The robots are coming, the robots are coming! No, it's not another iRobot movie. Next month, brace yourselves as hundreds of robots come together in kung fu style for the third annual ROBOOlympics. Held in San Francisco at the Fort Mason Center, 200 teams from 20 countries with 400 robots will compete in over 50 events.
You'll witness walking androids, human exo-skeletons, soccer bots, bartending bots, fire-breathing behemoths, robot sumo, hockey-bots and more. Many of the robots competing have taken years to build, and cost over $100,000.
While there, make sure you check out the newest event: robot hockey. "Hockey bots play three against three, using street hockey pucks and 15 pound robots. Teams from Canada, Russia, Brazil, and the US will face-off playing with wheels instead of skates." [via press release]
Sounds more like a Robots Gone Wild type of thing!!
The average robot builder contestant is middle-aged, but 1/3 are female. Go girls!!! The event is also said to include interactive displays from NASA and Lego Mindstorms.
Date: Friday-Sunday, June 16-18, 2006, times vary
Where: Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA
Cost: $20/adult, $15/kids 17-7, 6 and under free
For a complete listing of the Robo game events, visit Robogames.net.
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May 27, 2006 2:38 PM
this seems different yet similar to first robotics. but it look as though it lacks creativity beyond a programing standpoint
July 9, 2006 4:35 AM
Robotics is all about creativity, just because the two pictures here are just about AI robots doesn't mean they all are. Most of these robots come directly from someones imagination, onto paper, then finally in metal or carbon fiber. It is the future.