The National University of Singapore aimed for a way to develop a robot that would win in a tournament where robots compete against humans by 2050. This led them to develop a team of small size humanoids that they hope would win in the upcoming tournament.
This robot is called RoPE, which is short for Robot for Personal Entertainment. It is predecessor of the other RoPE robots that the Singaporean university later developed. This RoPE I robot has the capability to detect a ball, approach it, dribble it, carry the ball through an opponent and can even bring the ball to the goal. Thanks to various strategies and algorithms, this robot can play soccer almost like a human.
This robot was quite primitive, compared to its later versions. This robot was built to try the performance of various components like actuators, sensors and mechanical designs, and was able to walk statically.
RoPE I Features:
National U. of Singapore (NUS)
