After 2009

Please explore the blog posts for videos after RoboCup 2009.

RoboCup 2009

Second in Standard Platform League (Naos only)

Highlights
Rough draft: High Quality
Just for fun: Goal explosion

Finals
nBites vs. B Human: 0 – 5: High Quality

Semi Finals
nBites vs. Nao Devils: 3 – 3 (shootout by time): High Quality, Shootout

RoboCup 2008

Third in Aibo League. Top 8 in Nao League.

Third Place Game
nBites vs. UT Austin Villa: 3 – 1: High Quality

Semi Finals
nBites vs. GermanTeam: 0 – 0 (0 – 2 in Penalty Kicks): High Quality

Quarter Finals
nBites vs. TecRams: 10 – 0: High Quality

Pool Play
nBites vs. Cerberus: 6 – 0: High Quality
nBites vs. TJ Ark: 3 – 0: High Quality
nBites vs. SharPKUfungfu: 9 – 0: High Quality

US Open 2008

We placed first in a very close final against Austin Villa (formerly the NUBot code base).
Pool Play
nBites vs. Metrobots : 9 – 0: High Quality
nBites vs. Austin Villa : 3 – 2 : High Quality
nBites vs. CMDash’08 : 5 -2 : High Quality

Final
nBites vs. Austin Villa : 2 – 1 : High Quality

German Open 2008

We placed second while participating remotely (i.e. we sent none of our robots or team members, only our code)

Final
nBites vs. GermanTeam : 1 – 2 : First Half Second Half

RoboCup 2007

World Championships held in Atlanta, Georgia between July 1-8th, 2007. We won.

First Round
nBites vs. Jolly Pochie : 7-1 : Google Video, High Quality, iPod, Recap.
nBites vs. FCTWaves : 9-1 : Google Video, High Quality, iPod, Recap.

Second Round
nBites vs. WrightEagle : 3-4 : Google Video, High Quality, iPod.
nBites vs. Microsoft Hellhounds : 3-2 : Google Video, High Quality, iPod.
nBites vs. ASURA : 10:0 :

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Quarter Final
nBites vs. GermanTeam : 4-1 : Google Video, High Quality, iPod.

Semi Final
nBites vs. CMDash’07 : 8-0 : Google Video, High Quality, iPod.

Final
nBites vs. NUbots : 5-1 : Google Video, High Quality, iPod.

Test Matches
nBites vs. GermanTeam : July 2nd : YouTube.
nBites vs. Austin Villa : July 3rd : Google Video, High Quality, iPod, Recap.
nBites vs. GermanTeam : July 4th : Google Video, High Quality, iPod.
nBites vs. NUbots : July 5th : Google Video, High Quality, iPod.

Other
GermanTeam videos : YouTube.
Other Semifinal: NUbots vs. WrightEagle : 3-1 : Google Video, High Quality, iPod.
Northern Bites RoboCup 2007 Application Video: High Quality, iPod.

Audio
Barry Mills congratulates the Northern Bites @ Bowdoin’s 206th Convocation [2.6 mb].

Images
Henry’s set, Henry’s Mom’s Set, Team Pictures, Naomi’s Set, RoboCup 2007 Official Pool, Todd’s Set, Artboy’s Set

Text
Henry’s Diary In Progress….
Day Zero.
Day One.
Day Two.
Day Three.

German Open 2007

European Regional Competition held between April 17-21, 2007. We finished third, behind the NUbots and the GermanTeam.

Third Place Game : nBites vs. Cerberus : 8-3 : Google Video.
Final : GermanTeam vs. NUbots : 4-2 : Informatik Berlin.

Images
Henry’s Set
Naomi’s Set #1
Naomi’s Set #2

RoboCup 2006

World Championships held in Bremen, Germany between June 14-20, 2006. We finished tenth. And met Drew Carey.

Final : NUbots vs. rUNSWift : 7-3 : YouTube.
Semi-final : NUbots vs. Microsoft Hellhounds : 7-0 : YouTube.
Group L Game: NUbots vs. Cerberus : 10-0 : YouTube.
Highlight Reel: Best of NUbots : YouTube.

Images
Henry’s set.
Murch’s set.
Jan Hoffman’s set.

US Open 2006

United States Regional Competition held in Atlanta, Georgia between April 21-24, 2006. We finished roughly fifth, beating two Brown teams

Video
nBites vs. Microsoft Hellhounds : 0-5 : High Quality.
nBites vs. UT Austin Villa : High Quality.
nBites vs. Brown Demonstra Dogs : 2-0 : High Quality.

Assorted Press

If there are any broken links that aren’t struck-thru please let me now. Unfortunately a lot of the newspaper articles are taken down quickly.

06/22/06 : Northern Bites is on ‘Drew Carey’s Sporting Adventures: World Cup 2006′, airs on the Discovery Channel, Episode 2 (we think), we appear around the 25 minute mark. [blog entry] [link].

June, 2006: Northern Bites in Popular Science, “Bend It Like Nimbro”, pg 39 (verify?). [blog entry] [link].

05/17/06 : Northern Bites featured on WCSH6 TV, 207 Show. [blog entry] [link].

04/26/06 : Northern Bites on WMTW8 TV, “Robot Soccer Dogs Headed to World Championships”. [blog entry] [link].

04/18/06 : Northern Bites in Portland Press Herald, “Programmers get their kicks”, front-page above the fold in Local & State section. [blog entry] [link].

04/17/06 : Northern Bites in Brunswick Times Record, “Robo dogs don’t exactly ‘bend it like Beckham,’ but they get the job done”, lead picture in the News section. [blog entry] [link].