Thursday, June 28, 2007
Coming to Atlanta: The World Cup (of robot soccer)
Combine the world's most popular sport with one of the world's most nerdiest universities and what do you get?
Robocup 2007.
Yes, the "world’s most renowned research competition among custom-built robots and their designers" descends on Georgia Tech July 3-8.
197 teams from 26 countries are registered. Among the most interesting, international-wise, are the Iranian delegations. Iranians aren't barred from the United States, but Iran usually makes a stink about the fact that Iranians (like most foreigners) must be fingerprinted to enter the country. But seems the Robocup teams have not attracted the attention of the Iranian foreign ministry.
The last Robocups were Osaka 2005 and Bremen (Germany, not Ga) 2006. The next ones are in Suzhou, China in 2008.
Big ups to kind reader Bill for keeping AG on the silicon circuit.
(The truest publicity photo ever, this is an actual publicity photo published by Ga Tech. No snide comments about AG's snide tone about Tech. AG knows whereof it speaks. --->) ¶ 7:26 PM
Robocup 2007.
Yes, the "world’s most renowned research competition among custom-built robots and their designers" descends on Georgia Tech July 3-8.
197 teams from 26 countries are registered. Among the most interesting, international-wise, are the Iranian delegations. Iranians aren't barred from the United States, but Iran usually makes a stink about the fact that Iranians (like most foreigners) must be fingerprinted to enter the country. But seems the Robocup teams have not attracted the attention of the Iranian foreign ministry.
The last Robocups were Osaka 2005 and Bremen (Germany, not Ga) 2006. The next ones are in Suzhou, China in 2008.
Big ups to kind reader Bill for keeping AG on the silicon circuit.
(The truest publicity photo ever, this is an actual publicity photo published by Ga Tech. No snide comments about AG's snide tone about Tech. AG knows whereof it speaks. --->) ¶ 7:26 PM
