TEHRAN – The 13th RoboCup Iran Open competitions kicks off on Wednesday at Tehran Permanent International Fairground, Tasnim reported.

RoboCup Iran Open 2018 will begin by junior leagues, said Morteza Mousakhani, chairman of the National Robocop Committee.

Major leagues will be held from Thursday to Saturday, he added.

Data regarding the participants in the competition is yet to be announced.

According to the official website of the contest, the main categories of Iran Open 2018 are RoboCupSoccer, RoboCupRescue, RoboCup@Home, RoboCup@Work, RoboCup Junior and IranOpenDeminer.

RoboCup (Originally called as Robot World Cup Initiative) is an international research and education initiative. It is an attempt to foster AI and intelligent robotics research by providing a standard problem where wide range of technologies can be integrated and examined, as well as being used for integrated project-oriented education.

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