China will hold its first chess match between humans and robots
this year according to sources within the Chinese Society of
Artificial Intelligence.
Robots are the challengers and will meet five masters of Chinese
Chess at the First Chinese Chess Competition in July. In August
robots and humans will confront each other once again at the
country's first exhibition of artificial intelligence products and
achievements.
The competition, to be held from July 25-31, will be sponsored
by the Society of Artificial Intelligence and three
Universities.
Chinese scientists, who have developed the participating robots,
have studied robots playing Chinese Chess which is different from
the popular chess.
As well as the competition there will be a symposium at which
scientists will share their views on the Chinese Chess-playing
robots!
(Xinhua News Agency March 3, 2006)