Robots: Robot Soccer

Posted 4 Jul 2008 at 15:07 UTC by mwaibel

The latest episode of Robots, the podcast for news and views on robotics, takes a look behind the scenes of Robot Soccer. Manuela Veloso, professor at Carnegie Mellon University and President-Elect of the International RoboCup Federation, discusses the state of the art and the future of artificial dribblers. She also shares her thoughts on the daring RoboCup prediction that by the year 2050, "a team of fully autonomous humanoid robots ... can win against the human world soccer champion team". Will it really happen? Listen to the podcast and vote on the forum!