Mobile Robots #10 - Humanoids Are Here

So you’ve heard of humanoids, and of autonomous driving - why not just combine the two?
This time, we’ll focus fully on humanoid robots - and we do have some gems in store. This session is packed with innovation, deep-dive tech insights, and a rare hands-on opportunity!

### 🎯 What's On The Menu?

### 1️⃣ pib.rocks Version 4 - New Design & pib Learns New Stuff!

Speaker: Jürgen Baier - pib.rocks

Topic: The next evolution of the open-source humanoid robot project!

The team behind pib.rocks is joining us to provide a quick but insightful update on their latest creation: version 4 of their open source humanoid pib!
The whole project is growing rapidly and has attracted tons of media and political attention over the last two years, as many of you might have seen. This lightning talk will cover the significant improvements and architectural changes, including the sleek new physical design and the exciting new capabilities they’ve unlocked.
There’re some great advancements on the software and human-robot-interaction side as well - which opens up even more opportunities for you to go and contribute to the project, or build your own robot.

### 2️⃣ From G1 Robot to Autonomous Go-Kart Driver

Speaker: Daniel Klingmann, Christoph Bergemann - TNG Consulting

Topic: Building real-world applications with Unitree’s G1 - teaching it to drive a GoCart!

The team from TNG has pulled of quite a unique stunt: They programmed a Unitree G1 to drive a go-kart, which can then be remote-controlled as one single unit 😮
They’ll bring their robot and the GoCart (yes) along so we can test it - that alone would be awesome enough, but that’s not all.

They’ll also give a talk about the project and provide us with an in-depth session on the engineering and software side. So if you ever wanted to know what Unitree’s SDK can do, here you go. We’ll get into:

• The entire development process, from concept to execution.
• A close look at the robot's SDK and its capabilities, showing you exactly how they leveraged it.
• The challenges faced and solutions implemented to achieve mobile control.

See the whole setup in action here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJzsH2celG0

## ⏱️ Agenda

🚨 Please note: We'll sponsor drinks, but there won't be any food this time. So make sure you're well fed and won't get hangry!
(Or just bring snacks for everyone 😁)

18:00 - Doors open & networking begins
18:30 - Welcome & intro
18:45 - Talk 1: pib.rocks Lightning v4 Update
19:30 - Talk 2: TNG's Autonomous Go-Kart Deep Dive
20:30 - Open networking and drinks, demos, test drives...
21:30 - Event wrap-up

## 📍Location Details

Zollhof is hosting us once more 🥳
We'll be upstairs, easy to find - just follow the signs.