This page summarizes coverage by the press of recent RoboCup events and it reports the demographics of visitors to our website.

RoboCup events are covered by the major international news media. Members of the press are welcome at RoboCup. To request a media kit, please email Vivian Chandler. See video clips of the robots in action.

Website Demographics:

As of December 14, we average more than 3000 hits per day from more than 1000 unique visitors. 95% of our visitors are new. We expect the number of visitors to grow as we approach the event, and for more of our visitors to be return visitors (e.g. participants, and fans tracking the event's progress).

Recent Media Coverage of RoboCup Atlanta Activities:

Media Coverage of RoboCup 2006, Bremen:

Press Conference

A press conference was organized for national and international media on June 14th, in the Lloyd Saal of the Congress Center Bremen just after the official opening ceremony for RoboCup 2006. The list of accredited journalists included 102 TV journalists, 90 journalists from print media, 22 radio journalists, and 16 journalists from online media from 21 different countries.

Cooperation with Regional Media

Many articles were prepared for a special 12 pages supplement on “RoboCup 2006” which was printed a few days before the event. This supplement was distributed in the state of Bremen and it’s surrounds at a circulation number of 220,000 copies. Information about the schedule and side programs of the event was provided. Additional copies were distributed during the event and served as a program guide for many visitors. Additionally, a media partnership with the local radio station “Radio Bremen Vier” was established who is owned by the conglomerate Radio Bremen.

Cooperation with the National Media

One of the initial aims of the organizers was to find a national television channel which was interested in airing RoboCup. One of the most powerful national TV stations, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF, Second German Television Channel) announced its media partnership with RoboCup 2006 during the CeBit 2006 in Hannover. This cooperation resulted in a giant PR campaign. A second advantage for this intense engagement was the ability of having international coverage via the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), at no charge. Furthermore, ZDF provided a specific internet portal for RoboCup 2006 which offered live streaming for interested parties from all over the world. All relevant media possibilities including “Der Spiegel”, Focus”, “Stern”, “Die Zeit”, “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung”, “Suddeutsche Zeitung”, “VDI-Nachrichten” and some large computer magazines such as “Chip” reported extensively on RoboCup 2006. Further, as part of the cooperation with the Lufthansa AG, a special report was included in the onboard edition of the Lufthansa Magazine in June 2006, as well as, a video clip which was aired on all international Lufthansa flights flying to Europe during the month of May 2006.

Appearance of RoboCup in Print Media