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German Robot Dogs Dominate 2005 RoboCup U.S. Open

Posted by timothy on from the and-how-often-do-you-get-to-say-that? dept.

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.)"

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  1. Not Austin Villa by hauntedspaceship · · Score: 5, Informative

    It was CMDash from Carnegie Melon that played Dortmund in the US-German match. UT Austin Villa placed 3rd behind UPenn and CMU.

  2. Re:Natural allies by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Back to school for you. Germany (or rather Prussia) won the Franco-Prussian war.

  3. Re:bleh by edremy · · Score: 2, Informative
    Since when is a 2-0 score "domination"?

    This is a sport where World Cup finals are decided by penalty shots because nobody could score while playing the actual game. 2-0 is something like 97-0 in american football terms.

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  4. Re:Germans vs Americans by Omega697 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Also, let it be known that it wasn't us (UT Austin Villa) that played the Germans, but the team from CMU (CMDash).

    Also, let it be known that in the world competition, the German teams all combine to form one team of about 80 people from many different universities around Germany. They have a very structured codebase (I believe the use a lot of XML to define behaviors and motions) that they all work on. Don't crown the German Team too quickly though, there are some mighty good teams from Australia too, one of which gave the German Team a serious run for their money in last year's RoboCup finals.

  5. Facts ftw by Morticae · · Score: 2, Informative

    I am a CS major at UT Austin and have been involved in robotics here. It was mentioned briefly, but I'd like to paste the text from the UT site which corrects this article. Sources. Check them.

    "11 May 2005
    The team is just getting back from the 2005 US Open where we placed third. While we lost our semifinal match 1-0 to Penn, we played an exhibition match against the eventual first place team, CMU, and won 2-1. In official play, we outscored our opponents 24-1. With a little bit of luck we could have wound up in 2nd or even 1st. We're coming home with a lot of ideas for improvement though, so we're looking forward to Robocup 2005 in Osaka! Contrary to what was posted on Slashdot, we did not play the Germans. That was CMDash from CMU."

  6. What's your point? by LordStraun · · Score: 2, Informative
    They also played in the US Open.

    The German Robocup included teams from:
    • Portugal
    • Iran
    • The Netherlands
    • Austria
    • France
    • Italy
    • Russia
    • Denmark
    • United Arab Emirates
    And of course, Germany.
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