Robo Ronaldo scores midfield RoboCup goal

You've had ample time to scope out the vastness that is RoboCup 2007, but the fourth day of competition brought a little something extra in the form of an uber-talented soccer bot. The machines, which look an awful lot like those entered by Team Osaka, took to the pitch in order to give onlookers something to cheer about, and the videoed matchup between the forward and fullback captured the midfield goal perfectly. Interestingly enough, it seems that the defender either lost his footing or fell victim to a vicious headbutt to the chest, but his demise allowed the calculating shooter to line up an exquisite shot to the corner of the net. Enough color commentary, hit the read link to catch it for yourself.

[Thanks, Danish K.]

[NHAnimator @ Jul 6th 2007 11:12AM]

Next up: RoboFans who fight in the stands. Now complete with built-in flamethrowers.

[aeo @ Jul 6th 2007 11:13AM]

LOL! That was hilarious. Nothing is cooler than a biped with an active head that looks around for the ball but it looked to me like he got dizzy and passed out for a few seconds. "where's the ball? where's the ball? Aaaahhhhhh! *thud*" His buddy just looked at him like "WTF is huey doing?" and the opponent bot was all like "Hey! I didn't touch the foo!". Then the spectators rioted and the game was called off. Sad, the state of Robocup soccer these days. *sigh*

[Chuckles McGee @ Jul 6th 2007 11:23AM]

90000000000aaaa11111111111!!!!!

[mcatrage @ Jul 6th 2007 11:28AM]

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[Xavier Gill @ Jul 6th 2007 11:50AM]

Better than the real thing!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPM1cyLp_Tw

[Brien Mizell @ Jul 6th 2007 12:40PM]

So could you call him the pele of robot football?