The Footie » robocup japan http://www.everyjoe.com/thefootie World Cup and Soccer News Sun, 13 Dec 2009 03:15:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Soccer Robot Could Replace Players http://www.everyjoe.com/thefootie/soccer-robot-could-replace-players/ http://www.everyjoe.com/thefootie/soccer-robot-could-replace-players/#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:15:28 +0000 Jyle Dupuis http://www.everyjoe.com/thefootie/?p=2606 Post from: The Footie

]]> Would you watch a soccer game if all of the players were robots? Japanese robotics engineers seem to believe so. Hagime Sakamoto seems to believe so.

The<br /> Hajime 33 Soccer Robot

The Hajime 33 Soccer Robot

He has created what he calls the Hagime robot (creative) that is intended to be used at the RoboCup Japan Open robot soccer tournament in Osaka, Japan. The tournament brings together scientists from around the world who are using it as a platform for creating and testing new technologies.

The Japanese fascination of robots is complex but what I can say is that if this tournament really takes off it might prove to be less expensive than paying exuberant amounts of cash to star players. Robots might prove to be more entertaining than watching real people making mistakes and faking injuries.

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