RoboCup-98 : Robot Soccer World Cup II / Minoru Asada, Hiroaki Kitano (eds.).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Overview and Award Papers -- Overview Paper -- Overview of RoboCup-98 / M. Asada, M. Veloso, M. Tambe, I. Noda, H. Kitano, G.K. Kraetzschmar -- Scientific Challenge Award Papers -- Character Design for Soccer Commentary / Kim Binsted, Sean Luke -- Automatic Soccer Commentary and RoboCup / Hitoshi Matsubara, Ian Frank, Kumiko Tanaka-Ishii, Itsuki Noda, Hideyuki Nakashima, -- Kôiti Hasida -- Rocco: A RoboCup Soccer Commentator System / Dirk Voelz, Elisabeth André, Gerd Herzog, Thomas Rist -- Champion Teams -- The CMUnited-98 Champion Simulator Team / Peter Stone, Manuela Veloso, Patrick Riley -- The CMUnited-98 Champion Small-Robot Team / Manuela Veloso, Michael Bowling, Sorin Achim, Kwun Han, Peter Stone -- The CS Freiburg Robotic Soccer Team: Reliable Self-Localization, Multirobot Sensor Integration, and Basic Soccer Skills / Jens-Steffen Gutmann, Wolfgang Hatzack, Immanuel Herrmann, Bernhard Nebel, Frank Rittinger, Augustinus Topor, Thilo Weigel, Bruno Welsch.

Technical Papers -- Infrastructure -- The Survey of RoboCup' 98: Who, How and Why / Igor M. Verner -- How to Make a Challenging AI Course Enjoyable Using the RoboCup Soccer Simulation System / Silvia Coradeschi, Jacek Malec -- A Quadruped Robot for RoboCup Legged Robot Challenge in Paris '98 / Masahiro Fujita, Stephane Zrehen, Hiroaki Kitano -- Robot Soccer with LEGO Mindstorms / Henrik Hautop Lund, Luigi Pagliarini -- Basic Skill -- Ball-Receiving Skill Dependent on Centering in Soccer Simulation Games / Kazuaki Maeda, Akinori Kohketsu, Tomoichi Takahashi -- The Priority/Confidence Model as a Framework for Soccer Agents / Jan Lubbers, Rogier R. Spaans -- A User Oriented System for Developing Behavior Based Agents / Paul Scerri, Silvia Coradeschi, Anders Törne -- Teamwork and Evaluation -- From Play Recognition to Good Plays Detection / Tomoichi Takahashi, Tadashi Naruse -- Inductive Verification and Validation of the KULRoT RoboCup Team / Kurt Driessens, Nico Jacobs, Nathalie Cossement, Patrick Monsieurs, Luc De Raedt -- Layered and Resource-Adapting Agents in the RoboCup Simulation / Christoph G. Jung -- A Description-Processing System for Soccer Agents and NIT Stones 98 / Nobuhiro Ito, Kouichi Nakagawa, Xiaoyong Du, Naohiro Ishii -- Using an Explicit Teamwork Model and Learning in RoboCup: An Extended Abstract / Stacy Marsella, Jafar Adibi, Yaser Al-Onaizan, Ali Erdem, Randall Hill, Gal A. Kaminka, Zhun Qiu, Milind Tambe -- A Hybrid Agent Model, Mixing Short Term and Long Term Memory Abilities / Fausto Torterolo, Catherine Garbay.

Learning and Evolution -- Team-Partitioned, Opaque-Transition Reinforcement Learning / Peter Stone, Manuela Veloso -- Cooperative Behavior Acquisition in a Multiple Mobile Robot Environment by Co-evolution / Eiji Uchibe, Masateru Nakamura, Minoru Asada -- Real Robot Perception, Mechanism, and Integration -- Integrated Reactive Soccer Agents / Wei-Min Shen, Jafar Adibi, Rogelio Adobbati, Srini Lanksham, Hadi Moradi, Behnam Salemi, Sheila Tejada -- An Innovative Approach to Vision, Localization and Orientation Using Omnidirectional Radial Signature Analysis / Andrew R. Price, Dr. Trevor Jones -- An Application of Vision-Based Learning in RoboCup for a Real Robot with an Omnidirectional Vision System and the Team Description of Osaka University "Trackies" / Sho'ji Suzuki, Tatsunori Kato, Hiroshi Ishizuka, Yasutake Takahashi, Eiji Uchibe, Minoru Asada -- The RoboCup-NAIST: A Cheap Multisensor-Based Mobile Robot with Visual Learning Capability / T. Nakamura, K. Terada, A. Shibata, H. Takeda.

