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Can't wait to see these things in a couple more years they probably will be able to play at a really nice level instead of walking into one another.]]>May 4th 2009 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/
Sorry for putting this in an inappropriate post but I just figure no one actually reads the posts for the giveaways.]]>May 4th 2009 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/May 4th 2009 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/May 4th 2009 9:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/May 4th 2009 3:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/May 4th 2009 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/May 4th 2009 3:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/May 4th 2009 3:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/Your sick, sick mind!]]>May 4th 2009 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/May 6th 2009 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/May 4th 2009 4:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/May 4th 2009 4:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/May 4th 2009 4:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/May 4th 2009 4:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/"The other team scored a goal while our robots were spinning around in a circle. Then the other team scored an own-goal. We tied."

I've been friends with these guys for a while, and they put their heart and soul into this stuff. I watched them all kill themselves trying to figure out an efficient method of getting the robots to walk. They put an incredible amount of time into all of this, along with all the other RoboCup teams around the world. The code that these guys write is incredibly complex. Representing human balance and motion in terms that a computer can understand is no easy task.

In another year or two, I'm sure the level of play will be much more impressive once the basics like walking and shooting are figured out. Then the Northern Bites, 2007 World RoboCup Champions, will rise again!]]>May 4th 2009 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/
-Blade Genexis]]>May 4th 2009 4:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/May 4th 2009 4:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/May 4th 2009 4:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/May 4th 2009 4:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/May 4th 2009 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/
I'll actually be taking a class next semester involving these robots. I can't wait.]]>May 4th 2009 6:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/May 4th 2009 8:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/May 4th 2009 8:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/May 4th 2009 9:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QimlfNaqGJM

While the Nao isn't perfect, the updated version of it is leaps and bounds ahead of what we had to work with in China for RoboCup 2008.

Nick (aka camera guy for these videos)
]]>May 4th 2009 10:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/May 5th 2009 12:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/http://james.nerdiphythesoul.com/bennyhillifier/?id=9KMzqfL5HH0
]]>May 5th 2009 7:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/NimbRo vs. Darmstadt Dribblers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJaOcv81QuQ

Enjoy!]]>May 5th 2009 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/May 5th 2009 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/04/robocup-bots-experiment-with-our-preconceived-notions-of-competi/May 6th 2009 1:42AM