RoboCup explained

RoboCup is an annual international robotics competition founded[1] in 1996 by a group of university professors (including Hiroaki Kitano, Manuela M. Veloso, Itsuki Noda and Minoru Asada). The aim of the competition is to promote robotics and AI research by offering a publicly appealing – but formidable – challenge.

The name RoboCup is a contraction of the competition's full name, "Robot World Cup Initiative" (based on the FIFA World Cup), but there are many other areas of competition such as "RoboCupRescue", "RoboCup@Home" and "RoboCupJunior". Claude Sammut is the current president of RoboCup, and has been since 2019.

The official goal of the project is:

"By the middle of the 21st century, a team of fully autonomous humanoid robot soccer players shall win a soccer game, complying with the official rules of FIFA, against the winner of the most recent World Cup."[2]

RoboCup leagues

The contest currently has six major domains of competition, each with a number of leagues and sub-leagues. These include:

Each team is fully autonomous in all RoboCup leagues. Once the game starts, the only input from any human is from the referee.[6]

RoboCup editions

NumberYearHost CityHost CountryNumber of teamsNumber of countriesNumber of participants
1RoboCup 1997Nagoya3811
2RoboCup 1998Paris6319
3RoboCup 1999Stockholm8523
4RoboCup 2000Melbourne11019
5RoboCup 2001Seattle14122
6RoboCup 2002Fukuoka19729
7RoboCup 2003Padua23835
8RoboCup 2004Lisbon34537
9RoboCup 2005Osaka38736
10RoboCup 2006Bremen44035
11RoboCup 2007Atlanta321391,966
12RoboCup 2008Suzhou37335
13RoboCup 2009Graz407432,472
14RoboCup 2010Singapore500403,000
15RoboCup 2011Istanbul451402,691
16RoboCup 2012Mexico City381422,356
17RoboCup 2013Eindhoven410453,033
18RoboCup 2014João Pessoa358452,900
19RoboCup 2015Hefei346432,032
20RoboCup 2016Leipzig[7] 404453,500
21RoboCup 2017Nagoya[8] 500502,520
22RoboCup 2018Montreal360402,345
23RoboCup 2019Sydney335402,200
24RoboCup 2021Virtual317432,129
25RoboCup 2022Bangkok
26RoboCup 2023Bordeaux
27RoboCup 2024Eindhoven

The formal RoboCup competition was preceded by the (often unacknowledged) first International Micro Robot World Cup Soccer Tournament (MIROSOT) held by KAIST in Taejon, Korea, in November 1996. This was won by an American team from Newton Labs, and the competition was shown on CNN.[9]

RoboCup was canceled in 2020 due to COVID-19. The planned host location of Bordeaux will host in 2023.

RoboCup Asia-Pacific editions

YearHost CityHost CountryNumber of teamsNumber of countriesNumber of participantsWebsite
RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2017Bangkok130+ [10] 251000+http://www.robocup-ap2017.org/
RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2018Kish Islandhttps://robocupap2018.org/
Dubaihttp://robocupap.org/index.php/dubai2018/
RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2019Moscowhttps://robocupap2019.org
RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2020Virtualhttps://2020.robocupap.org/
RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2021Aichi Prefecture / Virtualhttps://2021.robocupap.org/eng/index.html

European RoboCupJunior Championship

YearHost CityHost CountryNumber of teamsNumber of countriesNumber of participantsWebsite
European RoboCupJunior Championship 2018Pescarahttp://2018.robocupjunior.eu/
European RoboCupJunior Championship 2019Hanover
European RoboCupJunior Championship 2020Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
European RoboCupJunior Championship 2021Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
European RoboCupJunior Championship 2022Guimarãeshttp://2020.robocupjunior.eu/

RoboCup local events

2024

•German open in Kassel

2023

•German open

2021

2020

Events were cancelled due to COVID-19[11]

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. 10.1.1.49.7511 . RoboCup: The Robot World Cup Initiative . RoboCup . 1995.
  2. Web site: RoboCup: Objective . 1998 . RoboCup . 2014-01-26.
  3. Web site: RoboCup@Home – Where the best domestic service robots test themselves . . RoboCup@Home . Robocup Federation, Inc. . 4 October 2022.
  4. Web site: Welcome to RoboCup@Work! . . RoboCup@Work . Robocup Federation, Inc. . 4 October 2022.
  5. Web site: RoboCupJunior – Creating a learning environment for today, fostering technological advancement for tomorrow . junior.robocup.org . 2018-04-16.
  6. Web site: A New Goal for Open Source . . 20 May 2008 . Red Hat Blog . Red Hat, Inc. . 4 October 2022.
  7. Web site: RoboCup WM 2016 kommt nach Leipzig. 22 July 2014 .
  8. Web site: RoboCup2017 Nagoya Japan(ロボカップ2017) . 2017-04-03 . 2017-04-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170404215624/http://robocup2017.org/eng/ . dead .
  9. Web site: Robot Soccer at Newton Research Labs . www.newtonlabs.com . 2019-12-06.
  10. Web site: ICCA member press release: Thailand Robotics Week 2017 & RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2017 . 2021-08-04 .
  11. Web site: Statement from RoboCup Federation and Bordeaux RoboCup LOC: Corona Virus (COVID-19) . 2020-07-01 . www.robocup.org .

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