JULY 20 (CCTV) — A world competition on robot making and operation RoboCup (Robot World Cup) 2015 opened on Sunday in Hefei City of east China’s Anhui Province.
This year’s event has brought together more than 300 teams from 47 countries and regions to showcase and compete on the latest robot technologies.
The competitions that run through July 22 mainly focus on three aspects including robot soccer, service robots and rescue robots.
As the world’s largest robot-focused competition, the event also had a special opening ceremony featuring robot technologies. Its interpreting service was undertaken by a robot and two banners used on the occasion were also held by drones.
The RoboCup is not only a competition, but also a platform for technicians and science students to study from each other and transfer the technologies to industrial production, according to one of the event organizers.
“Speaking from the perspective of industrialization, as there are so many excellent technologies displayed here and also so many enterprises coming to hold exhibitions and visit, they can easily launch negotiations and cooperation here,” said Chen Xiaoping, general chair of the event and president of the Chinese committee of RoboCup.
This year marks the 19th edition of the RoboCup, first held in Japan in 1997.
