Pelé-bot, Diego Maradona-bot, Ronaldinho-bot. All names that inspire young robot boys and girls everywhere. While the real tournament is being held in just a week’s time in Germany, the RoboCup will be starting shortly thereafter on June 14, also in Deutschland.
The whole point of this tournament, where robots play against each other (and by the looks of the photo, torment small children in the penalty box) is to aide in the development of robot technology so that a team of robots will be able to beat the human world champions (c’mon, Andorra!) by 2050. Hopefully the Web will still be around by 2050 so we can report on the tournament’s success.
RoboCup Official Site [RoboCup Federation via Who Ate All The Bratwurst]
