Sure, that crazy idea of soccer bots besting the human
World Cup champs by 2050 will be plenty fun 44 years from now, but how about a bit of entertainment in the here and now?
Robo-One has just the thing with their new Robot Battle Ball competition, which mixes the tried and true dynamics of soccer, but throws out all the lame rules like "no hands" and "no head-butting." The result is a rather entertaining game, and though the contestants are currently remote-controlled, we're sure these little bots will figure out the necessary maliciousness on their own before long. So peep the read link, watch the related video of Robot Battle Ball action and get ready for the next big thing in sports. At least until NFL starts back up again. Oh wait,
nevermind.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Pat @ Aug 7th 2006 7:40PM
I for one welcome our soccer playing robot overlords.
noobs @ Aug 7th 2006 8:24PM
isn't robocup autonomous?
I, for one, welcome our autonomous robotic soccer playing overlords...
edit: dammit beat.
Wry Cooter @ Aug 7th 2006 9:50PM
It makes more sense than electric football (which was a vibrating tin pan with plastic army men style football players and a cotton plug for a ball)
Todd @ Aug 8th 2006 5:54AM
...making our future overloards play something innocent like soccer ( as opposed to making them fight each other to the death )isn't going to save us from enslavement.
Also, I noticed a couple of dudes are putting little costumes on the robots, and it's hysterical, but worrisome - dressing our soon-to-be-masters in drag will only hasten the uprising.
r2 @ Aug 8th 2006 12:01PM
I am glad our future overlords like soccer and not baseball!
Todd, that last comment was hilarious.
Ost @ Aug 8th 2006 10:48PM
No overlords yet.
I find the way some of them walk a bit ridiculous.