CHENGDU, Central China, July 4 (Xinhuanet) -- Robosoccer team may beat the human champions around mid 21st century, a leading scientist with FIRA China said on Monday.

    Speaking at the 6th National Robosoccer Tournament at Xihua University in Chengdu, Hong Bingrong, a professor from the Harbin Institute of Technology and president of the Federation of International Robosoccer Association China, said the ultimate goal for robosoccer teams is to play against their human counterparts and finally beat the human champions around mid 21st century.

    He also compared the feat to the triumph of IBM's Deep Blue supercomputer against Russian chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov in 1997.

    The more important goals of robosoccer, however, is the breakthroughs in the process of making that dream come true, which might be exploited for the good of mankind, Hong said.

    He also outlined a plan for China's robosoccer to develop in three steps, beginning with the half-dependent and finally leading to the pseudo-human.

    Hong was the first earner of Ph. D. in computer from the Chinese mainland since late 1970s. Enditem