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           Robot-CH, the swiss association which organizes the  Eurobot 2005 Final, sets up many other activities and events of scientific culture.

Among those, the
E-robots contest for young people, and the conference of Claude Nicollier: «Astronauts and
robots: Competition or Collaboration? »

 

Young participantes

in E-robot

 

Claude Nicollier,
Astronaut and Honorary president of Robot-CH

Information bulletin for Eurobot^Open - Yverdon-les-Bains – Switzerland

Number 3 – May 20, 2005

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INTERVIEW WITH THE TEAM CALLED “TEAM ID“!!

(Special report by: Philippe Sigrist)

 

´PS: You are getting on a lot of people's nerves, because you win a lot. Everybody knows your name, but what does Team ID
exactly mean anyway?

Team ID: Well, it was necessary for us to find a name, so we
began running a stupid game between us. We wanted
something that would sound young and cool. We found the word "timide" (shy in French) in the dictionary, so we decided to keep it.

 

´PS: You’re the favourite team of the Swiss edition, aren't you?!

Team ID: Yes, it seems we are. We try to forget that to avoid the pressure. Anyway, we started everything from the very beginning, 'cause we didn't keep anything from the last year. We keep the faith!!!

 

´PS: How have you prepared yourself to destroy your opponents?

Team ID: The rotating shooting turret!

 

´PS: I've been told that making robots is not really appreciated by girlfriends. Besides, the winners win only the respect of the public. It's neither a question of sex, nor of money for you. So what makes you run?

Team ID: This is a question that kills! We are a little masochist, but winning, gives us a good excuse to party. And making a robot is also a good reason to miss the courses at the university. And it gives us good practice for our future professional life.

 

´PS: An investigation is in progress about a robot that fell down in the gutter of the game table during the qualifications. Do you know something about that?

Team ID: Yep, we just started to punish the guilty criminal.

 

´PS: What do you think of the institutionalization of saving systems of decentralized credits, and what will be the consequences of it on your involvement to the Swiss cup next year?

Team ID: One has only one thing to say: dirty trick of shitty communism!

 

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