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Czech ScienceCzech robots practise bowling for Eurobot 2005 contest
For the eighth year running, the Eurobot contest has been trying to combine
science with fun. Small robots designed by national teams compete in
performing certain given tasks, for example playing beach rugby. Czech
teams have been taking part in this international amateur robotics contest
since 2001 and this year the Czechs took two prizes. At the moment, the
robots are busy training again for next year's national qualification and
the May international final in Switzerland. Pavla Horakova went to the
Faculty of Mathematics and Physics to talk to the "coach" of
this year's winning robot, Dr David Obdrzalek, from the Department of
Software Engineering. She asked him first to describe what the robots look
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Czech BooksThe enchanting but real world of Karel and Josef Capek's "Fairytales"
This week we're going to be looking at a very special area of Czech
writing, children's literature. I'm delighted to have with me in the
studio Monika Voskova, who is a translator of - amongst other writers -
Muriel Spark, J.M.Coetzee, and in children's literature Paul Zindel and
Judy Bloom. She also teaches in the English Department of the Charles
University's Pedagogical Faculty, where she specializes in children's
literature. And the book we'll be discussing specially is
"Fairytales" by Karel and Josef Capek, which exists in an
English version published by Albatros.
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Press ReviewPress Review
There's only one star of today's Press Review, and that is of course the
Japanese robot Asimo. Yes, robot fever has hit the Czech Republic this
week, and the papers are full of him. Asimo shaking hands with Prime
Minister Vladimir Spidla, Asimo standing proudly by the side of Japanese
PM Junichiro Koizumi, Asimo declaring a toast of friendship between robots
and humans: could this be the most successful official visit ever to the
Czech Republic?
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Current AffairsJapanese PM Junichiro Koizumi arrives in Prague for three-day visit
The Japanese prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi, arrives in Prague on
Wednesday afternoon on a three-day visit, as part of a trip aimed at
strengthening his country's ties with Europe. But it would be fair to say
Japanese relations with the Czech Republic are already on a high level,
with Japanese investment on the increase and Japanese tourists a common
sight in Prague and castles near the city.
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Czechs in HistoryKarel Capek
And now it's time for the next edition in our series Czechs in History, in which we examine the lives of famous people throughout the history of the Czech Lands. In this week's Czechs in History, Nick Carey takes a look at author and journalist Karel Capek...
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