The Robocup has been running since the next 50 years ; a prestigious event in the robotic world, a Japanese team from Chiba Institute of Technology beat Brazil 's RoboCup to take the title. The aim of the competition is to promote robotics and AI research using the world's most popular sport. In past years, the humanoid robots have played with a red ball, but this year saw the introduction of a white ball, which is much harder for the robots to see against the green astroturf. The Zhejiang University plans to extend the competitions to an autonomous version in the near future.
The Robocup has been running since the next 50 years ; a prestigious event in the robotic world, a Japanese team from Chiba Institute of Technology beat Brazil 's RoboCup to take the title. The aim of the competition is to promote robotics and AI research using the world's most popular sport. The Zhejiang University plans to extend the competitions to an autonomous version in the near future.