Just a Reminder: The 2013 Robot World Cup Will be Held in Eindhoven June 24-30

From the Robocup Dutch Committee:

The RoboCup Federation proposed the ultimate goal of the RoboCup Initiative to be stated as follows:

"By 2050, a team of fully autonomous humanoid robot soccer players shall win a soccer game, complying with the official FIFA rules, against the winner of the most recent World Cup of Human Soccer."

Here's the  RoboCup 2013 website.

Finally, a video preview of the level of athleticism which will be exhibited and, beyond the athletics, a display of the central ethos of sport or, swiping a line from "Robot Soccer Goes Big Time":
A hilarious and terrifying vision of our sporting future....