| Abstract: |
The annual Robocup soccer competition is an excellent opportunity
for our robotics and agent research. We view the competition as a rigorous
testbed for our methods and a unique way of validating our ideas. After
two years of competition, we have begun to understand what works (we won
the competition in Tokyo 97) and what does not work (we failed to advance
to the second round in Paris 98). This year, we continue to make improvements
in hardware and software, including a wireless communication network and
improved soccer playing behaviors. This paper presents an overview of our
goals in Robocup, our philosophy in building soccer playing robots and the
methods we are employing in our efforts. |