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The RoboCup is an annual worldwide competition of soccer-playing robots. It's a challenge that encourages roboticists to create intelligent, fast, and accurate machines. The above video is from a demonstration by Japan's national team. via CrunchGear | Official Website
been going since like 1998
SSL is better than bipedal also (my favorite team is the CM dragons)
Okay... Seeing this, it might take some while yet...
because the smaller robots are standardized it's all about programming and it becomes very obvious when one team has a software edge