RoboCup 2002: Robot Soccer World Cup VI

Minoru Asada, Gal A. Kaminka (auth.), Gal A. Kaminka, Pedro U. Lima, Raúl Rojas (eds.)3540406662

RoboCup 2002, the 6th Robot World Cup Soccer and Rescue Competitions and Conference, took place during June 19–25, 2002, at the Fukuoka Dome (main venue) in Fukuoka, Japan. It was, by far, the RoboCup event with the largestnumberofregisteredparticipants(1004persons,distributedin188teams from 29 countries) and visitors (around 120,000 persons). As was done in its previous editions since 1997, the event included several robotic competitions and aninternationalsymposium.Thepapersandposterspresentedatthesymposium constitutethemainpartofthisbook.Leaguereportsinthe?nalsectiondescribe signi?cant advances in each league and the results. The symposium organizers received 76 submissions, among which 17 papers (22%) were accepted for oral presentation at the symposium (?rst section of the book), and 21 papers (29%) were accepted as posters (second section of the book). Most papers were evaluated by three reviewers each, chosen from the members of the International Program Committee (IPC). The IPC consisted of a balanced combination of regular RoboCup participants and researchers from outside this community. The reviewers worked hard to guarantee a fair review process – the result of their work was a high-quality symposium with very – teresting presentations.

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Table of contents :
Front Matter….Pages –
An Overview of RoboCup 2002 Fukuoka/Busan….Pages 1-7
Constraint-Based Landmark Localization….Pages 8-24
Improving Vision-Based Self-localization….Pages 25-40
Evaluation of Self-localization Performance for a Local Vision Robot in the Small Size League….Pages 41-52
Fast Image Processing and Flexible Path Generation System for RoboCup Small Size League….Pages 53-64
A Modified Potential Fields Method for Robot Navigation Applied to Dribbling in Robotic Soccer….Pages 65-77
Using Online Learning to Analyze the Opponent’s Behavior….Pages 78-93
Hidden Markov Modeling of Multi-agent Systems and Its Learning Method….Pages 94-110
Learning the Sequential Coordinated Behavior of Teams from Observations….Pages 111-125
Towards a Life-Long Learning Soccer Agent….Pages 126-134
Adaptive Synchronisation for a RoboCup Agent….Pages 135-149
Team Formation for Reformation in Multiagent Domains Like RoboCupRescue….Pages 150-161
MPADES: Middleware for Parallel Agent Discrete Event Simulation….Pages 162-178
Towards RoboCup without Color Labeling….Pages 179-194
Integration of Advice in an Action-Selection Architecture….Pages 195-205
The Role of Motion Dynamics in the Design, Control and Stability of Bipedal and Quadrupedal Robots….Pages 206-223
Multiagent Competitions and Research: Lessons from RoboCup and TAC….Pages 224-237
RoboCupJunior: Learning with Educational Robotics….Pages 238-253
A Rescue Robot Control Architecture Ensuring Safe Semi-autonomous Operation….Pages 254-262
A Framework for Learning from Observation Using Primitives….Pages 263-270
Robosoccer-RU Open Simulation League: Principles and Algorithms….Pages 271-278
An Interactive Software Environment for Gait Generation and Control Design of Sony Legged Robots….Pages 279-287
Real-Time Randomized Path Planning for Robot Navigation….Pages 288-295
Towards an Optimal Scoring Policy for Simulated Soccer Agents….Pages 296-303
Decision-Making and Tactical Behavior with Potential Fields….Pages 304-311
Localization of Robots in F180 League Using Projective Geometry….Pages 312-318
Reinforcement Learning in Large State Spaces….Pages 319-326
Co-evolution of Morphology and Controller for Biped Humanoid Robot….Pages 327-341
Towards Real-Time Strategic Teamwork: A RoboCup Case Study….Pages 342-350
MUREA: A MUlti-Resolution Evidence Accumulation Method for Robot Localization in Known Environments….Pages 351-358
Direct Reward and Indirect Reward in Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning….Pages 359-366
Relating the Entropy of Joint Beliefs to Multi-agent Coordination….Pages 367-374
Real-Time Decision Making under Uncertainty of Self-localization Results….Pages 375-383
KiRo – An Autonomous Table Soccer Player….Pages 384-392
Adaptive Methods to Improve Self-localization in Robot Soccer….Pages 393-408
Team Coordination among Robotic Soccer Players….Pages 409-416
An Architecture for a National RoboCup Team….Pages 417-425
Probabilistic Vision-Based Opponent Tracking in Robot Soccer….Pages 426-434
Behavior Acquisition Based on Multi-module Learning System in Multi-agent Environment….Pages 435-442
Simulation League – League Summary….Pages 443-452
RoboCup 2002 Small-Size League Review….Pages 453-459
Medium Size League: 2002 Assessment and Achievements….Pages 460-468
Sony Four Legged Robot League at RoboCup 2002….Pages 469-476
RoboCupRescue Simulation League….Pages 477-481
RoboCupRescue Robot League….Pages 482-484
Lessons Learned from Fukuoka 2002 Humanoid League….Pages 485-488
RoboCupJunior 2002: The State of the League….Pages 489-495
Back Matter….Pages –