RoboCup 2001 Underway

Dan B writes: "RoboCup 2001, the fifth international competition, is underway. The competition is held from August 2nd through the 10th at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center in Seattle, Washington, USA. International teams compete their autonomous soccer-playing robots in three different leagues including Sony Legged League (remember the cute puppies?). The competition is open to the public, so if you happen to be near Seattle, check it out."

Comments

on getting mod'd down ... and crobots

[beanerspace]

Happened to me last week as well. I wrote a comment that got 5 responses, and was VERY similar to other responses that got moderated up ... and here I thought talking about commercialization of the event was on topic.

I suppose I could have pondered about how much time and cycles could have been spared using a simpler operating system and perhaps retro-fitting some old-school code, e.g. Tom Poindexter's Crobots ... or given my plug for a linux based version of C-Robots ... but ....

then again ... in the words of Cowboy Neal "I said that karma bores me, and I don't understand why people get all hung up over it. It's not like having a high karma is gonna get you discounts in stores. If you're really worried about karma, go donate money to charity or donate your time to some place that can use it."