Tuesday 20 April 2010

Edinburgh castle and Road to Robo-world-cup

On our third day in Edinburgh we went to the castle and the Road To Robo-world-cup lecture! We tried to go to the castle in the morning but the queue was massive and we decided we wouldn't have time to have a decent look about so we went to Edinburgh university for the lecture on the Road To Robo-world-cup. The first thing that they described were the multiple functions that made the football robots work, like the cameras in their heads and how their ball-recognition works. Then they brought out the other robot and set it to the goalkeeper program , before setting up a penalty shoot-out. The red striker robot won as the blue defender robot didn't know where the ball was half the time! Then we went back up to the castle and we managed to have a good look about. First we went up to the cannon Mons Meg and the Half-Moon battery before going to the war museum. Then we went into the ruins of an old tower in Edinburgh Castle. Then we went to see the stone of destiny and the scottish crown jewels! Then we went back to the flat as we were totally exhausted. Here are some pictures of the castle!

Please, don't fire!


Aim,fire and destroy!

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