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Robocup 2002 World Robot Soccer Championships
dipfan writes "While the rest of the world is watching the soccer world championships in Korea and Japan this summer, at the same time the Robocup 2002 competition for soccer-playing robots is to take place there - the sixth time the tournament has been held, with 35 countries competing and this time including a "humanoid league" competition. The purpose is to foster research in robotics, with the aim of building a team of robots that can play and win against the best human teams by 2050. One of the pre-tournament favourites this year is Iran, who did well in 2000 but not in 2001. The Swedish team includes a star player named Priscilla, described as "looking like a sister of the Terminator". One of the Swedish designers comments: 'you don't want to give too much freedom to the robots as they will go crazy.' Much like flesh-and-blood highly-paid sports stars really."
Isn't Iran part of that scary Axis of Evil?
... first they'll take over professional sports. Before you know it, their evil army of robots will soon be causing havoc in our streets and marrying Spice Girls.
Better watch out
Tuus crepidae innexilis sunt.
Ok, ok, maybe its troll, but I can't resist. Whose gonna' be the first one to attempt a slide tackle on a robot? If a half-ton robot falls on you, your in for some pain.
Would it be possible to add spinning blades and house bots to this soccer arena?
Yes Angela, many men are adversarially minded. Yes, it is a kind of mental illness.
The next step of a true scientist is to ask why. True scientists gather facts and try to make theories that fit those facts.
One interesting fact: In the U.S. and Britain, women are responsible for slightly more than half of the serious domestic violence. So, it is not as though only men have the problem of anger.
Another fact: Women in the U.S. culture are far more likely to hide their adversarial behavior. They are far more likely to adopt some rationalization to excuse their adversarial behavior.
Women in the U.S. are likely to feel superior to men. They use this idea to justify a lot of their own adversarial behavior.
I've written a book about a particular kind of adversarial behavior. My book is about how secret government agencies corrupt governments: What should be the Response to Violence?