Robot Football

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Robot football is a sport organised by the Federation of International Robot-soccer Association. It aims to create a team of robots capable of beating a human side at football by 2050. [1]

Robot football began in 1995 in Korea. From 1996 onwards, international championships have been held every year.

Brainstormers Tribots (from Universität Osnabrück) play RFC Stuttgart (from Universität Stuttgart) in the RoboCupSoccer Middle-Size League at the 2009 RoboCup German Open.

Leagues

The leagues are as follows:

Robot football combines skills from all fields of engineering, from computer programming, to mechanical design. Robot football teams are usually found at universities as part of research projects.

The Robot Football World Cup was held in Singapore in December 2005.

RoboCup 2019 is scheduled to take place 2–8 July 2019 at the International Convention Centre, Sydney. [2]

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References

  1. "Robot football players compete in RoboCup tournament". The Guardian. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 2016-03-17.
  2. "RoboCup 2019 Sydney Newsletter #1".