CHARLI-L2 Contemplates the Ball RoMeLa American Soccer Robots Dominate at the World RoboCup 2011 -- Popular Science
Soccer fans, rejoice: America has won the World Cup. Well, the robot World Cup.
In the finale of RoboCup 2011, two Virginia Tech robots took top honors in the adult-size and child-size categories. The full-size humanoid CHARLI-2, making its public debut at RoboCup, won the adult-size robot soccer match with a penalty kick, beating Robo Erectus of Singapore 1-0.