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Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday June 19, 2006 @05:49AM from the and-i'll-form-the-head dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Engadget has a quick summary of much of the coverage surrounding the 2006 RoboGames. The games wrapped up today after much fire-fighting, speed-racing, and just plain robo-strutting around. The official results are still pending but it looks like the USA has a commanding lead on the medal count with Singapore and Japan filling the second and third slots."

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Wow (Score:2, Insightful)

by emkman ( 467368 ) writes:

Anyone else suprised we got first?
- Re:Wow (Score:3, Insightful)
  
  by goonies ( 227194 ) writes:
  
  #define we; ?
- In another news (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by William Robinson ( 875390 ) writes: on Monday June 19, 2006 @06:03AM (#15560629)
  
  And in detailed study, all winner robots were found manufactured using Chinese components, and software written by Indians.. *ducks*
  
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- Re:Wow (Score:2, Informative)
  
  by JanneM ( 7445 ) writes:
  
  Anyone else suprised we got first?
  
  When it was held in Stockholm, the university of Teheran won the final over an italian team in the big league. The best US team came fourth, I believe.
  - Re:Wow (Score:2)
    
    by Bromskloss ( 750445 ) writes:
    
    When it was held in Stockholm
    It has been in Stockholm? I remember RoboCup being here (Stockholm) some years ago. Is it related by any chance?
    - Re:Wow (Score:2, Funny)
      
      by JanneM ( 7445 ) writes:
      
      It has been in Stockholm? I remember RoboCup being here (Stockholm) some years ago. Is it related by any chance?
      
      *slaps my head repeatedly with a frozen trout*
      
      I thought about RoboCup the whole time. My parent post is thus _not_ "+1 informative", it's "-1000 moron at the keyboard".
      
      I should know the difference; I was part of the group rigging the lighting for Robocup in Stockholm.
  - Re:Wow (Score:1)
    
    by JanneM ( 7445 ) writes:
    
    Don't mod "informative" - I was wrong and naturally thought this was about RoboCup. This is about some radio-controlled competition.
    
    I mean, who'd think anyone would schedule anything robot-related while RoboCup was going on?
- Re:Wow (Score:5, Insightful)
  
  by El_Muerte_TDS ( 592157 ) writes: on Monday June 19, 2006 @06:13AM (#15560638) Homepage
  
  From the looks of it "we" didn't even compete. Don't see how "we" could win.
  
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- Re:Wow (Score:1)
  
  by IorDMUX ( 870522 ) writes:
  
  Actually, Singapore dominated the "Sumo" event, and Peru swept the gold medals in the solar-powered "Beam" obstacle course/race. Good to see so many competitors in an event that started in 2004, though.
  More information from their medal count [robogames.net].
- Re:Wow (Score:1)
  
  by TerryCarlin ( 910102 ) writes:
  
  There are lots of robot comps happening all around the world. In the Uk we're still playing BattleBots/RobotWars style combat http://www.roamingrobots.co.uk/ [roamingrobots.co.uk] amongst many other type of combat. It was a real shame that these shows got ditched from the TV as they were a great way of getting kids thinking about engineering design. I did try getting the UK crowd to switch to a new format http://8ack.org/ [8ack.org] It was fun but I couldn't get any of the TV companies interested in a new series. Donn't you just love the A
I object! (Score:4, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday June 19, 2006 @06:12AM (#15560637)

The only reason the Japanese came in third was because there was no "giant mecha" category!

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- Re:I object! (Score:3, Funny)
  
  by facelessnumber ( 613859 ) * writes:
  
  Yes, but their 'bots will dominate next year when the new "tentacle rape" event is introduced.
WTF ist Robogames? Everyone is at Robocup (Score:5, Informative)

by zerojoker ( 812874 ) writes: on Monday June 19, 2006 @06:16AM (#15560641)

Seriously, currently most of the worlds researchers are at www.robocup2006.org. Interstingly the medal count looks quite differnt there, with Germany leading with 11 medals, China 9, Japan 6 and Iran 5...

