{"72174":{"#nid":"72174","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Counting Down to RoboCup 2007 Atlanta","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe countdown begins for RoboCup 2007 Atlanta. The world\u0027s most renowned competition for research robotics, RoboCup 2007 Atlanta will be held at Georgia Tech July 3-10. Approximately 2,000 students and faculty from leading universities, high schools and middle schools from more than 20 countries will descend on Tech\u0027s campus to participate in events ranging from four-legged and humanoid robotic soccer games to search-and-rescue competitions. This year features a demonstration of the Nanogram League, a competition between microscopic robots. KUKA Robotics Corporation, a leading global manufacturer of industrial robots, is the event\u0027s premier sponsor.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022As an emerging global leader in robotics research and innovation, Georgia Tech is pleased to host RoboCup 2007,\u0022 said Tucker Balch, Georgia Tech College of Computing associate professor and RoboCup 2007 Atlanta general chair. \u0022We welcome the international robotics community to our campus and look forward to the exciting competition.\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\u003EOther major sponsors include CITIZEN, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft 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\u003ERoboCup 2007 Atlanta Schedule:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nJuly 3: RoboCup Opening Ceremony\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nJuly 3-6: RoboCup Qualifying Competitions\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nJuly 7-8: RoboCup Finals\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nJuly 9-10: RoboCup Symposium \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout RoboCup:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nRoboCup is an international research and education initiative. Its goal is to foster artificial intelligence and robotics research by providing a standard problem where a wide range of technologies can be examined and integrated. The concept of soccer-playing robots was first introduced in 1993. In July 1997, the first official conference and games were held in Nagoya, Japan, followed by Paris, Stockholm, Melbourne, Seattle, Fukuoka\/Busan, Padua, Lisbon, Osaka and Bremen. This year, the 11th anniversary of RoboCup, the competition and symposium are being held in Atlanta, Georgia. For more details about RoboCup 2007 including participants and updated schedule, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.robocup-us.org\/\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/www.robocup-us.org\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.robocup-us.org\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Soccer-Playing and Search-and-Rescue Robots to Compete in World\u0027s Largest Robotics Competition in July"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"The countdown begins for RoboCup 2007 Atlanta. The world\u0027s most renowned competition for research robotics, RoboCup 2007 Atlanta will be held at Georgia Tech July 3-10.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Tech to host world\u0027s largest robotics competition"}],"uid":"27310","created_gmt":"2007-05-07 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:50","author":"David Terraso","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-05-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-05-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72175":{"id":"72175","type":"image","title":"RoboCup","body":null,"created":"1449177434","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:17:14","changed":"1475894651","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:11"}},"media_ids":["72175"],"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":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"439","name":"computer"},{"id":"208","name":"computing"},{"id":"2353","name":"robocup"},{"id":"1356","name":"robot"},{"id":"667","name":"robotics"},{"id":"167723","name":"soccer"}],"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":""}}}