A team of American humanoid robots defeat foes from Iran on Wednesday in the final of an annual football tournament for intelligent sporting machines held in China.
In a tightly fought final, a team designed by the University of Pennsylvania and named THORwIn scores five goals compared to four from Iranian team Baset Adult-Size, organizers say.
The game was the final of the largest “adult” size category in the Robocup, an annual event held this year in the eastern Chinese city of Hefei.
The annual Robocup is seen by some scientists as helping promote the cause of designing machines capable of carrying out more complex tasks.
The robots are not human-controlled and play football in a manner resembling young children: swarming around the ball, kicking haphazardly and often falling over.
Iran has emerged as an unlikely force in the world of robot soccer in recent years, and last year the finals were held in Tehran.
The Robocup saw machines competing in a variety of categories depending on their size.
A total of 175 robot teams from 47 different countries and regions took part in this year’s event, according to the China Daily newspaper.
— AFP
Robots compete during a match at the RoboCup 2015 in Hefei, east China’s Anhui province on July 22, 2015. (AFP)
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