FIFA has announced the introduction of semi-automated offside technology at the World Cup in Qatar this winter.
World football's governing body estimates the new technology will reduce decision times from an average of 70 seconds to between 20 and 25 seconds.
Spectators will be shown a 3D graphic explaining the decision after it has been made.
On-field officials will still be required to validate decisions and determine whether offside players have interfered with play.
The system relies on 12 cameras installed underneath the roof of each stadium, while optical tracking data looks at 29 points on each player, plus the position of the ball, 50 times per second.
The offical World Cup ball contains a sensor which sends data to the video operations room 500 times per second, helping to determine when the exact moment the ball was released.
Pierluigi Collina, the chairman of the world governing body's referees' committee, hopes the new technology will become accepted like goalline technology.
"I've heard a lot about 'robot referees'. I understand sometimes this is very good for headlines, but this is not the case," the Italian said.
"The match officials are still involved in the decision-making process, as the technology gives an answer only when a player is in an offside position.
"In other words, the assessment of interfering with an opponent remains a match official's responsibility.
"Similarly, I heard (people say it could take) four or five seconds to get the offside decision. Certainly, we cannot get an answer within four or five seconds, this is a wrong expectation.
"We will be faster, we will be more accurate - these are the objectives of the semi-automated offside technology."
Ex-Chelsea and Benfica star Scott Minto has urged FIFA to track players' feet, rather than the outermost extremity which can score a goal, to simplify the offside rule.
"It should be a matter of fact and yet we are still confused sometimes. If they can define it better, then great," Minto told talkSPORT.
"I just think, personally - go with the feet! It will favour the forward, which means it will go with goals.
"It's easy to know. I just think sometimes we overcomplicate things."
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