In the league all teams use identical robots. Therefore the teams concentrate on software development only, while still using state-of-the-art robots. The robots operate fully autonomously, i.e. there is no external control, neither by humans nor by computers. This year, the league goes through a transition from the four-legged Sony AIBO to the humanoid Aldebaran Nao.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://community.robotshop.com/index.php/blog/show/aldebaran-robotics-039-nao-chosen-to-be-new-standard-platform-for-robocup