Posted on 07/02/2025 5:20:19 AM PDT by Red Badger
So, uhh, apparently China started an AI robot soccer league?
VIDEO AT LINK..................
NEW: China launches its first humanoid robot soccer league in Beijing.
This is way more entertaining than regular soccer.
The AI-controlled robots were supplied by Booster Robotics for the tournament and have the skills of 5 to 6 year old children.
Robots were seen getting… pic.twitter.com/VTLQOPjU3c— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) July 1, 2025
Now, that might seem a bit low-quality for an AI robot soccer game, but consider the fact that there was almost no human involvement in this match, and that the technology will only improve, and you've got yourself a soccer league that might actually be worth watching.
And it's really much the same as the real sport.
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Sorry, had to.
Some actual journalism from NBC News:
Equipped with advanced visual sensors, the child-sized robots were able to identify the ball and navigate the field with some halting agility. They were also designed to stand up on their own after falling, though some did require the help of biological humans, including one who was dragged off the field after tipping over near the goal.
And before you go mocking China for the soccer match, consider this:
By 2050, China is expected to have 302.3 million humanoid robots in use, far ahead of the U.S. projection of 77.7 million, the report added, noting these would likely be used for 'repetitive, simple, and structured work,' like in factories.
Also interesting to note: The 2025 World Humanoid Robot Games will be held in Beijing from August 15 to August 17.
My money's on the Chinese!
But how is sports related to AI robotics?
Cheng Hao, founder and CEO of Booster Robotics — the company that supplied the robot players at Saturday's soccer tournament — said sports competitions are a testing ground for humanoid robots. Their successes and stumbles on the field help accelerate the development of both algorithms and integrated hardware-software systems.
So while the above soccer game was quite the parody, we can expect big things from Booster Robotics in the future. And it seems we Americans need to step up our robotics game if we want to keep up with the Chinese.
Soccer is anti-liberty, anti-American exceptionalism, and pro-participation trophy. They’ve been trying to get Americans excited about this faux sport along with the metric system for decades.
Soccer leagues in the USA are marginally better than the WNBA. I look forward to their continued failure to take hold with normal patriotic Americans.
Liberals are drawn to soccer precisely because it is one of the few remaining venues where American exceptionalism does not prevail. The World Cup, rather, is a working model of President Obama’s foreign policy vision: a world in which America has no special role, where inferior countries are no longer humbled by American greatness, where every country is exceptional, and free shots on goal are not earned, but given away as a handout to those who have mastered the art of falling down. In the group stage, at least, the games can end in a tie.
It’s a good thing China doesn’t have a large population with people needing jobs.
Probably still beat the women’s team.
Robot: Would you like wonton with that?................
“Rockem Sockem Robots!” I remember those!
Badger
[”By 2050, China is expected to have 302.3 million humanoid robots in use”
It’s a good thing China doesn’t have a large population with people needing jobs.]
They will need robot humanoids to care for their senile population, since there won’t be enough members of the younger generation to sustain the economy.
China has a rapidly falling population.
And a rapidly aging one.
I can’t stop hitting replay..
This might actually be worth watching in a few years.
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