The International RoboGames 2011 for Robotics Sports
The International RoboGames 2011: Robots Made of Metal Compete for Medals Made of Gold - The 8th annual RoboGames attracts teams from around the world to compete in 60 different events - from dancing androids to fire-breathing combat robots and autonomous cars to soccer playing droids.
The San Francisco Bay Area has long been a rich playground where hard working cogs in the startup machine wrestle valiantly in their cubicles with the coding questions of the ages. 51 weeks out of the year, it's humdrum workday solving the world's technology problems. And then there's week 52 - RoboGames week.
You can feel a little spark of excitement on Twitter, a slight increase in breathless posts on Facebook and internet forums around the world. There's an increase in business from electronics retailers, hardware manufacturers, and every so often howls of frustration or triumph coming from labs, fabs and unassuming garages. Post doctoral researchers in Indonesia have already got their airline tickets, while machinists in the UK fondle their ratchet sets and stare blankly out into distance, plotting and planning. The ears of DIY blacksmiths in the hinterlands of Texas perk up. Lego-devouring adolescents in California program their robots for the Junior classes.
It's RoboGames Time! Dancing androids, autonomous vehicles, 220 pound combat robots, and even bartending bots will stun a live audience with their dexterity and lethalness. Teams will be competing for gold, silver, and bronze medals against their colleagues from around the world. Fans and their families get their seat cushions ready and their engineering bloodlust activated.
The San Francisco Bay Area has long been a rich playground where hard working cogs in the startup machine wrestle valiantly in their cubicles with the coding questions of the ages. 51 weeks out of the year, it's humdrum workday solving the world's technology problems. And then there's week 52 - RoboGames week.
You can feel a little spark of excitement on Twitter, a slight increase in breathless posts on Facebook and internet forums around the world. There's an increase in business from electronics retailers, hardware manufacturers, and every so often howls of frustration or triumph coming from labs, fabs and unassuming garages. Post doctoral researchers in Indonesia have already got their airline tickets, while machinists in the UK fondle their ratchet sets and stare blankly out into distance, plotting and planning. The ears of DIY blacksmiths in the hinterlands of Texas perk up. Lego-devouring adolescents in California program their robots for the Junior classes.
It's RoboGames Time! Dancing androids, autonomous vehicles, 220 pound combat robots, and even bartending bots will stun a live audience with their dexterity and lethalness. Teams will be competing for gold, silver, and bronze medals against their colleagues from around the world. Fans and their families get their seat cushions ready and their engineering bloodlust activated.
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