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- Re:WTF ist Robogames? Everyone is at Robocup (Score:4, Funny)
  
  by Silver Sloth ( 770927 ) writes: on Monday June 19, 2006 @06:38AM (#15560669)
  
  Well they were, untill we /.ed it!
  
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- Actually it makes sense that the medal count (Score:2)
  
  by technoextreme ( 885694 ) writes:
  
  Seriously, currently most of the worlds researchers are at www.robocup2006.org. Interstingly the medal count looks quite differnt there, with Germany leading with 11 medals, China 9, Japan 6 and Iran 5...
  
  I didn't really bother looking at the team count for all the events but this makes sense. It actually appears that the medal count has to do more with how many teams attended from each country. It's pretty much exactly the same breakdown I saw for the same group.
Robots cry out.. (Score:5, Funny)

by stimpleton ( 732392 ) writes: on Monday June 19, 2006 @06:44AM (#15560675)

...it looks like the USA has a commanding lead on the medal count."

01010101 01010011 01000001 ! 01010101 01010011 01000001 !

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- Re:Robots cry out.. (Score:2)
  
  by zaguar ( 881743 ) writes:
  
  ... and the losers cry
  
  01010101 01010011 01000001 ! 01010101 01010011 01000001 0012!
  - Re:Robots cry out.. (Score:1, Funny)
    
    by William Robinson ( 875390 ) writes:
    
    There are 10 types of people...those who understand binary.. and those who dont..:P
    - Re:Robots cry out.. (Score:1)
      
      by KDR_11k ( 778916 ) writes:
      
      Bender: I had a nightmare! Ones and zeros everywhere and suddently I saw a two!
Robots? (Score:4, Informative)

by Porchroof ( 726270 ) writes: on Monday June 19, 2006 @07:19AM (#15560730) Homepage

The competition is mislabeled. It has nothing at all to do with robots and much to do about remote-control devices. Big difference.

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- Re:Robots? (Score:2, Informative)
  
  by operagost ( 62405 ) writes:
  
  ro·bot (rbt, -bt) n. A mechanical device that sometimes resembles a human and is capable of performing a variety of often complex human tasks on command or by being programmed in advance. A machine or device that operates automatically or by remote control. A person who works mechanically without original thought, especially one who responds automatically to the commands of others. Source: The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mi
- Mod him down as a troll (Score:2)
  
  by technoextreme ( 885694 ) writes:
  
  Next time he should read the freaking website before he commnents. Not everything at that competition was battlebots.
- Re:Robots? (Score:2, Informative)
  
  by IorDMUX ( 870522 ) writes:
  
  Though many of the events allowed the use of remote-control devices, about half did require completely autonomous robots to be fielded (or at least penalized the teams that relied on human-control). In the FIRA soccer tournament, for instance, each team of robots was "managed" by a host computer that could communicate with each robot. However, the humans were not allowed to interact with the computer/robot network for the entirety of the event. Certain robot-battle events, as well as all of the navigatio
- Autonomous and remote control (Score:1)
  
  by epeussidekick ( 940869 ) writes:
  
  You're wrong. The "smash things into each other" catgories are remote controlled, but other contests are fully autonomous (hexapod walking for example) or semi-autonomous (humanoid and aibo soccer). For some video, see my sons' blog report on Robogames [blogspot.com]
Gold medals? (Score:2)

by sakusha ( 441986 ) writes:

Who gives a damn about gold medals? We want to see the video of BattleBots tearing each other to shreds!
- Obligatory Simpons quote . . (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by Don_dumb ( 927108 ) writes: on Monday June 19, 2006 @07:59AM (#15560795)
  
  "If robots can feel pain - we must be terrible, terrible people"
  
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Never mind RoboGames (Score:2)

by Lurker McLurker ( 730170 ) writes:

The Robot Dog Soccer World Cup [smh.com.au] is the event in the robotics world.

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