The 12th RoboCup International Competitions and Conferences, RoboCup-2008 Suzhou was held on July 14th - July 20th, 2008, Suzhou, China. Over 300 teams from 30 countries took part in the game this year.
RoboCup is an international robotics competition founded in 1993. The aim is to develop autonomous robots with the intention of promoting research and education in the field of artificial intelligence.

A boy controls a robot in a robot dance contest during the Robo Cup 2008 in Suzhou.

Robots from Taiwan province perform a traditional Chinese program "mouse's wedding" in a robot dance contest during the Robo Cup 2008 in Suzhou.

A girl dances with the robot Haibao, the mascot of the 2010 Shanghai World

The name RoboCup is a contraction of the competition's full name, "Robot Soccer World Cup".

A girl dances with robots.

Robots during a match at the RoboCup2008.

Engineers get their robots ready before the match begins.

Two engineers discuss their robot at the RoboCup2008.