Enter the Robot War in Outer Space!

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[SIZE="3"]ROBO-ONE planning 2010 space robot battles[/SIZE]
PinkTentacle.com by Edo on 2006.04.11
At the ROBO-ONE competition held in Tokyo in March, organizers announced plans to begin holding its robot competition in space in the year 2010. According to the recently launched "ROBO-ONE in the Space" official website, the project aims to further the progress of robot technology and boost the value of engineers by embracing the coming era of robotics and space. By taking the battles into space, ROBO-ONE hopes to fuel dreams and create an environment that inspires people to become engineers....
....Battles will be conducted in the space surrounding the ROBO-ONE satellite, which will be in a polar orbit at an altitude of 400 to 600 km. Tokyo will have 10-minute windows of communication with the satellite 4 times per day as it passes overhead. Battles will be conducted during these 10-minute periods. ....more....

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ROBO-ONE planning 2010 space robot battles
PinkTentacle.com by Edo on 2006.04.11

Japan eyes moon colonized by robots
PhysOrg.com, Space and Earth science : April 13, 2006
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has formed a team of researchers to promote the exploration of the moon and planets in the solar system using robots. The agency also established a team specializing in the development of technology for the lunar-based robots...more...

Oy, Robot!
Resolved: In the next century, robots will take over the planet. (debate)
Fast Company: Issue 104 | April 2006 | Page 112
Henrik Hautop Lund
Professor at the University of Southern Denmark's Adaptronics Group, and former head of the LEGO Lab
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Rodney Brooks
Director of MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and co-founder and chief technical officer of iRobot.
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