As the pre-season gets going, our "automaton" professional footballers are honing their bodies and skills in preparation for the new season. In Nagoya, Japan of course, the RoboCup will be in full swing, running from the 27th July through to the 30th.
The point is to draw together various robots and their controllers, scientists and students, to perform in a variety of different competitions demonstrating their developing skills.
3500 and more candidates from over 40 countries are homing in on the Portmesse Nagoya (International Exhibition Hall) with their robots. There are "Humanoid", Standard Platform, Middle Size, Small Size and Simulation classes, each one looking for a "best in show".
https://www.robocup2017.org/
The future aim is to pit a team of robot soccer players against the human World Cup winners in a match under FIFA rules. Let's hope that England don't get robotised otherwise there will be some embarrassing moment I am sure. Maybe this will be at the penalty kicks stage of the game or a dreadful mishap by a goalkeeper robot looking a bit like David Seaman or Paul Robinson.
http://www.robocup.org/news/34
Here some action of the "Humanoid Kid Sized" robots.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDz4Ikbq8Yo
Just in case you dont think much of that lot have a butchers at this set of "free kicks in the penalty area" BY HUMANS. Put that in your pipe and smoke it you geeks!
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