Come along and support five-time world robot soccer champions, UNSW's 'rUNSWift' team, battle it out against competitors from over 30 countries, for the 2019 RoboCup World Champion title.
RoboCup is a worldwide robotics competition designed to promote robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) research and development. It was set up by university professors in 1997 to advance state of the art intelligent robots, with the ultimate goal of fielding a team of robots that can beat the human soccer World Cup champions by 2050.
In addition to soccer, you will also see robots compete in urban search and rescue missions, manufacturing and logistics, and home assistance challenges. About 150 teams and over 1,000 participants from universities and research laboratories around the world are expected to compete at this year’s event. There is also a junior competition where school students who have an interest in computer science, robotics and AI build robots to compete in soccer, rescue and ‘on stage’ leagues.
This will be an exciting event for anyone interested in robotics and AI, including school students wanting to explore this field of engineering as a career option, as well as families looking for a fun day out.
For more information, including tickets, see the RoboCup 2019 website.
To explore the rise of robot technology, the UNSW Centre for Ideas and Grand Challenges also present a series of talks RoboCup 2019: Talks with leading experts as part of the RoboCup 2019.
Location: International Convention Centre Sydney, 14 Darling Drive, Darling Harbour, Sydney
