The oracle robot will make its first prediction on June 14 at 16:00 — two hours before the start of the football match. Last year, Baxter guessed the result of the Confederations Cup games.

Robot Baxter will name the winner of the match Russia – Saudi Arabia

The oracle robot will make its first prediction on June 14 at 16:00 – two hours before the start of the football match. Last year, Baxter guessed the result of the Confederations Cup games.

During the days of the 2018 FIFA World Cup at the Robostantsiya VDNKh, the Baxter robot will predict the outcome of all 48 World Cup matches. Football fans can find out the first forecast of the electronic oracle already today, two hours before the start of the match between the national teams of Russia and Saudi Arabia. Everyone is invited to the Robostation to watch the process of prediction.

“We will pre-place pieces of paper with the names of the opposing teams, as well as the inscription “Draw” in special cubes. After analyzing three cubes with the help of built-in video cameras, Baxter will select the desired cube and hand it over to a Robostation employee to announce, we hope, a correct prediction,” the Robostation press service said.

Videos with Baxter's predictions will be published on the official pages of the Robostation in social networks. Recall that exactly a year ago, the oracle robot guessed the result of the Confederations Cup matches by 80 percent. He predicted a draw in the match Russia – Portugal, and in the game Mexico – New Zealand – the victory of Mexico.

The press service added that on the eve of the 2018 World Cup, Baxter underwent special intellectual training. For a month, the robot studied football matches on television, listened to interviews with football players, and also memorized the forecasts of sports analysts. Baxter must successfully apply the acquired knowledge in practice. In addition to guessing the outcome of sports, Baxter does a good job as a sorter at the plant, and in his free time from his main job he plays tic-tac-toe with guests of VDNKh.

During the championship period, a special sports zone will operate at Robostation where visitors can participate in a robotic table football tournament, test their skills on the popular FIFA 18 football simulator, learn the most popular fan calls with robot Vasilisa, and try to score a goal in football goal, which is protected by the robot-goalkeeper Robokeeper.

The Baxter robot is said to be the world's first oracle robot to predict the winners of football matches. The most famous animal predicting football matches is called a clam named Paul from the German city of Oberhausen. At the 2008 European Football Championship and the 2010 World Cup, the animal guessed the results of matches involving the German national team.The idea of ​​German football fans was picked up by football lovers around the world. Now there are almost every country. For example, in Brazil, in the city of Prya-Do-Forte, a sea turtle is made forecasts, a big head, in Spain, Mollusk Iker, named after the Spanish goalkeeper Iker Kasillas.

The 2018 World Cup matches will be held from June 14 to July 15 in 11 cities: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, Sochi, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Volgograd, Rostov-on-Don, Kaliningrad, Yekaterinburg and Saransk. Moscow will accept 12 games. These days, more than 600 free pedestrian and bus excursions in the city center as part of the Moscow -Capital of World Football shares, for Muscovites and guests of the capital. Everyone will be able to get on them. Excursions will be held every day from 10:00 to 20:00. And the passport of the fan of the 2018 World Cup will give its owners a 50 percent discount to the museums of Moscow.