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The founders of the RoboCup competition have a simple, reasonable dream: to build a team of robotic soccer players who’ll win the World Cup by 2050. Here’s a sample of the finest fútbol-bots from ...

At the Robocup 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey, two Virginia Tech robots took first prizes, ending a streak of domination by European and Asian teams in the robot soccer tournament and bringing the Cup to ...

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 ...

CHENNAI: An eight-member team of engineering students from here literally ‘danced’ their way to emerge winners of the Robocup 2011, held in Istanbul recently. The winning team from Bharath University ...

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 trained in Scotland are taking part in an international football world cup challenge. Teams from around the world are battling it out on the pitch at RoboCup 2011 in Istanbul. The University of ...

Humanoid and wheel robots have battled it out in Istanbul for the coveted title of global number one mechanical superstars. RoboCup 2011 puts engineers from 40 countries to the test. The annual ...

Over 2500 participants from 40 countries and 40,000 spectators attended the Robocup 2013 in Eindhoven, Netherlands last weekend. Organizers of the Robot World Cup aim to put a team of androids up ...