Humanoid footballers stumble through their first tournament in China

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They think it’s all over … for human footballers at least.
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The pitch wasn’t the only artificial element on display at a football match on Saturday. The players were too, as four teams of humanoid robots took each other on in Beijing, in games of three-a-side powered by artificial intelligence.

While the modern game has faced accusations of becoming near-robotic in its obsession with tactical perfection, the games in China showed that AI won’t be taking Kylian Mbappé’s job just yet. Footage of the humanoid kickabout showed the robots struggling to kick the ball or stay upright, performing pratfalls that would have earned their flesh-and-blood counterparts a yellow card for diving. At least two robots were stretchered off after failing to regain their feet after going to ground

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