Two teams of five drones each, protected by spherical carbon frames, face off at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. As part of the 'drone soccer' demo, both teams attempt to fly their 'striker' drone through a goal post suspended 3.5 meters above the pitch. Ro Sang Heub, President of the Federation of International Drone Soccer Association, says he wants to see it become 'one of the major sports played by everybody.'
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00:00 [Indistinct chatter]
00:26 In a real competition, there will be 10 inside the arena at a time.
00:30 There's five players on each team, consisting of three defenders, two strikers,
00:35 one's a lead striker, the other one's a backup striker.
00:38 The lead striker is the only one who can score,
00:40 and he's the one with the green tassels underneath the drone.
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01:00 [Speaking Korean]
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