Future Football Concept 01

"The very first robot football tournament - the Robocup - was held in Nagayo, Japan in 1997. The super-computer ‘Deep Blue' had, that very year, beaten world champion Garry Kasparov in a game of chess. So the idea was to issue a new challenge to researchers in Artificial Intelligence (AI) - what about developing a team of football-playing robots capable of beating humans by 2050?"

This was a concept sketch for a robot American football player. The idea is that this character would be a 'blocker' and hold off other players from its side of the pitch. I wanted to add some decals to give a feeling of machinery or utility. The arrow points in the direction of movement.

I wanted to make the robot look like an updated suit of armour complete with helm. It would also go some way to making the character look more human.