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10th Annual RoboCup

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i-bet-a-robot-wins dept.

Aryabhata writes "As soccer fever continues the 10th RoboCup also got to a start. 400 teams fight it out in 11 different leagues including onces designed for humanoid to four legged robots. "The organizers of the tournament hope that in 2050 the winners of the RoboCup will be able to beat the human World Cup champions".
Beyond the novelty value, the cup enables 2,500 experts in artificial intelligence and robot engineering to meet and test their latest ideas. The championships is followed by a 2 day conference where the teams can dissect their play and work."

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  1. Press release for Sango and Ami by technoextreme · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.cmu.edu/PR/releases06/060608_robocup.ht ml The competition is not just about robots preforming soccer. There are two other events that are completely unrelated to soccer. One event is search and rescue and the newest competition involves domestic applications. PS. This is probably the only time I will ever watch a soccer event.

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  2. For the 10000th time, by Ireneo+Funes · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's called FOOTBALL.

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  3. The real question is... by Alicat1194 · · Score: 5, Funny
    How well will the robots be able to fake injuy?

    Ow! Ref! The human just kicked me in my power coupler! The pain! The pain! ::convincing limp::...

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