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 Ro… ...

RoboCup chose to use soccer as the basis of their competition because it's a fun sport that developers could rally behind, but also because the skills inherent to the game can be applied in many other ...

“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 ...

There is a robot soccer tournament called the RoboCup. July 10, 2014. Stephen McGill, a PhD candidate, works with a RoboCup entree at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia this week.

RoboCup soccer features robots of all shapes and sizes, including teams of four-legged Sony AIBO robotic dogs and teen-size humanoids. Forget the remote control -- ...

The RoboCup features five distinct soccer leagues; the last to join was the Humanoid League where robots are required to stand on two legs. It's an especially difficult league because it requires ...

The organizers of RoboCup Soccer, a tournament of football-playing robots, believe they can beat human soccer players in a game by 2050. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES. NEWSLETTER SIGNUP.

Anyone who has ever bravely volunteered to coach a youth soccer team is familiar with the blank stares that ensue when trying to explain the offsides rule. The logic that combines moving players ...

RoboCup’s multiple soccer “leagues” are broken down by size and mechanics: from tiny wheeled robots up to full-size humanoids. The Humanoid League, where I spent most of my time, ...

RoboCup has led to advances in commerce as well. Manuela Veloso of Carnegie Mellon University, who helped conceive of the robo-soccer competition in the 1990s, points to Kiva Systems, the robotics ...

More than a thousand soccer-playing robots from 40 countries took to the pitch last week in Eindhoven, Denmark, for RoboCup 2013 Latest U.S.

Programmers turn Sony Aibos and other machines into fierce competitors on the field. The ultimate goal of the international competition: a robot team that can tackle humans by 2050.