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German Robot Dogs Dominate 2005 RoboCup U.S. Open
fishdan writes "As reported over on Sportsdot, the 2005 RoboCup US Open wrapped up today in Atlanta, Georgia. The American entry from the University of Texas fell 2-0 in robot soccer to the powerhouse German squad, the MicroSoft HellHounds. After the match, the German robot dogs were programmed to flex their metal biceps. With the time to devote to development and the financial backing of a company like Microsoft, the German entries are much more polished then their American counterparts at the moment. Last month at the RoboCup German Open, the Germans dominated nearly every category. (Slashdot has covered Robocup in previous years, too.)"
Well, we still woop their butt in robot basketball.
Oh- Plus, our team just lost because they were intimidated by the German robotic soccer hooligans.
... if asking for a beer and a dog at the event would be frowned upon?
What happens to the dogs that get the blue screen of death?
-Eric
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
Now I get it -- it's like Pro Wrestling! They're building the evil evil HellHounds up to be the baddies -- muscle-flexing (probably nazi, gay, or both) foreigners with shady corporate backing. Now the first American team, the down-home Texans, takes a fall to build up sympathy. THAT's when they wheel out the REAL HEROES, which'll be some big 'Team America' (only not puppets) which will whup the teutonic cheats to the sound of wild cheering and 'yankee doodle'.
I'm getting my crudely-lettered 'KILL!' sign ready now!
Whence? Hence. Whither? Thither.
The germans dominate at normal soccer (with humans) too. It's annoying.
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It will be even more fun when they pick an entertaining sport. :P
"No one is more miserable than the person who wills everything and can do nothing." -Emperor Claudius 10 BC - AD 54
Synchronized swimming, of course.
(sigh) After the post, the Nerd slashdot dogs were programmed to flex their keyboard fingers and kill the servers.
--Rob
Towards the Singularity.
I need a pet that my kids will like that will actually listen to me and do what I say instead of giving me the paw.
I'm not a troll, but I play one on Slashdot.
"Football is a simple game; 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans win." -- Gary Lineker (English soccer/football player)
We need to develop a robot to watch soccer, an activity Americans generally consider too tedious for humans.
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I for one welcome our new robotic kanine over lords
DOG SPRUNG TECHNIK!
In the not too distant future, next Sunday A.D.
"Unox, the worst operating system"
(only funny if you speak Dutch I guess)
Do the robots have rocket launchers and lasers? Or even titanium buzzsaw blades at the end of their arms?
No?
You mean it's *just* soccer?
Then why do I care?
It's the land of the brave, and the home of the free
Where the less you know, the better off you'll be.
Why am I beset by the image of huge metal german shepards chasing me through the woods and then sitting up and flexing over my lifeless corpse.
German... Robot... Dogs... Chilling.
THE YEAR WAS 2081, and everybody was finally equal...
-move more scholarships to sports programs.
-increase school class size to make schools more efficient.
-increase corperate and religious involvement in school curricuum.
oh, wait...
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"I can't complain, but sometimes still do..." Joe Walsh
In their culture, its cool to be a 'geek'!
I bet you've never been here...
The pusher robot would smash them all by pushing them over the stairs.
So what you're saying is that we shouldn't admire them too much since they only won because they pooled their resources efficiently and had good programming practices? Sheesh, those cheating bastards!
they are germans, not italians