RoboCup World Championship 2017German robots impress in Japan
Soccer skills were on display at the RoboCup robotics competition in Japan at the end of July. At the forefront: the robots from the German university teams. They also showed how advanced they are technologically in the industrial, household and rescue disciplines.
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In 2050, the RobopCup robots will compete against the flesh-and-blood FIFA World Champions. With this goal in mind, innovations are introduced year after year that bring "real" soccer one step closer. This year, the 'Soccer Humanoid League', the league with the two-legged robots, will include: kicking a rolling ball into the goal, jumping in the air, maintaining balance after a push and ...