RoboCup
{{Short description|Annual robotics competition}}
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RoboCup is an annual international robotics competition founded{{cite journal |citeseerx = 10.1.1.49.7511 |title=RoboCup: The Robot World Cup Initiative |publisher=RoboCup |date=1995}} 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."{{cite web |url=http://www.robocup.org/objective/ |title=RoboCup: Objective |year=1998 |publisher=RoboCup |access-date=2014-01-26}}
RoboCup leagues
File:NimbRo-OP2X Humanoid Soccer Robot at RoboCup 2018 in Montreal.jpg-OP2X{{Cite book |last1=Ficht |first1=Grzegorz |last2=Farazi |first2=Hafez |last3=Brandenburger |first3=Andre |last4=Rodriguez |first4=Diego |last5=Pavlichenko |first5=Dmytro |last6=Allgeuer |first6=Philipp |last7=Hosseini |first7=Mojtaba |last8=Behnke |first8=Sven |title=2018 IEEE-RAS 18th International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids) |chapter=NimbRo-OP2X: Adult-Sized Open-Source 3D Printed Humanoid Robot |date=2018 |pages=1–9 |location=Beijing, China |publisher=IEEE |doi=10.1109/HUMANOIDS.2018.8625038 |arxiv=1810.08395 |isbn=978-1-5386-7283-9 |bibcode=2018arXiv181008395F |s2cid=53044123}} robot in Humanoid AdultSize game át RoboCup 2018 in Montreal.]]The contest currently has six major domains of competition, each with a number of leagues and sub-leagues. These include:
- RoboCup Soccer
- Standard Platform League (formerly Four Legged League)
- Small Size League
- Middle Size League
- Simulation League
- 2D Soccer Simulation
- 3D Soccer Simulation
- Humanoid League
- RoboCup Rescue League
- Rescue Robot League
- Rescue Simulation League
- Rapidly Manufactured Robot Challenge
- RoboCup@Home,{{Cite web |url=https://athome.robocup.org/ |title=RoboCup@Home – Where the best domestic service robots test themselves |author= |date= |website=RoboCup@Home |publisher=Robocup Federation, Inc. |access-date=4 October 2022}} which debuted in 2006, focuses on the introduction of autonomous robots to human society
- RoboCup@Home Open Platform League (formerly just RoboCup@Home)
- Robocup@Home Domestic Standard Platform League
- RoboCup@Home Social Standard Platform League
- RoboCup Logistics League, which debuted in 2012, is an application-driven league inspired by the industrial scenario of a smart factory
- RoboCup@Work,{{Cite web |url=https://atwork.robocup.org/ |title=Welcome to RoboCup@Work! |author= |website=RoboCup@Work |publisher=Robocup Federation, Inc. |access-date=4 October 2022}} which debuted in 2016, "targets the use of robots in work-related scenarios"
- RoboCup Junior{{Cite web |url=http://junior.robocup.org/ |title=RoboCupJunior – Creating a learning environment for today, fostering technological advancement for tomorrow |website=junior.robocup.org |access-date=2018-04-16}}
- Soccer League
- OnStage (formerly Dance) League
- Rescue League
- Rescue CoSpace League
Each team is fully autonomous in all RoboCup leagues. Once the game starts, the only input from any human is from the referee.{{Cite web |url=https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/a-new-goal-for-open-source |title=A New Goal for Open Source |author= |date=20 May 2008 |website=Red Hat Blog |publisher=Red Hat, Inc. |access-date=4 October 2022}}
RoboCup editions
| class="wikitable" width="75%" |
| Number
! Year ! Host City ! Host Country ! Number of teams ! Number of countries ! Number of participants |
|---|
| align="center" |1
| align="left" | Nagoya | align="left" | {{flagu|Japan}} | align="center" | 38 | align="center" | 11 | align="center" | |
| align="center" |2
| align="left" | Paris | align="left" | {{flagu|France}} | align="center" | 63 | align="center" | 19 | align="center" | |
| align="center" |3
| align="left" | Stockholm | align="left" | {{flagu|Sweden}} | align="center" | 85 | align="center" | 23 | align="center" | |
| align="center" |4
| align="left" | Melbourne | align="left" | {{flagu|Australia}} | align="center" | 110 | align="center" | 19 | align="center" | |
| align="center" |5
