Back of the (neural) net: robot football
① Competitors in last year's Robot Soccer World Cup stuttered slowly around the pitch, frequently falling over (like a metallic Sergio Ramos).
② This year's tournament, which kicks off next week in Montreal, may feature more machines toppling over or failing to bend it like Beckham.
③ But don't be fooled.
④ Since its launch in 1997, "RoboCup" has become one of the world's largest robotics competitions and spawned remarkable innovation.
⑤ Organisers like to move goalposts to encourage robo-players to evolve: the orange ball became white, requiring better computer-vision, and pitch surfaces were made trickier to navigate.
⑥ In 2017 multi-team games were introduced, forcing robots programmed by different people to collaborate.
⑦ Humans are left on the bench once play starts, meaning that robots must adapt themselves to the circumstances of each game.
⑧ Over the years RoboCup has expanded to include rescue and logistics challenges, but football remains the focus.
⑨ Face-planting robots are funny, but they are falling in the right direction.
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