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                        <title>Hundreds of Robots Compete at Fifth Annual international RoboGames in San Francisco</title>
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                        <description>Robots from over 20 countries compete in 60 events at the world&#039;s largest robot competition.  The event includes tiny quarter-sized autonomous robots, 340 combat behemouths, humanoid robots that play soccer, art robots, and everything in-between.  Thousands of contestants from around the world will bring over 500 robots to the annual event. [PRWeb Jun 3, 2008]</description>
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                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) June 3, 2008 -- The International RoboGames returns to San Francisco for its fifth year of hosting robot builders, engineers, scientists, and ordinary garage builders from around the world as they go for the laser-etched gold, silver, and bronze medals!  Come to RoboGames for three solid days of mechanical sportsmanship, gearhead mayhem, and all the things your mom told you to never, ever do with science.

Hundreds of participants, vendors, cool workshops, nifty exhibits and people just like you who have bent, engineered, tweaked, fiddled and built their way to the Olympics Of Robots!

&quot;We&#039;re really excited about our fifth year,&quot; said David Calkins, co-founder of the event. &quot;The best part of the event is seeing all the different robot builders sharing notes.  High-school drop-outs talking to PhD&#039;s, little kids holding their own against 40-year old engineers - it&#039;s an incredible meeting of the minds.&quot;

This year&#039;s event hosts 59 different competitions, including 8 different events just for walking humanoids. The venue is divided into two areas - the south hall devoted to the humanoids, soccer bots, and autonomous AI robots, while the north hall is devoted to large scale combat robots fighting to the death behind bulletproof glass, thrilling the crowd with crashing, smashing, flame-throwing, and miscellaneous wanton destruction.  People who have only seen robot events on TV are universally awed when they see it first hand.

But humanoids and combots aren&#039;t the only events!  Come for the combots, stay for the soccer bots, sumo bots, hockey bots, fire fighting competitions, autonomous explorer bots (like the Mars Rovers!), art bots, bar tending robots, &quot;Iron Man&quot; style exoskeleton weight lifting suits, and mechanical marvels that defy description.  Explore the amazing world of science, math and engineering, or just cheer on the combat mayhem with a good seat and a cold beer.

As much of a sport as it is a show, RoboGames is the world&#039;s largest open robot competition. &quot;We really put no limits on the builders.  There are organizations just for High Schools or University students, but RoboGames lets absolutely anyone compete.  But that doesn&#039;t mean the robots aren&#039;t awesome.  We get the finest androids from Japan, Korea, the US and elsewhere.  There&#039;s this amazing contingent from Brazil every year that compete all day and party all night.  I don&#039;t know how they do it.&quot;

The audience sits transfixed as  340 combat robots will flip their opponents 15 feet into the air, breath fire, and spin blades so lethal they can cut through one-inch thick steel like butter.  &quot;Kids build robots, adults build them, and even retirees compete.  Like the human olympics, this event allows anyone to compete, not discriminating by race, nationality, age, education, gender, or even carbon-base...&quot;

Friday is the &quot;Judd-Feldstein-Bruce Free Kids Day&quot; (no admission charge for organized school groups), for kids from all over the bay area to come and see the future! Robot Combat and Robot Soccer will begin in full force at noon. At 6pm, they close the venue to the general public, for the press, VIP and builder party, sponsored by Servo Magazine (the premier magazine of robots) and Lagunitas Brewing Company.

RoboGames is thrilled to again fill up the spot on the water at the Festival Pavilion in historic Fort Mason.  Join the crowds and the fun at RoboGames 2008!

Facts at a glance:
* Date: Friday-Sunday, June 13-15, 2007
* Time: Noon - 10 PM.
* Where: Fort Mason Festival Pavilion, San Francisco California
* Cost: $20/adult, $15/kids... To read the press release in full goto http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/6/prweb989434.htm]]></content:encoded>
                        <itunes:author>DAVID CALKINS</itunes:author>
                        <itunes:subtitle>Hundreds of Robots Compete at Fifth Annual international RoboGames in San Francisco</itunes:subtitle>
                        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) June 3, 2008 -- The International RoboGames returns to San Francisco for its fifth year of hosting robot builders, engineers, scientists, and ordinary garage builders from around the world as they go for the laser-etched gold, silver, and bronze medals!  Come to RoboGames for three solid days of mechanical sportsmanship, gearhead mayhem, and all the things your mom told you to never, ever do with science.

Hundreds of participants, vendors, cool workshops, nifty exhibits and people just like you who have bent, engineered, tweaked, fiddled and built their way to the Olympics Of Robots!

&quot;We&#039;re really excited about our fifth year,&quot; said David Calkins, co-founder of the event. &quot;The best part of the event is seeing all the different robot builders sharing notes.  High-school drop-outs talking to PhD&#039;s, little kids holding their own against 40-year old engineers - it&#039;s an incredible meeting of the minds.&quot;

This year&#039;s event hosts 59 different competitions, including 8 different events just for walking humanoids. The venue is divided into two areas - the south hall devoted to the humanoids, soccer bots, and autonomous AI robots, while the north hall is devoted to large scale combat robots fighting to the death behind bulletproof glass, thrilling the crowd with crashing, smashing, flame-throwing, and miscellaneous wanton destruction.  People who have only seen robot events on TV are universally awed when they see it first hand.

