[ti:Soccer Playing Robot Set to Compete in ‘Robo Cup’]
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[00:00.04]American researchers have built a human-like robot
[00:04.80]that will take part in an international soccer competition
[00:09.56]in France in July.
[00:12.48]A team at the University of California, Los Angeles
[00:17.00]developed the soccer-playing machine.
[00:20.52]The name of the robot is ARTEMIS,
[00:23.88]which stands for Advanced Robotic Technology
[00:28.52]for Enhanced Mobility and Improved Stability.
[00:33.04]It stands 142 centimeters tall
[00:38.08]and weighs 38 kilograms.
[00:41.48]The researchers said ARTEMIS
[00:44.96]is one of only a few humanoid robots that can run.
[00:49.96]It can also jump and walk on different kinds of surfaces
[00:55.36]without losing its balance.
[00:57.60]The robot also can kick a ball
[01:00.96]and remain standing even when kicked or hit, the team said.
[01:07.24]The engineers who built the robot
[01:09.92]said it can walk at a speed of 2.1 meters per second.
[01:15.68]This could make ARTEMIS
[01:17.80]the world's fastest walking humanoid robot,
[01:21.40]the researchers said.
[01:23.92]The team said the goal of the project
[01:27.32]was to create a robot
[01:29.48]that can perform many human-like activities,
[01:33.16]particularly playing the sport of soccer.
[01:37.20]To do this, engineers said they modeled the devices
[01:41.88]that control the robot after human muscles.
[01:46.16]ARTEMIS uses a series of sensors and cameras
[01:50.96]to help it move and position itself.
[01:55.20]Dennis Hong is a UCLA professor of engineering
[02:00.00]and the director of the university's
[02:03.00]Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory.
[02:06.56]He explained in a statement
[02:09.72]the reason ARTEMIS can keep good balance
[02:13.44]even when walking and running over uneven surfaces.
[02:18.52]It is because the robot
[02:21.00]is "getting both feet off the ground
[02:23.60]while in motion," Hong said.
[02:26.88]He added, "This is a first-of-its-kind robot."
[02:31.48]Another difference between ARTEMIS
[02:35.00]and other humanoid robots
[02:37.20]is that it is controlled electrically
[02:40.36]instead of by hydraulics, the researchers said.
[02:45.56]The developers said this makes
[02:48.52]the robot quieter and cleaner running.
[02:51.96]The team behind the robot is continuing to test ARTEMIS
[02:57.76]to prepare for the international RoboCup competition
[03:02.60]set for July in Bordeaux, France.
[03:06.80]Student researchers often take the robot on walks
[03:11.04]around the UCLA grounds.
[03:13.96]Over the next few weeks,
[03:16.32]they will work on perfecting the robot's soccer playing skills.
[03:21.68]"If your robot cannot even play a game of soccer,
[03:26.28]how would you be able to use
[03:28.40]these robots for more important things,
[03:31.72]such as saving people's lives?" Hong said.
[03:36.24]He noted that the same technologies
[03:39.60]used for soccer playing robots
[03:42.36]are also being used to develop robots
[03:45.68]to assist with firefighting and disaster operations.
[03:51.28]One member of the team, student Justin Quan,
[03:55.88]said his personal goal
[03:58.24]is engineering robots that can improve people's lives.
[04:03.36]"Seeing these robots helping push the robot technology
[04:08.16]to that next level is really rewarding
[04:11.76]because you're like, oh, the dream,
[04:15.12]it gets closer," he said.
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