RoboCup 2018 kicks off in Germany

The goalkeeper robot of the team 'Nomadz' of Switzerland, red shirt, right, prevents a goal besides a robot of the German 'Hulk' team, grey shirt, during a soccer match of the Standard Platform Liga competition at the RoboCup GermanOpen 2018 in Magdeburg, Germany, Saturday, April 28, 2018. Around 200 teams with more than 1,000 participants from 16 countries demonstrate the state-of-the-art in robotics with competitions such as in soccer, rescue and service robots until Sunday, April 29, 2018. [Photo: AP]