RoboCup 2003: Robot Soccer World Cup VII

Enrico Pagello, Emanuele Menegatti, Ansgar Bredenfeld, Paulo Costa, Thomas Christaller (auth.), Daniel Polani, Brett Browning, Andrea Bonarini, Kazuo Yoshida (eds.)3540224432, 9783540224433, 9783540259404

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.

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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Table of contents :
Front Matter….Pages –
Overview of RoboCup 2003 Competition and Conferences….Pages 1-14
RoboCup: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Workshop of the Executive Committee in Blaubeuren, October 2003….Pages 15-34
Challenges in Robust Situation Recognition through Information Fusion for Mission Criticial Multi-agent Systems….Pages 35-42
On Role Allocation in RoboCup….Pages 43-53
On the Role of Quantitative Descriptions of Behaviour in Mobile Robotics Research….Pages 54-66
Complexity Science and Representation in Robot Soccer….Pages 67-76
Recognition and Prediction of Motion Situations Based on a Qualitative Motion Description….Pages 77-88
Evaluating Team Performance at the Edge of Chaos….Pages 89-101
Hidden Markov Modeling of Team-Play Synchronization….Pages 102-113
Designing Agent Behavior with the Extensible Agent Behavior Specification Language XABSL….Pages 114-124
Feature-Based Declarative Opponent-Modelling….Pages 125-136
Scenario-Based Teamworking, How to Learn, Create, and Teach Complex Plans?….Pages 137-144
Specifying Agent Behaviors with UML Statecharts and StatEdit….Pages 145-156
Echo State Networks for Mobile Robot Modeling and Control….Pages 157-168
Model and Behavior-Based Robotic Goalkeeper….Pages 169-180
Evolving Visual Object Recognition for Legged Robots….Pages 181-191
Coaching Advice and Adaptation….Pages 192-204
Technical Solutions of TsinghuAeolus for Robotic Soccer….Pages 205-213
A Real-Time Auto-Adjusting Vision System for Robotic Soccer….Pages 214-225
Knowledge-Based Autonomous Dynamic Colour Calibration….Pages 226-237
Playing Robot Soccer under Natural Light: A Case Study….Pages 238-249
Tracking Regions….Pages 250-261
Fast and Robust Edge-Based Localization in the Sony Four-Legged Robot League….Pages 262-273
A Symmetry Operator and Its Application to the RoboCup….Pages 274-283
RoboCup as an Introduction to CS Research….Pages 284-295
RoboCup in Higher Education: A Preliminary Report….Pages 296-307
Scaffolding Children’s Robot Building and Programming Activities….Pages 308-319
Planning Trajectories in Dynamic Environments Using a Gradient Method….Pages 320-331
Local Multiresolution Path Planning….Pages 332-343
A Humanoid Approaches to the Goal – Reinforcement Learning Based on Rhythmic Walking Parameters….Pages 344-354
Design of Walking Gaits for Tao-Pie-Pie , a Small Humanoid Robot….Pages 355-365
ProRobot – Predicting the Future of Humanoid Robots….Pages 366-373
Traction Monitoring for Collision Detection with Legged Robots….Pages 374-384
Multi-robot Control in Highly Dynamic, Competitive Environments….Pages 385-396
Developing Comprehensive State Estimators for Robot Soccer….Pages 397-409
Cooperative Soccer Play by Real Small-Size Robot….Pages 410-421
On-Board Vision Using Visual-Servoing for RoboCup F-180 League Mobile Robots….Pages 422-433
A Plugin-Based Architecture for Simulation in the F2000 League….Pages 434-445
Development of a Simulator of Environment and Measurement for Autonomous Mobile Robots Considering Camera Characteristics….Pages 446-457
Simulation League: The Next Generation….Pages 458-469
Educational Features of Malaysian Robot Contest….Pages 470-477
A Hybrid Software Platform for Sony AIBO Robots….Pages 478-486
A Rule-Driven Autonomous Robotic System Operating in a Time-Varying Environment….Pages 487-494
Trot Gait Design Details for Quadrupeds….Pages 495-502
The High-Level Communication Model for Multi-agent Coordination in the RoboCupRescue Simulator….Pages 503-509
Pseudo-local Vision System Using Ceiling Camera for Small Multi-robot Platforms….Pages 510-517
Using Model-Based Diagnosis to Build Hypotheses about Spatial Environments….Pages 518-525
Self-localization Method Using Two Landmarks and Dead Reckoning for Autonomous Mobile Soccer Robots….Pages 526-533
Speed-Dependent Obstacle Avoidance by Dynamic Active Regions….Pages 534-542
Using the Opponent Pass Modeling Method to Improve Defending Ability of a (Robo)Soccer Simulation Team….Pages 543-550
Topological Navigation in Configuration Space Applied to Soccer Robots….Pages 551-558
A Fuzzy Reinforcement Learning for a Ball Interception Problem….Pages 559-567
Intelligent Control of Autonomous Mobile Soccer Robot Adapting to Dynamical Environment….Pages 568-575
A Hierarchical Multi-module Learning System Based on Self-interpretation of Instructions by Coach….Pages 576-583
Building Aunt Hillary: Creating Artificial Minds with ‘Neural Nests’….Pages 584-591
Autonomous Robot Controllers Capable of Acquiring Repertoires of Complex Skills….Pages 592-599
A New Odometry System to Reduce Asymmetric Errors for Omnidirectional Mobile Robots….Pages 600-610
Texture-Based Pattern Recognition Algorithms for the RoboCup Challenge….Pages 611-620
An Open Robot Simulator Environment….Pages 621-627
Application of Parallel Scenario Description for RoboCupRescue Civilian Agent….Pages 628-636
RoboCup Advanced 3D Monitor….Pages 637-644
RoboCup Rescue Simulation: Methodologies Tools and Evaluation for Practical Applications….Pages 645-653
An Efficient Need-Based Vision System in Variable Illumination Environment of Middle Size RoboCup….Pages 654-661
Filling the Gap among Coordination, Planning, and Reaction Using a Fuzzy Cognitive Model….Pages 662-669
Toward an Undergraduate League for RoboCup….Pages 670-677
A Probabilistic Framework for Weighting Different Sensor Data in MUREA….Pages 678-685
Plays as Team Plans for Coordination and Adaptation….Pages 686-693
Progress in Learning 3 vs. 2 Keepaway….Pages 694-702
Distributed Control of Gait for a Humanoid Robot….Pages 703-711
Predicting Away Robot Control Latency….Pages 712-719
Towards a Probabilistic Asynchronous Linear Control Theory….Pages 720-728
Recognizing and Predicting Agent Behavior with Case Based Reasoning….Pages 729-738
Case Based Game Play in the RoboCup Four-Legged League Part I The Theoretical Model….Pages 739-747
How Contests Can Foster the Research Activities on Robotics in Developing Countries: Chile – A Case Study….Pages 748-756
Grounding Robot Sensory and Symbolic Information Using the Semantic Web….Pages 757-764
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