Robot linesmen may be deployed later this year as the world's eyes will be on Qatar for the FIFA World Cup in 2022. FIFA President Gianni Infantino is dedicated to improving officiating standards at the global sporting event.

Robots will only assist match officials in detecting offside as referees and linesmen still have to make decisions. Gianni Infantino has contemplated the introduction of the "semi-automatic offside" system during the FIFA World Cup.

The system was put to the test during the Club World Cup won by Liverpool and the Arab Cup hosted at four of Doha's eight World Cup stadiums – it involved the use of 10 cameras tracking 29 body points of each player.

In view of the ample evidence that the technology does indeed work, bringing offside calls far quicker than the current VAR-led system, world chiefs are expected to give a positive update at the delayed annual general meeting of the law-making International FA Board on Monday.

FIFA Officials Committee trains World Cup referees through a number of training camps on how to make their own arbitral decisions.

The 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar will be the first to use female referees in a men's tournament, a milestone in history.

The meeting which was originally scheduled for March in Zurich, was delayed due to the conflict in Ukraine and will be held in Qatar. 

FIFA is ready to declare that there are no stumbling blocks to fully implement this technology during the World Cup tournament.

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Source: Gulf Times