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\nSoccer aficionado and RoboCup champion DARwin-OP and robotics expert Alex Leonessa recently sat down with Thi Le in the NSF library to talk about robots of all kinds, and discuss how research in robotics could help do much more than just...\nSoccer aficionado and RoboCup champion DARwin-OP and robotics expert Alex Leonessa recently sat down with Thi Le in the NSF library to talk about robots of all kinds, and discuss how research in robotics could help do much more than just build better robots.

DARwIn-OP, which stands for Dynamic Anthropomorphic Robot with Intelligence–Open Platform, and Leonessa, NSF program director for General & Age-Related Disabilities Engineering, both participated in local National Robotics Week events, which are designed to celebrate and spread awareness of robotics technology.

Created at Virginia Tech with NSF funding, DARwIn-OP is an 18-inch-tall humanoid robot designed to help roboticists experiment with new software and hardware approaches. The mini-robot frequently helps with educational and outreach activities.

You may recognize DARwIn-OP from the RoboCup, a robotics competition intended to challenge roboticists to create humanoid robots capable of playing soccer, an activity that requires complex physical and computational abilities.

Also, watch our behind-the-scenes video of DARwIN-OP’s day at NSF

Can’t get enough? Here’s DARwIn-OP in the future ( and on the Virginia Tech campus (

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