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Robot Makers Say World Cup Will Be Theirs By 2050

Posted by timothy on from the our-new-robotic-goalies dept.

mindpixel writes "The Scotsman is reporting that the Japanese are very confident they can build a robotic team that will win the World Cup by 2050 using a descendent of the 38cm tall VisiON which operates completely independently of human input, making its own decisions based on information that it perceives with its 360 degree vision, and is able to recognise the football, approach it and deliver a hefty kick. It is also able to identify an opponent and shield the ball in much the same way as a human player does."

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  1. What about feigning Injuries?? by TheShadowHawk · · Score: 5, Funny

    Will the robots also be able to fall down and scream in 'agony' when the opposition barely nicks them in the hope of getting a easy penalty?

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    1. Re:What about feigning Injuries?? by KiloByte · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I'm sorry, but the "3 rules of robotics" are just some do-gooder blabbing that no one cares about the slightest.

      In fact, military purposes are one of key fields for robots.

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    2. Re:What about feigning Injuries?? by SubtleNuance · · Score: 4, Funny

      If they make them in Italy - yes.

    3. Re:What about feigning Injuries?? by imr · · Score: 5, Funny

      No, they won't, they're japanese robots.
      The italian robots, tho', will fall without anyone in a 1,5m radius.
      The argentinian robots will use their hands, and they will have 8 of them.
      The german robots will be be very fair ... as long as they win the game, if they are loosing around 15 mns before the end, they will begin to break the other robots legs.
      The french robots will have so much cosmetics enhancements because of all the commercials they play in, that they will be barely able to run.
      The british team wont have a robot goalkeeper.
      The us robots will make everybody laugh but nobody will show it. Despite their advanced design (and the heavy armor of the goalkeeper) their programmation will be terrible. They wont get anything of the game and will err randomly on the field and will even fall when there isnt anybody in a 5 meters radius. Yet the referees will still continue to be really really nice to them since the fifa will still want the us market.
      As for Brasil, they won't have any robots but real players and will continue to win.

  2. Physical contact by Asterixian · · Score: 5, Interesting

    So what happens when one of the human players on the other team does a slide tackle on the robot? Does the robot fall down? Does the robot get damaged? Does the human get injured? IANASP, but it seems like physical contact between opposing players is so common that replacing man with machine is either clumsy, scary, or both.

  3. Very close already... by jemenake · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, even today, I can build you a one-robot team that will, at least, would never lose.

    I needs no batteries or wheels. However, it is 24 feet wide and 8 feet high. If the ball is stiffly inflated, we can actually reduce the size of this robot down to about 23 feet wide by 7.5 feet tall. :)

  4. As long as they're not white by Shadow+Wrought · · Score: 4, Funny

    and playing cricket we should be OK.

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  5. secret play by Tablizer · · Score: 4, Funny

    We'll just slashdot 'em in the final round

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  6. Snake oil by Alomex · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yet another product release by the Snake Oil corporation otherwise known as AI.

    Content-free statements like the 2050 press release is what gives AI a bad name. Serious AI researchers would be well advised to ostracized people who make such half hazardly statements, yet they seem to embrace them: the overly (and misguidedly) ambitious robot soccer competition is part of the main conference in the field (IJCAI).

  7. And one more thing... by GeorgeMcBay · · Score: 4, Funny


    making its own decisions based on information that it perceives with its 360 degree vision, and is able to recognise the football, approach it and deliver a hefty kick. It is also able to identify an opponent and shield the ball in much the same way as a human player does.

    And if that doesn't convince you they'll win the World Cup, perhaps you need a demonstration of the man-killing laser beams that shoot out of their eyes, meatbag.

  8. Shape Up by Rie+Beam · · Score: 4, Funny

    "a descendent of the 38cm tall VisiON"



    38cm = 14.9606299 inches, or about a foot and two inches



    Nothing to fear here. Except maybe leg-humping offenses.

  9. because I can't help it by bersl2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The World Cup? I'd say that they've set a pretty high

    GOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!

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