A screenshot from the new simulator that will be trialled for a special challenge at RoboCup2025. The annual RoboCup event, where teams gather from across the globe to take part in competitions across a number of leagues, will this year take place in Brazil, from 15-21 July. In advance of kick-off, we spoke to two members of the RoboCup Soccer 3D Simulation League: Executive Committee Member Klaus Dorer, and Stefan Glaser, who is on the Maintenance Committee and who has been recently developing a new simulator for the League. Could start by just giving us a quick introduction to the Simulation League? Klaus Dorer: There are two Simulation Leagues in Soccer: the 2D Simulation League and the 3D Simulation League. The 2D Simulation League, as the name suggests, is a flat league where the players and ball are simulated with simplified physics and the main focus is on team strategy.

Testing autonomous vehicles on public roads is an expensive and time-consuming endeavor, and one that Raquel Urtasun, former chief scientist at Uber ATG, doesn't think is the most expedient route to market. Waabi, Urtasun's self-driving truck technology startup that launched last June, has come out with a key component of its strategy to scale its tech – Waabi World, a high-fidelity closed-loop simulator that doesn't just virtually test Waabi's self-driving software, but also teaches it in real time.

Researchers have simulated nearly 500,000 years of California earthquakes in effort to better forecast potential hazards across the state. Large earthquakes pose extreme risks to populated areas, but their activity can be unpredictable; such events tend to be few and far between, and modelling them often relies on uncertain assumptions. A new physics-based model could finally allow for more precise forecasts, using supercomputer simulations to cut out the assumptions and confirm estimates for specific regions. Researchers have simulated nearly 500,000 years of California earthquakes in effort to better forecast potential hazards across the state. 'Whether a big earthquake happens next week or 10 years from now, engineers need to build for the long run,' said lead author Bruce Shaw, a geophysicist at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.

These are the first images of McLaren's state-of-the-art simulator that could be used to develop the next car you buy. That's because the sports and racing car legend's simulator will be used by car manufacturers to develop and test vehicles of the future. This is Money and MailOnline's Rob Hull was granted an exclusive first peek at the new road-car simulator - a more advanced edition of the Formula 1 version currently used by Fernando Alonso, Stoffel Vandoorne and other drivers to hone their racing skills. He visited McLaren's motoring headquarters to find out why there's a growing demand for vehicle simulation, in what other scenarios it can be incorporated and - to his own detriment - what it's like to use one? Exclusive: These are the first images of McLaren's new'MTS Vehicle Dynamics Simulator' that will be used by the brand and other manufacturers to test and develop their cars of the future If anybody knows the answer to questions like these it's McLaren - it's been using simulators as part of its Formula 1 programme since 1997.