Register, Now for the 2004 FIRA Robot World Cup!!

Have you ever taken part in a national or international competition authorized by FIRA? If so, don't hesitate to register for the 2004 FIRA Robot World Cup Korea which will be held in conjunction with the FIRA Robot World Congress, Exhibition, and Simulated Evolution and Learning (SEAL04.)

- On-line registration for FIRA Cup is available now at http://www.fira.net.
- Due date for registration: August 31, 2004.
- Notification of draw outcome: September 17, 2004

In order to participate in the FIRA Robot World Cup Games, your team needs to submit one or more papers and at least one team member should make a registration for the FIRA Congress.

Important:NaroSot participants - please note the updated NaroSot game rules.
The game rules for the NaroSot Category have changed to enhance the dynamic
features of NaroSot. The changes are listed below.

1. The Size of Playground:
Enlarged from 130(cm) X 90(cm) to the size of MiroSot Small(3:3) League,150cm X 130cm.

2. The Game Rules:
The game rules will be the same as MiroSot Middle League (5:5).

3. The Ball:
An orange Golf ball will replace the currently used orange ping pong ball.

In the last two months, Argentina, Europe, China and Korea held Robot Soccer competitions authorized by FIRA. Every participating team is qualified to take part in 2004 FIRA Robot World Cup Korea. We are looking forward to seeing all of the robot soccer teams this October Festival in Busan, Korea. Here are the glorious features that won the games. First let’s look at Argentina.

Further Information: www.exa.unicen.edu.ar/cafr2004

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The 7th FIRA Robot-Soccer European Championship

- Date : June, 15-18
- Place : Munich, Germany
- No. of teams : 13 teams from 10 countries
- Category : MiroSot Middle-League (5 vs. 5), MiroSot Large-League (7 vs. 7)
- Game Result

Category	The first	The second	The third
MiroSot Middle-League (5 vs.5)	Ljubljana Dragons (Slovenia)	Dortmund Droids (Germany)	Austro-Music (Austria)
MiroSot Large-League (7 vs.7)	Austro-Tech (Austria)	Ljubljana Dragons (Slovenia)	RoBohemia (Czech Republic)

For more details, click here http://www.robosoccer.de

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The 5th China Robot Soccer Championship

- Date : June 18-21
- Place : Wuhan Institute of Technology
- No. of teams : more than 150 teams from 53 universities
- Category : MiroSot, SimuroSot, RoboSot, HuroSot, etc.
- Game Result

Category		The first	The second	The third
MiroSot	3 v.s.3	New NEU, Northeastern University	Yan shan, Yanshan University	Hei lung, Harbin Institute of Technology
	5 v.s.5	New NEU, Northeastern University	WICT, Wuhan Institute of Technology	WICT, Chongging，Chongqing University
	7 v.s.7	New NEU，Northeastern University	Hei lung, Harbin Institute of Technology	WICT, Wuhan Institute of Technology
SimuroSot	5 v.s.5	Ha shi da, Harbin Normal University	Explorer, China University of Geosciences	WICT, Wuhan Institute of Technology
	11v.s.11	Bai bu ti, South China University of Technology	Dream, Sichuan University	WICT, Wuhan Institute of Technology
RoboSot	1 v.s.1	Hei lung, Harbin Institute of Technology	Xi hua, Xihua University	WICT, Wuhan Institute of Technology
HuroSot	1 v.s.1	Hei lung, Harbin Institute of Technology	WICT, Wuhan Institute of Technology
Pursuit	4 v.s.1	Hei lung, Harbin Institute of Technology	WICT, Wuhan Institute of Technology	Explorer, China University of Geosciences
Formation	3 v.s.3	Jiu tou niao, Huazhong University of Science & Technology	NCEP, North china Electric Power University	Hei lung, Harbin Institute of Technology
		WICT, Wuhan Institute of Technology

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2004 HCC-FIRA Korea Cup

- Date : July 14-16
- Place : Chonbuk National University
- No. of teams : 27 teams
- Category : MiroSot, SimuroSot, HuroSot, etc

[Interview] The Brand New MiroSot Large League 11 vs.11.
                Are you Ready? (with Prof. Man-Wook Han)

Paul Kyoo-Won Kim of FIRA Headquarters, KAIST, Korea interviewed Professor Man-Wook Han of Vienna University of Technology, Austria about the brand new FIRA MiroSot Large League 11vs.11. Here is what Prof. Han has to say on the big league.

Click here

The Global Digital Cities Network(GDCN, http://www.gdcn2k.net) Congress will be held in Jilin City in China, from September 24 to October 3, 2004. During the GDCN 2003 which was held in Australia, Robot Soccer was selected as a cultural event. This year GDCN also wants to invite Chinese Robot Soccer teams (MiroSot & SimuroSot) to participate in the coming event in Jilin.
Australian and Korean teams are ready for the event. All Chinese robot soccer teams are welcome to apply for the event. Please contact Prof. Jun Jo with any further questions you may have on this matter.

-Fax : +61-7-5552-8066 (to Dr. Jun Jo)
-Email : j.jo@griffith.edu.au

[Interview] What counts is not winning but participation with an Olympic spirit! (with Prof. Okyay Kaynak/UNESCO Mechatronics Chair)

[AD] Want to join in Int’l Robot Olympiad?
         National Partnership is the Answer!

If you are interested in being part of IROC history, please contact office@iroc.org for more information.