Space Robots Playing Soccer
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This weekend, the team from Brazil won the Coppa America - but what about robots teaming up for a soccer match? This is what happens at the Technical University of Vienna (Austria), where small robots have been made smart enough to play against each other. Scientists from this Institute also built a robot that was launched on a sounding rocket to weave a net in weightlessness.
The script is online as a PDF file under http://television.esa.int/photos/EbS53173.pdf
A WMV preview clip is online under http://esatv-movies.e-vision.nl/videos/mphi/ROBY_SPACE_18-10-06_wmphigh.wmv
More backgroud information can be found on: http://www.robosoccer.at/

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10 :00 :40 A game of Robosoccer between Austria and th Dragons of Ljubljana
Step aside France and Italy! In the world of Robosoccer, Austria is king. Not too many step-overs - but this is a serious seven aside competition complete with a referee and robotic players who can effectively think for themselves....something even some top league human players find difficult. For FIFA think FIRA, the International Federation of Robo-soccer Association.
10 :01 :07 The Institute of Mechatronics in Vienna.
At the Institute of Robotic Sciences or Mechatronics at Vienna's Technical University, the Ronaldhinos of robo-soccer are trained in artificial intelligence.
These mini robots host different levels of software. The first level is the strategy level which defines the position and role of a robot, telling it to defend the goal for example, while the next level controls the complex motion functions. But robo-soccer has a much more serious role: that of developing robots that