“The ultimate goal of Robocup is to develop humanoid soccer-playing robots that can beat the FIFA world champion team,” General Chair of Robocup 2016, Gerhard Kraetzschmar, tells Digital Trends. “We ...

Robots compete in a soccermatch on Sunday as part of the 19th RoboCup in Hefei, the capital of Anhui province. The five-day annual contest includes soccermatches and contests for robots programmed for ...

PHILADELPHIA — When robots first started playing soccer, it was a challenge for them just to see the ball. And to stay upright. But the machines participating in this month’s international RoboCup ...

The main innovation of the robot is the actuators. These actuators are machines that use energy to create motion that function like real human muscles. Thus, the actuators are springy and controlled ...

Robots play football during the 13th international RoboCup (Photo by Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) photocredit: Getty Images A world cup for robotic football teams isn't on most ...

Carnegie Mellon University is sending two small bipedal robots to the RoboCup 2006 World Championship June 14–18 in Bremen, Germany, to provide color commentary for robot soccer matches -- a first for ...

RoboCup soccer provides a fascinating window into the current state-of-the-art in robotics and artificial intelligence. However, building robots much taller than a garden gnome has proven a daunting ...

BRocks, a team from Bogazici University in Istanbul, at the 2013 RoboCup. RoboCup2013 Queen Máxima of the Netherlands watches at a match in the Soccer Middle Size League during her visit to RoboCup ...

This month, soccer fans are glued to Euro 2012. But another prestigious championship is about to kick off, too. The game is slower—much slower—and the players fall down a lot, but they’re still the ...