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Thirty-two teams. Sixty-four games. One trophy.<\/p>\n
It all kicks off, quite literally, this June.<\/p>\n
Not merely a thrilling global display of elite athletic prowess, the world-famous football tournament is a carefully orchestrated exercise in preparation and management. From travel to turnstiles, from broadcast to blades of grass, every facet of this sporting spectacular requires precision planning.<\/p>\n
Football is a sport that\u2019s developing at an astonishing rate. On and off the pitch the appliance of science continues to have an effect on the beautiful game. Video-assisted refereeing defers to goal line technology, vanishing spray simplifies the job of marking where the wall must stand, even the stadiums themselves are employing modern invention<\/a> to keep paying fans happy.<\/p>\n But consider the pitch itself. All that playing field requires constant attention and strict maintenance. One company that knows more about that than most is Yamabiko Europe SA: the world leader in robotic mowers.<\/p>\n Yamabiko Europe know its way around a pitch. In fact, the company\u2019s world-famous robotic lawn mowers are a grass-trimming revelation to teams and stadiums across the world. The flagship product, the Bigmow<\/a>, brings a big chunk of autonomous maintenance heft to the soccer pitch \u2013 and it was designed using SOLIDWORKS.<\/p>\n Utilising SOLIDWORKS<\/a>, Yamabiko Europe designed an invention that\u2019s made light work of large turfs. Delivering professional lawn quality with a reduction in waste and human resources, the pitch-tending \u2018bot has made its mark with customers impressed by the machine\u2019s ability to work in any weather. The Bigmow provides pitches the world over with a smooth, uniform trim, allowing the players to concentrate on the ball rather than pitch inconsistencies.<\/p>\n Designed with our 3D CAD software, the team were able to make adjustments on the fly during the planning stage. SOLIDWORKS recreates the exact behaviour of engineering materials, allowing stress-testing and accurate rendering without the expense of a physical prototype build. This very process led directly to Bigmow\u2019s lightweight engine, which makes transport and manoeuvrability of the machine a doddle.<\/p>\n A pristine pitch good enough to frame. It\u2019s almost a shame the players\u2019 studs have to tear up the ground in search of victory.<\/p>\n Yet it\u2019s not just the playing field where technology is progressing the world\u2019s best-loved sport. The very seats that the fans occupy have been getting a modern upgrade courtesy of VDL Seating Systems<\/a>, a global company using SOLIDWORKS to engineer comfortable, competitively-priced seating for stadiums across the world.<\/p>\n Even the smallest elements of the game are evolving \u2013 and while the goalposts may not be moving, they\u2019re certainly becoming more lightweight, sturdy and energy-efficient to produce thanks to the work of Janssen-Fritsen<\/a>. That\u2019s another SOLIDWORKS customer, using our software to manufacture goals for schools and teams across Europe. In fact providing football with safer, cheaper and more economical equipment is at the forefront of all research \u2013 with a heavy nod to greater accuracy<\/a> too.<\/p>\n There\u2019s everything to play for as technology and research tackle the challenges posed by football\u2019s ever-increasing popularity. It\u2019s time for technology to lace up its boots and get its game on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Thirty-two teams. Sixty-four games. One trophy. It all kicks off, quite literally, this June. 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\nOn the ball with modern technology<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nWho is Yamabiko Europe?<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nA few small words on Bigmow<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nThey think it\u2019s all over \u2013 it\u2019s not<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nExtra time\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n