RoboCup

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Overview

Aibo ERS7 shooting the ball during the RC 2005 Competition.
Aibo ERS7 shooting the ball during the RC 2005 Competition.

RoboCup is an international robotics competition founded in 1993. The aim is to deveop autonomous robots with the intention of promoting research and education in the field of artificial intelligence. The name RoboCup is a play on the title of the 1987 science fiction action movie, RoboCop.

The official goal of the project:

By mid-21st century, a team of fully autonomous humanoid robot soccer players shall win the soccer game, comply with the official rule of the FIFA, against the winner of the most recent World Cup.

Which is commonly abbreviated to:

By the year 2050, develop a team of fully autonomous humanoid robots that can win against the human world soccer champion team.


See also: Football (word) for a clarification of the terms "football" and "soccer". In the case of RoboCup, "soccer" refers to "association football", commonly abbreviated to "football" in European countries.

Leagues

The contest currently has three major divisions, each with a number of leagues:

  • RoboCup Soccer
    • Simulation League
    • Small Size Robot League (F-180)
    • Middle Size Robot League (F-2000)
    • Four-Legged Robot League
    • Humanoid League
    • e-League
    • RoboCup Commentator Exhibition
  • RoboCup Rescue
    • Rescue Simulation League
    • Rescue Robot League
  • RoboCup Junior
    • Soccer Challenge
    • Rescue Challenge
    • Dance Challenge

Starting in 2006, a new category called RoboCup@Home is being introduced to tackle problems related to the introduction of autonomous robots within society.

Previous competitions

In past years, official international competitions have been held at the following locations:

See also

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