The team of robots "The Noblemen", composed of researchers from the Polytechnic University of Valencia and Murcia, try to repeat the football championship last year who got in the Mediterranean RoboCup Open, which will next be held in Rome from 14 to 16 March.
The team of Valencia and Murcia depart for Rome on Saturday with six humanoid robots, whose leaders say they are more agile and faster than before thanks to the control system and sense that they have developed during this year.
They have also arranged a new football pitches for training, which have demonstrated their ability to find the ball or find the goals, among others.
To repeat his success in the RoboCup Mediterranean, "The Noblemen" will have to overcome powerful rivals in countries such as Germany or Austria, "larger teams with more experience and sponsors," have indicated from the Spanish team.
In the month of July, "The Gentleman" will join colleagues from France and Turkey to play with the name of L3m (The Three Musketeers) World Cup Soccer Robots.
The researcher at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Francisco Blanes has explained that "the humanoid robot has a clear projection to support services, they are robots that can easily adapt to the environment in which we humans move, physically, and psychologically ".
While such applications are not fully developed, now these robots, humanoid design and interaction devices (voice, eye lights, microphones, etc..) Are able to speak, hear or express emotions and are useful for cognitive stimulation exercises with children and the disabled.
Source: Universidad de Murcia