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Coverage FROG Press Event – 24 September 2014
Press event for FROG – 24 September 2014
Today FROG is the centre of attention at the Royal Alcázar in Seville!
All camera’s and microphones were turned on FROG…
The event was started with short presentations by Vicente C. Guzmán Fluja the Rector of Universidad Pablo de Olavide in Seville, and FROG’s own Luis Merino Cabañas also from UPO, and Vanessa Evers, coordinator of this EU project representing the University of Amsterdam.
FROG then took everyone on a short tour of the Alcázar and demonstrated his capabilities. Journalists from all media were in the party, both local and national!
Back in the on-site lab, Luis Merino and Fernando Caballero were interviewed for TV and radio.
This afternoon there will be a workshop for a small group of official tour guides from the Royal Alcázar and one from the Lisbon Zoo.
FROG en français
FROG has appeared on what is considered to be the most viewed television channel in Europe – TF1! A French film crew came to talk to the researchers during an integration and experimentation week at the Royal Alcázar in Seville:
http://videos.tf1.fr/jt-20h/2014/les-touristes-de-seville-guides-par-un-droide-8453447.html
Talk about FROG
So, the news is spreading!
Here’s what some people are saying about FROG:
“Cortocircuito te enseña el Alcázar de Sevilla“
“The FROG Robot Is Assuredly the Most Adorable Robo-Guide Around“
FROG in Dutch late-night talk show
Yesterday, FROG co-ordinator Vanessa Evers took protoFROG the UT’s Campus robot and a group of young researchers to Amsterdam to appear in the Pauw & Witteman late-night talk show. You can find the interview here – in Dutch. And here is some behind-the-scenes footage – also in Dutch.
King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands
Willem-Alexander, King of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, with the protoFROG UT Campus robot on 2 April 2014.
Thanks to Pollus Fornerod for the photos.
FROG and baby-FROG
FROG and baby-FROG (a customized MAGABOT platform) during a film session for Spanish television on 26 February 2014.
The report was aired for the first time on 4 March 2014 on Andalusía regional TV, Canal Sur and later shown on other channels. You can find it here: FROG on TV.