RoboCup
|
| RoboCup
is an international research and education initiative. Its goal is to
foster artificial intelligence and robotics research by providing a standard
problem where a wide range of technologies can be examined and integrated.
The concept of soccer-playing robots was first introduced in 1993. Following
a two-year feasibility study, in August 1995, an announcement was made
to introduce the first international conferences and soccer games. |
|
|
| In
July 1997, the first official conference and game was held in Nagoya,
Japan. Followed by Paris, Stockholm, Melbourne and Seattle, the annual
events attracted many participants. |
| Following
previous conferences and games, the 6th RoboCup, RoboCup
2002 coincided with the"2002 World Cup".Today, more than
3,000 researchers from 35 countries and regions are participating in various
projects such as international games, conferences, research and educational
programs. |
