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Goal in mind: beat the humans

June 30, 2013 16:06

At RoboCup more than a thousand soccer-playing robots from forty countries have descended on the Dutch technology Mecca of Eindhoven this week with one goal in mind: beat the humans.

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The tournament's mission is to defeat the human World Cup winners by 2050 - creating technology along the way that will have applications far beyond the realm of sport.
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Robots in the "kids" humanoid division compete during the RoboCup championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
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To achieve the goal, organizers have created multiple competition classes - including small robots, large robots, humanoid robots and even virtual robots - with plans to merge their techniques into a single squad of all-star androids capable of one day winning a man vs. machine matchup.
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A robot from the University of Bonn dribbles around a Japanese competitor at the RoboCup championships.
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Robotics students from the University of Pennsylvania's "UPennalizer" team show off their robots at the RoboCup championships.
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Robotics students grab tools to make last minute tweaks to their robots ahead of a match at the RoboCup championships. Around 300 teams from 40 countries are competing this week in the RoboCup championships.

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