RoboCup is an annual international robotics competition proposed and founded in 1997. The aim is to promote robotics and AI research, by offering a publicly appealing, but formidable challenge.
“Competition pushes advances in technologies. What we learn from robots playing soccer or navigating a maze can be applied to industry and help us solve difficult real-world problems,” according to Professor Maurice Pagnucco, Head of the School of Computer Science and Engineering at UNSW.
The name RoboCup is a contraction of the competition's full name, "Robot Soccer World Cup", but there are many other stages of the competition such as "RoboCupRescue", "RoboCup@Home" and "RoboCupJunior". In 2016, the world's competition was held in Leipzig, Germany. RoboCup 2017 will be held in Nagoya, Japan.
The official goal of the project:
"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."
The contest currently has six major competition domains, each with a number of leagues and subleagues:
RoboCup SoccerStandard Platform League (formerly Four Legged League)Small Size LeagueMiddle Size LeagueSimulation League2D Soccer Simulation3D Soccer Simulation | Soccer Simulation 3D League HomepageMixed Reality CompetitionHumanoid League Humanoid League homepageRoboCup Rescue Rescue Leagues HomepageRescue Robot LeagueRescue Simulation LeagueRoboCup@Home, which debuted in 2006, and focuses on the introduction of autonomous robots to human societyRoboCup@Work, which debuted in 2016, and "targets the use of robots in work-related scenarios".RoboCup Logistics League is part of the RoboCup Major Leagues since 2012 and focuses on flexible solutions for industrial production using self-organizing robots.RoboCupJuniorSoccer ChallengeDance ChallengeRescue ChallengeDance Theatre ChallengeEach team is fully autonomous in all RoboCup leagues. Once the game starts, the only input from any human is from the referee.
The formal RoboCup 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.
RoboCup China Open 2016 Hefei, ChinaRoboCup European Open 2016 Eindhoven, NederlandsRoboCup China Open 2015 Guiyang, ChinaIranOpen 2015 Tehran, IranGermanOpen 2015 Magdeburg, GermanyRoboCup China Open 2014 Hefei, ChinaIranOpen 2014 Tehran, IranRobocup German Open, Magdeburg, GermanyIran Open 2013, Tehran, IranRobocup German Open, Magdeburg, GermanyRobocup Dutch Open, Eindhoven, NetherlandsRobocup German Open, Magdeburg, GermanyRobocup Iran Open, Tehran, IranRobocup SSL North American Open, Vancouver, CanadaRobocup German Open, Magdeburg, GermanyIranOpen 2011 Tehran, IranIranOpen 2010 Tehran, IranLatin America & Brazil Open 2010, São Bernardo do Campo, BrazilRobocup Mediterranean Open 2010, Rome, ItalyRobocup German Open (unofficial all-European tournament), Magdeburg, GermanyAUT cup 2010 Tehran, Iran AustraliarUNSWift - University of New South Wales, SydneyNUbots - University of NewcastleUTS Unleashed! - University of Technology SydneyUTS-USTC WrightEagle Unleashed! - University of Technology Sydney and University of Science and Technology of ChinaKarachi Koalas - University of Technology Sydney and Institute of Business Administration, PakistanRobotAssist - University of Technology Sydney, Centre for Autonomous Systems, Sydney AustriaMostly Harmless–Graz University of TechnologyAustrian-Kangaroos Vienna University of Technology, University of Applied Sciences Technikum WienRRT-Team University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria BrazilITANDROIDS - ITABahia Robotics Team, Bahia State UniversityWarthog Robotics - University of São Paulo at São CarlosRoboFEI – Centro Universitário da FEINIPAR - UTFPRPositronics - Colégio Santa Emília CanadaThunderbots - University of British Columbia ChileUChile Homebreakers - Universidad de ChileUChile Robotics Team (SPL) - Universidad de Chile ChinaTJArk - Tongji UniversityZjuNlict - Zhejiang UniversityWrightEagle - University of Science and Technology of ChinaAUA - Anhui University of Architecture ColombiaSTOx's - Universidad Santo Tomás CroatiaHrvatski robotički savezUdruga Robofreak FinlandBotnia–Vaasa University of Applied Sciences FranceRhoban Football Club - LaBRI - Bordeaux UniversityThe Three Musketeers - Versailles Saint-Quentin University - Paris8 UniversityCPE Lyon GermanyNao-Devils, TU DortmundAllemaniACs RoboCup Team, RWTH Aachen UniversityAutonOHM, Technische Hochschule NürnbergNao-Team HTWK, HTWK-Leipzigb-it bots, Bonn-Rhine-Sieg University of Applied SciencesB-Human - University of BremenBrainstormers - University of Freiburg (abandoned)C-PALB–CJD High School KönigswinterCarologistics - RWTH Aachen University & FH Aachen University of Applied SciencesCarpe Noctem - University of KasselLUHbots - Leibniz Universität HannoverNimbRo - University of BonnVirtual Werder 3D - University of BremenBembelbots - University of FrankfurtFRA-UNIted - Frankfurt University of Applied SciencesFUmanoids - Freie Universität BerlinGETbot - Universität PaderbornmagmaOffenburg - Hochschule OffenburgDarmstadt Dribblers - Technische Universität DarmstadtTeam Hector Darmstadt - Technische Universität DarmstadtNaoTH - Humboldt Universität zu BerlinWF Wolves - Ostfalia - Hochschule für angewandte WissenschaftenHamburg Bit-Bots - Universität HamburgHamburg Ultra Legendary Kickers HULKs - Technische Universität Hamburg HarburgBavarianBendingUnits - Technische Universität München, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und RaumfahrtTigers Mannheim - Duale Hochschule Baden Württemberg GreeceKouretes - Technical University of CreteP.A.N.D.O.R.A. - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki HungaryRescube - Private (Datastart Ltd.) IndiaAcYut - BITS Pilani, PilaniKGP Kubs- Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur IndonesiaEROS, Politeknik Elektronika Negeri Surabaya, [EEPIS Robotic Research Center, Indonesia] IranFarzanegan1, - Farzanegan HighSchool, Tehran, IranAryan,- Islamic Azad University Of MalardNexus,[Nexus, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran]MarliK - University of Guilan, Marlik Institute of Innovation and Technology, Rasht, IranVRU Robotics Group, [VRU, Vali-E-Asr University of Rafsanjan, Real Rescue Robot Team, Rafsanjan, Iran]Cyrus,[Cyrus, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran]Sina,[Sina, AbouAliSina Educational Complex, Tehran, Iran]S.O.S, [Amirkabir University of Technology, Rescue Simulation Group, Tehran, Iran]EmJa ETERNALS, [IJHS's RC lab, Robotics and Simulation Group, Tehran, Iran]S2PLUS, [Salam Dibaji Robocup Laboratory, Simulation Group, Tehran]Positron, [Positron Simulation Group]ResQuake Robotic Team, [K.N.Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran]IUST Robotics Community Teams, [Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran]MRL Teams, [Mechatronics Research Laboratory, Qazvin, Iran]DANESH, [danesh, Danesh HighSchool, Tehran, Iran]XeneX RoboCup Team, Tehran RoboCup IncParsian Team – Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic)Impossibles Team–Sharif University of TechnologyPersian Gulf RoboCup Team - Azad UniversityBraveCircles - SheikhBahaee UniversityPersianGulf3D - Shiraz Payam Noor Universitypaydar - [ paydar robotics group]Persia Humanoid Team - Islamic Azad University Of Isfahan (Khurasgan Branch)LegenDary - University of Guilan, Shahid Beheshti University IsraelRoBIU - Bar-Ilan University ItalydInfoBots–University of PalermoSPQR Team, Sapienza University of Rome JapanJEAP - Osaka UniversityeR@sers - Tamagawa University South KoreaKUDOS - Kookmin University MexicoBorregos RoboCup Teams - Monterrey TechCyberlords - Universidad La SalleEagle Knights - Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de MéxicoGolem - IIMAS, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoLeones - Colegio Cristóbal Colón De la SallePumas - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoRobótica UP - Universidad Panamericana Campus BonaterraTecRams ITESM-CEM Aibo Team NetherlandsTech United Eindhoven - TU/eDutch Robotics - 3TUBORG - University of GroningenDutch Nao Team - Universiteit van AmsterdamSwarmlab - Maastricht UniversityRobot SportsFalconsSmall Size Holland - Saxion University of Applied Sciences PakistanSAVIOUR, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and TechnologyKarachi Koalas - Institute of Business Administration, Pakistan and University of Technology, SydneyNUST - National University of Sciences and Technology PortugalISocRob / UInstitute for Systems and Robotics, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon TUCAMBADA - IEETA / University of AveiroMinhoTeam - LAR / University of Minho RomaniaOxsy - Sibiu SpainGrupo de Investigación de Ingeniería Aplicada (GIIA), University of Murcia.SPIteam, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Rovira i Virgili University and University of LeonLos Hidalgos, Polytechnic University of Valencia and University of MurciaArtificial Intelligence Research Group, Pompeu Fabra University ThailandBART LAB Rescue Team - Mahidol University, BangkokPlasma-Z, Plasma-RX, Plasma-MK - Chulalongkorn University, BangkokSKUBA - Kasetsart University, BangkokiRAProbot - king mongkut's university of technology north bangkok TurkeyYildiz, Yildiz Technical University, IstanbulCerberus, Bogazici University, IstanbulRoboAKUT, Bogazici University, IstanbulbeeStanbul, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul Northern CyprusNEUIslanders, Near East University, Nicosia United KingdomBold Hearts [1] - University of HertfordshireChrist's College FinchleyEdinferno - University of EdinburghPlymouth HumanoidsWarwick Mobile Robotics - University of Warwick SwitzerlandZ-Knipsers - ETH ZürichTeam Solidus - Höhere Fachschule für Technik Mittelland United StatesCMDragons - Carnegie Mellon UniversityISI, University of Southern CaliforniaNorthern Bites - Bowdoin CollegeRoboCats - Ohio University Athens, OhioRoboJackets – Georgia Institute of TechnologyRoboPatriots - George Mason UniversityUT Austin Villa - The University of Texas at AustinRoMeLa - Virginia TechUPennalizers - University of PennsylvaniaRFC Cambridge - Harvard and MITMedia articles
No feel for the ball, on the 2006 RoboCup in Bremen, at signandsight.comRoboCup Atlanta Report, the 2007 RoboCup in Atlanta, at SaySportRoboCup Istanbul Report, The RoboCup 2011 report by BBC
