He likes football? Then do not miss the RoboCup German Open , a competition that faces 80 teams of engineers from more than 15 countries from today until next April 25. Although those in charge of kicking the ball are not in this case the scientists but their robots.
For a machine, a football game is quite a challenge. The first difficulty lies in recognizing the ball , the limits of the field and the goals . In addition, to play it is essential to distinguish your teammates from your opponents . For this reason, in RoboCup matches, the automatons run around equipped with the latest technology cameras and sensors, as well as processors that allow them to “devise” game tactics and defense strategies . “RoboCup stimulates a technological development that would be unthinkable otherwise,” says Professor Stefan Wrobel, Executive Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems (IAIS).
In parallel to the official competition, these days the RoboCupJunior , for creators under 20 years of age, and the RoboCupSenior are disputed . In the future it is planned to launch other tournaments for robots, such as the RoboDance , to compete by dancing, or the Roborescue , which will face robots trained in rescue activities.
RoboCup German Open (http://robocup-german-open.de/en)
