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…

29 Jun 12:34 PM 0READ MORE

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…

28 Jun 4:32 PM 0READ MORE

Lesser-Known Leagues: Festo Logistics and RoboCup@Work

In addition to the well-known soccer, care and rescue robots, there are also robots at RoboCup competing in less known competitions. Two of these competitions are the RoboCup@Work League, with teams searching for applications for robots in work environments (in some respects, it is comparable with the RoboCup…

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Junior Dance League: Robots Plus Creativity

Walking through the hall of the Ice Skating Centre (the venue of the RoboCupJunior League), you can see fields for the Junior Rescue competition and tables with soccer fields all around you. But on Thursday afternoon, the focus lies on one thing only: the Junior Dance League, in which children…

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Tonight in the RoboCup Talkshow: @Home League

The very first broadcast of the RoboCup talkshow of Wednesday was such a success, that host Lieven Scheire and initiator and commentator Guy decided to invite new guests to discuss the past day and look forward to the day of tomorrow. Tonight they will talk about the @Home League and…

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