Robots of the World Converge on San Francisco!
Exclusive Press Preview for ROBOlympics
Friday, February 27th 3pm-6pm
Commonwealth Club of San Francisco
595 Market Street
San Francisco, CA, 94105
www.robolympics.net
Contact/RSVP - David Calkins: 415-297-2789 or
Fearsome BattleBots, fearless fire-fighting robots, finely-tuned soccer-playing robot teams, sumo bots and robots built by students will be on display at the SF Commonwealth Club in a rock-em, sock-em preview of the first ever international Robot Olympics—ROBOlympics—to be held in San Francisco next month.
Robot-builders young and old, American, English, and Japanese, will be in attendance to provide live demonstrations and explanations of their ROBOlympians. This will be an exclusive chance to get close to the builders—amateur engineers from many walks of life with dramatic stories—before they enter into the heat of competition. Interviews may be conducted in a friendly atmosphere with complimentary cocktails and hors d’oeuvres.
While many different robot events exist around the world, ROBOlympics will be the first ever to bring them all together in a single place and time. San Francisco is the birthplace to such world famous robot competitions as the internationally televised BattleBots and Robot Wars, and ROBOlympics represents a triumphant return of this booming mechanical pastime to its rightful home—while including robots competitions from around the world, both long-standing and nascent.
At the Commonwealth Club press event, David Calkins, president of the Robotics Society of America, will reveal details of the ROBOlympics. Photo opportunities and Press materials given out at the conference will include DVD's of event videos, CD-ROM's of event photos and applicable print materials.
ROBOlympics event info:
March 20-21, 2004 10am - 11pm
Herbst Pavilion, Fort Mason, San Francisco
$25.00 adults, $15.00 children ages 7-17, 6 and under free
http://robolympics.net
For more information, contact David Calkins 415-297-2789 or
http://robolympics.net 415-297-2789