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From Lem at Robot dreams
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ROBO-ONE: Intended to be the Formula One competition for bipedal robots. The first day of the competition is devoted to demonstrations' where the team has 2 minutes to demonstrate their robot and show off its performance. There's a panel of judges that score on a number of factors. Only the top 32 robots get to come back the next day to compete in the ring. The height limitation was added after the ROBO-ONE 7 competition when the Koreans showed up with a huge robot that was about 3 times taller than normal. There is no weight restriction for this classification. Starting with ROBO-ONE 10 this September it looks like the foot size regulations will get tighter.ROBO-ONE J is basically the beginner classification. The robots are smaller, though some of the ROBO-ONE J robots also compete in theROBO-ONE class. With ROBO-ONE J 7 this August the weight limitation is being raised from 1.5 kg to 2.0 kg. At the same time the foot size regulations are getting tighter. The J-class is open to anyone, butthey really encourage family participation and give a 50 point handicap to family teams with junior high school or younger operators.ROBO-ONE Special includes challenges like walking up and down stairs,opening and going through doors, crossing an obstacle course, and the like. Usually only the top robots like Yokozuna Great, Dynamizer, anda others with similar skill levels even get to enter. ROBO-ONE On PC - rather than being a computer game, it's actually ananalytical, design challenge. The challenge is posed and then the entrants have to come up with their best solution/design using computer based CAD, analysis, and simulation software tools. It's beenthe basis for the ROBO-ONE in the Space project.Technical Conference - A one day conference featuring presentations by many of the top competitors and industry guru's. The papers presentedat conferences 1 through 5 are available for download on the ROBO-ONEwebsite (in Japanese).There's also the ROBO-ONE GP (Grand Prix) events - a series ofcontests between the top competitors that take place through out theyear. Usually they're held in conjunction with a major robot orindustry trade show or exhibition and are intended to promote interestin ROBO-ONE.

Problems with on-line translators.

Lem "There are a few problems with translations like this. First, theJapanese writer always assumes that the reader is already familar withthe topic, so they tend to leave out a lot of information. Usuallythey are very surprised when they find out that people don'tunderstand what they wrote. It happens all the time here.Another major problem is with the translation of 'negatives'. Quiteoften the sense gets reversed."

I get the same response from friends on blog entries and from teachers on test essay questions and essays I turn in!