RoboCup
RoboCup is an annual international robotics competition proposed[1] and founded in 1997. The aim is to promote robotics and AI research, by offering a publicly appealing, but formidable challenge. The name RoboCup is a contraction of the competition's full name, "Robot Soccer World Cup", but there are many other stages of the competition such as "RoboCupRescue", "RoboCup@Home" and "RoboCupJunior". In 2015 the world's competition was held in Hefei, China. RoboCup 2016 will be held in Leipzig, Germany.[2]
The official goal of the project:
- "By the middle of the 21st century, a team of fully autonomous humanoid robot soccer players shall win a soccer game, complying with the official rules of FIFA, against the winner of the most recent World Cup.[3]"
RoboCup leagues
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Team
rUNSWift competing in the Standard Platform League at RoboCup 2010 in Singapore
The contest currently has six major competition domains, each with a number of leagues and subleagues:
- RoboCup Soccer
- RoboCup Rescue Rescue Leagues Homepage
- RoboCup@Home,[6] which debuted in 2006, and focuses on the introduction of autonomous robots to human society
- RoboCup@Work,[7] which debuted in 2016, and "targets the use of robots in work-related scenarios".
- RoboCup Logistics League[8] is part of the RoboCup Major Leagues since 2012 and focuses on flexible solutions for industrial production using self-organizing robots.
- RoboCupJunior
- Soccer Challenge
- Dance Challenge
- Rescue Challenge
- Dance Theatre Challenge
Each team is fully autonomous in all RoboCup leagues. Once the game starts, the only input from any human is from the referee.[9]
Venues
Recent RoboCup local events
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Warwick Mobile Robotics (from the
University of Warwick) robot navigates red step fields, in the RoboCupRescue arena at the 2009 RoboCup German Open
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
- IranOpen 2010 Tehran, Iran
- Latin America & Brazil Open 2010, São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
- Robocup Mediterranean Open 2010, Rome, Italy
- Robocup German Open (unofficial all-European tournament), Magdeburg, Germany
- AUT cup 2010 Tehran, Iran
RoboCup teams
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Team
rUNSWift competing in the 4-Legged League at Bremen, Germany, 2006
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Team CASualty competing in the Rescue Robot League at Singapore, 2010
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Australia
- rUNSWift - University of New South Wales, Sydney
- NUbots - University of Newcastle
- UTS Unleashed! - University of Technology, Sydney
- UTS-USTC WrightEagle Unleashed! - University of Technology, Sydney and University of Science and Technology of China
- Karachi Koalas - University of Technology, Sydney and Institute of Business Administration, Pakistan
- RobotAssist - Centre for Autonomous Systems, Sydney
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Austria
- Mostly Harmless–Graz University of Technology
- Austrian-Kangaroos Vienna University of Technology, University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien
- RRT-Team University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria
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Brazil
- ITANDROIDS - ITA
- Bahia Robotics Team, Bahia State University
- Warthog Robotics - University of São Paulo at São Carlos
- RoboFEI – Centro Universitário da FEI
- NIPAR - UTFPR
- Positronics - Colégio Santa Emília
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Canada
- Thunderbots - University of British Columbia
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Chile
- UChile Homebreakers - Universidad de Chile
- UChile Robotics Team (SPL) - Universidad de Chile
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China
- ZjuNlict - Zhejiang Uiniversity
- WrightEagle - University of Science and Technology of China
- AUA - Anhui University of Architecture
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Colombia
- STOx's - Universidad Santo Tomás
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Croatia
- Hrvatski robotički savez
- Udruga Robofreak
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Finland
- Botnia–Vaasa University of Applied Sciences
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France
- Rhoban Football Club - LaBRI - Bordeaux University
- The Three Musketeers - Versailles Saint-Quentin University - Paris8 University
- CPE Lyon
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Germany
- Nao-Devils, TU Dortmund
- AllemaniACs RoboCup Team, RWTH Aachen University
- AutonOHM, Technische Hochschule Nürnberg
- Nao-Team HTWK, HTWK-Leipzig
- b-it bots, Bonn-Rhine-Sieg University of Applied Sciences
- B-Human - University of Bremen
- Brainstormers - University of Freiburg (abandoned)
- C-PALB–CJD High School Königswinter
- Carologistics - RWTH Aachen University & FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences
- Carpe Noctem - University of Kassel
- LUHbots - Leibniz Universität Hannover
- NimbRo - University of Bonn
- Virtual Werder 3D - University of Bremen
- Bembelbots - University of Frankfurt
- FRA-UNIted - Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences
- FUmanoids - Freie Universität Berlin
- magmaOffenburg - Hochschule Offenburg
- Darmstadt Dribblers - Technische Universität Darmstadt
- Team Hector Darmstadt - Technische Universität Darmstadt
