American Open 2003

The First RoboCup
American Open

Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
April 30 - May 4, 2003

ORGANIZATION:

Co-Chairs Prof. Manuela Veloso, Dr. Brett Browning, Carnegie Mellon University
RoboCup Junior League Prof. Elizabeth Sklar, Columbia University
Robot Rescue Prof. Illah Nourbakhsh, Carnegie Mellon University
RoboCup Simulation League Patrick Riley, Carnegie Mellon University

GENERAL INFORMATION:

The binaries of the simulation league participants are now available
Check out the pictures, movies and media articles
Pre-prints of the team photos with ASIMO are now available
Check out the event schedule
For more general information about the event call (412) 268 7884 or email: robocupinfo@cs.cmu.edu
For media questions contact Anne Watzman by phone (412) 268 3830 or email: Anne Watzman
See the sponsors page for lists our generous sponsors for the American Open.
Check out the new American Open Postcard
Check out the new American Open Poster
Check out the new American Open Invitation

EVENTS:

Soccer Simulation:
- Teams of eleven fully distributed software agents compete using the RoboCup Soccer Server.
Soccer Coach Simulation:
- A coach agent advises teams of eleven soccer simulation agents.
Small-Size Robot Soccer:
- Teams of five small robots compete with off-board perception and remote computer control allowed.
Four-Legged Robot (Sony AIBO) Soccer:
- Teams of four Sony AIBO robots compete with full autonomy and wireless communication. (The programmable Sony AIBO robots are now available for purchase at http://www.us.aibo.com/)
Rescue Robot and Simulation:
- Teams of software or robot agents, autonomously or in cooperation with human users, attempt at rescuing victims in disaster scenarios of increasing complexity. Go to the RoboCup American Open Rescue Robot web site to find out the competition details!
RoboCup Junior: (RoboCup Junior web page)
- Young students participate in 2 on 2 robot soccer, robot dancing, and robot rescue competitions. See the RoboCup Junior 2003 American Open web page for details!
- U-League: RoboCup Junior will include a new league modeled after the small-size league. See the RoboCup Junior U-League site for further details.
AmericanOpen03 Workshop:
- Research and development contributions on multi-robot systems are presented and discussed in panels.
Demonstrations:
- ASIMO Humanoid Honda Robot, Sony AIBO robots, challenge tasks.