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RoboCup Exhibition and Engagement Event (RC4EW) 2010

Cognitive Robotics Research Centre, in collaboration with the Institute for Advanced Broadcasting are arranging the RoboCup Exhibition and Engagement Event, Eisteddfod of Wales 2010.

 

RoboCup Exhibition and Engagement Event, Eisteddfod of Wales 2010 (RC4EW), The Works, Ebbw Vale, August 5-7, 2010

RC4EW is a unique RoboCup event promoting RoboCup in the UK and engaging the public in interaction with RoboCup technology. The event is collocated with the National Eisteddfod (festival) of Wales, 2010.
This event is now over. We did manage to get some press coverage:

3D Simulation League

For more information on this league, including registered teams, match schedule and results, please go to the dedicated RC4EW 3D site.

  • Semi-Final
  • NaoTH vs OxBlue, 2:0
  • Bold Hearts vs Austin-Villa, 5:0
  • Third Place
  • OxBlue vs Austin-Villa, 1:0
  • Final
  • NaoTH vs Bold Hearts, 2:0

Standard Platform League

Results

Fixture

Result

Newport – Kouretes

0 – 2

Nao Devils Dortmund – Newport

0 – 0

Kouretes – Neo Devils Dortmund

0 – 1

Final Standing

Winners Nao Devils Dortmund
2nd place Kouretes
3rd place Newport

Highlights

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Newport vs. Kouretes

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Nao Devils Dortmond vs. Kouretes

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Newport vs. Plymouth Bioloids (friendly)

Venue

The lighting conditions were challenging as there is a significant amount of natural light coming in through the windows.

Engagement

The event will also include opportunities for the public to participate in RoboCup-related activities, matches and penalty shoot outs, through gamepads and Animazoo motion capture technology. There will also be a public seminar on the Saturday presenting the philosophy and contributions of RoboCup to the general public. Participants will be expected to contribute a 15 minutes presentation of their teams aimed at the public as part of this seminar.

On Monday, August 2nd, we were joined by ex professional footballers John Hartson (Arsenal and Wales) and Malcolm Allen (Newcastle and Wales) who will be testing their skills against our Nao robots!

Organising Committee

 

  • Torbjorn Dahl (chair), University of Wales, Newport, UK
  • Michail G. Lagoudakis, Technical University of Crete, Greece
  • Daniel Polani, University of Hertfordshire, UK
  • Jie Ma, University of Oxford UK
  • Gary Thompson, University of Wales, Newport, UK
  • Georgios Pierris, University of Wales, Newport, UK

Sponsors

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