Robocup 2002 Now Underway 182
ChenLing writes "Forget small robots on wheels playing soccer...193 teams from 30 countries have built androids to play soccer at 'RoboCup'. Although as the article says, it will be a while before we can pit androids vs humans on the same field....." Our previous story has background links and information about the contest.
Re:Won't find in a parking lot... (Score:2, Insightful)
The robots could never win because they could never be programed to "play dirty". Think about it, when a human does something underhanded to hurt another player you think "That guy is a dick" but it is understandable because he is human and so are you.
If a robot did this, there would be serious reprecussions to both the robot, and the designer. No one would accept a robot that behaved this way, therefore the humans will alway have a considerable advantage.
In the same vein, this is why it is especially tough to build automated drivers for automobiles. With a human bus driver, an accident seems like an inevitable fact of life. To make a robotic driver with human intelligence requires it to also have human faults. It might, late at night, mistake the road as going off in the wrong direction and crash the car. The problem is, for a robot to do this is unacceptable.
This is why really building a robot is so difficult: because of people's relation to them.
People want robots to have the intelligence of people, while requiring the reliability of machines.
Is this possible? Probably, but it is most likely very difficult. Probably even more difficult than simply creating a AI "as good" as a persons.
---Lane
Re:Notice how the truly stupid throw that word aro (Score:2, Insightful)
1) A game where you kick a ball and use almost nothing but your feet
2) A gamer where you hold a ball and run and try not to get tackled my large sweaty men
Jack off (Score:1, Insightful)
Elton John
You are a slack jawed faggot.
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