Year: 2017
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The Dutch Nao Team @ RoHOW 2017
The Dutch Nao Team visited for the 3rd time the Robotic Hamburg Open Workshop, organized by team HULKS from Technischen Universität Hamburg.
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new Machine Learning Machine in the lab
To perform rapid prototyping with machine learning libraries, which need more computing power than regular laptop’s and robot’s can provide, a new Machine Learning Machine is introduced to the lab. This machine not only has a good CPU, but also a good GPU. More details on this workstation can be found at github.
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Cuteness in human-robot interactions
Arnoud Visser had an interview on the Dutch radio on the effect of cuteness in human-robot interactions. Part of the discussion was on the Japanese cuteness Kawaii, partly on what will the boundary between man and human in the future.
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RoboCup 2017 Nagoya
The University of Amsterdam went with two teams to the RoboCup in Nagoya. One team was the Dutch Nao Team (since 2010) in the Soccer Standard Platform League; new was our UvA@Home team in the Social Standard Platform League. Both teams had a short time to prepare for the competition, were able to serious compete,…
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Honours project on the cover of a magazine
Caitlin and Michiel made it to the cover of the Amsterdam Science magazine, issue #5. On the Spotlight page they give a short summary of their approach, as published at the IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions 2016.
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Dutch Nao Team wins Open Challenge at Iran Open 2017
The Dutch Nao Team has won the Open Challenge with a presentation about their Behavior Engine:
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First match at Iran Open against HWTK
The Dutch Nao Team has a though start of the tournament in Tehran; they have to play against HWTK from Leipzig, which was a semi-finalist at the last world-cup. So the DNT directly has to show the progress that they have made. Also read at the HWTK-blogspot the adventures of the team-leader Rico on his…
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Dutch Nao Team is preparing to go the RoboCup IranOpen 2017
The Dutch Nao Team is preparing for their trip to Tehran, Iran. The competition will take place from April 5-7. They will play against seven other teams from Iran, Germany and Mexico. An update of their experiences can be found at the Dutch Nao Team website.