“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you can't wait until 2014 to see your favorite team compete in Brazil in the FIFA World Cup – well then this June, you can check out the Robot Soccer World Cup in Mexico. The "RoboCup" is an ...

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 ...

While World Cup protests continue throughout Brazil, another international soccer event is attracting nothing but awe. More than a thousand soccer-playing robots from 40 countries took to the pitch ...

RoboCup Iran Open 2018 will begin by junior leagues, said Morteza Mousakhani, chairman of the National Robocop Committee. Major leagues will be held from Thursday to Saturday, he added. Data regarding ...

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 ...