April 23, 2008
WHO'D HAVE DREAMT YOU COULD MAKE IT LESS HUMAN?:
Robot soccer players learning the 'beautiful game' (Juergen Voges, 4/24/08, Associated Press)
They're not quite the automatons and androids of popular culture, but the small sporting robots on the field in Germany this week are no less entertaining.Some move about on three wheels; others plod slowly and deliberately on two or four legs. These robots come in a multitude of designs — ranging from thumb-sized midgets to over 2½-foot giants.
Their common aim? To win the annual RoboCup German Open at the Hannover Trade Fair by getting the ball into their opponents' goal.
The smart money is on Brazil in the Gay Robotic World Cup. Posted by Orrin Judd at April 23, 2008 11:28 AM
The robots (like small children) lack the motor skills to play any other sport.
Posted by: Mike Earl at April 23, 2008 12:32 PMHow will they make the robot soccer officials subjective enough to wholly determine the outcome of every game?
Posted by: ras at April 23, 2008 2:40 PMHow about those hobbit robots from Indonesia?
Posted by: ratbert at April 23, 2008 2:43 PMRatbert:
You mean these?
http://www.redlasso.com/ClipPlayer.aspx?id=6a849f26-834e-454a-a30d-9504c94cb5ea
Posted by: Rick T. at April 23, 2008 3:10 PM