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Don't Come Home Too Soon
Dribbling Bots
 
Don't Come Home Too Soon

The great thing about robot football (for the moment at least), is that entire nations don't get their hopes up about them needlessly. Dribbling bots and are much less likely to disappoint you, and don't sell many T-Shirts or scarfs either. But I guess there's not much to do about it, humans are here to stay -- until 2050...

That's the date where things turn evil. Robocup founders think their humanoid team will beat the world champions; an interesting idea that comes round every major soccer event. This year, the press is equally on the ball.

This year, things seem to be going well. The new humanoid league is going well, Aibo is in the spotlight and reasonably good at football, and the simulated league is also quite popular. A good sign for the bet working out for the roboticists!

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Friday 21 June, 11:00
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