These soccer stars are very dependable — if not a little robotic — on the field.
The 2019 RoboCup, the world’s largest annual robotics competition, kicked off Thursday in Australia with robot teams from 30 countries vying in events including soccer, search-and-rescue missions, manufacturing and logistics and home-assistance challenges.
Created in 1997, the tournament is designed to advance robotics and artificial intelligence to a level capable of besting humans.
In terms of soccer, the goal is to have the robots beat their most talented human counterparts — the World Cup champs — by 2050.
The soccer matches at Sydney’s International Convention Centre feature robots of several sizes and include “humanoid” likenesses. The machines are separated into three categories: adults, teens and children, according to its website.
A robot soccer team from the University of New South Wales in Sydney notched an early win during the competition’s first day, beating Japan’s Camelia Dragons 4-0 in a match that featured a total of 10 machines, News.com.au reports.
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Some of the competing robots — complete with names such as Dory and Nemo — stand nearly 2 feet tall and cost up to $13,000, according to the report.
The competition wraps up Sunday, when the human US women’s team takes on the Netherlands in the World Cup final.
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