Baka RoboCup competition pits robotic comedians against each other

August 18th, 2007 | Category: Robots

Although RoboCup 2007 provided a number of thrills, there’s certainly increasingly trash talking going on than chuckling during the heated competitions. Thankfully, a new contest reportedly rigged up by entertainment giant Yoshimoto Kogyo will look to give the comedians in the mechanical crowd a chance to compete, too. After judges whittle down the entries, the Baka RoboCup will apparently give eight robotic comedians the chance to produce

an audience laugh that November, with the winner (er, winner’s creator) taking domestic a modest ¥500,000 ($4,433) grand prize. Of course, there’s a number of stipulations involved in precisely what kind of creature can be entered, but whether you think your homegrown bot has got what it takes, be certain and hit the read link for all the fine print.

[Via PinkTentacle]

Original post by Darren Murph

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