But humanoids and combots aren&#039;t the only events!  Come for the combots, stay for the soccer bots, sumo bots, hockey bots, fire fighting competitions, autonomous explorer bots (like the Mars Rovers!), art bots, bar tending robots, &quot;Iron Man&quot; style exoskeleton weight lifting suits, and mechanical marvels that defy description.  Explore the amazing world of science, math and engineering, or just cheer on the combat mayhem with a good seat and a cold beer.

As much of a sport as it is a show, RoboGames is the world&#039;s largest open robot competition. &quot;We really put no limits on the builders.  There are organizations just for High Schools or University students, but RoboGames lets absolutely anyone compete.  But that doesn&#039;t mean the robots aren&#039;t awesome.  We get the finest androids from Japan, Korea, the US and elsewhere.  There&#039;s this amazing contingent from Brazil every year that compete all day and party all night.  I don&#039;t know how they do it.&quot;

The audience sits transfixed as  340 combat robots will flip their opponents 15 feet into the air, breath fire, and spin blades so lethal they can cut through one-inch thick steel like butter.  &quot;Kids build robots, adults build them, and even retirees compete.  Like the human olympics, this event allows anyone to compete, not discriminating by race, nationality, age, education, gender, or even carbon-base...&quot;

Friday is the &quot;Judd-Feldstein-Bruce Free Kids Day&quot; (no admission charge for organized school groups), for kids from all over the bay area to come and see the future! Robot Combat and Robot Soccer will begin in full force at noon. At 6pm, they close the venue to the general public, for the press, VIP and builder party, sponsored by Servo Magazine (the premier magazine of robots) and Lagunitas Brewing Company.

RoboGames is thrilled to again fill up the spot on the water at the Festival Pavilion in historic Fort Mason.  Join the crowds and the fun at RoboGames 2008!

Facts at a glance:
* Date: Friday-Sunday, June 13-15, 2007
* Time: Noon - 10 PM.
* Where: Fort Mason Festival Pavilion, San Francisco California
* Cost: $20/adult, $15/kids... To read the press release in full goto http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/6/prweb989434.htm]]></itunes:summary>

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                        <title>Third Annual RoboGames - International Robot Competition Returns To San Francisco - Robot Builders From Around The World Vie For Gold Medals And Fame </title>
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                        <description>Walking Androids, Art robots, and the best flame-throwing, high-energy, steel-crunching robots in the world come to SF for the annual robot olympics! This year robots from 20 countries return to show off the worlds&#039; best technology and innovation.  Combat robots fight behind bullet proof glass, while humanoid soccer bots delight kids and adults. Sideshow entertainment includes the Beer-Can Can-can girls, smoothies made in a fire-spewing 240cc V-8 tiki drink blender, and music from Bay Area indy bands. [PRWeb May 25, 2006]</description>
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                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) May 25, 2006 -- This June 16-18, hundreds of robots from around the world will descend on San Francisco to show the world the latest in technology along with exciting competitions that will make NASCAR look like a hair-stylists spray-off.

Started in 2004 as ROBOlympics, the third annual RoboGames brings robot builders from 20 countries to California to compete in over 50 events.  Combat Robots (made famous by years of television), are a cornerstone of the international competition - but are joined by walking androids, human exo-skeletons, soccer bots, and much more.  Fire-breathing, 340 pound behemoths as big as motorcycles crash into each other and the bullet-proof glass walls separating them from the audience.  Thousands of attendees will be amazed by the androids, robot sumo, and hockey-bots among others that will  be showcased at the event.   

What other event in the world could end up in both Wired magazine&#039;s and ESPN&#039;s top ten - Wired called RoboGames one of &quot;The Best Ten North American Geek Fests,&quot; and ESPN&#039;s SportCenter placed last year&#039;s event on its Weekend&#039;s Top Ten!

200 teams with 400 robots and 500 human engineers will be flying in from Singapore, Brazil, Japan, Britain, Switzerland, Russia, Columbia - among many other countries.  Many of the robots competing have taken years to complete, and cost over $100,000 - Walking androids, bartending bots, and menacing combots alike. 

&quot;The humanoid soccer is going to be really stellar&quot; says David Calkins, founder of the event at robotics teacher at San Francisco State University.  &quot;When most people think of androids, they think of actors in costumes.  But these metal guys can really run!&quot;

Robot hockey is the newest event - combining the thrills of combat, but in a non-violent team environment.  Hockey bots play three against three, using street hockey pucks and 15 pound robots.  Teams from Canada, Russia, Brazil, and the US will face-off in the first ever competition - played with wheels instead of skates.

