Moving booster
Your ball speeds up when it touches the bar moving back and forth.
KB Financial Group × RoboCup 2026
KB Shooting Star
Interactive football
RoboCup 2026 Incheon · Songdo Convensia
A football pitch where foot movements determine the ball’s direction and speed.
Two players face each other on the LED floor, kicking and blocking virtual balls.
Two sides of the pitch and a screen-based ball waiting for a foot movement
A festival of robot football,
a pitch for everyone
RoboCup is an international competition for AI and robotics in football, rescue, domestic and industrial applications. In 2026, it took place at Songdo Convensia in Incheon.
KB Shooting Star turned the event’s football theme into a game visitors could play themselves. Instead of a separate controller, familiar foot movements let them kick and block. Children and adults experienced the technology physically on the same pitch.
About RoboCup 2026Event contextFootball × Robotics
A festival to watch robots compete
Connecting to an experienceA ball that responds to my movement
Interaction that reads foot movements
Visitor experiencePlay, watch and enjoy together
Two-player football for children and adults
At the center of the booth,
two players face off
The central LED floor becomes a pitch. Starting from opposite sides, the two players move toward the virtual balls and naturally enter the game.
A KB Shooting Star
1P2PLED floor · Two-player matchCentral play area · One player on each side
The experience at a glance
01Take opposite sides
Two players face each other and prepare for the match.
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Kick and block with your feet
Move your feet toward the virtual balls to attack and defend.
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Score to win
The match result leads to character win and loss screens.
A KB Shooting Star
Foot direction and force
become ball movement
We read the foot’s position and movement at contact to calculate the ball’s direction and speed. Players can block the opponent’s ball with their feet, connecting attack and defense through the same physical action.
01Bring your foot toward the ball
Sensors continuously track both players’ foot positions.
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Aim and shoot
The direction and speed of the foot become the ball’s movement.
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A goal changes the screen
A score update and character celebration appear with each goal.
Natural kicks,
reliable blocks.
A short exception period after each kick prevents the ball from immediately catching on the kicker’s supporting foot. The opponent’s feet remain tracked so defense continues uninterrupted.
On-pitch features
that change the ball’s path
Moving boosters, corner portals and goalpost rebounds add to shooting and defending. The ball’s speed and route change within the same pitch.
Corner portal
A ball entering the corner moves to another position on its own side.
Goals and rebounds
Balls bounce off the posts; crossing the goal line scores a point.
Live score
The score updates with each goal, and the match ends when a player reaches the set winning score.
Giving Star Friends
expression and movement
We animated the supplied RoboCup Star Friends illustrations to respond to goals, wins and losses. The characters’ expressions and movements convey each moment of the match.
Supplied illustrations
RoboCup Star Friends
Goal celebration
Joy of scoring
Victory reaction
A cheer for victory
Defeat reaction
Disappointment in defeat
Star Friends animations produced by KNOVCOMPILE
Ready → Countdown → Play → GoalPlay resumes after a goal · Win/loss display at the winning score
Six sensor inputs,
one pitch coordinate system
Three sensors line each long side of the pitch. We aligned their foot-position readings into one coordinate system and tracked each foot continuously to connect movement to the game.
Detect foot positions
from both edges
Position and speed calculation
Kick, collision and goal detection
Ball movement and score
Characters and sound effects
Adjusting for different strides and kicks
We adjusted detection areas and kick responses for different foot sizes and movements, with start and reset controls for the operator.
From early tests
to the finished pitch
Initial floor tests established the kick response. On site, we aligned sensor coordinates with the display and checked rebounds and scoring with two people playing.
Lighting the booth
We installed 14 LED bars to illuminate the yellow translucent structures.
Playing and watching together:
scenes from the event
Children playing and visitors watching. Different views of KB Shooting Star and the RoboCup venue.
Credits
- Client
- KB Financial Group
- Agency
- Keystone Marketing
- Event
- RoboCup 2026 Incheon
Songdo Convensia - Interaction design · Game development
Star Friends animation production
Sensor integration · On-site setup · LED lighting installation - KNOVCOMPILE