FIFA want to introduce the use of robots as assistant referees and plan to implement the new technology in time for the 2022 World Cup.
Football's governing body's director of technology Johannes Holzmuller has outlined his plan for the new system which would see normal assistant referees replaced with computer technology which automatically generates offside lines.
The first trial of the 'robots' has already taken place at December's Club World Cup in Qatar, won by Liverpool.
'The idea behind the offside technique is to speed up the review of such game situations by the video assistant referee' Holzmuller explained on German broadcaster ARD, 'Basically, it is about the video assistant no longer creating the lines for offside questions to determine a possible offside position.