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This book is the fifth official archival publication devoted to RoboCup. It documents the achievements presented at the 5th Robot World Cup Soccer Games and Conferences held in Seattle, Washington, USA, in August 2001. The book contains the following parts: introduction, champion teams, challenge award finalists, technical papers, poster presentations, and team descriptions (arranged according to various leagues). This book is mandatory reading for the rapidly growing RoboCup community as well as a valuable source of references and inspiration for R&D professionals interested in multi-agent systems, distributed artificial intelligence, and intelligent robotics.
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This book is the Proceedings of the 19th Annual RoboCup International Symposium, held in Hefei, China, in July 2015. The book contains 20 papers presented at the Symposium, carefully selected from 39 submissions. Additionally the book contains 11 champion team papers and one paper from the Workshop on Benchmarking Service Robots. The papers present current research in robotics, artificial intelligence, computer vision, multiagent systems, simulation, and other areas.

• Robot hardware and software
• Perception and action
• Robotic cognition and learning
• Multi-robot systems
• Human-robot interaction
• Education and edutainment
• Applications.

This book includes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 17th Annual RoboCup International Symposium, held in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, in June 2013. The 20 revised papers presented together with 11 champion team papers, 3 best paper awards, 11 oral presentations, and 19 special track on open-source hard- and software papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 78 submissions. The papers present current research and educational activities within the fields of robotics and artificial intelligence with a special focus to robot hardware and software, perception and action, robotic cognition and learning, multi-robot systems, human-robot interaction, education and edutainment, and applications.

• Entropy-Based Active Vision for a Humanoid Soccer Robot.- A Realistic Simulation Tool for Testing Face Recognition Systems under Real-World Conditions.- Thermal Face Recognition Using Local Interest Points and Descriptors for HRI Applications.- On Progress in RoboCup: The Simulation League Showcase.- Odometry Correction for Humanoid Robots Using Optical Sensors.- SSL-Humanoid: RoboCup Soccer Using Humanoid Robots under the Global Vision.- Localization with Non-unique Landmark Observations.- MR-Simulator: A Simulator for the Mixed Reality Competition of RoboCup.- Learning Footstep Prediction from Motion Capture Kicking a Ball - Modeling Complex Dynamic Motions for Humanoid Robots.- Towards Semantic Scene Analysis with Time-of-Flight Cameras.- Providing Ground-Truth Data for the Nao Robot.- Optimizing Particle Filter Parameters for Self-localization.- Improving People Awareness of Service Robots by Semantic Scene Knowledge.- An Evaluation of Open Source SURF Implementations.- A Semantic World Model for Urban Search and Rescue Based on Heterogeneous Sensors.- Improving Biped Walk Stability Using Real-Time Corrective Human Feedback.- A Review of Shape Memory Alloy Actuators in Robotics.- Biologically Inspired Mobile Robot Control Robust to Hardware Failures and Sensor Noise.- TopLeague & Bundesliga Manager New Generation Online Soccer Games.- Human vs. Robotic Soccer: How Far Are They? A Statistical Comparison.- Learning Powerful Kicks on the Aibo ERS
• -7: The Quest for a Striker.- Real-Time Active Vision by Entropy Minimization Applied to Localization.- Multi-agent Behavior Composition through Adaptable Software Architectures and Tangible Interfaces.- A Novel Real-Time Local Visual Feature for Omnidirectional Vision Based on FAST and LBP.- Mixed 2D/3D Perception for Autonomous Robots in Unstructured Environments.- Hierarchical Multi-robot Coordination.- Biped Walking Using Coronal and Sagittal Movements Based on Truncated Fourier Series.- Realistic Simulation of Laser Range Finder Behavior in a Smoky Environment.- Cooperative Localization Based on Visually Shared Objects.- Parameter Optimization of a Signal-Based Omni-Directional Biped Locomotion Using Evolutionary Strategies.- Designing Effective Humanoid Soccer Goalies.- A Supporter Behavior for Soccer Playing Humanoid Robots.- Utilizing the Structure of Field Lines for Efficient Soccer Robot Localization.- Robot Detection with a Cascade of Boosted Classifiers Based on Haar-Like Features.- LearnPNP: A Tool for Learning Agent Behaviors.
