Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 1856 Subseries of Lecture Notes in Computer Science Edited by J. G. Carbonell and J. Siekmann Lecture Notes in Computer Science Edited by G. Goos, J. Hartmanis and J. van Leeuwen 3 Berlin Heidelberg New York Barcelona Hong Kong London Milan Paris Tokyo Manuela Veloso Enrico Pagello Hiroaki Kitano (Eds.) RoboCup-99: Robot Soccer World Cup III 13 Series Editors Jaime G. Carbonell, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA J¨org Siekmann, University of Saarland, Saabr¨ucken, Germany Volume Editors Manuela Veloso Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science Computer Science Department, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890, USA E-mail: veloso@cs.cmu.edu Enrico Pagello The University of Padua, Department of Electronics and Informatics (DEI) Via Gradenigo 6/a, 35131 Padova, Italy E-mail: epv@dei.unipd.it Hiroaki Kitano Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc. 3-14-13 Higashi-Gotanda, Shinagawa, Tokyo 141-0022, Japan E-mail: kitano@csl.sony.co.jp Cataloging-in-Publication Data applied for Die Deutsche Bibliothek - CIP-Einheitsaufnahme RoboCup <3, 1999, Stockholm>: Robot Soccer World Cup III / RoboCup-99. 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Evolution of the Rules Rules for F-180 league robotic soccer continue to evolve Of course the long term vision for RoboCup is participation in the real human World Cup, so our robots must eventually be capable of play according to FIFA (the World Cup rules-making body) regulations For now, however, we adjust FIFAs rules to accommodate our robots Examples of RoboCup adjustments to the rules include special... playing behaviors It will be a lot of fun to watch the RoboCup-2000 and RoboCup-2001 tournaments! 5 Sony Legged Robot League Sony Legged Robot League is a new ocial RoboCup league since RoboCup-99 Four-legged autonomous robots compete in three-on-three soccer matches The robot platform used is almost the same as the Sony AIBO entertainment robot that was introduced into a general consumers market last... in May 2000, and the International RoboCup-2000 will take place in Melbourne, Australia, in August 2000 1 Introduction The RoboCup Initiative, the Robot World Cup Soccer Games and Conferences, provides a large spectrum of research and development issues in Articial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics In particular, it remarkably provides a common task, namely robotic soccer, for the investigation and evaluation... biannual International Joint Conference on Articial Intelligence (IJCAI) RoboCup-98 was held with the International Conference on Multiagent Systems (ICMAS) in Paris RoboCup-98, in particular, attracted a large audience, as it took place mostly at the same time as the human World Cup RoboCup-99, the Third Robot World Cup Soccer Games and Conferences, was held on July 27th through August 4th, 1999 in... research 6.1 Characteristics of RoboCup Jr For children to easily get involved in RoboCup Jr., several commercial robot platforms and robot kits are used with specic size and congurations Leagues consist of competition division, such as RoboCup Jr Soccer League, and collaborative division, such as RoboCup Jr Performers that involves parade and dancing Even within the RoboCup Jr Soccer League, several levels... University, Orebro, Sweden 8 Sony Corp., Tokyo, Japan Abstract RoboCup-99, the third Robot World Cup Soccer Games and Conferences, was held in conjunction with IJCAI-99 in Stockholm RoboCup has now clearly demonstrated that it provides a remarkable framework for advanced research in Robotics and Articial Intelligence The yearly RoboCup event has included a technical workshop and competitions in dierent... RoboCup-2000 in Melbourne Fig 5 Two Sony dog robots in a game 22 6 M Veloso et al RoboCup Jr Exhibition RoboCup Jr is an initiative where children can get hands-on experience with advanced robotic topics It is an educational project aiming at providing an environment for children to learn general science and technology through robotics [7, 9] Due to the long range goal of RoboCup aiming at having a robotic... architectures for multiagent software and robotic systems M Veloso, E Pagello, and H Kitano (Eds.): RoboCup-99, LNAI 1856, pp 134, 2000 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2000 2 M Veloso et al RoboCup-99, held in Stockholm, followed the successful RoboCup-97 in Nagoya [6] and RoboCup-98 in Paris [3] The RoboCup-99 event included a technical workshop, robotic soccer competitions in four dierent leagues,... state-of-the-art mobile robot applications, where Overview of RoboCup-99 15 robots are also in highly dynamic environments like museums, treat all dynamic objects as obstacles which have no direct relevance to the task at hand On the contrary, soccer robots cannot take this simplied view The development of probabilistic representations for highly dynamic environments, like robotic soccer, is a challenging... technology in general, and in RoboCup activities in particular RoboCup Jr is designed to enhance education using the excitement of the soccer game and the sense of the technical complexity of the real world by actually programming physical entities, instead of virtual creatures Unlike in other RoboCup soccer leagues that are designed for top-level research institutions, RoboCup Jr has exible and easy to . (ICMAS) in Paris. RoboCup-98, in particular, attracted a large audi- ence, as it took place mostly at the same time as the human World Cup. RoboCup-99, the Third Robot World Cup Soccer Games and Conferences, was. applied for Die Deutsche Bibliothek - CIP-Einheitsaufnahme RoboCup <3, 1999, Stockholm>: Robot Soccer World Cup III / RoboCup-99. Manuela Veloso (ed.). - Berlin ; Heidelberg ; New York. Kong London Milan Paris Tokyo Manuela Veloso Enrico Pagello Hiroaki Kitano (Eds.) RoboCup-99: Robot Soccer World Cup III 13 Series Editors Jaime G. Carbonell, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh,