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“This is better than Euro 2012!”
“This is better than Euro 2012!”, said one of the spectators at the final match of RoboCup SSL North American Open at UBC, echoing the atmosphere of excitement and fun that eveyone felt at the RoboCup NAO for one amazing week! The conference came to an official end this weekend, after a closing banquet and [...]
RoboCup SSL North American Open *FINAL GAME*! ZJUNLict 7-0 ER-FORCE
What a game! The first ever RoboCup SSL North American Open Final delivered all the action and drama that its title promised! Germany’s ER-FORCE and China’s ZJUNLict went to battle for the winning title, and they did not disappoint. With press, spectators, volunteers, curious observers, and of course an international audience watching through live stream, [...]
Pass/ Intercept Challenge Time!
After a whole round of fierce competition, the teams got a chance for some more competition! A little less fierce granted, but hard nonetheless! The Pass/Intercept challenge tests the teams’, you guessed it, passing and intercepting skills! Four robots try to pass to each other as many times as possible, while two robots from the [...]
Mixed Team Challenge #3: ER-FORCE vs Thunderbots and ZJUNLict
The final match of the mixed team challenge had the hosts, UBC’s Thunderbots, join ZJUNLict clad in yellow and go up against Germany’s ER-FORCE, going as the blues. The game was off to an exciting start with an early attempt on goal by ER-FORCE which was blocked successfully. After a time out to deal with [...]
Mixed Team Challenge #2: Thunderbots vs ZJUNLict and ER-FORCE
The next match of the mixed team challenge had UBC’s Thunderbots face off against ZJUNLict and ER-FORCE joined together. The robots took off quickly, but the pace of the game was often slowed down by a stream of double- touch fouls. Some time was also spent on a scuffle of robots in front of the [...]
Mixed Team Challnge #1: ZJUNLict vs ER-FORCE and Thunderbots
Today the teams have started a round of mixed-teams matches in which robots from two teams join together and go against the third team. The first match-up of the day saw ZJUNLict go against the combined strength of ER-FORCE and Thunderbots. The game had an exciting pace with solid defense and offense from both sides, [...]
Match #2: Thunderbots 0 – 10 ZJUNLict
The second match of the round robin is already history! The host team, UBC’s Thunderbots clad in yellow, went head to head with the winners of the first match, China’s ZJUNLict donning the blue once again. The Thunderbots had a technical difficulty because there was a delay in getting some of their parts, which forced [...]
Match #1: ZJUNLict 5 – 0 ER-FORCE
After some introductions and audience participation, where one lucky audience member won an exclusive Thunderbots golf ball for playing with and scoring on the Chinese team’s robots, the round robin began! The competitions started with a bang as Germany, with Yellow robots, and China with blue robots, battled it out on the field. Not long [...]
And the competitions begin!
The German team has arrived and settled in, after some unexpected delay, and the competition roster is complete! In just a short little while, the first competition of the day will see the German team’s machines, ER-FORCE, battle against China’s ZJUNLict. Each team will have 6 robots and two 10-minute halves to play autonomous, robotic [...]
