The RoboRoos Robot Soccer team competed in the Small Size League of the annual RoboCup competitions. The goal of the RoboCup federation is "By the year 2050, develop a team of fully autonomous humanoid robots that can win against the human world soccer champion team." The rules are similar to the human version of the game (FIFA), other than the elimination of the offside rule as well as modifications that accommodate [...]
aka Robot Arm for Video Screen Manipulation The goal of the SAParm Project was to produce a proof-of-concept robotic video conferencing system to convey gestures of a remote conference participant. It could mimic human gestures such as nodding and shaking its head; show interest or strong feeling by moving forward; and indicate disinterest by moving backwards. It also moved in a very natural way by first turning its head, followed by [...]