https://www.sagatowski.com/tags/ronaldo/ Recent content in Ronaldo on Sagatowski GmbH Hugo en Fri, 28 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.sagatowski.com/posts/soccer_goalie_vs_cristiano_ronaldo/ Fri, 28 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.sagatowski.com/posts/soccer_goalie_vs_cristiano_ronaldo/ <p><img src="../../images/mark_rober_and_christiano_ronaldo.jpg" alt="mark_rober_and_christiano_ronaldo.jpg"></p> <p>Imagine my surprise when I was asked to help with building a robot supposed to play against five times FIFA player of the year <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristiano_Ronaldo" class="external-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cristiano Ronaldo</a>! One of the world&rsquo;s biggest YouTubers <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Rober" class="external-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mark Rober</a> and his team asked me if I could help them with software development of a soccer goalie robot. The question that posed itself was whether one of the best football players in the world has any chance against an industrial automation system. Back in 1997 the super computer &ldquo;Deep Blue&rdquo; was the first to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Blue_versus_Garry_Kasparov" class="external-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">beat a world class chess master (Kasparov)</a>. In 2025, a PLC together with a motion capture system and some powerful drives had a challenge against a world class football player, Ronaldo.</p>