David Calkins, President of the Robotics Society of America, says:
1,000 robots. . .well, 414, but that is more than enough at the first Annual Robolympics – this Saturday and Sunday at Ft. Mason in San Francisco.
Robots from 11 countries will crawl, wrestle, screech, walk, roll and bash their way to victory. . .or limp pitifully to the recycling pile. Be there for all the action, from 25 gram nano-sumo matches to 340-pound behemoth combat monsters! Artbots, combat bots, huge bots, teeny bots, human competitors of all ages, sizes and shapes, from elementary school Lego League to professional combat masters, all vying for medals and glory at Robolympics! This event also introduces Robo-One to America, a little-known tournament all the way from Japan that features biped androids doing Kung Fu!
See the videos at the Robolympics website, Robo-One defies description. Your ticket pays for the whole seat – but you won’t need it. You’ll be to excited to sit!
Link (thanks also to
Roland !)