Live: First high school humanoid robot soccer final underway in Beijing

Added: 2026-05-25

[00:00:36]Let's kick off this ball.

[00:00:40]Okay, the ceremony is done and please take your seat.

[00:00:52]Now, let's give a big hand to the two teams for the final. First candidate team, welcome the other team from team from Heidi district.

[00:01:49]Please take your positions. Our contest will begin very soon.

[00:02:16]Our contest will begin very soon and the handle to control the robots have been placed in the same position and the robots will be independent in playing the game. According to our rules, we cannot use the remote control during the game. So, it's not a test about how you control remotely. It's more about your strategies and the intellect of the robots themselves.

[00:03:10]Like what I said, there are four key words. Sensing, decision making, execution and teamwork.

[00:03:32]The players are in the pitch. There are five players on each side and there is a replacement.

[00:03:44]We have a certain rules for the alternates.

[00:03:50]>> They could at most have one alternate junkai.

[00:04:00]Why was that?

[00:04:04]>> Years before we didn't have that many substitutes.

[00:04:17]I heard the whistle blowing.

[00:04:21]>> They kicked the goal, but it's invalid.

[00:04:26]So, let's explain. Why was that goal invalid?

[00:04:41]must touch the ball first before kicking in and within 10 seconds after kicking off the ball. If they fail to touch the ball, then the goalie doesn't count.

[00:04:59]The red team is from Mu University team and the blue team is the hyen team.

[00:05:10]Team Chiang.

[00:05:28]That was a free kick just now.

[00:05:33]The whistle blows again.

[00:05:39]And the game continues.

[00:05:43]The two teams had complete histories.

[00:05:48]Team Hi had always been excellent in the show and the team Jiuang has undergone a lot of ups and downs to make it here. But they kept readjusting their strategies all along. That's why they couldn't make it today to the final.

[00:06:08]It's quite a good show of the spirit of football, never giving up.

[00:06:15]>> Team Hoya used to have a big wing and a team Jiuang hope to get the champion.

[00:06:30]They're fighting for the ball.

[00:06:33]One footballer fell, but the game continues.

[00:06:40]From their positions, we could see the two teams adopted different strategies.

[00:06:50]Team Hi just now endeavored to score the goal.

[00:06:56]And for team H, their strategy was to improve the decision making efficiency in order to kick the ball more quickly. But for team Chiang, it's more conservative.

[00:07:16]So they are on the defense.

[00:07:19]That's why you could find four players standing in front of the goal, in front of the gate, quite a fierce competition.

[00:07:39]Team Chiua tried to have a counterattack.

[00:07:47]Based on the past two days performance, Team Gi is pretty good at taking the initiative to shoot from far and they follow that tactic today.

[00:08:10]We're not sure if we can have a long shot today.

[00:08:15]The two teams are quite cautious about fighting for the ball.

[00:08:25]Sometimes they have physical contact.

[00:08:28]So some of the robots fail and it happens among the human players as well.

[00:08:37]We frequently saw the following robots and we have a rule saying that it's up to the referee to decide without a clear instruction or signal.

[00:08:56]We cannot randomly deal with the robots otherwise there will be penalty or You may even get a yellow card.

[00:09:14]And here goes the game again.

[00:09:18]Team Juan is on the attack.

[00:09:23]The ball is rolling within the pitch.

[00:09:36]The ball is not out of bounds.

[00:09:42]Let's see if they can score.

[00:09:46]It missed.

[00:09:48]But the ball is not out of bounds yet.

[00:09:52]Let's see if they do have more opportunities.

[00:09:56]It's quite a mess.

[00:10:04]As we can see, the boy is in the blind spot of a number two player.

[00:10:13]A corner kick.

[00:10:18]Sometimes in the pitch, we feel it quite embarrassing. And with the whistleblowing of the referee, all of the moves have been decided by the robots.

[00:10:35]It's just like human players.

[00:10:38]We must avoid a crowd of robots on the pitch and the robots must work together according to the rule.

[00:10:51]for the corner box. Corner kicks. They can hit the gate, hit the door last year based on our knowledge of the humanoid robot soccer game. The robots last year were not capable.

[00:11:19]I'm not sure if this year they are much better. In the past two days, we saw many successful kicking.

[00:11:32]In just one year's time, the robots technology have iterated a lot. So, we are truly looking forward to this final Team Juan is on the offense.

[00:11:55]On the offensive, it tried to have a counterattack to shoot the ball.

[00:12:02]And now the ball is still not out of bounds.

[00:12:11]For team, the players can quickly identify the ball and attack.

[00:12:25]For the robots soccer game, we must avoid a large crowd of robots coming together. That's very difficult to identify the ball. We have observed for six minutes already and up until now team performed quite conservatively and they have not put a lot of energy into the attack.

