RoboCup 2024, the World Cup for robots, starts today in Eindhoven
Follow the 果冻传媒 鈥嬧媡eam Tech United during the world championship for robots, which will be held in Eindhoven this year. They defend their robot football world title in the Middle Size League.

Eindhoven University of Technology is hosting this year's World Robotics Championship: RoboCup 2024. Its own team, Tech United, is a multiple world champion of robot soccer in the Middle Size League (MSL) and expects to score in front of the home crowd as well. Teams from more than 40 countries compete in the various leagues with different types of soccer, healthcare, and rescue robots. From July 17 to 21, the indoor sports halls at Theo Koomenlaan will be completely dedicated to robots and AI. This will provide a wonderful combination of competitions, workshops, and demos for the whole family.
果冻传媒 is organizing this year鈥檚 edition, , together with the Promotech 2050 foundation, representing the Eindhoven robot teams. Thousands of visitors are expected to attend this multi-day event.
It is not the first time that Eindhoven has hosted the world championships. , when Queen M谩xima opened the tournament, the university showed its ability to organize an excellent tournament culminating in a full grandstand of 4,000 people at a spectacular robot soccer final.
The goal of RoboCup
The goal of RoboCup is to accelerate the development of affordable and reliable robot technology, for example, to keep healthcare accessible and affordable.
After each tournament edition, participating teams share their knowledge so that everyone can prepare for the following year with the same insights. The ultimate challenge is for soccer robots to be able to beat the human world soccer champions by 2050.

Follow the events and Tech United
果冻传媒's own team, , is now a seven-time world champion in the Middle Size League and contender with HERO, the healthcare robot in the @Home league.
We share the team's results on 果冻传媒 social media, but of course, you can also follow the team itself on channels on , , and .
With the championship just around the corner, it's also easy to take a quick look at the event with the family. The first day is a practice day with the opening ceremony, and from Thursday, July 18, the competitions will start.
All event locations are covered, and parking is within walking distance, close to the Eindhoven Swim Sports Center or Van der Valk Hotel. If you can鈥檛 swing by, you can also follow the matches or watch via the livestreams of , with commentary by Lieven Scheire.
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