The RoboCup Soccer Simulator

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1 Short presentation At the University of the Basque Country - Computer Science Faculty - TAIA (German Rigau) 1 Richard Hertel: KIT University of the State of Baden-Württemberg and National Large-scale Research Center of the Helmholtz Association Técnicas Avanzadas de la Inteligencia Artificial

2 Introduction Description is a research and educational tool for multi-agent systems and artificial intelligence. It enables for two teams of 11 simulated autonomous robotic players to play soccer (football). Two versions: RoboCup 2D Soccer Simulation RoboCup 3D Soccer Simulation 2 Richard Hertel:

3 2D version 3 Richard Hertel:

4 3D version 4 Richard Hertel:

5 The different simulators 2D Soccer Simulator First version of the server finished 1995 Most soccer rules are implemented Teams using advanced strategies and teamwork Focused on artificial inteligence 3D Soccer Simulator First version of the server released end of 2003 Simulating real robots Current robot model based on Nao robot More focused on robotics than AI Basic problems of stability 5 Richard Hertel:

6 Nao robot 6 Richard Hertel:

7 His rendered brother 7 Richard Hertel:

8 Architecture Three main components: Soccerserver Soccermonitor Agents/Clients The server Receives commands from the clients Simulates movements of players and ball Sends (noisy) sensor information to the clients Controls the game according to rules 8 Richard Hertel:

9 Architecture The clients Communicate via UDP/IP Can be implemented in any language on any platform Each client controls only one player Communication between clients is restricted Receive (noisy) sensor information from the server Send commands to the server The monitor Is not necessary for a game, but you won t see it without Allows a human referee to execute some commands 9 Richard Hertel:

10 Personal experience General experience Server and monitor can be found at sourcefourge For windows there exist working executables On another page I found a working client example The client Written in Java Could be started in and outside of Eclipse Very simple behavior Some hundred lines of code 10 Richard Hertel:

11 Personal experience 11 Richard Hertel:

12 Conclusion Short summary Research and educational tool Easy to understand Complex to master Client/Server architecture Heterogenous agents with restricted communication Possible to try out different AI technics 12 Richard Hertel: