Robot Football
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Robot Football is an academic sport organised by the Federation of International Robot-soccer Association
. It aims to create a team of robots capable of beating a human side at football by 2050.
Robot football began in 1995 in Korea. From 1996 onwards, international championships have been held every year.
Robot football combines skills from all fields of engineering, from computer programming, to mechanical design. Robot football teams are usually found at Universities as part of research projects.
The Robot Football World Cup was held in Singapore
in December 2005.
Federation of International Robot-soccer Association
or FIRA for short is an international organisation organising competitive soccer - usually 5-a-side - competitions between autonomous robots.FIRA was founded in 1997....
. It aims to create a team of robots capable of beating a human side at football by 2050.
Robot football began in 1995 in Korea. From 1996 onwards, international championships have been held every year.
Leagues
The leagues are as follows:- HuroSot - Humanoid robots up to 150 cm high and 30 kg in weight.
- KhperaSot - Cylindrical autonomous robots with onboard vision systems.
- Mirosot - Robots up to 75mm cube. 3, 5, 7 or 11 a-side.
- NaroSot - 4c square robots up to 5.5 cm high.
- Quadrosot - four legged robots.
- SimuroSot - PC-based simulation over both 5-a-side and 11-a-side.
Robot football combines skills from all fields of engineering, from computer programming, to mechanical design. Robot football teams are usually found at Universities as part of research projects.
The Robot Football World Cup was held in Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
in December 2005.