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This book includes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 14th RoboCup International Symposium, held in Singapore, in June, 2010 - representing the scientific tracks structured in four sessions entitled simulation and rescue robots; robot perception and localization; robot motion and humanoid robots; and, human robot interaction and semantic scene analysis. The 20 revised full papers and 16 revised short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 78 submissions. Documenting the research advances of the RoboCup community since the predecessor symposium, this book constitutes a valuable source of reference and inspiration for R&D professionals interested in RoboCup or in robotics and distributed AI more generally.
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• Soccer Robotics.- Robot Soccer System: Hardware and Firmware Components.- How to Sense? Use Computer Vision Techniques.- How to Decide and Act? Use Intelligent Systems and Control Techniques.- How to Improve Intelligence? Use Soft Computing Techniques.- Robot Soccer System: Software Components and Programming.- Simulated Robot Soccer.- Appendix.
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This monograph is a comprehensive introduction to the field of soccer robotics. Soccer robotics has become an important research area integrating mechatronics, computer science and artificial intelligence techniques to create real-world autonomous systems. It also serves as a popular test arena in which to compare the different approaches, in diverse types of competition and with varying levels of distributed perception and collaboration. The focus of this monograph is the FIRA framework of Soccer Robotics, in particular MiroSot, which uses a central overhead camera to overview the whole soccer field and a central control of the robots. Soccer Robotics completely describes the different requirements to create a soccer team and details the hardware aspects, the computer vision needed, navigation, action selection, basic skills and game strategy. These aspects are described at an undergraduate level, resulting in a book not only useful as a text for courses but also indispensable for everyone who wants to participate in MiroSot robotics.
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• Full Papers.- Bridging the Gap Between Simulation and Reality in Urban Search and Rescue.- A 3D Simulator of Multiple Legged Robots Based on USARSim.- 3D2Real: Simulation League Finals in Real Robots.- Motion Control of Swedish Wheeled Mobile Robots in the Presence of Actuator Saturation.- Imitative Reinforcement Learning for Soccer Playing Robots.- The Chin Pinch: A Case Study in Skill Learning on a Legged Robot.- Half Field Offense in RoboCup Soccer: A Multiagent Reinforcement Learning Case Study.- Autonomous Learning of Ball Trapping in the Four-Legged Robot League.- Autonomous Learning of Stable Quadruped Locomotion.- Using the Simulated Annealing Algorithm for Multiagent Decision Making.- From RoboLab to Aibo: A Behavior-Based Interface for Educational Robotics.- The Robotics and Mechatronics Kit "qfix".- Cooperative Visual Tracking in a Team of Autonomous Mobile Robots.- Selective Visual Attention for Object Detection on a Legged Robot.- Towards Probabilistic Shape Vision in RoboCup: A Practical Approach.- Parabolic Flight Reconstruction from Multiple Images from a Single Camera in General Position.- On the Calibration of Non Single Viewpoint Catadioptric Sensors.- An Automated Refereeing and Analysis Tool for the Four-Legged League.- Detecting Motion in the Environment with a Moving Quadruped Robot.- Using Temporal Consistency to Improve Robot Localisation.- Multi-cue Localization for Soccer Playing Humanoid Robots.- Proprioceptive Motion Modeling for Monte Carlo Localization.- Posters.- Autonomous Planned Color Learning on a Legged Robot.- Sensor Modeling Using Visual Object Relation in Multi Robot Object Tracking.- Robust Color Segmentation Through Adaptive Color Distribution Transformation.- H ??? Filtering for a Mobile Robot Tracking a Free Rolling Ball.- Balancing Gains, Risks, Costs, and Real-Time Constraints in the Ball Passing Algorithm for the Robotic Soccer.- Learning in a High Dimensional Space: Fast Omnidirectional Quadrupedal Locomotion.- A Novel Approach to Efficient Monte-Carlo Localization in RoboCup.- Representing Spatial Activities by Spatially Contextualised Motion Patterns.- Mobile Robots for an E-Mail Interface for People Who Are Blind.- Robust and Efficient Field Features Detection for Localization.- Coordination Without Negotiation in Teams of Heterogeneous Robots.- Towards a Calibration-Free Robot: The ACT Algorithm for Automatic Online Color Training.- Learning to Shoot Goals Analysing the Learning Process and the Resulting Policies.- Cognitive Robotics: Command, Interrogation and Teaching in Robot Coaching.- Panoramic Localization in the 4-Legged League.- Orientation Extraction and Identification of the Opponent Robots in RoboCup Small-Size League.