But there was a distinctly sci-fi flavor to the event as the 11 robots threaded their way through a course dotted with abandoned buildings, while more than 30 humans, wearing crash helmets and driving conventional cars, provided a backdrop of traffic for the machines to interact with.
In the backdrop of conventional heat transfer technologies approaching their upper limits, nanofluids are seen as a potential contender for small- and large-scale thermal applications [9 12].
It has a point of view, but it's a backdrop to a conventional father-daughter drama of the kind in which it is slowly revealed that two seemingly different members of a family have more in common than you think.
Delivering the keynote address at a conference on arms acquisition, where officials confirmed India's position as the world's biggest importer, Mr Anthony added: "Today, the nature of warfare has shifted and challenges range from asymmetric threats, terrorism, internal disturbances as well as conventional warfare in a nuclear backdrop.
Even when seen against the backdrop of more conventional tech startups, the company is ticking all the key boxes for a startup: A strong team, comprehensive understanding of the target market, a patent-protected product, a crisp vision, a clear go-to-market strategy, huge potential for growth, solid profit margins, and a clear product-market fit.
Lekiddo's songs – performed over a backing tape and with what appears to be a broken overhead projector beaming images onto the backdrop – don't fit into any conventional pop categories.
The deliberations on how to respond militarily to any confirmed use of chemical weapons was taking place against the backdrop of some of the most intense conventional fighting in the two-year-old Syrian conflict, which has left more than 70,000 people dead.
For venerable blues of the 30s, Baker wrote string arrangements that sometimes provided conventional orchestral colour but could also paint a more impressionistic backdrop, inspired by composers such as Krzysztof Penderecki and Iannis Xenakis.
Drukman flirts with a vengeful "Oleanna" scenario but ultimately settles for a conventional sitcom-y ending that seems especially prosaic against the backdrop of all this theory.
Instead of conventional sets, locations were suggested by platforms, images projected onto backdrops, and lighting there were 500 lighting cues, at the time a Broadway record.
On an analogous track, Eapen and Kodoth (2003) take up wider and non-conventional dimensions of stresses in the lives of women against the backdrop of the gender achievements of the so-called Kerala model.
