MACHINE KICK Robots in sports now while that might make you think of a tennis ball throwing ma chine or a greenkeeper s mowing robot technology has advanced far beyond such devices In robotic soccer pictured for instance two teams consisting of five digital kickers about 60 centimeters 24 inches tall are pitted against each other Thanks to sophisticated pro gramming and two cameras installed in their heads they act completely autonomously in other words without external remote control Passing running dribbling shooting falling down getting up again and goalkeeper saves everything just like with their counterparts of flesh and blood By the way The RoboCup project an international initiative to promote research in the fields of artificial intelligence and robotics aims to develop a team of human oid robotic soccer players by 2050 that will beat the German men s national team 62 63

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