Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 1999, Volume 1604/1999, 93-108, DOI: 10.1007/3-540-48422-1_7

The CS Freiburg Robotic Soccer Team: Reliable Self-Localization, Multirobot Sensor Integration, and Basic Soccer Skills

Jens-Steffen Gutmann, Wolfgang Hatzack, Immanuel Herrmann, Bernhard Nebel, Frank Rittinger, Augustinus Topor, Thilo Weigel and Bruno Welsch

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Abstract

Robotic soccer is a challenging research domain because problems in robotics, artificial intelligence, multi-agent systems and real-time reasoning have to be solved in order to create a successful team of robotic soccer players. In this paper, we describe the key components of the CS Freiburg team. We focus on the self-localization and object recognition method based on using laser range finders and the integration of all this information into a global world model. Using the explicit model of the environment built by these components, we have implemented path planning, simple ball handling skills and basic multi-agent cooperation. The resulting system is a very successful robotic soccer team, which has not lost any game yet.
This work has been partially supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) as part of the graduate school on Human and Machine Intelligence, by Medien- und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg mbH (MFG), and by SICK AG, who provided the laser range finders.

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