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Annual robotics competition

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::summary Annual robotics competition ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/13-06-28-robocup-eindhoven-024.jpg" caption="A robot attempts to kick the ball at RoboCup 2013."] ::

RoboCup is an annual international robotics competition founded in 1996 by a group of university professors (including Hiroaki Kitano, Manuela M. Veloso, Itsuki Noda and Minoru Asada). The aim of the competition is to promote robotics and AI research by offering a publicly appealing – but formidable – challenge.

The name RoboCup is a contraction of the competition's full name, "Robot World Cup Initiative" (based on the FIFA World Cup), but there are many other areas of competition such as "RoboCupRescue", "RoboCup@Home" and "RoboCupJunior". Claude Sammut is the current president of RoboCup, and has been since 2019.

The official goal of the project is: :"By the middle of the 21st century, a team of fully autonomous humanoid robot soccer players shall win a soccer game, complying with the official rules of FIFA, against the winner of the most recent World Cup."

RoboCup leagues

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/RUNSWift_Naos_2010.jpg" caption="Team rUNSWift competing in the Standard Platform League at RoboCup 2010 in Singapore"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/NimbRo-OP2X_Humanoid_Soccer_Robot_at_RoboCup_2018_in_Montreal.jpg" caption="s2cid=53044123}} robot in Humanoid AdultSize game át RoboCup 2018 in Montreal.]]The contest currently has six major domains of competition, each with a number of leagues and sub-leagues. These include:" alt="NimbRo-OP2X robot in Humanoid AdultSize game át RoboCup 2018 in Montreal."] ::

Each team is fully autonomous in all RoboCup leagues. Once the game starts, the only input from any human is from the referee.

RoboCup editions

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NumberYearHost cityHost countryNumber of teamsNumber of countriesNumber of participants
1RoboCup 1997Nagoya3811
2RoboCup 1998Paris6319
3RoboCup 1999Stockholm8523
4RoboCup 2000Melbourne11019
5RoboCup 2001Seattle14122
6RoboCup 2002Fukuoka19729
7RoboCup 2003Padua23835
8RoboCup 2004Lisbon34537
9RoboCup 2005Osaka38736
10RoboCup 2006Bremen44035
11RoboCup 2007Atlanta321391,966
12RoboCup 2008Suzhou37335
13RoboCup 2009Graz407432,472
14RoboCup 2010Singapore500403,000
15RoboCup 2011Istanbul451402,691
16RoboCup 2012Mexico City381422,356
17RoboCup 2013Eindhoven410453,033
18RoboCup 2014João Pessoa358452,900
19RoboCup 2015Hefei346432,032
20RoboCup 2016Leipzig404453,500
21RoboCup 2017Nagoya500502,520
22RoboCup 2018Montreal360402,345
23RoboCup 2019Sydney335402,200
24RoboCup 2021Virtual317432,129
25RoboCup 2022Bangkok
26RoboCup 2023Bordeaux
27RoboCup 2024Eindhoven
28RoboCup 2025Salvador452,000
29RoboCup 2026Incheon
30RoboCup 2027Nuremberg
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The formal RoboCup competition was preceded by the (often unacknowledged) first International Micro Robot World Cup Soccer Tournament (MIROSOT) held by KAIST in Taejon, Korea, in November 1996. This was won by an American team from Newton Labs, and the competition was shown on CNN.

RoboCup was canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The planned host location of Bordeaux went on to host in 2023.

RoboCup Asia-Pacific editions

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YearHost cityHost countryNumber of teamsNumber of countriesNumber of participantsWebsite
RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2017Bangkok130+251000+http://www.robocup-ap2017.org/
RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2018Kish Islandhttps://robocupap2018.org/
Dubaihttp://robocupap.org/index.php/dubai2018/
RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2019MoscowRussiahttps://robocupap2019.org
RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2020Virtualhttps://2020.robocupap.org/
RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2021Aichi Prefecture / Virtualhttps://2021.robocupap.org/eng/index.html
RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2023PyeongchangSouth Koreahttps://2023.robocupap.org/
RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2024QingdaoChinahttps://qingdao2024.robocupap.org/
RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2025Abu Dhabi[7]
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European RoboCupJunior Championship

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YearHost cityHost countryNumber of teamsNumber of countriesNumber of participantsWebsite
European RoboCupJunior Championship 2018PescaraItalyhttp://2018.robocupjunior.eu/
European RoboCupJunior Championship 2019HanoverGermany
European RoboCupJunior Championship 2020Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
European RoboCupJunior Championship 2021Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
European RoboCupJunior Championship 2022GuimarãesPortugalhttps://2022.robocupjunior.eu/
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RoboCup local events

