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Al Bovik and LIVE Receive BaM (“Bammy”) Award®

Dec. 6, 2022
Al Bovik and the Laboratory for Image and Video Engineering (LIVE) are the recipient of a BaM (“Bammy”) Award® from the International Trade Association for Broadcast & Media Technology, in December 2022, for "perceptual picture quality algorithms and databases for streaming and social media." BaM Awards® are given to “any product that is recognized by the judging panel is not just an innovative solution but is genuinely important to the market and sets the standard in its category.”
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UT Austin Takes 3rd Place at RoboCup@Home 2017 Competition in Japan

Aug. 28, 2017
The UT Austin Villa team won 3rd prize at the RoboCup@Home 2017 competition in Nagoya, in the category of Domestic Standard Platform League.
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UT Robotics Team Wins Third at International RoboCup@Home

Aug. 16, 2017
The UT Austin Villa Robotics Team recently won third place at the RoboCup@Home 2017 competition, in the category of Domestic Standard Platform League. The competition was held in Nagoya, Japan. Robocup was originally founded by Japanese researchers to develop robots that could play soccer well enough to eventually defeat world champion players. The idea was playfully implemented in order to fuse robot engineering with artificial intelligence and development. Now the original goal of the competition has expanded to include other areas and goals of robotics.