Once again (see Germany thrashes Japan in RoboCup), Germans were the androids to beat in the RoboCup, held this year in Atlanta. In particular, teams from NimbRo at the University of Freiburg cleaned up in both the Kidsize and Teensize categories for humanoid robots.

For more on all categories – everything from four-legged robots to a competition to find the most agile nanobot – go here.

Game of the tournament was this thriller – an all-German Kidsize quarter-final between NimbRo and the Darmstadt Dribblers:

See also news@nature’s story on the 2001 event: RoboCup 2001 boots up.

Once again (see Germany thrashes Japan in RoboCup), Germans were the androids to beat in the RoboCup, held this year in Atlanta. In particular, teams from NimbRo at the University of Freiburg cleaned up in both the Kidsize and Teensize categories for humanoid robots.

For more on all categories – everything from four-legged robots to a competition to find the most agile nanobot – go here.

Game of the tournament was this thriller – an all-German Kidsize quarter-final between NimbRo and the Darmstadt Dribblers:

See also news@nature’s story on the 2001 event: RoboCup 2001 boots up.