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The ROBOlympic Games

Posted by michael on from the no-steroid-testing dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "The first International Robot Games, or ROBOlympics, organized by the Robotics Society of America, will take place on March 20th and 21st, 2004 in San Francisco, California. There will be competition for combat and non-combat robots, a World Cup Soccer game, and even a robo-triathlon. More than 400 robots are registered for this robotics competition. And the winners will receive hard cash. Nature tells us the story in 'Robolympics contestants shoot for gold.' More details and references are available in this overview which also includes a very nice photo of two robots, the larger one either fixing or rocking the smaller one. And for your information, ROBOlympics is not sold out. So if you are near San Francisco, it's still time to buy tickets. They cost $15 to $25. Entrance is free for children under 7."

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  1. The Plans are obvious.. by grub · · Score: 4, Funny


    Entrance is free for children under 7.

    Sure.. get the young kids used to seeing robots all over the place so they'll be taken by suprise when SkyNet launces its attack. whoops, my tinfoil hat was slipping there, sorry..

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  2. Ummm by savagedome · · Score: 5, Funny

    in San Francisco, California

    Will the governor be taking part too?

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  3. Does anyone else have a problem with this? by Praxxus · · Score: 5, Funny

    The fact that Nature is bringing us this robot story?

    MmMmmmm . . . irony.

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  4. News Flash: 100 meter dash ends before 1st Meter by teknikl · · Score: 4, Funny

    ..shotput event canceled due to fears for viewer's safety

  5. I'm still waiting for... by Stopmotioncleaverman · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...Human Wars. Robots of superior intelligence build highly aggressive, hugely muscular humans to beat the crap out of one another on RoboTV. Eventually they will evolve to become more intelligent than their creators, and we'll go full circle...maybe :P

  6. wow... by caino59 · · Score: 3, Funny

    http://www.robolympics.net/photos/susan_r2.jpg

    they're lookin pretty lifelike...

    http://www.robolympics.net/photos/blender.jpg

    *snicker*

  7. Re:Combat robots by bandy · · Score: 3, Funny

    And it's probably all radio-controlled, e.g. no real robots among them.

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  8. Setting ourselves up for disappointment? by sdcharle · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is this going to be like that DARPA road race, where Wired did a 50-page color article on it, and then on race day none of the robots are able to make it as far as a stray shopping cart in a windy parking lot?

  9. ..It is nice to let them cross-pollinate.. by burgburgburg · · Score: 4, Funny
    The international, multidisciplinary line-up means that competition is intense. But robotics experts from different fields will get to meet, talk and share ideas. "It is nice to let them cross-pollinate," Calkins says.

    Yeah, pollinating is about as close as any of these folks will ever get to biological procreation.