Nao Stars In RoboCup Soccer Competition

Writing by Evan Ackerman on Tuesday, 5 of May , 2009 at 7:07 am

Now that the Sony AIBO is, sadly, more or less completely defunct, it’s up to Aldebaran Robotics’ Nao humanoid to compete in RoboCup soccer tournaments. Nao hasn’t had nearly as much experience (i.e. software development time) as the AIBOs, but they’re getting off to a very good start for robots that have to balance themselves on two legs. Well, a fairly good start, anyway. See for yourself:

Bowdoin vs. CMU (3rd Place Match) – First Half

More competition vids, after the jump.

Bowdoin vs. CMU (3rd Place Match) – Second Half

Texas vs. U Penn (1st Place Match) – First Half

Texas vs. U Penn (1st Place Match) – Second Half

VIA [ Engadget ]

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Comment by Moose

Made Tuesday, 5 of May , 2009 at 9:06 am

As someone who grew up in the shadow of Bowdoin college, what an embarrassing showing!

Comment by Charlie

Made Tuesday, 5 of May , 2009 at 12:46 pm

These need to be sped up and yakkity sax’d.

Comment by Alex

Made Tuesday, 5 of May , 2009 at 3:31 pm

Considering we’re almost a decade out from the SDR-3X (QRIO’s prototype), you’d think the NAO would at least be able to match it’s speed, flexibility, and equilibrium. Sadly, the NAO is the closest commercial robot we have to it, and it flat out sucks by comparison. :/

Comment by kishka

Made Tuesday, 5 of May , 2009 at 6:54 pm

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Comment by Evan Ackerman

Made Tuesday, 5 of May , 2009 at 11:29 pm

@Moose

Yeah, I don’t want to be biased or anything, but I went to Bates :p