RoboCup2000,theFourthRobotWorldCupSoccerGamesandConferences, washeldfromAugust27thtoSeptember3rd,2000,attheMelbourneExhi- tionCenterinMelbourne,Australia. LikethepreviousinternationalRoboCup events RoboCup97 in Nagoya, Japan; RoboCup98 in Paris, France; and RoboCup99inStockholm,Sweden RoboCup2000includedatechnicalwo- shopaswellasseveralroboticsoccercompetitions. RoboCup2000introduced the?rstRoboCupJr. competitionforchildren,aswellasdemonstrationsof humanoidrobotsandoftheRoboCup-Rescuedisasterrescuesimulator. ThisbookdocumentsRoboCup2000. Itconsistsof(i)anoverview;(ii)ch- pionshippapersbythewinnersofthecompetitions;(iii)the?nalistpapersfor theRoboCupchallengeawards;(iv)thepapersandposterspresentedatthe workshop;and(v)descriptionsoftheteamsthatcompeted. Thebookbeginswithanoverviewarticleintroducingthecompetitionsand demonstrationsandincludingthescoresofallofthegamesinthefourc- petitionleagues:thesimulationleague,thesmall-sizerobot(F180)league,the middle-sizerobot(F2000)league,andtheSonyleggedrobotleague. Thefoll- ingsectionpresentsthechampionshippapersfromthewinnersoftheseleagues. TheRoboCupchallengeawardsaredistinctionsthataregivenannuallyto theRoboCup-relatedresearcherswiththegreatestpotentialtoadvancetheir respective?elds. InRoboCup2000,thechallengeaward?nalistswereselected fromamongtheworkshoppapers. Thefourselected?nalistpapersappearin thenextsection. TheannualRoboCupworkshopprovidesaforumforRoboCupresearchers toexchangeideasthataregenerallyapplicableacrossthedi?erentRoboCup leaguesand/orthatareofgeneralscienti?cinterest. TheRoboCup2000wo- shopreceivedmorethan60submissions,fromwhich20wereselectedforfull presentationandanadditional20wereselectedforposterpresentation. These researchpapersformthemainbodyofthisbook. Thebookconcludeswithdescriptionsofmostofthemorethan80teams thatcompetedinRoboCup2000. Theseteamdescriptionsservetocatalogthe fullrangeofresearchersandapproachesthathavebeenappliedtothechallenges putforthbyRoboCup. ThenextinternationalRoboCupeventswillbeheldinSeattle,USA(2001) andinFukuoka,Japan(2002). InadditiontoallexistingRoboCupevents,they arescheduledtointroduce(i)RoboCup-Rescuedisasterrescuecompetitionsfor thetransferofideasandtechniquesdevelopedinthesoccerdomaintoarelated task,and(ii)ahumanoidrobotcompetitionasasteptowardsthelong-termgoal ofcreatingafullteamofhumanoidrobotsthatcompeteonarealsoccer?eld. Welookforwardtocontinuingresearchinnovationsandexcitingdemonstrations ofroboticsandAItechnologyintheseandotherfutureRoboCupevents. March2000 PeterStone,TuckerBalch,andGerhardKraetzschmar RoboCupFederation TheRoboCupFederation,thegoverningbodyofRoboCup,isaninternational organizationthatpromotesscienceandtechnologyusingsoccergamesbyrobots andsoftwareagents. President: HiroakiKitano,JapanScienceandTechnologyCorporation,Japan Vice-Presidents: MinoruAsada,OsakaUniversity,Japan EnricoPagello,UniversityofPadua,Italy ManuelaVeloso,CarnegieMellonUniversity,USA Trustees: Hans-DieterBurkhard,HumboldtUniversity,Germany SilviaCoradeschi,OrebroUniversity,Sweden DominiqueDuhaut,UniversityofSouthernBretagne,France FransGroen,UniversityofAmsterdam,TheNetherlands AndrewJennings,RoyalMelbourneInstituteofTechnology,Australia MilindTambe,UniversityofSouthernCalifornia,USA ExecutiveCommittee: TuckerBalch,CarnegieMellonUniversity,USA AndreasBirk,FreeUniversityofBrussels,Belgium MasahiroFujita,SonyCorp. ,Japan GerhardKraetzschmar,UniversityofUlm,Germany PaulLevi,UniversityofStuttgart,Germany PedroLima,ISR/IST,TechnicalUniversityofLisbon,Portugal HenrikLund,UniversityofSouthernDenmark,Denmark DanieleNardi,UniversityofRome LaSapienza ,Italy ItsukiNoda,ETL,Japan DanielPolani,Lub eckUniversity,Germany Raul Rojas,UniversityofBerlin,Germany PeterStone,AT&TLabs Research,USA SatoshiTadokoro,KobeUniversity,Japan GordonWyeth,UniversityofQueensland,Australia AdvisoryCommittee: LuigiaCarlucciAiello,Universit adiRoma LaSapienza ,Italy DanielBobrow,XEROXPARC,USA MichaelBrady,OxfordUniversity,UK ToshioFukuda,NagoyaUniversity,Japan MichaelP.
Overview of Robocup-2000.- Champion Teams.- Challenge Award Finalists.- Full Papers.- Poster Description.- Simulation League.- PSI Team.- Gnez: Adapting Knowledge to the Environment with GA.- Zeng00 : the Realization of Mixed Strategy in Simulation Soccer Game.- RoboLog Koblenz 2000.- Open Zeng: an Open Style Distributed Semi-Cooperative Team Development Project from Japan.- Gemini in RoboCup-2000.- Team Description for Lucky lübeck - Evidence-Based World State Estimation.- Karlsruhe Brainstormers 2000 Team Description.- ATT-CMUnited-2000: Third Place Finisher in the Robocup-2000 Simulator League.- Headless Chickens IV.- Mainz Rolling Brains 2000.- Team Description of Spatial-Timer.- Polytech100.- Team YowAI-2000 Description.- 11monkeysII.- All Botz.- 4 Stooges.- CIIPS Glory Small Soccer Robots with Local Image Processing.- ViperRoos 2000.- RoboCup 2000 (F180) Team Description : UPMC-CFA Team (France).- MuCows.- Role-Based Strategy in Tpots RoboCup Team.- LuckyStar II - Team Description Paper.- FU-Fighters 2000.- RoGi Team Description.- UQ RoboRoos: Kicking on to 2000.- ART'00 - Azzurra Robot Team for the Year 2000.- RMIT United.- Agilo RoboCuppers: RoboCup Team Description.- WinKIT.- CMU Hammerheads Team Description.- GMD-Robots.- A Goal Keeper for Middle Size Robocup.- The Dutch Team.- The RoboCup-NAIST.- KIRC: Kyutech Intelligent Robot Club.- CoPS-Team Description.- Golem Team in Middle-Sized Robots League.- Osaka University "Trackies 2000".- Essex Rovers Team Description.- French LRP Team's Description.- Team ARAIBO.- CMPack' 00.- The Mcgill's Reddogs Legged League System.- BabyTigers: Osaka Legged Robot Team.- S.P.Q.R..- The University of Pennsylvania RoboCup Legged Soccer Team.- Team Sweden.- RoboMutts.- Humboldt Heroes.