- Rolling Shutter Image Compensation.- Evaluating Learning Automata as a Model for Cooperation in Complex Multi-agent Domains.- Cooperative 3-Robot Passing and Shooting in the RoboCup Small Size League.- Logfile Player and Analyzer for RoboCup 3D Simulation.- Local Movement Control with Neural Networks in the Small Size League.- A Comparative Analysis of Particle Filter Based Localization Methods.- A New Mechatronic Component for Adjusting the Footprint of Tracked Rescue Robots.- Vectorization of Grid Maps by an Evolutionary Algorithm.- Ego-Motion Estimation and Collision Detection for Omnidirectional Robots.- Integrating Simple Unreliable Perceptions for Accurate Robot Modeling in the Four-Legged League.- Distributed, Play-Based Coordination for Robot Teams in Dynamic Environments.- Development of an Autonomous Rescue Robot Within the USARSim 3D Virtual Environment.- Appearance-Based Robot Discrimination Using Eigenimages.- Fuzzy Naive Bayesian Classification in RoboSoccer 3D: A Hybrid Approach to Decision Making.- A Novel Omnidirectional Wheel Based on Reuleaux-Triangles.- Development of Three Dimensional Dynamics Simulator with Omnidirectional Vision Model.- Real-Time Randomized Motion Planning for Multiple Domains.- Towards a Methodology for Stabilizing the Gaze of a Quadrupedal Robot.- Automatic Acquisition of Robot Motion and Sensor Models.- Ambulance Decision Support Using Evolutionary Reinforcement Learning in Robocup Rescue Simulation League.
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This book constitutes the 10th official archival publication devoted to RoboCup. It documents the achievements presented at the RoboCup 2006 International Symposium, held in Bremen, Germany, in June 2006, in conjunction with the RoboCup Competition. It serves as a valuable source of reference and inspiration for those interested in robotics or distributed intelligence.
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This book constitutes the ninth official archival publication devoted to RoboCup. It documents the achievements presented at the RoboCup 2005 International Symposium, held in Osaka, Japan in July 2005 in conjunction with the RoboCup Competition. The 34 revised full papers and 38 revised short papers presented together with 2 award-winning papers from 21 countries went through two rounds of reviewing and improvements and were selected from 131 submissions. The book is a valuable source of reference and inspiration for R and D professionals active or interested in robotics or distributed intelligence, and is a mandatory reading for the rapidly growing RoboCup community.
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This book constitutes the seventh official archival publication devoted to RoboCup. It documents the achievements presented at the 7th Robot World Cup Soccer and Rescue Competition and Conferences held in Padua, Italy, in July 2003. The 39 revised full papers and 35 revised poster papers presented together with an overview and roadmap for the RoboCup initiative and 3 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 125 symposium paper submissions. The book comes with a CD-ROM providing the team descriptions of the 244 teams that participated in RoboCup 2003. This book is mandatory reading for the rapidly growing RoboCup community as well as a valuable source of reference and inspiration for R&D professionals interested in robotics, distributed artificial intelligence, and multi-agent systems.
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This book is the sixth official archival publication devoted to RoboCup. It documents the achievements presented at the 6th Robot World Cup Soccer and Rescue Competition and Conference held in Fukuoka, Japan in June 2002.The 17 revised full papers and 21 poster papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 76 submissions. Also included in the book are an introductory survey and league reports summarizing the results of the various leagues running competition.The book is mandatory reading for the rapidly growing RoboCup community as well as a valuable source of reference and inspiration for R&D professionals interested in multi-agent systems, distributed artificial intelligence, and intelligent robotics.
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This book is the fourth offical archival publication devoted to RoboCup and documents the achievements presented at the Fourth Robot World Cup Soccer Games and Conferences, RoboCup 2000, held in Melbourne, Australia, in August/September 2000. The book presents the following parts: introductory overview and survey, championship papers by the winners of the competitions, finalist papers for the RoboCup challenge awards, papers and posters presented at the workshop, team description of a large number of participating teams. This book is mandatory reading for the rapidly growing RoboCup community as well as a valuable source of reference and inspiration for R & D professionals interested in multi-agent systems, distributed artificial intelligence, and intelligent robotics.
