Robot Soccer (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789533070360)

The idea of using soccer game for promoting science and technology of artificial intelligence and robotics was presented in the early 90s of the last century. Researchers in many different scientific fields all over the world recognized this idea as an inspiring challenge. Robot soccer research is interdisciplinary, complex, demanding but most of all, fun and motivational. Obtained knowledge and results of research can easily be transferred and applied to numerous applications and projects dealing with relating fields such as robotics, electronics, mechanical engineering, artificial intelligence, etc. As a consequence, we are witnesses of rapid advancement in this field with numerous robot soccer competitions and a vast number of teams and team members. The best illustration is numbers from the RoboCup 2009 world championship held in Graz, Austria which gathered around 2300 participants in over 400 teams from 44 nations. Attendance numbers at various robot soccer events show that interest in robot soccer goes beyond the academic and R

Author: Vladan Papic
ISBN-10: 9533070366
ISBN-13: 9789533070360
Publisher: Intechopen
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2010
Pages: 360
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.70lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.81d