{"72050":{"#nid":"72050","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Robots from 37 Countries Clash at RoboCup 2007","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENearly 300 teams from 37 countries are gearing up to compete at RoboCup 2007 Atlanta, the world\u0027s most renowned competition for research robotics, at the Georgia Institute of Technology July 3-10.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022One of RoboCup\u0027s great strengths is its diverse international flavor,\u0022 said Tucker Balch,  Georgia Tech College of Computing associate professor and RoboCup 2007 Atlanta general chair. \u0022We are able to get people together from many countries and backgrounds to share our research and ideas for making robots more effective.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EChina, Japan, Iran, Israel, Germany and Brazil are just a few of the countries being represented at the robotics showcase. In all, approximately 1,700 students and faculty from leading universities, high schools, middle schools and elementary schools will compete in events ranging from four-legged and humanoid robotic soccer games to search-and-rescue competitions. This year\u0027s event features a demonstration of the Nanogram League, a competition between microscopic robots. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u0027s contest also marks the first time since 2001 that RoboCup has been held on a university campus. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022RoboCup has an ambitious goal -- namely to field a robot soccer team that can defeat the human world champions by 2050.  This goal is meant to drive robotics research and education forward faster, and nearly all RoboCup participants come from research universities,\u0022 said Balch. \u0022So, it makes perfect sense that RoboCup should return to its roots on a university campus.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERoboCup 2007 Atlanta invites interested media to register online to attend and receive updates at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.robocup-us.org\/press\/\u0022 title=\u0022www.robocup-us.org\/press\/\u0022\u003Ewww.robocup-us.org\/press\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EKUKA Robotics Corporation, a leading global manufacturer of industrial robots, is the event\u0027s premier sponsor. Other major sponsors include Microsoft, CITIZEN, Lockheed Martin and the National Science Foundation. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis summer is Robot Summer at Georgia Tech. In addition to RoboCup 2007 Atlanta, Georgia Tech will also host several other robotics-related events, including the Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS) conference and an International Aerial Robotics Competition.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECountries represented at RoboCup 2007 Atlanta:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAustralia\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAustria\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBrazil\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBulgaria\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nCanada\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nChile\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nChina\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nColombia\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nCosta Rica\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nFinland\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGermany\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGreece\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nHungary\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIndia\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIran\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIreland\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIsrael\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nItaly\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nJapan\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMexico\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nNetherlands\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nNew Zealand\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nNorway\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPortugal\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nRomania\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSaudi Arabia\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSingapore\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSlovakia\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSpain\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSweden\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSwitzerland\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nTaiwan\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThailand\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nTurkey\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nUnited Arab Emirates\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nUnited Kingdom\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nUnited States\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Soccer-Playing, Search-and-Rescue Robots and Nanobots Featured in World\u00ef\u00bf\u00bds Largest Research Robotics Competition Next Month"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Nearly 300 teams from 33 countries are gearing up to compete at RoboCup 2007 Atlanta, the world\u0027s most renowned competition for research robotics, at the Georgia Institute of Technology July 3-10.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"July 3-10"}],"uid":"27310","created_gmt":"2007-06-13 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:50","author":"David Terraso","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-06-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-06-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72051":{"id":"72051","type":"image","title":"Robot Dog","body":null,"created":"1449177434","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:17:14","changed":"1475894649","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:09"}},"media_ids":["72051"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.robocup-us.org\/press\/","title":"RoboCup Press Registration"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.kukarobotics.com\/","title":"KUKA Robotics"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.robotics.gatech.edu\/","title":"Robotics at Georgia Tech"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.robocup.org\/","title":"RoboCup"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.robocup-us.org\/","title":"RoboCup 2007 Atlanta"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2355","name":"balch"},{"id":"2029","name":"Competition"},{"id":"2286","name":"nano"},{"id":"2353","name":"robocup"},{"id":"1356","name":"robot"},{"id":"2352","name":"robots"},{"id":"2354","name":"tucker"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ERebecca Biggs\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGCI Group\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:press@robocup-us.org\u0022\u003EContact Rebecca Biggs\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-260-3510\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["press@robocup-us.org"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}