Ireland won the world cup

skullreken · 07-22-2008, 01:34 PM

AMID all the celebrations over Padraig Harrington, it may have gone unnoticed that Ireland won a soccer world cup on Sunday.
But then these players were never going to crow about their victory -- not least because they can't speak.
An Irish team went to the Robot World Cup in China for the first time earlier this month hoping, like every Irish world cup team, to upset the odds and reach a semi-final.
"But it went much better than that," Professor Rick Middleton, of NUI Maynooth, said yesterday. "We achieved all our goals and eventually won the final. All the credit has to go to the students who really worked hard."
The ultimate goal of Robocup is to develop a team of humanoid robots with enough artificial intelligence to win a game of football against the human world champions. And this is to happen by 2050.
"They're a long way off, and they know they're a long way off," Prof Middleton said. "But the organisers will ask you to think of the first flights by the Wright brothers and then ask how long was it before man was on the moon?"
Alexander Buckley, an electronic engineer, and Shekman Tang, a computer scientist, flew out to China for the team's matches last week.
The games were four-a-side and played on a small pitch for 20 minutes. Despite scoring a disastrous own goal in their opening group game, the Irish team qualified from their group and eventually went on to defeat a US side in the final.
It went to a penalty shoot out (left) and ended one-nil for the Irish squad.
- Jason O'Brien

Irish Independant

Hockey-tan · 07-23-2008, 03:03 AM

no one cares about Ireland lmao.. jk.. we all like you

skullreken · 07-24-2008, 12:25 AM

it's the first significant win we've had since we won the show jumping in the last olympics

too bad our athleats were mechanical our country just sucks at sport

wondering · 07-25-2008, 03:22 AM

I guess this just proves that Irish engineers are pretty good, lol. I'm being a bit stereotypical when I say this but I'm surprised japan didn't win, lol.

darkashora · 07-25-2008, 04:02 AM

Hmm.. sry i didnt pay attention to the World Cup this year^^ but i never thought ireland would win

07-22-2008, 01:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
skullreken Kanu Fanboy / General Mod Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Dublin Ireland Age: 22 Posts: 6,884 Rep Power: 637	Ireland won the world cup AMID all the celebrations over Padraig Harrington, it may have gone unnoticed that Ireland won a soccer world cup on Sunday. But then these players were never going to crow about their victory -- not least because they can't speak. An Irish team went to the Robot World Cup in China for the first time earlier this month hoping, like every Irish world cup team, to upset the odds and reach a semi-final. "But it went much better than that," Professor Rick Middleton, of NUI Maynooth, said yesterday. "We achieved all our goals and eventually won the final. All the credit has to go to the students who really worked hard." The ultimate goal of Robocup is to develop a team of humanoid robots with enough artificial intelligence to win a game of football against the human world champions. And this is to happen by 2050. "They're a long way off, and they know they're a long way off," Prof Middleton said. "But the organisers will ask you to think of the first flights by the Wright brothers and then ask how long was it before man was on the moon?" Alexander Buckley, an electronic engineer, and Shekman Tang, a computer scientist, flew out to China for the team's matches last week. The games were four-a-side and played on a small pitch for 20 minutes. Despite scoring a disastrous own goal in their opening group game, the Irish team qualified from their group and eventually went on to defeat a US side in the final. It went to a penalty shoot out (left) and ended one-nil for the Irish squad. - Jason O'Brien Irish Independant __________________ See My Claimed Characters Spoiler Claim your favorite character here http://www.animea.net/forums/f9/anim...aracter-17114/

07-23-2008, 03:03 AM	#2 (permalink)
Hockey-tan Mangareder + VIP Admin Join Date: May 2008 Location: No Man's Land Posts: 2,011 Rep Power: 822	no one cares about Ireland lmao.. jk.. we all like you __________________ My Uploads & Claimed Characters: Spoiler Bleach Diamond Dust Rebellion All The Naruto's in HQ Various animes in mp4 (movies and specials as well) All the AMV Hells Elfen Lied in rmvb Blue Bird by Ikimono Gakari in HD (video and song) itachi (on the forums) Shagie (on the forums) Darth Vader in the Star Wars FC

07-24-2008, 12:25 AM	#3 (permalink)
skullreken Kanu Fanboy / General Mod Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Dublin Ireland Age: 22 Posts: 6,884 Rep Power: 637	it's the first significant win we've had since we won the show jumping in the last olympics too bad our athleats were mechanical our country just sucks at sport __________________ See My Claimed Characters Spoiler Claim your favorite character here http://www.animea.net/forums/f9/anim...aracter-17114/

07-25-2008, 03:22 AM	#4 (permalink)
wondering Adrammelech Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,111 Rep Power: 101	I guess this just proves that Irish engineers are pretty good, lol. I'm being a bit stereotypical when I say this but I'm surprised japan didn't win, lol. __________________ Spoiler

07-25-2008, 04:02 AM	#5 (permalink)
darkashora Your Every Day DeathAngel Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Somewhere in America hunting down souls of the requested Posts: 296 Rep Power: 13	Hmm.. sry i didnt pay attention to the World Cup this year^^ but i never thought ireland would win __________________ Sigs Credits to: Shihouin, and SSBBRAWLIN(thankyou) Spoiler AA Family Tree Spoiler Your Everyday Deathangel at your Service^^

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