[00:12:54]Let's see if it can kick it in.

[00:12:58]It's hesitating.

[00:13:01]Okay, it's a valid kick.

[00:13:08]Team Haw made the first shot.

[00:13:17]When they don't have a lot of players gathering in one spot is easier for them to kick.

[00:13:25]All of the moves could follow naturally.

[00:13:30]It gets out of the trap.

[00:13:34]Otherwise it will be difficult to continue in terms of uh strategies.

[00:13:42]I could use a metaphor.

[00:13:47]It's quite like the table football for the robots to have a high level of coordination. It's still very challenging.

[00:13:58]The ball kicks against hits the pole.

[00:14:06]So it's a replay.

[00:14:08]It hits the pole of the gate.

[00:14:15]It's quite a pity.

[00:14:21]The long shot will have a lot of accidents just like human games.

[00:14:30]Team Juan is still on the defensive.

[00:14:48]As has been expected, there is a crowd of robots. Now, let's see which team can get the ball out. Could we take it this way?

[00:15:09]Based on current circumstances, Team Chiu is more promising because they have less number of players attacking standing in the front which means they have a better view and they have heavy defense. That's more conservative and more promising.

[00:15:33]I think it's better for the team to put one more player in the front.

[00:15:41]Number one player can come to the front.

[00:15:44]That's good for the robots to think exactly like human does. It's impossible.

[00:15:53]But I think we can try to readjust the strategy.

[00:15:58]Another opportunity to kick king.

[00:16:01]So, it's two to zero now. Good job for our team and we have less than 3 minutes before the end of the first half.

[00:16:14]Two to zero is um quite something for the human games, but for robots, things happen.

[00:16:23]There might be a tie later on for the red team. When everyone is fighting for the ball, the opportunity comes to them.

[00:16:42]It was number four player to score. Just now Alex as we have uh noticed every player has a name and they have a history about their names.

[00:17:01]Team Ho has English names for team Jiuang. The names of the players come from the chemicals because they have done a lot of experiments in their labs. So they named the players after the mineral acids. Number one is silicon acid. Second one is carbo acid and number three is chloride acid and number five is nitric acid and number six is the sulfur acid.

[00:17:45]It's like this team endeavors to melt their opponents as Mr. H said.

[00:17:55]They have prepared for this game in their labs and they do believe that u those assets have their own properties which means different players have different capabilities very good imagination and for team their names are epoch making for example number six is named Boston is the English name of And just now on the big screen, the second score was replayed by team Hawi. And now, let's see if team Juan is going to change their strategy.

[00:18:51]All of their players are gathering in front of the gate. That's quite a familiar strategy. It's about lining like a bus in front of the gate.

[00:19:06]Let's wait and see the performance of team Jiuang.

[00:19:13]A smooth turn and shoot, but it missed the ball.

[00:19:23]It was an excellent kick, but it's a pity that it failed to score. So, that's the end of the first half.

[00:19:33]Now, let's see what our commentators are feeling about the first half. I'm very excited for the last kick.

[00:19:44]It was quite capable compared to last year's robots reaction.

[00:19:50]It's a big improvement.

[00:20:02]Do you think they still have a big room of improvement?

[00:20:07]We may need to review the history of the game.

[00:20:12]We had preliminary game, the team game and the final. And actually before the preliminary we still had a round of training for the robots sensing decision making execution and teamwork those were part of the education and training session and for the students it's difficult to have cross-disciplinary curriculums because of the lack of uh curriculum system and teachers.

[00:20:39]So we must be able to provide the teachers training, hardware, software and introduce such robot soccer game to many schools in Haiden district or throughout the whole China in order to improve the capacity and also we adopted the same platform for the training of the robots. The computing power of that platform was quite like that of the EV platform which means we still have big room of improvement and development.

[00:21:12]Yesterday we joked that if one team can assign only one player to be the attacker and all the other four are defenders, it's going to be a very extreme tactic.

[00:21:26]But after that reassignment, every team would have their own special features.

[00:21:36]So if we look at the industry, Mr. Cha, last year we had a 3v3 game and five v5.

[00:21:47]This year we had a different robots as players.

[00:21:52]In the beginning of this year, we had They have marathon in Eron Etown district for every contest.

[00:22:04]They were like the opening or the preparation for the August game last year for the robot marathon. It was a test of the hardware and software.

[00:22:18]But for the soccer game, what's this test for?

[00:22:23]It's just like the marathon. We hope the robots to be reliable.

[00:22:29]It's a test of their sensing decision making capabilities.

[00:22:37]We are using some technologies to train the robots. It's a big improvement this year based on the performance of the college students last year. This year the robots perform better.

[00:22:53]It's surprising in the countdown. The final kick of the player was good enough. They can make a judgment about kicking at that moment.

[00:23:06]So they changed their tactic.

