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Please, check the new page of the RoboCup Portuguese Committee. The RoboCup Portuguese Committee has
the aim to promote the RoboCup initiative in
Portugal. 1. Manage qualification
for RoboCup leagues when slots are limited. The
qualification will be based on the results from the corresponding national
competition but will also consider other criteria related to the technical
quality and number of participants 2. Serve as a point of
contact for local RoboCup events and RoboCup Opens 3. Promote RoboCup within Portugal 4. Maintain RoboCup standards for scientific research and education
within Portugal and uphold the RoboCup mission of
sharing advances through friendly competition 5. Maintain an English
website to be linked to the main RoboCup website
describing the RoboCup activities in Portugal
The committee specific responsibilities are:
Members of
Portuguese National Committee
The
following is the list of the current committee members.
Please contact the responsible for your league or the chair for general
questions concerning RoboCup in Portugal.
Chair:
Pedro Lima (RCF Trustee), Instituto Superior Técnico,
Technical University of Lisbon
MSL:
Fernando Ribeiro
(RCF Executive), Dep. de Electrónica Industrial,
University of Minho
SSL:
Paulo
Costa, Faculdade de Engenharia,
University of Porto
4LL:
Luis
Paulo Reis, Faculdade de Engenharia,
University of Porto
Soccer and Rescue Simulation:
Nuno Lau, Dep. de Electrónica
e Telecomunicações, University of Aveiro
Junior:
Luis
Almeida (RCF Trustee), Faculdade de Engenharia,
University of Porto
Carlos Cardeira,
Instituto Superior Técnico,
Technical University of Lisbon
Eduardo Pinto, Escola
Profissional Gustavo Eiffel - Amadora
(High School)
Ludgero Leote, Escola Secundária EmÃdio Navarro - Almada (High School)
What is RoboCup?
RoboCup is an
international research and education initiative, attempting to foster
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics research by providing a standard problem
where a wide range of technologies can be integrated and examined, as well as
being used for integrated project-oriented education.
For this purpose, RoboCup chose to use the soccer
game as a primary domain, and organizes every year The Robot World Cup Soccer
Games and Conferences. Since 2000, the competitions include Search and Rescue
robots as well.
In order for a robot team to actually perform a soccer game, various technologies
must be incorporated, including: autonomous agents design principles,
multi-agent collaboration, real-time planning and control, Robotics, and
sensor-fusion.
The RoboCup Federation proposed the ultimate goal of
the RoboCup Initiative to be stated as follows:
"By 2050, a team of fully autonomous
humanoid robot soccer players shall win a soccer game, complying with the
official FIFA rules, against the winner of the most recent World Cup of Human
Soccer."
Robotics and RoboCup
in Portugal
Portugal
is one one the most represented countries in RoboCup, and has a tradition of organizing Robotics
competitions that dates back to 1996, including the organization of RoboCup2004. Also, a considerable number
of Portuguese Research Institutions and Universities have groups working in
Robotics.
Portuguese
Teams list.
Festival Nacional de Robótica
/ Portuguese Robotics Open (a RoboCup recognized local event) web
page, browsing through the links therein.
RoboCup Organization
Links
to the current structure of the RoboCup Federation,
as well as to other RoboCup National Committees, can
be found at http://www.robocup.org/overview/24.html.
Nota Importante
sobre qualificação
de equipas para RCJunior 2010
10th Portuguese Robotics Open
6-10 May, Batalha e Leiria,
Portugal
RoboCup 2010
19-25 June 2010, Singapore