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/WMR_RoboCupRescue_robot_navigates_red_step_fields_2009_German_Open.ogv" caption="Warwick Mobile Robotics (from the [[University of Warwick]]) robot navigates red step fields, in the RoboCupRescue arena at the 2009 RoboCup German Open"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/RoboCupSoccer_Robot_Football_at_2009_German_Open.ogg" caption="Universität Stuttgart]]) in the RoboCupSoccer Middle-Size League at the 2009 RoboCup German Open"] ::

2025

  • German Open in Nuremberg
  • Greece Open in Agrinio

2024

  • German open in Kassel

2023

  • German open

2021

  • RoboCup Kazakhstan, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
  • RoboCup Portugal Open, virtual
  • RoboCup Russia Open, Tomsk, Russia
  • RoboCup Brazil Open, virtual

2020

  • RoboCup Japan Open 2020, virtual
  • RoboCup China Open 2020, virtual
  • RoboCup Brazil Open 2020, virtual

Events were cancelled due to COVID-19

2019

  • RoboCup Portuguese Open 2019, Gondomar, Portugal
  • RoboCup Brazil Open 2019, Rio Grande, Brazil
  • RoboCup Asia Pacific 2019, Moscow, Russia
  • RoboCup German Open 2019, Magdeburg, Germany
  • RoboCup China Open 2019, Shaoxing, China

2018

2017

  • RoboCup Portugal Open 2017, Coimbra, Portugal
  • RoboCup Iran Open 2017, Tehran, Iran
  • RoboCup German Open 2017, Magdeburg, Germany
  • RoboCup Russia Open 2017, Tomsk, Russia
  • RoboCup US Open 2017, Miami, United States
  • RoboCup China Open 2017, Shaoxing, China

2016

  • RoboCup Portugal Open 2016, Bragança, Portugal
  • RoboCup China Open 2016, Hefei, China
  • RoboCup European Open 2016, Eindhoven, Netherlands

2015

  • RoboCup Portugal Open 2015, Vila Real, Portugal
  • RoboCup China Open 2015, Guiyang, China
  • RoboCup Iran Open 2015, Tehran, Iran
  • GermanOpen 2015, Magdeburg, Germany

2014

  • RoboCup Portugal Open 2014, Espinho, Portugal
  • RoboCup China Open 2014, Hefei, China
  • RoboCup Iran Open 2014, Tehran, Iran
  • RoboCup German Open, Magdeburg, Germany

2013

  • RoboCup Portugal Open 2013, Lisbon, Portugal
  • RoboCup Iran Open 2013, Tehran, Iran
  • RoboCup German Open, Magdeburg, Germany

2012

  • RoboCup Portugal Open 2012, Guimarães, Portugal
  • RoboCup Dutch Open, Eindhoven, Netherlands
  • RoboCup German Open, Magdeburg, Germany
  • RoboCup Iran Open, Tehran, Iran
  • RoboCup SSL North American Open, Vancouver, Canada

2011

  • RoboCup German Open, Magdeburg, Germany
  • RoboCup Portugal Open, Lisbon, Portugal
  • RoboCup Iran Open 2011, Tehran, Iran

2010

  • RoboCup Portugal Open, Leiria, Portugal
  • Iran Open 2010, Tehran, Iran
  • Latin America & Brazil Open 2010, São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
  • RoboCup Mediterranean Open 2010, Rome, Italy
  • RoboCup German Open (unofficial all-European tournament), Magdeburg, Germany
  • AUT Cup 2010, Tehran, Iran

References

References

  1. (1995). "RoboCup: The Robot World Cup Initiative". RoboCup.
  2. (1998). "RoboCup: Objective". RoboCup.
  3. (2018). "2018 IEEE-RAS 18th International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids)". IEEE.
  4. . ["RoboCup@Home – Where the best domestic service robots test themselves"](https://athome.robocup.org/). *Robocup Federation, Inc.*.
  5. . ["Welcome to RoboCup@Work!"](https://atwork.robocup.org/). *Robocup Federation, Inc.*.
  6. "RoboCupJunior – Creating a learning environment for today, fostering technological advancement for tomorrow".
  7. . (20 May 2008). ["A New Goal for Open Source"](https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/a-new-goal-for-open-source). *Red Hat, Inc.*.
  8. (22 July 2014). "RoboCup WM 2016 kommt nach Leipzig".
  9. "RoboCup2017 Nagoya Japan(ロボカップ2017)".
  10. (23 July 2024). "Voice News".
  11. "Robot Soccer at Newton Research Labs".
  12. "ICCA member press release: Thailand Robotics Week 2017 & RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2017".
  13. "Statement from RoboCup Federation and Bordeaux RoboCup LOC: Corona Virus (COVID-19)".

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