match in singapore. people look at the games and they wonder about ro t whos. many challenges that to go through the fundamentals of the body. it s a friendly competition that really drives research forward. reporter: how do the robots play soccer? they build them from scratch and create the software to make them think. the ro t whos see through two cameras above the field. these images feed into an external computer, the pro brob brain, to decide the next move. they can deliver a flat kick and even a chip kick. you have to predict the physics president thereof the w reporter: another group creates robots. these robots have cameras and computers inside their heads and use a wireless system to communicate. he will send a message, hey, i saw a ball over here but it will decide who should be the attacker to kick the ball. reporter: the goal is to create a team of robots that can beat a human team by the year