Lots of talent in the Junior League

Although it’s the Major League – in which university teams compete against each other – that always gets the most attention, the Junior League is just as important. Because that’s where you’ll find the robot builders who in the future will have the task of further developing the robots…

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A special experience for Queen Máxima

RoboCup 2013 had a high-level visitor on Friday afternoon: nobody less than Queen Máxima came to see the robots in action and talked to the leaders of Eindhoven’s Tech United team. While she was there the queen had a very special experience: she was presented with flowers…

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Dutch Teams in Action

Dutch teams are active in a number of leagues. Today and tomorrow, they will show their worth several times. Below is a short overview of the schedules of Dutch teams in five different leagues: Middle Size soccer, AdultSize Humanoid soccer, Standard Platform soccer, RoboCup@Home and RoboCup@Work.
Middle Size…

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The Netherlands in the Junior League

Apart from the Major League, there are also several Dutch teams in the Junior League. Amongst them is the Rescue team Humblebot (in the Secondary category, ages 15-19). This team is made up of two boys, whose school teacher had asked them to participate in this tournament. Even between…

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Tonight in RoboCup Today: flying rescue robots

Tonight, the daily talkshow RoboCup Today will pay attention to drones in the Rescue League. Besides, host Lieven Scheire and sidekick Guy will talk about the past day and the day of tomorrow. There will be special attention for the matches of tomorrow, which will be  more exiting since the…

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