RoboCup in Romania

Introduction

The RoboCup 2D simulation Soccer League is the oldest of the RoboCup Simulation competitions. It is based on the RoboCup Soccer Simulator that enables two teams of 11 simulated autonomous robots plus an autonomous coach agent to play a game of soccer with very realistic rules and game play. Due to its stability the RoboCup Soccer Simulator is a very good research and educational tool for multi-agent systems, artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Since teams competing at the 2D RoboCup Simulation League have settled on a high competitive standard and in order to promote scientific research, the qualification will be based on a measurement of the quality of the team’s scientific work expressed by a submitted Team Description Paper and logfiles with appropriate annotations. In RoboCup 2012 up to 24 teams will be allowed to participate in the 2D Simulation competitions. To register all teams have to provide a Team Description Paper and, in case they are based on another team under a license, they have to attach the agent source code.

Schedule

The schedule of 2D competition is aligned with the general RoboCup 2012 schedule:

Team Pre-Registration Deadline: February 29, 2012 – 23:59 UTC
Team Qualification Material Submission: March 6, 2012- 23:59 UTC
Early Registration: March 1 – April 30, 2012
Regular Registration: May 1 – May 31, 2012 (No team registration accepted after May 31)
Late registration: June 1 – June 23 2012 (Team members only)

You can see details of qualification process here.

• CT – Competition type
• MP – Matches played
• WG – Won games
• DG – Draw games
• LG – Lost games
• GF – Goals for
• GA – Goals against
• TC – Teams count
• WP – Won place
• OC – Opponents countries

LIVE

Final

Loser’s Final

Winner’s Final

Loser’s Pre Final

Loser’s Half Finals

Loser’s Pre Half Finals

Winner’s Half Finals

Loser’s Second Round

Loser’s First Round

Quarter Finals

Eighth’s Finals

Astazi vom afla componenta grupelor din primul tur preliminar. La start s-au aliniat 19 echipe din cele 20 calificate, echipa KickOfTug nemaiputand sa ajunga la aceasta competitie, in urma unor probleme ivite cu putin timp in urma. Cele 4 echipe care vor fi capi de serie la tragerea grupelor, ce vor avea loc astazi incepand cu ora 16, sunt urmatoarele: Helios (Japonia), Wright Eagle (China), Oxsy (Romania) si Eskilas (Iran). Restul echipelor se vor alege aleator, astfel in final vom avea 3 grupe a cate 5 echipe fiecare si o grupa cu doar 4 echipe. Chiar daca dupa aceast prim tur, nimeni nu pleaca acasa, totusi obtinerea unui loc bun aici, duce mai departe la un traseu mai usor. Daca anul trecut echipa noastra a urcat pe podium a doua oara, in competitia de anul acesta cu totii ne dorim mai mult. Chiar daca obiectivul principal al echipei ramane mentinerea pe podiumul mondial, trebuie mentionat ca adevarata stacheta pentru care ne batem in acest an, este fianala Soccer Simulation League. Dupa noua ani de prezenta la acest eveniment, cred ca aceasta echipa merita sa joace in sfarsit o finala. Hai Oxsy!

RoboCup este un proiect international in domeniul roboticii si al calculatoarelor, ce are ca scop promovarea sistemelor de inteligenta artificiala in intreaga lume, intr-o gama larga de tehnologii de ultima ora, unde pot fi integrate si examinate. RoboCup a ales jocul de fotbal ca subiect de cercetare. Ideea de baza a acestui efort conjugat, este de a dezvolta sisteme computerizate, capabile sa presteze diferite sarcini specifice oamenilor. In cadrul acestei competitii se incearca simularea unui joc de fotbal, scopul final declarat fiind, dezvoltarea unei echipe de roboti humanoizi autonomi, care sa castige pana in anul 2050, un meci desfasurat dupa regulile FIFA, cu recenta campioana mondiala la fotbal. Prima editie oficiala s-a desfasurat la Nagoya, in anul 1997. Concursul s-a diversificat de la an la an, in prezent avand 4 mari categorii: RoboCupSoccer, RoboCupRescue, RoboCup@Home si RoboCupJunior. Fiecare din aceste 4 mari categorii sunt impartite la randul lor in alte subcategorii. RoboCupSoccer cuprinde urmatoarele 5 subcategorii: Simulation League, Small Size Robot League, Middle Size Robot League, Standard Platform League si Humanoid League. RoboCupRescue cuprinde doar 2 subcategorii: Rescue Simulation League si Rescue Robot League, RoboCupJunior este o competitie dedicata in mod special copiilor din invatamintul primar si este impartita in 4 subcategorii: Dance Challenge, Soccer Challenge, Rescue Challenge si CoSpace Demo Challenge. RoboCup@Home este o liga orientata pe aplicatii din lumea reala si pe programe, ce permit interactiunea cu roboti autonomi. Scopul acestei ligi este de a dezvolta apilcatii pentru roboti, ce ar putea ajuta sau asista oamenii, in viata de zi cu zi. Liga in care echipa sibiana Oxsy, participa de ani buni este “Soccer Simulation“, aceasta liga fiind si cea mai veche, dintre toate ligile existente astazi in intreaga competitie RoboCup. Intradevar, de la prima participare in iulie 2003 si pana la cea care se va desfasura anul acesta, la inceputul lunii iulie, pe taram turcesc, nu am ratat nici un eveniment RoboCup. Astfel anul acesta ajungem la cea de-a 9-a participare consecutiva, la cel mai important eveniment in domeniul roboticii din intreaga lume. Daca ne uitam peste statistica, putem spune ca in fiecare an, echipa noastra a realizat un progres clar, de la locul 18 in anul 2003, iata ca in ultimii doi ani, echipa SIbiana s-a cocotat pe podiumul mondial, obtinand locul al 3-lea atat in Graz cat si in SIngapore, in cea mai veche liga “Soccer Simulation“, a acestui eveniment robotic international.

 

You can see details of qualification here

 

 

As teams of 2D RoboCup Simulation League have settled on a comparable standard and to promote scientific research, the qualification is not based on the placings of an online tournament anymore, but solely on the quality of scientific work expressed by a submitted Team Description Paper and logfiles with annotations.

In RoboCup 2011 competition up to 24 teams will be allowed to participate in 2D Simulation League. These teams are composed of:

– top 3 teams of RoboCup 2010
– the organizing team(s) (if any)
– all other teams will be qualified in order of rank determined by peer-reviewing the TDPs and other qualification material

The TDPs have to be of adequate quality. This also applies to top 3 and organizing teams. If not enough teams manage to provide papers of adequate standard, the number of teams qualified is determined by the number of TDPs living up to the reviewers’ expectations.

All teams which wish to participate in RoboCup 2011 Simulation League 2D competitions have to pre-register by February 18th, 2011 latest. In order to pre-register, every team has to fill out the registration form here. Then to participate in qualification, a team has to submit a Team Description Paper as well as logfiles showing the team’s gameplay and a separate appendix to the TDP. The deadline for submission the material is March 1st, 2011. The notification of qualification will be received until March 17th, 2011. Early Registration starts the day after on March 18th, 2011. Most actual updates can be checked on the official website, the WIKI and the newsgroup!

• CT – Competition type
• MP – Matches played
• WG – Won games
• DG – Draw games
• LG – Lost games
• GF – Goals for
• GA – Goals against
• TC – Teams count
• WP – Won place
• OC – Opponents countries