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RoboCup is an annual international robotics competition founded in 1996 by a group of university professors (including Hiroaki Kitano, Manuela M. Veloso, and
Minoru Asada Minoru Asada (1953–present) is a Japanese engineer. He is a professor of Adaptive Machine Systems at the Graduate School of Engineering at Osaka University, Japan. He is a research leader for and director of neuroscience robotics and Constructive ...
). 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 Soccer World Cup” (based on the FIFA World Cup), but there are many other areas of competition such as "RoboCupRescue", "RoboCup@Home" and "RoboCupJunior". Peter Stone is the current president of RoboCup, and has been since 2019. The official goal of the project: :"By the middle of the 21st century, a team of fully autonomous
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robot soccer players shall win a
soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
game, complying with the official rules of
FIFA FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...
, against the winner of the most recent World Cup."


RoboCup leagues

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)
Standard Platform League Homepage

Small Size League
** Middle Size League
Middle Size League Homepage

Simulation League
*
2D Soccer Simulation
*
3D Soccer Simulation

Humanoid LeagueRoboCup Rescue League

Rescue Robot League

Rescue Simulation League

Rapidly Manufactured Robot ChallengeRoboCup@Home
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 LeagueRoboCup Logistics League
which debuted in 2012, is an application-driven league inspired by the industrial scenario of a smart factory
RoboCup@Work
which debuted in 2016, "targets the use of robots in work-related scenarios"
RoboCupJunior

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.


RoboCup editions

The formal RoboCup competition was preceded by the (often unacknowledged) first
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(MIROSOT) held by KAIST in Taejon, Korea, in November 1996. This was won by an American team from
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, and the competition was shown on CNN. RoboCup was canceled in 2020 due to COVID-19. The planned host location of Bordeaux will host in 2023.


RoboCup Asia-Pacific editions


European RoboCupJunior Championship


RoboCup local events


2021


RoboCup Kazakhstan
Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
RoboCup Portugal Open
virtual
RoboCup Russia Open
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, 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


2019


RoboCup Portuguese Open 2019
Gondomar, Portugal
RoboCup Brazil Open 2019
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, Brazil
RoboCup Asia Pacific 2019
Moscow, Russia
RoboCup German Open 2019
Magdeburg, Germany
RoboCup China Open 2019
Shaoxing,
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2018


RoboCup Portugal Open 2018
Torres Vedras, Portugal *RoboCup Asia Pacific 2018, Kish Island, Iran
RoboCup Iran Open 2018
Tehran, Iran *RoboCup UAE 2018,
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, United Arab Emirates *RoboCup German Open 2018, Magdeburg, Germany


2017


RoboCup Portugal Open 2017
Coimbra, Portugal * RoboCup Iran Open 2017, Tehran, Iran * RoboCup German Open 2017, Magdeburg, Germany * RoboCup Russia Open 2017,
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, Russia * RoboCup US Open 2017, Miami, United States * RoboCup China Open 2017, Shaoxing,
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2016


RoboCup Portugal Open 2016
Bragança, Portugal * RoboCup China Open 2016,
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,
China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
* RoboCup European Open 2016,
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2015


RoboCup Portugal Open 2015
Vila Real, Portugal * RoboCup China Open 2015,
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,
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* RoboCup Iran Open 2015, Tehran, Iran * GermanOpen 2015, Magdeburg, Germany


2014

* RoboCup Portugal Open 2014, Espinho, Portugal * RoboCup China Open 2014,
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,
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* RoboCup Iran Open 2014, Tehran, Iran * RoboCup German Open, Magdeburg, Germany


2013


RoboCup Portugal Open 2013
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, Portugal * RoboCup Iran Open 2013, Tehran, Iran * RoboCup German Open, Magdeburg, Germany


2012

* RoboCup Portugal Open 2012,
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, Portugal * RoboCup Dutch Open,
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2011

* RoboCup German Open, Magdeburg, Germany * RoboCup Iran Open 2011, Tehran, Iran


2010

* Iran Open 2010, Tehran, Iran * Latin America & Brazil Open 2010,
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, Brazil * RoboCup Mediterranean Open 2010, Rome, Italy * RoboCup German Open (unofficial all-European tournament), Magdeburg, Germany * AUT Cup 2010, Tehran, Iran


See also

* RoboCup Junior * Robot * Botball * FIRST * BEST Robotics *
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, a humanoid robot project to study
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via robotics


References


External links

*
RoboCup@Home
league, aims to develop service and assistive robot technology with high relevance for future personal domestic applications. {{DEFAULTSORT:Robocup Engineering competitions Dance animation Recurring events established in 1997 Articles containing video clips Robotics competitions