Hambot: An Open Source Robot for RoboCup Soccer

In this paper a new robot is presented which was designed especially for RoboCup soccer. It is an approach to evolve from the standard Darwin based skeleton towards a robot with more human motion capabilities. Many new features were added to the robot to adapt it for the special requirements of RoboCup Soccer. Therefore, the interaction possibilities with the robot were improved and it has now more degrees of freedom to easier grip a ball and balance itself while walking. The design is open source, thus allowing other teams to easily use it and to encourage further development. Furthermore, nearly all parts can be produced with a standard 3D printer.