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NAO, a humanoid robot is being extensively used at RoboCup, an international robotic soccer competition. Different universities around the world take part in it with their own NAO and their algorithms to make NAO play soccer. Right now, we have exhibited the route framework for the NAO that looks for a red ball, explore to it, and kick it to the goal post. The proposed work is approached in two ways - (1) one is similar to a penalty kick and (2) is kicking the ball kept anywhere (range of 1.5-2.0 m) in a frontal hemispherical plane corresponding to the robot. The proposed strategy utilizes information obtained from the 2 cameras mounted on the robot to locate the ball and to explore towards it after. Thereafter, it will take an image of the goal post using its upper camera and adjust its angular position with the goal post. Finally, it will take an image of the ball from its lower camera and adjust its position to kick the ball with the right or left leg whichever is nearer to the ball.