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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. RoboCup 2004 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    Well...
    This year in portugal we'll host RoboCup 2004 aswell :D

    Paulo Soska

  2. Are the IOC allowing this name? by salm · · Score: 3, Informative

    I remember going to 'The First Robot Olympics' in Glasgow, Scotland in 1988/89, still have the Tshirt somewhere.
    A couple of years later I was asked to promote another robot event, run by the same people, but definitely not anything to do with the olympics, as the IOC is very protective about the word Olympics, not surprising given some of the other discussions on /. at the moment.
    So my suspicion is that the name will have some problems.
    In conclusion, my feelings are it's not the first, and it's not the Olympics, but apart from that it's fine.
    Shame I can't afford to go over there.

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  3. Do you hear the Trademark lawyers running? by belgar · · Score: 5, Informative


    I'm thinking the event will be named something else by the time it becomes the 2nd Annual, since the US Olympic Committee has told them they can't use Olympics in their name.

    When I was in high school, we saw the name of the Olympics of the Mind program changed to "Odyssey of the Mind" for the same reason.

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    What does it mean to wake out of a dream
    and be wearing someone else's shorts?
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  4. Don't forget Robocup... by l00sr · · Score: 5, Informative

    Robocup is the real world cup of robot soccer, about 5 years in the running. The 2004 American Open is happening in late April, and it will supposedly be open to the public. And for the really hardcore fans, there's Robocup 2004 in Portugal. See ya there ;) Failing that, you should at least watch a match (4-legged league).

  5. Re:The Brits already did it. by LostCluster · · Score: 2, Informative

    TechTV aired the UK series for a while, and they also aquired the rights to produce a US-based version of the series. I know TechTV had tickets to give away to this event but I'm not sure if TechTV is going to be televising this event in the form of a future weekly series...