RoboCup humanoid challenge: that's one small step for a robot, one giant leap for mankind

The ultimate goal of the RoboCup Initiative is to build a humanoid soccer team which beats a human World Cup Champion team. In this paper, we presents reasons why this goal should be pursued, and analyze technical issues involved in, humanoid to play soccer game. The analysis demonstrates the breadth of technologies that need to be developed through the course of the Challenge, which has major impacts to industries in general.