Coming Soon, the Robot World Cup

'Fancy playin' headers and volleys?'
'Aff-irm-ative'
This could well be a conversation at the imminent sideshow to the World Cup, the RoboCup. It seems that people have spent millions of quids on developing humanoid robots to get 'em playing footy! The aim of the tournament, also to be held in Germany this summer, is to 'foster AI and intelligent robotics research by providing a standard problem where wide range of technologies can be integrated and examined', and ultimately 'by 2050, develop a team of fully autonomous humanoid robots that can win against the human world champion team in soccer.' Jesus. What has Crouchie started? [Mof Gimmers]