Robo Football

jazzed

4 player soccer ... autonomous or computer r/c?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUZravRuRP0

10 player soccer ... apparently computer r/c.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqinBQKkGtk

8 player american football ... apparently r/c by human.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyorb9MHYr0

Then there's sumoball? kind of like·bulldozer soccer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_8CtewvTVA

Seems like any of these could be done autonomously and propeller is certainly powerful enough to compete. A league of sorts could be created with a game having a set of rules that would allow different kinds of 'bots. Such competitions can be big business for suppliers and participants. Think about it.

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Robot Freak

There are already rules for robot soccer games.
Take a look at Robocup (large robot teams), and Robocup junior if you want a smaller amount of robots.

I'm participating the junior league, powered by the Javelin Stamp.
nl.youtube.com/watch?v=cfZc7eT8WEc&feature=related

Just ordered a Propeller, to get a lot more power!

jazzed

Thanks for pointing out the RoboCup http://www.robocup.org and cool video too.
Wikipedia has great articles on RoboCup and RoboCup Junior.
This appears very well conceived, has good history, and even a US presence [noparse]:)[/noparse]
Seems there is much opportunity for educational, hobby, and other growth.

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Robot Freak

The first video is computer controlled.
Look at the unique color combinations on top of each robot.
That's to identify each robot and to calculate it's direction by camera.
The computer then controls the robots by RC signals.