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This book is the third official archival publication devoted to RoboCup and documents the achievements presented at the Third Robot World Cup Soccer Games and Conferences, Robo-Cup-99, held in Stockholm, Sweden in July/August 1999. The book presents the following parts- Introductory overview and survey- Research papers of the champion teams and scientific award winners- Technical papers presented at the RoboCup-99 Workshop- Team description of a large number of participating teams. This book is mandatory reading for the rapidly growing RoboCup community as well as a valuable source or reference and inspiration for R&D professionals interested in multi-agent systems, distributed artificial intelligence, and intelligent robotics.
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RoboCup is an international initiative devoted to advancing the state of the art in artificial intelligence and robotics. The aims of the project and potential research directions are numerous. The ultimate, long-range goal is to build a team of robot soccer players that can beat a human World Cup champion team.This book is the second official archival publication devoted to RoboCup. It documents the achievements presented at the Second International Workshop on RoboCup held in Paris, France, in July 1998. The book opens with an overview section, provides research papers on selected technical topics, and presents technical and strategic descriptions of the work of participating teams.Of interest far beyond the rapidly growing RoboCup community, this book is also indispensable reading for R&D professionals interested in multi-agent systems, distributed artificial intelligence, and intelligent robotics.
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• Ball Path Prediction for Humanoid Robots: Combination of k-NN Regression and Autoregression Methods.- Enabling Modern Application Development with Swift On The Nao/Pepper Robots.- Step Adjustment for a Robust Humanoid Walk.- Inter-Task Similarity Measure for Heterogeneous Tasks.- Dataset and Benchmarking of Real-Time Embedded Object Detection for RoboCup SSL.- TORSO-21 Dataset: Typical Objects in RoboCup Soccer 2021.- Object Pose Estimation using Keypoints and Part Affinity Fields.- Real-time Pose Estimation for Multi-Humanoid Robots.- Improving Sample Efficiency in Behavior Learning by Using Sub-optimal Planners for Robots.- Soccer robots modeling project based on RoboCupJunior: Simulation environment for physical robot improvement.- Closing the Reality Gap with Unsupervised Sim-to-Real Image Translation.- Engineering Features to Improve Pass Prediction in Soccer Simulation 2D Games.- Learning from the Crowd: Improving the Decision Making Process in Robot Soccer using the Audience Noise.- rSoccer: A Framework for Studying Reinforcement Learning in Small and Very Small Size Robot Soccer.- Optimized Wireless Control and Telemetry Network for Mobile Soccer Robots.- A Telemetry-based PI Tunning Strategy for Low-level Control of an Omnidirectional Mobile Robot.- Soccer Field Boundary Detection Using Convolutional Neural Networks.- Towards building rapport with a Human Support Robot.- Faster YOLO-LITE: Faster Object Detection on Robot and Edge Devices.- RoboCup 2021 SSL Champion TIGERs Mannheim - A Decade of Open-Source Robot Evolution.- Starkit: RoboCup Humanoid KidSize 2021 Worldwide Champion Team Paper.- Robocup@Home 2021 Champion Team Paper: SSPL Winner Uchile Peppers.- homer@UniKoblenz: Winning team of the RoboCup Virtual @Home Open Platform League 2021.- RoboCup@Home 2021 Domestic Standard Platform League Winner.- B-Human 2021 - Playing Soccer Out of the Box.- UT Austin Villa: RoboCup 2021 3D Simulation League Competition Champions.- Vision-based Machine Learning in Robot Soccer.- Improving Dribbling, Passing, and Marking Actions in Soccer Simulation 2D Games Using Machine Learning.- Humanoid Adult Size Champion 2021 Sweaty.
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This book constitutes the proceedings of the 24th RoboCup International Symposium which was held online during June 22 - June 28, 2021.The 19 full papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 42 submissions; the volume also includes 10 RoboCup Champions Papers. In addition to presenting the proceedings of the RoboCup 2021 Symposium, the book highlights the approaches of champion teams from the competitions. Due to the complex research challenges set by the RoboCup initiative, the RoboCup International Symposium offers a unique perspective for exploring scientific and engineering principles underlying advanced robotic and AI systems.
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• Robot Hardware and Software
• Perception and Action
• Robot Cognition and Learning
• Human-Robot Interaction
• Multi-Robot Systems
• Education and Edutainment
• Applications and Benchmarking.

This book includes the post-conference proceedings of the 23rd RoboCup International Symposium, held in Sydney, NSW, Australia, in July 2019. The 38 full revised papers and 14 invited papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 74 submissions. This book highlights the approaches of champion teams from the competitions and documents the proceedings of the 23rd annual RoboCup International Symposium. Due to the complex research challenges set by the RoboCup initiative, the RoboCup International Symposium offers a unique perspective for exploring scientific and engineering principles underlying advanced robotic and AI systems.

