[robocup-worldwide] Robotstadium: First Call for Contest

[Olivier Michel]

Robotstadium: on-line simulated Nao Robocup competition - 
http://www.robotstadium.org

Cyberbotics, Gostai and Aldebaran robotics are organizing an online 
programming contest based on the new Nao Robocup Standard League. This 
official Robocup competition will take place on the Internet from April 
15th, 2008 to June 30th, 2008 and the finals will be held in Suzhou, 
China during the Robocup event on July 2008. The competition relies on a 
Webots-based realistic simulation. The competitors will have to program 
a team of 4 Nao robots using the URBI middleware and the Java 
programming language. This contest is open to anyone and free of charge. 
The winning team will receive a real Nao robot and a software package 
including Webots PRO and URBI for Webots.

Registration is open from today April 8th, 2008, till June 30th, 2008 on 
http://www.robotstadium.org. It is advised to register and start 
competing as soon as possible to maximize your chances of success! You 
can already download the software package and start programming now! The 
first round will run on April 15th, 2008. Get ready!

Cyberbotics Ltd. - http://www.cyberbotics.com
Gostai SAS - http://www.gostai.com
Aldebaran SAS - http://www.aldebaran-robotics.com
Robocup - http://www.robocup.org

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Olivier Michel
Cyberbotics Ltd. - http://www.cyberbotics.com