Do you know that robots have their World Cup games? Last weekend, 38 international RoboCup Major League teams from 14 different countries gathered in Magdeburg, Germany for this year’s RoboCup German Open to demonstrate the state-of-the-art in robotics. /Chinanews Photo

Teams of five robots played against each other on a 54-square-meter-sized field. The robots were completely autonomous. However, through Wi-Fi, they could communicate with each other and receive the decisions of the referee. /Chinanews Photo

NAO, the humanoid robots used in the games were equipped with up to 25 actuated joints. In its head, two cameras were integrated for perceiving the environment. In its chest, sonar sensors were used to measure distances. Extra sensors were built in the robots’ feet to measure ground contact and the contact with the ball. /Chinanews Photo

German team Nao-Team HTWK from Leipzig University of Applied Sciences won the final. /Chinanews Photo