- NaoTH - Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
- WF Wolves - Ostfalia - Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften
- Hamburg Bit-Bots - Universität Hamburg
- Hamburg Ultra Legendary Kickers HULKs - Technische Universität Hamburg Harburg
- BavarianBendingUnits - Technische Universität München, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt
- Tigers Mannheim - Duale Hochschule Baden Württemberg
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Greece
- Kouretes - Technical University of Crete
- P.A.N.D.O.R.A. - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
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India
- AcYut - BITS Pilani, Pilani
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Indonesia
- EROS, Politeknik Elektronika Negeri Surabaya, [EEPIS Robotic Research Center, Indonesia]
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Iran
- Nexus,[Nexus, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran]
- VRU Robotics Group, [VRU, Vali-E-Asr University of Rafsanjan, Real Rescue Robot Team, Rafsanjan, Iran]
- Cyrus,[Cyrus, Shiraz University of Technology, Shiraz, Iran]
- Sina,[Sina, AbouAliSina Educational Complex, Tehran, Iran]
- S.O.S, [Amirkabir University of Technology, Rescue Simulation Group, Tehran, Iran]
- EmJa ETERNALS, [IJHS's RC lab, Robotics and Simulation Group, Tehran, Iran]
- S2PLUS, [Salam Dibaji Robocup Laboratory, Simulation Group, Tehran]
- Positron, [Positron Simulation Group]
- ResQuake Robotic Team, [K.N.Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran]
- IUST Robotics Community Teams, [Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran]
- MRL Teams, [Mechatronics Research Laboratory, Qazvin, Iran]
- DANESH, [danesh, Danesh HighSchool, Tehran, Iran]
- XeneX RoboCup Team, Tehran RoboCup Inc
- Parsian Team – Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic)
- Impossibles Team–Sharif University of Technology
- Persian Gulf RoboCup Team - Azad University
- BraveCircles - SheikhBahaee University
- PersianGulf3D - Shiraz Payam Noor University
- paydar - [ paydar robotics group]
- Persia Humanoid Team - Islamic Azad University Of Isfahan (Khurasgan Branch)
- LegenDary - University of Guilan, Shahid Beheshti University
Israel
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Italy
- dInfoBots–University of Palermo
- SPQR Team, Sapienza University of Rome
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Japan
- JEAP - Osaka University
- eR@sers - Tamagawa University
South Korea
- KUDOS - Kookmin University
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Mexico
- Borregos RoboCup Teams - Monterrey Tech
- Cyberlords - Universidad La Salle
- Eagle Knights - Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
- Golem - IIMAS, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
- Leones - Colegio Cristóbal Colón De la Salle
- Pumas - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
- Robótica UP - Universidad Panamericana Campus Bonaterra
- TecRams ITESM-CEM Aibo Team
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Netherlands
- Tech United Eindhoven - TU/e
- Dutch Robotics - 3TU
- BORG - University of Groningen
- Dutch Nao Team - Universiteit van Amsterdam
- Swarmlab - Maastricht University
- Robot Sports
- Falcons
- Small Size Holland - Saxion University of Applied Sciences
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Pakistan
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Portugal
- ISocRob / UInstitute for Systems and Robotics, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon TU
- CAMBADA - IEETA / University of Aveiro
- MinhoTeam - LAR / University of Minho
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Romania
Spain
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Thailand
- BART LAB Rescue Team - Mahidol University, Bangkok
- Plasma-Z, Plasma-RX, Plasma-MK - Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok
- SKUBA - Kasetsart University, Bangkok
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Turkey
- Yildiz, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul
- Cerberus, Bogazici University, Istanbul
- RoboAKUT, Bogazici University, Istanbul
- beeStanbul, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul
Northern Cyprus
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United Kingdom
- Bold Hearts - University of Hertfordshire
- Christ's College Finchley
- Edinferno - University of Edinburgh
- Plymouth Humanoids
- Warwick Mobile Robotics - University of Warwick
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Switzerland
- Z-Knipsers - ETH Zürich
- Team Solidus - Höhere Fachschule für Technik Mittelland
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United States
- CMDragons - Carnegie Mellon University
- ISI, University of Southern California
- Northern Bites - Bowdoin College
- RoboCats - Ohio University Athens, Ohio
- RoboJackets – Georgia Institute of Technology
- RoboPatriots - George Mason University
- UT Austin Villa - The University of Texas at Austin
- RoMeLa - Virginia Tech
- UPennalizers - University of Pennsylvania
- RFC Cambridge - Harvard and MIT
Media articles
- No feel for the ball, on the 2006 RoboCup in Bremen, at signandsight.com
- RoboCup Atlanta Report, the 2007 RoboCup in Atlanta, at SaySport
- RoboCup Istanbul Report, The RoboCup 2011 report by BBC
See also
References
External links
Media related to RoboCup at Wikimedia Commons
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