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RoboCup 2007 Opens At Georgia Tech

Posted by kdawson on from the kick-in-the-grass dept.

Craig writes "The 2007 installment of RoboCup has begun; individual events opened to the public today. RoboCup is an international robotics symposium and competition whose goal is to advance the fields of robotics and artificial intelligence to the point that in 2050 a robot soccer team can defeat the human world champions. This year, RoboCup is located on the Georgia Tech campus in Atlanta, GA, marking the first time a university is hosting it and only the second time since it began in 1993 that it is located in the United States."

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  1. Georgia Tech Campus... by iknownuttin · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    It's hotter than Hell down here!

    And humid!

    And folks who think W is doing a great job - the 30%+- of the population who think Bush is doing a great job? They're my neighbors here in Georgia! You know: the big SUV driving obese folks with the pristine "W '04 " bumper stickers.

    Those robots better be running on oil! None of that pansy "alternative fuel" shit - but OIL!!

    Great test for robots going into hostile climates!

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    1. Re:Georgia Tech Campus... by iknownuttin · · Score: 0, Offtopic
      are you trying to be modded as flamebait?

      Trying?

      I will be mod'ed as "Flamebait".

      That's the problem in this world: we're so afraid of offending folks that we keep our mouths shut - and we let folks who don't give a shit take over the media with their bullshit ...*cough*Ann Coulter ...*cough*...opinions. Sometimes, they're even right but we're too afraid to say anything because we're afraid of certain people *cough*muslims*cough* rioting and killing folks for exercising their GOD given rights!

      And the rest of us, who are sick and tired of folks who abuse the nice folks who are trying to make the World a better place by trying to keep folks civil towards another, are chomping at the bit to speak our mind - even if it means calling a heart a heart (notice I didn't say "spade").

      We're so afraid of offending folks that we've all become pussies.

      Slashdot and our "Flambait", "Troll", "Overrated", etcc.. mods included.

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  2. The old school by Deadstick · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Georgia Tech is doing some cool stuff with aerial robotics:

    http://www.gtri.gatech.edu/atas/teams/aerialroboti cs.html

    Kinda wish I was there now instead of 1962...;-)

    rj