{"72504":{"#nid":"72504","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Scores RoboCup 2007 for Atlanta","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology has been selected to host RoboCup 2007, the world\u0027s most renowned research competition among custom-built robots and their designers. \u003Cem\u003ERoboCup 2007 Atlanta\u003C\/em\u003E, scheduled for July 1-10, 2007, marks the first time that the event, featuring simulated soccer and search-and-rescue competitions, will be hosted entirely on a college campus and only the second time in the United States. Past host cities for the international tournament include Paris (1998), Seattle (2001), Lisbon (2004), Osaka, Japan (2005) and Bremen, Germany (2006).\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022As host of RoboCup 2007, Georgia Tech welcomes the international robotics community to Atlanta,\u0022 said Georgia Tech College of Computing Associate Professor and \u003Cem\u003ERoboCup 2007 Atlanta \u003C\/em\u003EGeneral Chair Tucker Balch. \u0022Over the past few years, Georgia Tech has emerged as a global leader in robotics research and innovation, based upon its partnerships with industry leaders and our strengths in interactive and intelligent computing. By hosting the 11th annual RoboCup competition, Georgia Tech will have a great opportunity to showcase the technology leadership of the Institute and the City of Atlanta to researchers and scientists worldwide.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ERoboCup 2007 Atlanta\u003C\/em\u003E will include approximately 218 senior robotic teams, and 140 junior teams from over 20 countries. These international teams will participate in soccer games and search-and-rescue missions, testing the limits in artificial intelligence and robotics research. The annual event, with sponsors including Microsoft, Lockheed Martin and CITIZEN, involves about 1500 students and faculty from leading universities around the world, as well as 500 middle school and high school students.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u0027s RoboCup event will also feature the debut of the Nanogram League, a competition between microscopic robots. The MEMs (MicroElectroMechanical Systems) in competition can only be viewed via microscope, but attendees will be able to watch the contest via a magnified broadcast shown on large screens throughout the event. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe overall mission of the RoboCup research and education initiative 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 international project has a founding goal of developing a team of fully autonomous humanoid robots that can win against the human World Cup champion team by the year 2050. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ERoboCup 2007 Atlanta\u003C\/em\u003E invites the public to Georgia Tech to watch as teams put their robots to work competing in realistic search-and-rescue demonstrations, as well as four-legged and humanoid soccer games. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003ERoboCup 2007 Atlanta \u003C\/em\u003ESchedule:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nJuly 1: RoboCup Opening Ceremony\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nJuly 2-6: RoboCup Qualifying Competitions\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nJuly 7-8: RoboCup Finals\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nJuly 9-10: RoboCup Symposium\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s Campus Recreation Center (CRC) will serve as the main venue for most RoboCup events. In addition, Technology Square Research Building (TSRB) will be the site for simulation events and Georgia Tech\u0027s Student Center will be the main venue for the RoboCup Junior event. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to hosting \u003Cem\u003ERoboCup 2007 Atlanta \u003C\/em\u003Ethis summer, Georgia Tech will also play host to several other robotics industry events, including the Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS) Conference, a Robot Camp for Elementary and High School students and an International Aerial Robotics Competition. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information about \u003Cem\u003ERoboCup 2007 Atlanta\u003C\/em\u003E, please visit \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/www.robocup-us.org\u0027\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.robocup-us.org\u003C\/a\u003E. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the 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. Following a two-year feasibility study, in August 1995, an announcement was made on the introduction of the first international conferences and soccer games. 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, the annual events attracted many participants and spectators. This year, the 11th anniversary of RoboCup, the competition and symposium is being held in Atlanta, Georgia. For more details about this year\u0027s RoboCup 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.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"International Robot Superstars to Converge on Atlanta for World\u00ef\u00bf\u00bds Largest Robotics Research Competition"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech will host RoboCup 2007, the world\u0027s most renowned research competition for custom-built robots. RoboCup 2007 Atlanta, to be held July 1-10, 2007, marks the first time that the event will be hosted entirely on a college campus.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Tech to host world\u0027s largest robotics competition"}],"uid":"27301","created_gmt":"2006-12-12 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:37","author":"Elizabeth Campell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2006-12-12T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2006-12-12T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72505":{"id":"72505","type":"image","title":"Four-legged robots play soccer","body":null,"created":"1449177934","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:25:34","changed":"1475894658","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:18"}},"media_ids":["72505"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.robocup-us.org\/index.html","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":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2556","name":"artificial intelligence"},{"id":"2355","name":"balch"},{"id":"2559","name":"CITIZEN"},{"id":"2029","name":"Competition"},{"id":"2558","name":"Lockheed Martin"},{"id":"2557","name":"mems"},{"id":"335","name":"Microsoft"},{"id":"2555","name":"nanogram"},{"id":"2554","name":"rescue"},{"id":"2353","name":"robocup"},{"id":"1356","name":"robot"},{"id":"2552","name":"robotic"},{"id":"167751","name":"search"},{"id":"168894","name":"search and rescue"},{"id":"167723","name":"soccer"},{"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\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}