed wheels, they see by means of mirrors and cameras which, together with other devices and inventions, allow them to kick a colored ball and score spectacular goals that have nothing to envy of those of their human counterparts, the everything autonomously within the playing field, recognizing the various areas, the goals, dividing the roles into defender and attacker and creating a very complex system from both a hardware and software point of view. It was a clear path for the Grosseto team which, with the progression of the matches, increased the gap with their opponents, resulting in a resounding victory in the final. 17 to 4 against the home team.
Behind the success that the team “Go for Broke” he got there are always people; teachers and students who also spent the days working in the school laboratories during the Easter holidays. To seal this prestigious result obtained last Saturday, the head teacher, Claudio Simoniorganized a celebratory moment to which the institutions and sponsors who helped the school cover the expenses of the trip to the shores of Lake Maggiore were invited.
“We are proud of you – commented Simoni – because you are proof that, where there is application and self-sacrifice, as well as a good dose of genius and technical-scientific skills, the results arrive. Now, we count on the help of the whole Maremma to leave an indelible mark in Holland, exactly ten years after our last world success, the one in Brazil, when we boasted the world title”.
For his part, Professor Daniele Dattinomentor of the team together with the professor Emanuele Formichellaunderlined how the strategy adopted and the measures made to the robots were decisive, alongside the great ability of his students in knowing how to update the programming of the software that manages them.
The provincial councilor spoke to congratulate the school Valentino Biscontirepresenting President Limatola, Gianfranco Cassisaon behalf of the administrator Gabriele Marini, e Giovanni Mascagnihead of the Grosseto delegation of Confindustria Toscana Sud, who invited the new Italian champions of “Go for Broke” to the Fiera del Madonnino at the Confindustria stand, in the innovation pavilion.
Even the mayor of Grosseto, Antonfrancesco Vivarelli Colonna, and the senator Simona Petrucci they complimented the students and teachers, attributing to the Polo Manetti Porciatti the undisputed role of reference in the local education system.
The 2024 Italian Robocup Junior champions who built and programmed the two robots are V EC students Alessandro Di Lorenzo, Lucia Cortino and Ghulio Musaku. In addition to this team, the Rescue Line group composed of Matteo Bernardini from III EN, Elisabetta Lapi, Stefano Rocchi and Riccardo Brogelli from IV EC also participated.
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