[00:23:12]We need technological improvement to enable that.

[00:23:19]I think there will be big improvements in the next few months.

[00:23:25]People are having better understanding in the recent two years.

[00:23:31]So basically the improvement would happen every quarter.

[00:23:38]Five years ago that's unexpected.

[00:23:48]So in terms of kicking the ball, we hope the robots could approach the capability of a human.

[00:23:56]It's highly likely for the robots to contribute more to the mankind in the future. Whether it's the marathon or soccer game or the humanoid games yet to happen, there will be more events, but the final goal is the same.

[00:24:13]That is for the robots to be better iterated, to be more humanlike with smooth teamwork.

[00:24:23]And one day the robots could go to our real lives.

[00:24:31]The first half was very exciting.

[00:24:36]We mentioned about the final kick before the end of the first half. It was quite handsome.

[00:24:44]And another impressive moment is that the robot was clever enough. It knows that it's approaching the end of the first half. It's time to kick.

[00:25:02]The reason that that team could outperform was because they have targeted measures. They were lining in the shape of a bus and they hoped to get more opportunity.

[00:25:16]Team Juang left the forbidden zone and had a long shot and scored.

[00:25:26]Like I said, the intellect has been improved. They could make better independent decision- making. We're hoping the second half team Jiuang can do some improvements and score another realistic thing for us to consider.

[00:25:53]Is is the capability of the robots much better or is it just because of better controlling capability of our students?

[00:26:05]I know both factors matter and the second half will start from 220 to zero.

[00:26:12]And what will be the ending? Let's stay tuned.

[00:26:28]Let me take a guess.

[00:26:30]Team Jiguan knows the capability of team.

[00:26:36]So in the first half they might be waiting.

[00:26:43]They're trying to test the waters.

[00:26:50]In the second half, there might be some changes.

[00:26:56]>> With that whistle blowing, here goes the second half of the game. So, the question goes to Mr. Jung Kai.

[00:27:03]There was a five minutes break. And was that five minutes long enough for the two teams to change their strategies?

[00:27:12]pretty hard. But we should have already prepared several different strategies.

[00:27:22]For example, replacement of play A to play B or even play C.

[00:27:30]It's a regret. The ball missed the gate.

[00:27:37]Team Chu had a new look.

[00:27:41]They did some changes.

[00:27:44]Usually in the final the players would feel nervous but for the robots they don't have such emotional problems. For the middle school students they might be under pressure.

[00:28:00]They must be very meticulous in kicking.

[00:28:13]I believe team Juan cannot follow the tactic of the first half. They must do some changes.

[00:28:25]They're in front of the gate again.

[00:28:29]Let's see the position of number three.

[00:28:30]Very precise positioning.

[00:28:40]Still number three player named chloride acid who plays a mainstay role in the defense but still it's a dangerous area.

[00:28:55]They are fighting for the ball in the area of the corner kick.

[00:29:01]Number one and number three players of team Ji Kuang cannot see the ball. So they cannot be the defense be the defenders for team H. Their strategy is quite clear.

[00:29:26]Three players are defenders. They have two players attacking.

[00:29:32]And the two players are quite a trouble for team Juan already.

[00:29:46]Team Haw strategy is about controlling the ball.

[00:29:53]They must try to control the ball in order to pass the ball.

[00:30:04]and directly kicking the ball is more risky.

[00:30:13]Don't hit from three or five meters more unless you're very sure about it.

[00:30:24]Both sides are fighting for the ball.

[00:30:27]Number one player, the silicon acid is kicking the ball just now and we just discussed about their strategies.

[00:30:39]If you have watched the World Cup, you would sense that the team is quite like the tactic of the Spanish team for the red team and the blue team is playing quite like that of team Italy.

[00:30:53]Very stable defensive strategy.

[00:30:57]And for that strategy, they need a very good attacker.

[00:31:05]That was close.

[00:31:10]Both of the teams we just mentioned have been a champion in the World Cup before and we still got some time before the end of the final. Let's see if team Jiuang could have a counterattack to come close.

[00:31:26]And in this game, we found that the two teams did have a lot of contact physically and for booster robots, they are quite stable.

[00:31:47]No substitute has been sent yet.

[00:31:59]>> Very quick defense by team Juang. And uh the boys kicked out of the dangerous zone.

[00:32:15]If all the footballers are gathering in the left half, someone would kick the ball to the right side in order to control the situation.

[00:32:26]Team Jiguan actually helped the red team if you're careful enough.

[00:32:38]Quite a good kick.

[00:32:41]One score.

[00:32:44]They need a killer to get a chance.

[00:32:51]And it's noticeable that for the move of turning their body and kicking directly. That's a fundamental skill for the robots.

[00:33:08]If you look at the trajectory of the ball, the ball kicked one of the defenders.

