Team Magma

Since 2009, Hochschule Offenburg has been teaching simulated robots to play soccer. The 3D Nao robots compete in numerous international competitions against teams from other universities and colleges around the world. The team led by Prof. Dr. Klaus Dorer has already won the RoboCup vice-world championship title several times.

The physically realistic bipedal robots have been taught to walk on two legs, stand up, shoot, and much more. The progress has been remarkable. Each year, the previous year’s team has been defeated by a margin in the high single digits. According to the RoboCup community, by the year 2050, real robots should be able to hold their own against human players.

RoboCup South Korea

Magma Reaches the World Championship Podium Once Again

After a 0-2 loss to Dionysus in the semifinals, the team won the third-place game 3-0 against the Solidworkers.
Magma is in the semifinals

The team will face Dionysus again there tomorrow, Sunday.
Magma will face Apollo3D for the first time in the third group stage

The team finished the second group stage in second place after two decisive victories and its first loss to Dionysus.
Team Magma Celebrates Four Easy Wins

The final tally for the first group stage is 12:0 points and 32:0 goals.
Team Magma wins all of its group matches in the seeding round

In four games, the team scored a total of 23 goals and did not concede a single goal.
Team Magma has arrived safely in South Korea

Preparations are largely complete, and the first group opponents have been determined.

More Information

Team

Current Members

Mike Benz
Hannes Braun
Klaus Dorer
Team Leader
klaus.dorer@hs-offenburg.de
Stefan Glaser
Madhurshalini Mahalingam
Simon Palewicz
Simon Rösch
Adrian Schade
Sascha Schrempp

Former team members

Luisa Andre
Step Planning, Publicity
Maximilian Baritz
Opponent Modeling, Motor Function Tool
Martin Baur
Kick
Tobias Biehl
Nico Bohlinger
Machine Learning
Kim Christmann
Machine Learning
Alexander Derr
Lukas Ehlers
Goalie
Mathias Ehret
Behavior, Team Strategy
Sebastian Eppinger
Team Strategy
Jens Fischer
Tools, Kick
Patrick Grommelt
Deep Reinforcement Learning
Artur Hirsch
Julian Hohenöcker
Danny Huber
Behaviors
Hannes Huber
Thin Client
Thomas Huber
Localization, Timing
Andre Jaendel
Lukas Jawadi
Stephan Kammerer
Character Behavior
Fabian Korak
Strategy
Maximilian Krög
Training, Goalie, Penalty Shootouts
Pascal Liegibel
Sweaty Property Editing
Duy Nguyen
Goalie
Sven Öhler
Markus Portugall
Richard Pufe
Simon Raffeiner
Infrastructure, Perception, Server Development
Srinivasa Ragavan
Beliefs, Behaviors
Thomas Rinklin
Behaviors, Extended Behavior Networks
Mahdi Sadeghi
Ingo Schindler
Behaviors, Bachelor's Degree Thesis on Bipedal Walking
Carmen Schmider
Machine Learning
Jannes Scholz
Opponent Action Detection
Jannik Seiler
Simulator, Tools
Rajit Shahi
Visualization, Tool Development
Artem Vlasiuk
David Weiler
Strategy, Ball Trajectory
Louis Weiss
Deep Reinforcement Learning
Deena Will
Sweaty Decision Making
Maren Wolffram
Machine Learning

Achievements

Year	Event	Rank
2025	Brazil Open Mujoco Challenge	Winner
2025	Salvador World Championship	2
2024	Jiangsu Tournament	Winner
2024	Brazil Open	2
2024	Eindhoven World Championship	2
2024	Eindhoven Technical Challenge	Winner
2024	Robotics	2
2023	Brazil Open	Winner
2023	Bordeaux World Championship	2
2023	Bordeaux Technical Challenge	Winner
2023	Robotica	2
2022	Brazil Open	2
2022	Bangkok World Championship	2
2022	Robotica	Winner
2021	Brazil Open	Winner
2021	Worldwide World Championship	2
2021	Worldwide Technical Challenge	Winner
2021	Robotica	Winner
2020	Brazil Open	Winner
2020	Offenburg Tournament	3
2019	Sydney World Championship	2
2019	Robotica	Winner
2018	Montreal World Championship	2
2018	Montreal Technical Challenge	Winner
2018	Robotica	Winner
2017	Nagoya World Championship	2
2017	Robotica	Winner
2016	Leipzig World Championship	5
2016	Braganca Robotica	3
2015	Hefei World Championship	6
2015	Magdeburg German Open	2
2014	João Pessoa World Championship	3
2014	Espinho Portugal Open	2
2014	Magdeburg German Open	2
2013	Eindhoven World Championship	Equal 7
2013	Magdeburg German Open	2
2012	Mexico World Championship	4
2012	Eindhoven Dutch Open	3
2011	Istanbul World Championship	Tied for 9th
2011	Magdeburg German Open	6
2010	Singapore World Championship	Tied for 13th
2010	Magdeburg German Open	Equal 5
2009	Graz World Championship	Equal 9
2009	Hanover German Open	Equal 3

Downloads

Magma Tools

Magma Challenge Tool:
A Java GUI tool that can run the "run challenge" and "kick challenge" used in the RoboCup 3D soccer simulation.
Magma Proxy:
A proxy for the RoboCup 3D soccer simulation server.

Please see our GitHub page for more details.