Robots keep track of their owners
It was already announced as one of the highlights of the second day of RoboCup 2013: the Follow Me test in the @Home League. In this test the service robots have to keep following their owners among lots of other people. Some of the robots couldn’t decide which direction…
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…
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…
Junior League fanatics: check the photos!
The Junior League features top talent from around the world. Just as in the Major League, the primary and secondary school pupils compete in different categories. As well as soccer robots there are also rescue robots and dancing robots showing what they can do in the Ice Sports Center in…
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…