China’s New Robot Soccer League Is Wild!

China has officially launched the first Humanoid Robot Football League. And when players can’t breathe, they are already learning to dribble, shoot, read and get back.

Launched on June 23, 2012 in Beijing, the Ruligulig AI-controlled Humanoid Robot was completely autonomous 3-on-3 Soccer matches against each other. In the first match, robot teams developed by Singua University and China Agricultural University are featured. Singhwar Squad won the game with the final score of 5-3.

Robot was supplied Booster robotics According to video posted online and is fairly equivalent to the capacity of children aged 5-or 6 years old. However, against your average kindergartner, these bot play without any humanitarian direction. From chasing the ball to the strategic gameplay, every step is powered by artificial intelligence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL2W1H8YV34

Not stunts

At first glance, it can sound like a gym at the promotion. But it’s not. This match was the first type of it in China: a completely automatic saucer game where the humanoid robots were fully managed by their own. And it simply started.

A deep ambition behind the friendly scoreline. China is betting the competition, especially in sports, will help to accelerate progress in humanoid robotics and AI, its robot will turn athletes into smart, more stable and more cute machines that one day work in warehouse, old care or even military field.

Part of a broad national push of the rally. In April, Beijing hosted a half-marathon where humanoid robots tried to run 21 km along with humans. A bot finished the race in 40 minutes 4 hours, behind the human winner, but still a significant achievement. In May, one of the two humanoid robots was a martial art match in Hangju. In August, Beijing will host the World Humanoid Robot Games.

How does it work

Each match of the Robolig is playing on a small socker pitch using the three robots per side. These robots use integrated AI systems to make real-time decisions from the ball tracking to the player’s position and target effort. They are programmed to manage without human control and can recover even after reading or reading during the game.

Nevertheless, the robots are far from perfect. Video clips of the match show frequent waterfalls, awkward tackle and lots of involuntary collisions. The organizers acknowledged that robots fight object tracking, especially fast -moving saucer balls, and navigate barriers. In order to compensate, the rules were adjusted. Minor conflicts are not punished, and robots that become disabled can be removed.

However, there are signs of rapid progress. The organizers said that the bot now made their own strategy using AI without any human input.

What is in risk

China sees the Humanoid Robot as a key sector in the worldwide technology domination competition. According to the China Institute of Electronics, the domestic humanoid robot market is expected to increase 870 billion yuan (about $ 120 billion) by 20. To get there, Beijing is supporting money and policies in Robotics startups. It is expected that China can accelerate the development of robots through competition like Robolig, which works, thinks and work more like humans.

Sport, it appears, is a perfect training field. They require balance, reaction time, adjustment and team work. Humanoid robots are all things that still fight.

However, they will only get better as they play, fall and learn.

And that’s the real game.