Robot soccer champions, at least. The Robocup has been running since 2005 ; a prestigious event in the robotic world , a Japanese team from Tokyo Institute of Technology beat China 's Zhejiang University to win the title . The aim of the competition is to promote robotic and AI research using the world 's most popular sport . The RoboCup plans to extend the competitions to an autonomous version in the near future .
The Robocup has been running since 2005 ; a prestigious event in the robotic world , a Japanese team from Tokyo Institute of Technology beat China 's Zhejiang University to win the title . The aim of the competition is to promote robotic and AI research using the world 's most popular sport . The RoboCup plans to extend the competitions to an autonomous version in the near future .