RoboCup Pacific Rim Series '98 Singapore
in conjunction with
Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence
(PRICAI) '98 Singapore
The Robot World Cup, RoboCup, is an international initiative to
foster AI and intelligent robotics research by providing a
standard problem, a soccer game, where a wide range of
technologies can be integrated and examined. This is the first
of the Pacific Rim Series and it will be held at National
University of Singapore (NUS) from 22 to 27 November 1998 in
conjunction with the Pacific Rim International Conference on
Artificial Intelligent (PRICAI-98). The First Robot World Cup,
RoboCup-97, was held in Nagoya, Japan, in August 1997, and there
were 40 participating teams. The Second Robot World Cup will be
held in Paris, in conjunction with the real World Cup, with over
100 participating teams.
In order for a team of robot agents to actually play a soccer
game, different technologies must be incorporated, including
design principles of machine vision, autonomous agents, multi-
agent collaboration, strategy acquisition, real-time reasoning,
sensor-fusion and learning. RoboCup is a task for a team of
multiple fast-moving robot agents in a dynamic, non-
deterministic, and adversarial environment.
RoboCup Pacific Rim Series 98 includes competitions, an expert
robot exhibit, and a technical workshop. There are several
competition tracks in RoboCup-98 corresponding to robots and
soccer fields of different sizes and a simulator league with
software agents. We invite submissions for participation in any
of the competitions, expert robot exhibit, or workshop,
depending on your research and/or development interests.
Real Robot Small League: Teams of up to five real robots of
small size (approximately 15 cm in diameter) compete on a field
of the size of a ping-pong table.
Real Robot Medium League: Teams of up to five real robots of
medium size (approximately 50cm in diameter) compete on a field
of the size of about nine ping-pong tables.
Simulator League: Software agents play soccer using the RoboCup
soccer server simulator, available from the RoboCup's Web page.
Participants do not need to use real robots and can easily enter
this RoboCup event developing software agents. The RoboCup
Simulator League is a part of IJCAI's official Challenge Paper
Program, where successful results can be reported at IJCAI-99,
Stockholm, Sweden.
Expert Robot Exhibit: Exhibition of robots that perform specific
tasks with a high skill level. Penalty kick robots, Goalkeeper
robots, are such examples.
Workshop: A workshop will be held to present and discuss
technical details of the robots and software agents which
participated in the competition, as well as other research and
educational topics related to RoboCup.
The final registration form and details of the rules for
different competition are available from the RoboCup official
web site at http://jsaic.iti.gov.sg/pricai98/robocup/. You may
sent your registration form electronically to tralvex@iti.gov.sg
or by FAX the copy at the next page to Tralvex Yeap @ (65) 779
1827. Hardcopies of the details regarding the rules for
different competition may also be obtain by requesting through
the fax number.
Important Dates:
* Optional Statement of Intent of Entry: March 1, 1998
* Application for Simulator and Real Robot Leagues and
Exhibit: July 1, 1998
* Submission of Papers for Workshop: August 1, 1998
* Notice of Workshop Paper Acceptance: October 1, 1998
* Camera-Ready Workshop Paper Due Date: November 1, 1998
RoboCup Singapore National Committee
Chuah Yeow Chong (Co-chair) - Kent Ridge Digital Labs
Tralvex Yeap - Kent Ridge Digital Labs
Gerald Seet - Nanyang Technological University
Leow Wee Kheng - National University of Singapore
Daniel Ho - Nanyang Polytechnic
Yew Tiew Ming - Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Yong Fook Seng - Ngee Ann Polytechnic
K. Jagannathan - Singapore Polytechnic
Sng Hong Lian - Singapore Polytechnic
Andy Kwek - Temasek Polytechnic