[00:33:17]>> We still got some time for team Chiang.

[00:33:21]That was a great encouragement with that score.

[00:33:30]>> Is it empty gate >> with no defense at all?

[00:33:39]That was an excellent defense just now.

[00:33:44]>> And right after that, the team Chiuang got the ball and had a long shot.

[00:33:55]That was an excellent defense from that kick.

[00:34:06]We prove the sensing capability and execution skill of the robots very efficient. They're very decisive.

[00:34:16]I think team Jiguan does want to get out of the situation.

[00:34:21]But for that's the charm of the game.

[00:34:30]If they need a very precise calculation, is not going to be very surprising.

[00:34:41]So they need sometimes to go to the extremes in their defense.

[00:34:57]We got seven minutes more.

[00:35:06]team should go to the extremes. They're too steady to control the ball. They need changes as well.

[00:35:39]four players fell just now. The red team used a scale for the out of bounds ball within seconds time. The other side should not touch the ball.

[00:36:02]If the ball is not out within 10 seconds, the other team can go forward as well.

[00:36:09]Whether it's the human footballers or the robots, we all want to win.

[00:36:17]Both sides are eager to be the champion.

[00:36:22]A very good long shot, >> but for the defender, it goes forward in front of the gate.

[00:36:37]The ball kicked the defender.

[00:36:44]In terms of the number of robots, team Jiuang is at the lower hand.

[00:36:58]If the two teams stand with a certain space between them, this show would be more exciting because they would have more opportunities.

[00:37:13]Now the density of the robots is pretty high.

[00:37:18]They should kick the ball to an open place, an open space for the instant decision making. We need some preset decisions.

[00:37:37]The students typed in the codes and instructions ahead of time.

[00:37:46]We were just discussing whether it's the improvement of the students capability or the robots. I think both matters. For the robots during the games, the components and parts of the robots have been improved and optimized.

[00:38:06]There would be some basic functions of the products.

[00:38:13]So under different circumstances they would trigger different responses of the robots.

[00:38:19]The students while writing the codes should fully consider all of them. If you have only one strategy is not going to work under whatever circumstance.

[00:38:33]For example, uh in front of the gate, you kick the ball and the ball was reflected from the touch of the other side.

[00:38:46]And also for the robots, they must be able to sense the environment in order to see as much as they can. We get three more minutes.

[00:38:58]Another shoot.

[00:39:02]Not much time left for team Jiuang to catch up. So within the limited time, they must be able to shoot as much as they can in order to catch up. Although the ball missed the gate, but that's the right time to shoot.

[00:39:21]In terms of the robot's capabilities if they can score with just one kick, that would be really something. Maybe the robots are tired. That's why it tripped.

[00:39:39]Substitutes would play their role at this moment.

[00:39:49]>> The game continues.

[00:39:54]Team Juan had another kick.

[00:39:57]It's still within the bounds.

[00:40:04]Here is the opportunity.

[00:40:07]A left foot kick.

[00:40:12]It wants to kick again, but it missed the gate. Bad luck.

[00:40:21]So there were two kicks, >> but it missed.

[00:40:27]>> But if they continue that tactic, maybe they still got some opportunities in the remaining time.

[00:40:57]And the game goes on.

[00:41:00]Team Ho has not many players left on the pitch.

[00:41:14]They need to be flexible because they need maintenance on the site.

[00:41:22]Although they got less than one minute time for the robots game everything is possible.

[00:41:36]We still look forward to such a kicker move, a killer move, and the time is limited right now for team Jiuang.

[00:41:47]Just now there was a corner kick.

[00:41:51]According to the rule, if the time is up, the last kick, if not interrupted, will continue.

[00:42:04]Is the whistle blowing?

[00:42:07]The final is ended. Congratulations to team to be the champion of the final.

[00:42:21]Still, we hope to give a round of applause to team because it didn't give up at the last moment.

[00:42:29]It chose to kick the ball at the last moment, but the ball missed.

[00:42:35]If we look at this game as a revenge, >> then I think it's really worth the ticket.

[00:42:43]>> In the second half, team Jiuang readjusted its strategy. That was touching because after all, there was only five minutes time for the break. But in the second half, it adopted a completely different strategy. And based on the performance of the players compared to last year, and they have marathon this year. We could say that some of those robots presidents have once attended the contests, but now within half a year, we should take a completely fresh look at those robots.

[00:43:28]They have a certain degree of coordination right now. And of course, we have to say the robots right now could not have very delicate ball passing moves, but we believe that in the near future, we could foresee that those robots are highly likely to learn those skills.

[00:43:47]back to the technology itself and the skill itself. Why do we use the robots to kick the ball and what does the falling mean?

[00:44:01]For the robots to kick the ball, they must be able to sense the environment and then make a judgment based on the situation. That's the problem we need to solve.