Link: YouTube - RoboCup 2007 Final, Humanoid League.
*Check out the way that Japanese goalie contraption casts itself down to block the soccer ball. And then it deftly gets back up. This is *student work.* The field of robotics has really improved.
*On the other hand, I just spent ten more valuable minutes of my lifespan watching an international soccer game. Could it be I've been in Europe too long?