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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
because the smaller robots are standardized it's all about programming and it becomes very obvious when one team has a software edge
Okay... Seeing this, it might take some while yet...
been going since like 1998
SSL is better than bipedal also (my favorite team is the CM dragons)