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03/17/2004 Entry: "ROBOlympics"

ROBOlympics
Saturday & Sunday
March 20th - 21st
10am-11pm Saturday
10am to the bitter, bitter end Sunday
$25 adults, $15 kids, 6 and under admitted free!

----> Event Description <-----------------------------------------------

1,000 robots. . .well, 414, but that is more than enough at the first Annual Robolympics - this Saturday and Sunday at Ft. Mason in San Francisco. ROBOlympics will be the first ever event to bring robot competitions and competitors together from around the world at a single place = 97 showcasing the best human minds on the planet!

Robots from 11 countries will crawl, wrestle, screech, walk, roll and bash their way to victory. . .or limp pitifully to the recycling pile. Be there for all the action, from 25 gram nano-sumo matches to 340-pound behemoth combat monsters! Artbots, combat bots, huge bots, teeny bots, human competitors of all ages, sizes and shapes, from elementary school Lego League to professional combat masters, all vying for medals and glory at Robolympics!

This event also introduces Robo-One to America, a little-known tournament all the way from Japan that features biped androids doing Kung Fu!

See the videos at the Robolympics website, Robo-One defies description.

Ticket pays for the whole seat, but you won't need it! You'll be so excited you'll be Jumping Up And Down!

----> Venue Info <------------------------------------------------------

Fort Mason Center, Herbst Pavilion
Marina and Buchanan Streets
San Francisco
(415) 441-3400
http://www.fortmason.org

Located between Fisherman=92s Wharf and the Golden Gate Bridge on San Francisco Bay, Fort Mason Center offers easy access by MUNI and BART.

10 Townsend, 22 Fillmore, 28 - 19th Avenue, 30 Stockton, 47 Van Ness, 49 Van Ness/Mission, 82x Presidio/Wharves Express.

----> Additional Info <-------------------------------------------------

simone@robolympics.net
Simone Gal Friday (415) 307 3482
http://www.robolympics.net