Edinburgh robots reach cup quarter-finals

Edinburgh scientists have taken a robotic football team to the last eight of the robot world cup. The RoboCup tournament was held in Mexico City and attracted 25 robotic teams from around the world, including Edinferno from Edinburgh. The tournament was won by the University of Texas's team, Austin Villa. Human movements. The humanoid robots are designed to mimic the movements of humans. They have cameras on their forehead and chin so that they can navigate themselves around the pitch. The robots think independently and use computer vision to work out their own playing positions, and that of their opponents and the ball.