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First Prize, Humanoid Championship, FIRA RoboWorld Cup Austria 2003 - This was the first time; the ECE Humanoid took part in FIRA Robot World cup.
- In the Hurosot (Humanoid Robot Soccer Tournament) category of the FIRA 2003 competition, each biped robot was required to compete in 3 tasks. The first task is the Robot Dash, where the speed of the humanoids is the only criteria for comparing performance. Fast walking is very difficult to realize in biped robots.
- Manus used a dynamic balance algorithm to improve the walking speed while still maintaining a steady gait. In the competition, Manus took 25 seconds to finish 1.2 meter walking. The runner up, in comparison, took nearly thrice the time.
- The second task is Penalty Kick and Goal Keep. This task requires that the robot use artificial intelligence techniques to locate the ball and the goalpost, generate a trajectory for the ball, and kick the ball according to the trajectory generated. Manus managed to score 5 goals in 6 tries: a very commendable performance even by human standards!
- In the third and the toughest of all tasks, 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. The best record for Manus in Obstacle Run is that it successfully accomplished all 5 times in one round.
- Based on its performance in all three categories, the Manus brought home the overall trophy in the FIRA HuroSot category.
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