RoboCup 2003

Kylose Boondoggler writes "Sony AIBOs play soccer against each other in the American Open 2003, hosted by Carnegie Mellon University in preparation for RoboCup '03. Teams from all over North and South America (including teams from Georgia Tech, Cornell, and UPenn) will compete in various leagues from soccer-playing AIBO to pure computer simulations. Local newspaper coverage is provided by The Tartan. Honda's ASIMO will also make an appearance along with rescue robots constructed by Carnegie Mellon."

Comments

Robotic DOGS

[Snover]

Does this mean that they'll all go around sniffing each-other's butts?

Re:Robotic DOGS

[fjordboy]

After watching the first video on this site, there is definite footage of two aibo's on the same team (same color) with one aibo's head directly under the "tail" of the other aibo. I don't know if they were going for realism and trying to have the dogs sniff each other, or if it was just a coincidence, but the effect is hilarious.

Re:Robotic DOGS

[ralfg33k]

I'm sure they sniff each other and roll in each other's droppings: hey, a dog's a dog. But if one of these lil' guys gets ahold of your leg, it's best to just let 'em finish. The last thing you need is a jilted, network-connected Doberman Pinscher trying to boil your bunny and hack your server.

Soccer wrong game, chasing email spammers better

[corebreech]

Since dogs traditionally chase mailmen, I think this would be more fitting.

Just replace the people who deliver mail with the people who spam us with e-mail, and you have a smash hit!

You'd need to give Aibo some teeth though, and I've got some old and rusty Exacto-knife blades that would fit the bill perfectly.

robots DO need cups

[Suchetha]

how else would they protect their nuts?