RoboCup 2003: Robot Soccer World Cup VII

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Subseries of Lecture Notes in Computer Science

3020

Daniel Polani Brett Browning Andrea Bonarini Kazuo Yoshida (Eds.)

RoboCup 2003: Robot Soccer World Cup VII

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Volume Editors Daniel Polani University of Hertfordshire School of Computer Science Hatfield, Herts AL10 9AB, United Kingdom E-mail: [email protected] Brett Browning Carnegie Mellon University Newell Simon Hall 4000B 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA E-mail: [email protected] Andrea Bonarini Politecnico di Milano Department of Electronics and Information Milan, Italy E-mail: [email protected] Kazuo Yoshida Keio University Department of System Design Engineering 3-14-1, Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, 223-8522, Japan E-mail: [email protected] c The RoboCup Federation The picture on the cover: 

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CR Subject Classification (1998): I.2, C.2.4, D.2.7, H.5, I.5.4, J.4 ISSN 0302-9743 ISBN 3-540-22443-2 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, re-use of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer-Verlag. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. Springer-Verlag is a part of Springer Science+Business Media springeronline.com c Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2004  Printed in Germany Typesetting: Camera-ready by author, data conversion by Olgun Computergrafik Printed on acid-free paper SPIN: 11017448 06/3142 543210

Preface

RoboCup 2003, the 7th Robot World Cup Soccer and Rescue Competitions and Conferences, was held at PadovaFiere, in Padua, Italy during July 2–11, 2003. Following the trend established in recent years, the competition continued to grow, with 244 teams from 30 countries making up the 1244 participants. These teams were distributed across different leagues, where each league conducted one or more competitions. The league reports contained in this book summarize the scientific advancements made in each league as well as the results of the competition. Additionally, the supplemental CD coupled with this book contains the Team Description Papers for each team competing in RoboCup. The leagues, in alphabetical order, were: – – – – – – – –

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This book begins with an overview over the RoboCup competition together with a vision statement for the future development of RoboCup until 2050 and three invited pape