The Soccer League Competition algorithm (SLC) is a new nature-based metaheuristic approach to solve optimization problems. It gets its basis model from the interaction between soccer teams and their players in a soccer league competition, where each player (feasible solution) compete for victory and be the best player. This paper presents a review of the underlaying SLC model and a practical ap...

. This paper introduces both the Eco–Be robotic platform and the RoboCup Mixed Reality Competition and the research under development on the FC Portugal team in the context of this league. The Eco-Bes and the Mixed reality competition present an immediate, simple application for developing complete teams for cooperative robotic applications. The Eco-Be is a very small mobile vehicle, also known...

This paper presents the team coordination methodologies of CAMBADA, a robotic soccer team designed to participate in the RoboCup middle-size league (MSL). The coordination model extends and adapts previous work in the Soccer Simulation League to the MSL environment. The approach is based on flexible positionings and priority-based dynamic role/positioning assignment. In addition, coordinated pr...

A soccer competition consists of n teams playing against each other in a league or tournament system, according to a single or double round-robin schedule. These competitions offer an excellent opportunity to model interesting problems related to questions that soccer fans frequently ask about their favourite teams. For instance, at some stage of the competition, fans might be interested in det...

In this paper, we describe the soccer playing agent developed by our team UT Austin Villa to participate in the RoboCup 3D simulation soccer competition held in Atlanta, U.S.A., in July 2007. The 2007 competition saw the introduction of a humanoid robot in the 3D simulation league. We present an overview of this new version of the simulation league, followed by a description of our approaches i...

AIM Objective of the study was to examine the injury incidence in the Spanish Professional Soccer League, and to analyse differences between competition and training. METHODS Sport injuries data from 11 out of 22 Spanish second division soccer teams (301 players) were prospectively collected during the season 2008/2009. RESULTS A total of 891 injuries (111 recurrence injuries) were identifi...

In this description document, we outline the main ideas behind our entry to the RoboCup 2011 2D Soccer Simulation League competition. This simulated soccer team, EdInferno.2D, represents our debut in this league. The major research issue that drives our effort is that of cooperative sequential decision making and online learning in environments that continually change. We outline a framework fo...

The Standard Platform League is a soccer league at the annual RoboCup world championships in which teams of five humanoid robots play against each other. In 2014, the Dropin Player Competition was added to the league to serve as a testbed for cooperation without pre-coordination. Instead of homogeneous robot teams that are programmed by each team to implicitly work together, this competition fe...

FC Portugal Rescue team is the result of a cooperation project between the Universities of Aveiro and Porto in Portugal. The project started in January 2004 following previous collaborations of these two Portuguese Universities in RoboCup simulation league and associated competitions: coach competition, simulation league presentation competition and simulation 3D competition. FC Portugal Rescue...

This paper provides a technical description of the ISocRob team, participating at the RoboCup'98 robotic soccer competition, in the mid-size league. The ISocRob constitutes a challenge for research on broad and generic approaches for the design of a cooperating society of robots. This paper addresses both design and implementation issues of the soccer \players", as well as hardware construction...