In a robotic soccer team, goalkeeper is an important challenging role, which has different characteristics from the other teammates. This paper proposes a new learning-based behavior model for a soccer goalkeeper robot by using Petri nets. The model focuses on modeling and analyzing, both qualitatively and quantitatively, for the goalkeeper role so that we have a model-based knowledge of the ta...

In Robocup, The most important sensor on humanoid robot soccer is a camera. The camera serves as the eyes of the robot as well as in humans. This camera is used by the robot to detect the ball. The task of Humanoid Robot Soccer as a Goalkeeper is to keep the goal and must be able to block a ball that came directly to the goal from many directions so the ball is not got into the goal. As already...

Robot soccer is a standard problem used in Artiicial Intelligence for research on cooperating autonomous robots. This paper shows that simulation of robot soccer also is an excellent application for studying interactive and collaborative visualization. We have implemented a prototype robot soccer application that simulates a soccer match in real time and allows humans to interact with it in var...

Distributed play-based approaches have been proposed as an effective means of switching strategies during the course of timed, zero-sum games, such as robot soccer. In this paper, we empirically show that different plays have a significant effect on opponent performance in real robot soccer games. We also consider the problem of distributed play recognition: classifying the strategy being playe...

Many RoboCuppers share a dream: a team of fully autonomous humanoid robot soccer players that is capable of playing soccer games against human players by 2050. The demonstration of a human versus robot soccer game at RoboCup 2007 was an exciting display of the progress that has been in RoboCup community since 1997 in terms of the robot’s autonomy, sensing ability, and physical features. This ga...

This paper describes the design of the RoboRoos, a fully autonomous robot soccer team. A soccer robot has similar needs to a human soccer player; fast and agile motion, good control of the ball, strong kicking ability, robust navigation and coordination of actions with other members of the team. Each robot is mechanically designed to meet these needs of a competitive soccer player. Mechanically...

Centralized robot soccer becomes more and more popular project of science and technology. Because of its global vision, the decision-making and motion control becomes the keystone and the multilevel hierarchical structure is suitable. The robot controller is the ’Brain-less’ executor, the motion controller includes all kinds of action functions and the organizing level can adopt different decis...

To promote robotic soccer research, we need a low cost and portable robot with some sensors and a communication device. To date, there is no platform for robotic soccer. Therefore, each researcher must build his own robots or utilize robots which are commercially available. This paper describes how to construct a robot system which includes a lightweight and low cost mobile robot with visual, t...

Gaze direction determination of opponents and teammates is a very important ability for any soccer player, human or robot. However, this ability is still not developed in any of the RoboCup soccer leagues. We aim at reverting this situation by proposing a gaze direction determination system for robot soccer; the system is designed primarily for the four-legged league, but it could be extended t...

Motion detection and tracking while moving is a desired ability for any soccer player and in particular for any robot soccer player. For instance, this ability allows the determination of the ball trajectory when the player is moving himself or when he is moving his head, for making or planning a soccer-play. If a robot soccer player should have a similar functionality, then it requires an algo...