On my right, Robogames, that will take place in San Francisco in June. It will feature no less than 83 competitions, “including 18 different events just for walking humanoids”.

On my left, RoboCup 2007 will take place in Atlanta this July. As usual, it will host many events with robots of all shapes and sizes performing soccer games.

On the one hand, this is no doubt a (good) sign that robots are increasingly popular in the US. On the other hand, I’m not sure it’s such a good idea to place two very similar events almost at the same time. When I read that Robogames will host the “12th annual Robot World Cup”, created by “world’s oldest robot soccer organization”, while Robocup’s 7th edition will focus, as usual, on “competitive robotic football”, I wonder if robots fans needed all this confusion. The competition between both events is not new, but maybe now would be a good time to end up this battle, and give birth to a unique, international and huge event?