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ICRA’08 Robot Comics Contest
Organizers: Aude Billard, Jorge Cham
The ICRA'08 IEEE-RAS robot comics contest was an initiative sponsored by the Robotics and Automation Society (RAS).
The competition closed on Wednesday 21st 6pmThere were 13 entries
Matthieu Warnier, Mathias Fontmarty,
Akin Sisbot, Aurélie Clodic
Xavier BroquèreLAAS – CNRS, France
Best new word: humanotics.
Marek Michalowski CMU, USA
Most likely to make money.
Leng-Feng Lee, New York State University, USA
Best appropriate treatment of inappropriate material.
Gianluca Antonelli, University of Cassino, Italy
The underfunded philosophers award.
Carol Reiley, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Best depiction of senior engineers and their underwear.
Michael Murphy,CMU, USA
Tie: most likely to happen.
OgnjenPetrovic, Santa Clara University, USA
Tie: most likely to happen.
Cheng Long,Key Laboratory of Complex Systems
Most art intellectual.
Rodolf Heliot, Christine Azevedo, Pierre Wieber, INRIA, FranceBest depiction of graduate life and use of Pengii.
Daniel Montrallo Flickinger, Alan BowlingUniversity of Notre Dame, USA
Most deserving of its own theme music.
Cristian Plagemann, University of Fribourg, Germany
Most inclusion of real robots
Kirk Valladeres, Naeem Assif Mirza, JoshuaWainer, University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Best semi-pro entry
Pierre DupontBoston University, USA
Best rendering of a past or present AdCom Member
ICRA’08 Robot Comics Contest
The jury was composed of six experts in robotics and comics design.
The Award to the Best Comics includes:
$500.-. + 1 year-long IEEE-RAS membership.
The best comics will also be published in the IEEE-RAS magazine, with a photograph of the winning team.
ICRA’08 Robot Comics Contest
And the winner is …
3rd Runner Up
Cristian Plagemann
University of Fribourg, Germany
2nd Runner Up
Kirk Valladeres, Naeem Assif Mirza,
JoshuaWainer
University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Matthieu Warnier, Mathias Fontmarty,
Akin Sisbot, Aurélie Clodic
Xavier Broquère
LAAS-CNRSToulouse, France
WINNER OF THE ICRA’08 Robot Comics Contest