Football-Playing Robots Compete At RoboCup 2017 (phys.org) 38
An anonymous reader quotes Phys.org:
With steely focus, player number 3 scored a stunning opening goal in the first few minutes of the high-stakes football match between a dominant Bordeaux and their plucky Chinese opponents. But as the crowds cheered, the pint-sized player, known as Arya, showed none of the customary swagger of triumphant strikers. In fact, robot number 3 and its teammates showed no emotion at all as they continued to exterminate their rivals' hopes of victory at RoboCup 2017 in Japan. The game, which Bordeaux won 4-0, was one of the gripping final matches in a four-day event that saw about 3,000 researchers and engineering students from 40 countries displaying the prowess of their latest robotic inventions on the football pitch.
Ranging in design from humanoids with human faces to more skeletal contraptions, the robots were programmed to be self-directed and played strategically without being given instructions. The robots "see" using a camera installed in their heads, while installed with artificial intelligence to recognise the spacing and objects in the sight... [A]bility to play as a team was the "winning factor" in Bordeaux University's triumph, according to associate professor Olivier Ly, who acted as coach and positioned his team's players. "We developed lots of features on the team play... The robots play together, try to do some passes," he said.
Robot teamwork "was a completely unresearched area for computer engineers" when the competition started 20 years ago, according to the president of the RoboCup Federation.
Ranging in design from humanoids with human faces to more skeletal contraptions, the robots were programmed to be self-directed and played strategically without being given instructions. The robots "see" using a camera installed in their heads, while installed with artificial intelligence to recognise the spacing and objects in the sight... [A]bility to play as a team was the "winning factor" in Bordeaux University's triumph, according to associate professor Olivier Ly, who acted as coach and positioned his team's players. "We developed lots of features on the team play... The robots play together, try to do some passes," he said.
Robot teamwork "was a completely unresearched area for computer engineers" when the competition started 20 years ago, according to the president of the RoboCup Federation.
what were the game odds? (Score:2)
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this gets real when money is wagered
Obviously you'll be betting in Bit-Coin
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Smarter and most likely also cheaper.
Another job about to be taken away by robotics. Though I can't say that I pity the "victims" this time around.
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Ah, yes, "Cricket," where no bugs are used.
That's what you think. We ritualistically slaughter thousands of crickets and drink their "blood" before each inning.
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What do you mean "we", person who uses the word "inning" in reference to cricket?
An inning is when one team takes a turn at bat. Each team has 2 (or 1 depending on type of game) innings.
Cricket: a horribly boring game to watch, but I used to love playing it as child. As with most sports it's much better to play than watch.
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Or "Innings" rather. It's been a few decades.
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Ah, yes, "Cricket," where no bugs are used.
What exactly is it you think the wickets are made from? It's not wood ;)
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now is this soccer football or football football? because football is full of stupid animals.
It's soccer football, as in the game you play with a ball and your feet rather than football football which you play with your hands and an oval.
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So wait, you mean to tell me American football players run around on their hands? Oh right, they run on their FEET.
By this logic, handball and volleyball are footballs, too.
Paging Sam Slade (Score:1)
Hilarity ensues...
It's not real until they learn to dive. (Score:5, Funny)
It's not real football until Jose Mourinho trains the robots to fall over when they're approached.
Video of the first goal (Score:4, Informative)
Stunning might be a little bit of an exaggeration.
https://youtu.be/BUxqFlrvkQk?t=15582 [youtu.be]
(hopefully that is the right match)
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Re:Video of the first goal (Score:5, Informative)
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Nothing like the real thing. You are supposed to get a free kick every time you take a dive.
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Stunning might be a little bit of an exaggeration.
https://youtu.be/BUxqFlrvkQk?t=15582 [youtu.be]
(hopefully that is the right match)
HAHA I love the gentle shuffling and hands behind the back, it just seems so...polite. Then when that one kept falling over trying to stand up! Man, I haven't been that entertained watching a game of football in a long while.
Video of a much older match (Score:2)
Need Rugby Robots (Score:1)
Why Not Quiddich? (Score:1)
That would be a bit more of a challenge...
Are football clubs paying for this? (Score:2)
Given how expensive players are the potential saving are spectacular...
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..while robot sports may one day be a thing itself, replacing the human equivalent in this way wouldn't happen. I feel like it would be boring...skill is no longer a factor..eventually games would become 100% predictable short of the occasional mechanical failure.
Whereas they wouldn't be completely random, there would have to be a degree of randomness to the robot's actions in order to make it difficult for the other team to counter. I suspect it might not be as predictable as you might suspect. Especially if outdoors and weather patterns impact it.
So NOT American Football (Score:2)
Wake me when these can play American football and then we can quit hearing about concussions. Oh, wait, are these robots represented by PETR?