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Discuss “Human/Robot Soccer Team to be shown off during anniversary”

This year, Carnegie Mellon?s Robotics Institute will be celebrating its 25th Anniversary with four days packed full of events, ranging from the Robot Hall of Fame inductions to a multitude of seminars and demonstrations. The University itself will be well represented by its faculty, undergraduate art show, and researchers.

The CORAL Research Group will be showcasing its modified Segway Robotic Mobility Platform (RMP) in a demonstration soccer game. Two teams, each consisting of a robot and Segway-riding human, will compete.

On one team will be Jeremy Searock, while the position of his opponent will be open to inexperienced members of the audience, with Yang Gu serving as backup. The use of volunteers reinforces the assertion that minimal...

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