This book constitutes the eight official archival publication devoted to RoboCup. It documents the achivements presented at the RoboCup 2004 Symposium, held in Lisbon, Portugal in June/July 2004 in conjunction with the RoboCup Competition.The 36 revised full papers and 26 revised short papers presented together with 2 award winning papers and an introductory overview went through two rounds of reviewing and post-symposium improvements and were selected from 118 paper submissions.The book is a valuable source of reference and inspiration for R & D professionals active or interested in robotics, distributed artificial intelligence, and it is mandatory reading for the rapidly growing RoboCup community.
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• Coordinated Action in a Heterogeneous Rescue Team
• Concept Evaluation of a Reflex Inspired Ball Handling Device for Autonomous Soccer Robots
• Development of a Realistic Simulator for Robotic Intelligent Wheelchairs in a Hospital Environment
• Creating Photo Maps with an Aerial Vehicle in USARsim
• Real-Time Hand Gesture Recognition for Human Robot Interaction
• Combining Key Frame Based Motion Design with Controlled Movement Execution
• Applying Dynamic Walking Control for Biped Robots
• Modeling Human Decision Making Using Extended Behavior Networks
• Motion Synthesis through Randomized Exploration on Submanifolds of Configuration Space
• Robust and Computationally Efficient Navigation in Domestic Environments
• Robust Collision Avoidance in Unknown Domestic Environments
• Real-Time Ball Tracking in a Semi-automated Foosball Table
• Three Humanoid Soccer Platforms: Comparison and Synthesis
• Learning Complementary Multiagent Behaviors: A Case Study
• Rollover as a Gait in Legged Autonomous Robots: A Systems Analysis
• Pareto-Optimal Collaborative Defensive Player Positioning in Simulated Soccer
• A Novel Camera Parameters Auto-adjusting Method Based on Image Entropy
• Object Recognition with Statistically Independent Features: A Model Inspired by the Primate Visual Cortex
• Using Genetic Algorithms for Real-Time Object Detection
• An Approximate Computation of the Dominant Region Diagram for the Real-Time Analysis of Group Behaviors
• A Lua-based Behavior Engine for Controlling the Humanoid Robot Nao
• Stable Mapping Using a Hyper Particle Filter
• A Characterization of 3D Sensors for Response Robots
• Multiple Model Kalman Filters: A Localization Technique for RoboCup Soccer
• Integrated Genetic Algorithmic and Fuzzy Logic Approach for Decision Making of Police Force Agents in Rescue Simulation Environment
• IntellWheels MMI: A Flexible Interface for an Intelligent Wheelchair
• Analyzing the Human-Robot Interaction Abilities of a General-Purpose Social Robot in Different Naturalistic Environments
• Communicating among Robots in the RoboCup Middle-Size League
• Multi-robot Cooperative Object Localization
• Evolution of Biped Walking Using Truncated Fourier Series and Particle Swarm Optimization
• Efficient Behavior Learning by Utilizing Estimated State Value of Self and Teammates
• Sensor and Information Fusion Applied to a Robotic Soccer Team
• Omnidirectional Walking Using ZMP and Preview Control for the NAO Humanoid Robot
• RoboCup@Home: Results in Benchmarking Domestic Service Robots
• Connecting the Real World with the Virtual World
• Controlling AIBO through Second Life
• A Hybrid Agent Simulation System of Rescue Simulation and USARSim Simulations from Going to Fire-Escape Doors to Evacuation to Shelters
• SSL-Vision: The Shared Vision System for the RoboCup Small Size League
• Heuristic Formation Control in Multi-robot Systems Using Local Communication and Limited Identification
• Cooperative Multi-robot Map Merging Using Fast-SLAM.

This book includes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 13th RoboCup International Symposium, held in Graz, Austria, in June/July, 2009 - representing the core meeting for presentation and discussion of scientific contributions to a variety of research areas related to all RoboCup divisions (RoboCupSoccer, RoboCupRescue, RoboCup@Home, and RoboCupJunior). The 22 revised full papers and 17 revised poster papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 112 submissions. The contributions provide a valuable source of references and inspiration for R & D professionals interested in robotics and artificial intelligence.