| align="left" | Seattle | align="left" | {{flagu|United States}} | align="center" | 141 | align="center" | 22 | align="center" | |
| align="center" |6
| align="left" | Fukuoka | align="left" | {{flagu|Japan}} | align="center" | 197 | align="center" | 29 | align="center" | |
| align="center" |7
| align="left" | Padua | align="left" | {{flagu|Italy}} | align="center" | 238 | align="center" | 35 | align="center" | |
| align="center" |8
| align="left" | Lisbon | align="left" | {{flagu|Portugal}} | align="center" | 345 | align="center" | 37 | align="center" | |
| align="center" |9
| align="left" | Osaka | align="left" | {{flagu|Japan}} | align="center" | 387 | align="center" | 36 | align="center" | |
| align="center" |10
| align="left" | Bremen | align="left" | {{DEU}} | align="center" | 440 | align="center" | 35 | align="center" | |
| align="center" |11
| align="left" | Atlanta | align="left" | {{flagu|United States}} | align="center" | 321 | align="center" | 39 | align="center" | 1,966 |
| align="center" |12
| align="left" | Suzhou | align="left" | {{PRC}} | align="center" | 373 | align="center" | 35 | align="center" | |
| align="center" |13
| align="left" | Graz | align="left" | {{AUT}} | align="center" | 407 | align="center" | 43 | align="center" | 2,472 |
| align="center" |14
| align="left" | Singapore | align="left" | {{SGP}} | align="center" | 500 | align="center" | 40 | align="center" | 3,000 |
| align="center" |15
| align="left" | Istanbul | align="left" | {{TUR}} | align="center" | 451 | align="center" | 40 | align="center" | 2,691 |
| align="center" |16
| align="left" | Mexico City | align="left" | {{flagu|Mexico}} | align="center" | 381 | align="center" | 42 | align="center" | 2,356 |
| align="center" |17
| align="left" | Eindhoven | align="left" | {{NLD}} | align="center" | 410 | align="center" | 45 | align="center" | 3,033 |
| align="center" |18
| align="left" | João Pessoa | align="left" | {{flagu|Brazil}} | align="center" | 358 | align="center" | 45 | align="center" | 2,900 |
| align="center" |19
| align="left" | Hefei | align="left" | {{PRC}} | align="center" | 346 | align="center" | 43 | align="center" | 2,032 |
| align="center" |20
| align="left" | Leipzig | align="left" | {{DEU}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.leipzig.de/news/news/robocup-wm-2016-kommt-nach-leipzig/ |title = RoboCup WM 2016 kommt nach Leipzig| date=22 July 2014 }} | align="center" | 404 | align="center" | 45 | align="center" | 3,500 |
| align="center" |21
| align="left" | Nagoya | align="center" | 500 | align="center" | 50 | align="center" | 2,520 |
| align="center" |22
| align="left" | Montreal | align="left" | {{flagu|Canada}} | align="center" |360 | align="center" |40 | align="center" |2,345 |
| align="center" |23
| align="left" | Sydney | align="left" | {{flagu|Australia}} | align="center" |335 | align="center" |40 | align="center" |2,200 |
| align="center" |24
| align="left" | Virtual | align="left" | | align="center" |317 | align="center" |43 | align="center" |2,129 |
| align="center" |25
| align="left" | Bangkok | align="left" | {{THA}} | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | |
| align="center" |26
| align="left" | Bordeaux | align="left" | {{flagu|France}} | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | |
| align="center" |27
| align="left" | Eindhoven | align="left" | {{NLD}} | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | |
| align="center" |28
|RoboCup 2025 | align="left" | {{BRA}} | | | |
| align="center" |29
|RoboCup 2026 | align="left" | {{ROK}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.incheon.go.kr/en/EN020300/2201257/ |title = Voice News | date = 23 July 2024 }} | | | |
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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.newtonlabs.com/soccer/ |title=Robot Soccer at Newton Research Labs |website=www.newtonlabs.com |access-date=2019-12-06}}
RoboCup was canceled in 2020 due to COVID-19. The planned host location of Bordeaux will host in 2023.
