RoboCup: robot world cup

Author

Kitano, Hiroaki ; Asada, Minoru ; Noda, Itsuki ; Matsubara, Hitoshi

Author_Institution

Sony Comput. Sci. Lab., Tokyo, Japan

Volume

5

Issue

3

fYear

1998

fDate

9/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

30

Lastpage

36

Abstract

RoboCup is an attempt to foster intelligent robotics research by providing a standard problem where a wide range of technologies can be integrated and examined. The First Robot World Cup Soccer Games and Conferences (RoboCup-97) was held during IJCAI-97, Nagoya, with over 40 teams participating from throughout the world. RoboCup soccer is a task for a team of fast-moving robots in a dynamic, noisy environment. In order for a robot team to actually perform a soccer game, various technologies must be incorporated including: design principles of autonomous agents, multi-agent collaboration, strategy acquisition, real-time reasoning, robotics, and sensor-fusion. This article describes technical challenges involved in RoboCup, its official rules, a report of RoboCup-97, and future perspectives

Keywords

cooperative systems; inference mechanisms; intelligent control; mobile robots; real-time systems; sensor fusion; software agents; IJCAI-97; Nagoya; RoboCup; Robot World Cup; autonomous agents; intelligent robotics; landmark project; multiple agent system; real-time reasoning; robotic soccer game; sensor-fusion; strategy acquisition; Autonomous agents; Benchmark testing; Educational programs; Educational robots; Intelligent agent; Intelligent robots; Intelligent sensors; Legged locomotion; Robot sensing systems; Robotics and automation; Software agents; Software standards; Software testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Robotics & Automation Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1070-9932

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/100.728221

Filename

728221