RoboCup soccer leagues

Abstract

RoboCup was created in 1996 by a groupof Japanese, American, and European artifi-cial intelligence and robotics researchers witha formidable, visionary long-term challenge:By 2050 a team of robot soccer players willbeat the human World Cup champion team.In this article, we focus on RoboCup robotsoccer, and present its five current leagues,which address complementary scientific chal-lenges through different robot and physicalsetups. Full details on the status of theRoboCup soccer leagues, including league his-tory and past results, upcoming competitions,and detailed rules and specifications areavailable from the league homepages andwikis.All rights reserved.