The Servo magazine-sponsored Tetsujin event has also been added to RoboGames.  Robots are no longer the sole competitors at RoboGames.  Tetsujin is Japanese for &quot;Iron Man&quot; and involves humans wearing metallic exo-skeletons which radically increases human strength and potential.  Think of the forklift suit from Alien, only live and in person!

While the average contestant is middle-aged, 1/3 are female and range in age from 12 to 72.  At RoboGames 2005, the &#039;heated&#039; fire-fighting robot contest was mostly 40-something professional engineers, yet 13 year old Tony Pratkanis took home the gold medal, beating the pros!  While 72 year old retired machinist Tom Petruccelli took the gold in middleweight Combat, Reut Golan, a 9 year old girl from Israel managed to capture bronze in the open.

The event will also include interactive displays from NASA, Lego Mindstorms, and many other robotics companies and groups.  Families can watch the action in the stands as well as join in the fun.

Press Preview Days:

Reporters, photographers and videographers should all plan on showing up early to catch special previews of the action and interview contestants (and maybe their robots!)

Wednesday, June 14 - Soccer robots and hockey robots will do demonstrations, as the teams prepare for the medal events. 

Thursday, June 15 - Large scale combat robots do trial runs behind bullet proof glass in the 44,000 pound combat arena.   Other events also on hand for demos and many builders available for interviews.

Friday, June 16 - Opening ceremonies and qualifying rounds

Saturday-Sunday, June 17-18... To read the press release in full goto http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/5/prweb389898.htm]]></content:encoded>
                        <itunes:author>David Calkins</itunes:author>
                        <itunes:subtitle>Third Annual RoboGames - International Robot Competition Returns To San Francisco - Robot Builders From Around The World Vie For Gold Medals And Fame </itunes:subtitle>
                        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) May 25, 2006 -- This June 16-18, hundreds of robots from around the world will descend on San Francisco to show the world the latest in technology along with exciting competitions that will make NASCAR look like a hair-stylists spray-off.

Started in 2004 as ROBOlympics, the third annual RoboGames brings robot builders from 20 countries to California to compete in over 50 events.  Combat Robots (made famous by years of television), are a cornerstone of the international competition - but are joined by walking androids, human exo-skeletons, soccer bots, and much more.  Fire-breathing, 340 pound behemoths as big as motorcycles crash into each other and the bullet-proof glass walls separating them from the audience.  Thousands of attendees will be amazed by the androids, robot sumo, and hockey-bots among others that will  be showcased at the event.   

What other event in the world could end up in both Wired magazine&#039;s and ESPN&#039;s top ten - Wired called RoboGames one of &quot;The Best Ten North American Geek Fests,&quot; and ESPN&#039;s SportCenter placed last year&#039;s event on its Weekend&#039;s Top Ten!

200 teams with 400 robots and 500 human engineers will be flying in from Singapore, Brazil, Japan, Britain, Switzerland, Russia, Columbia - among many other countries.  Many of the robots competing have taken years to complete, and cost over $100,000 - Walking androids, bartending bots, and menacing combots alike. 

&quot;The humanoid soccer is going to be really stellar&quot; says David Calkins, founder of the event at robotics teacher at San Francisco State University.  &quot;When most people think of androids, they think of actors in costumes.  But these metal guys can really run!&quot;

Robot hockey is the newest event - combining the thrills of combat, but in a non-violent team environment.  Hockey bots play three against three, using street hockey pucks and 15 pound robots.  Teams from Canada, Russia, Brazil, and the US will face-off in the first ever competition - played with wheels instead of skates.

The Servo magazine-sponsored Tetsujin event has also been added to RoboGames.  Robots are no longer the sole competitors at RoboGames.  Tetsujin is Japanese for &quot;Iron Man&quot; and involves humans wearing metallic exo-skeletons which radically increases human strength and potential.  Think of the forklift suit from Alien, only live and in person!

While the average contestant is middle-aged, 1/3 are female and range in age from 12 to 72.  At RoboGames 2005, the &#039;heated&#039; fire-fighting robot contest was mostly 40-something professional engineers, yet 13 year old Tony Pratkanis took home the gold medal, beating the pros!  While 72 year old retired machinist Tom Petruccelli took the gold in middleweight Combat, Reut Golan, a 9 year old girl from Israel managed to capture bronze in the open.

The event will also include interactive displays from NASA, Lego Mindstorms, and many other robotics companies and groups.  Families can watch the action in the stands as well as join in the fun.

Press Preview Days:

Reporters, photographers and videographers should all plan on showing up early to catch special previews of the action and interview contestants (and maybe their robots!)

Wednesday, June 14 - Soccer robots and hockey robots will do demonstrations, as the teams prepare for the medal events. 

Thursday, June 15 - Large scale combat robots do trial runs behind bullet proof glass in the 44,000 pound combat arena.   Other events also on hand for demos and many builders available for interviews.

Friday, June 16 - Opening ceremonies and qualifying rounds

Saturday-Sunday, June 17-18... To read the press release in full goto http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/5/prweb389898.htm]]></itunes:summary>

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