RoboCup Asia-Pacific editions
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| Year
! Host City ! Host Country ! Number of teams ! Number of countries ! Number of participants ! Website |
|---|
| RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2017
| align="left" | Bangkok | align="left" | {{THA}} | align="center" | 130+ {{Cite web |title=ICCA member press release: Thailand Robotics Week 2017 & RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2017 |url=https://www.iccaworld.org/newsarchives/archivedetails.cfm?id=7190 |access-date=2021-08-04 }} | align="center" | 25 | align="center" | 1000+ | align="center" | [http://www.robocup-ap2017.org/] |
| rowspan="2" | RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2018
| align="left" | Kish Island | align="left" | {{IRN}} | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | [https://robocupap2018.org/] |
| Dubai
|{{ARE}} | | | | align="center" | [http://robocupap.org/index.php/dubai2018/] |
| RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2019
|Moscow |{{flagu|Russia}} | | | | align="center" | [https://robocupap2019.org] |
| RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2020
|Virtual | | | | | align="center" | [https://2020.robocupap.org/] |
| RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2021
|Aichi Prefecture / Virtual | {{JAP}} | | | | align="center" | [https://2021.robocupap.org/eng/index.html] |
| RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2025
|{{ARE}} | | | |align="center" | [https://2025.robocupap.org/ |
European RoboCupJunior Championship
| class="wikitable" width="75%" |
| Year
! Host City ! Host Country ! Number of teams ! Number of countries ! Number of participants !Website |
|---|
| European RoboCupJunior Championship 2018
| align="left" | Pescara | align="left" | {{flagu|Italy}} | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | [http://2018.robocupjunior.eu/] |
| European RoboCupJunior Championship 2019
| align="left" | Hanover | align="left" | {{flagu|Germany}} | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | |
| European RoboCupJunior Championship 2020
| align="center" colspan="6" | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| European RoboCupJunior Championship 2021
| align="center" colspan="6" | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| European RoboCupJunior Championship 2022
| {{flagu|Portugal}} | | | | align="center" | [https://2022.robocupjunior.eu/] |
RoboCup local events
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= 2024 =
- German open in Kassel
= 2023 =
- German open
= 2021 =
- RoboCup Kazakhstan, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
- RoboCup Portugal Open, virtual
- RoboCup Russia Open, Tomsk, Russia
- RoboCup Brazil Open, virtual
= 2020 =
- RoboCup Japan Open 2020, virtual
- RoboCup China Open 2020, virtual
- RoboCup Brazil Open 2020, virtual
Events were cancelled due to COVID-19{{Cite web |title=Statement from RoboCup Federation and Bordeaux RoboCup LOC: Corona Virus (COVID-19) |url=http://www.robocup.org/news/93 |access-date=2020-07-01 |website=robocup.org}}
= 2019 =
- RoboCup Portuguese Open 2019, Gondomar, Portugal
- RoboCup Brazil Open 2019, Rio Grande, Brazil
- RoboCup Asia Pacific 2019, Moscow, Russia
- RoboCup German Open 2019, Magdeburg, Germany
- RoboCup China Open 2019, Shaoxing, China
=2018=
- RoboCup Portugal Open 2018, Torres Vedras, Portugal
- RoboCup Asia Pacific 2018, Kish Island, Iran
- RoboCup Iran Open 2018, Tehran, Iran
- RoboCup UAE 2018, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- RoboCup German Open 2018, Magdeburg, Germany
=2017=
=2016=
=2015=
=2014=
=2013=
=2012=
=2011=
=2010=
- RoboCup Portugal Open, Leiria, Portugal
- Iran Open 2010, Tehran, Iran
- Latin America & Brazil Open 2010, São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
- RoboCup Mediterranean Open 2010, Rome, Italy
- RoboCup German Open (unofficial all-European tournament), Magdeburg, Germany
- AUT Cup 2010, Tehran, Iran
See also
- Robot
- Botball
- FIRST
- BEST Robotics
- RobotCub Consortium, a humanoid robot project to study cognition via robotics
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
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- {{Official website|http://www.robocup.org/}}
- [https://athome.robocup.org/ RoboCup@Home] league, aims to develop service and assistive robot technology with high relevance for future personal domestic applications.
{{RoboCup Leagues}}
{{Robot Soccer Competitions}}
{{Active inducement prize contests}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Engineering competitions
Category:Recurring events established in 1997