Nanobots To Compete in Microscopic Soccer Game

Posted on June 29, 2009

Nanosized robots are going to compete at RoboCup 2009 in a microscopic soccer stadium. Each team's nanobots will have to pass some agility tests to be allowed to compete in the miniscule soccer matches. In the matches the nanobots try to "kick" a dust mite size ball through a goal. The skills the nanobots use in the competition are similar to skills that nanobots will require for futuristic technologies like microsurgery. Take a look:

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