Team Description -- Simulation -- Andhill-98: A RoboCup Team which Reinforces Positioning with Observation / Tomohito Andou -- Evolving Team Darwin United / David Andre, Astro Teller -- UBU: Utility-Based Uncertainty Handling in Synthetic Soccer / Magnus Boman, Helena Åberg, Åsa Åhman, Jens Andreasen, Mats Danielson, Carl-Gustaf Jansson, Johan Kummeneje, Harko Verhagen, Johan Walter -- AT Humboldt in RoboCup-98 (Team description) / Pascal Gugenberger, Jan Wendler, Kay Schröter, Hans-Dieter Burkhard -- Individual Tactical Play and Pass with Communication between Players / Harukazu Igarashi, Shougo Kosue, Masatoshi Miyahara -- UFSC-team: A Cognitive Multi-agent Approach to the RoboCup'98 Simulator League / Augusto Cesar Pinto Loureiro da Costa, Guilherme Bittencourt -- Description of Team Erika / Takeshi Matsumura -- Getting global performance through local information in PaSo-Team'98 / E. Pagello, F. Montesello, F. Garelli, F. Candon, P. Chioetto, S. Griggio -- A Direct Approach to Robot Soccer Agents: Description for the Team Mainz Rolling rains Simulation League of RoboCup '98 / Daniel Polani, Stefan Weber, Thomas Uthmann -- CAT Finland: Executing Primitive Tasks in Parallel / Jukka Riekki, Jussi Pajala, Antti Tikanmäki, Juha Röning -- A Multi-level Constraint-based Controller for the Dynamo98 Robot Soccer Team / Yu Zhang, Alan K. Mackworth -- Real Robot Small-Size League -- The small league RoboCup team of the VUB AI-Lab / Andreas Birk, Thomas Walle, Tony Belpaeme, Johan Parent, Tom De Vlaminck, Holger Kenn -- CIIPS Glory Soccer Robots with Local Intelligence / Thomas Bräunl -- The Cambridge University Robot Football Team Description / A. Rowstron, B. Bradshaw, D. Crosby, T. Edmonds, S. Hodges, A. Hopper, S. Lloyd, J. Wang, S. Wray -- The UQ RoboRoos Small-Size League Team Description for RoboCup'98 / Gordon Wyeth, Brett Browning, Ashley Tews.

Real Robot Middle-Size League -- ISocRob--Team Description / Pedro Aparício, Rodrigo Ventura, Pedro Lima, Carlos Pinto-Ferreira -- Real MagiCol 98: Team Description and Results / E. González, H. Loaiza, A. Suárez, C. Moreno -- Agilo RoboCuppers: RoboCup Team Description / Michael Klupsch, Maximilian Lückenhaus, Christoph Zierl, Ivan Laptev, Thorsten Bandlow, Marc Grimme, Ignaz Kellerer, Fabian Schwarzer -- The Ulm Sparrows: Research into Sensorimotor Integration, Agency, Learning, and Multiagent Cooperation / Gerhard K. Kraetzschmar, Stefan Enderle, Stefan Sablatnög, Thomas Boß, Mark Dettinger, Hans Braxmayer, Heiko Folkerts, Markus Klingler, Dominik Maschke, Gerd Mayer, Markus Müller, Alexander Neubeck, Marcus Ritter, Heiner Seidl, Robert Wörz, Günther Palm -- ART Azzurra Robot Team / Daniele Nardi, Giorgio Clemente, Enrico Pagello -- Design and Evaluation of the T-Team of the University of Tuebingen for RoboCup'98 / Michael Plagge, Boris Diebold, Richard Günther, Jörn Ihlenburg, Dirk Jung, Keyan Zahedi, Andreas Zell -- Team Description of the GMD RoboCup-Team / A. Siegberg, A. Bredenfeld, H. Guenther, H.U. Kobialka, B. Klaassen, U. Licht, K.L. Paap, P.G. Ploeger, H. Streich, J. Vollmer, J. Wilberg, R. Worst, T. Christaller -- UTTORI United: Cooperative Team Play Based on Communication / K. Yokota, K. Ozaki, N. Watanabe, A. Matsumoto, D. Koyama, T. Ishikawa, K. Kawabata, H. Kaetsu, H. Asama -- Legged robot league -- Quadruped Robot Guided by Enhanced Vision System and Supervision Modules / Vincent Hugel, Patrick Bonnin, Jean Christophe Bouramoué, Didier Solheid, Pierre Blazevic, Dominique Duhaut -- The CMTrio-98 Sony Legged Robot Team / Manuela Veloso, William Uther -- BabyTigers-98: Osaka Legged Robot Team / Noriaki Mitsunaga, Minoru Asada, Chizuko Mishima.

RoboCup is an international initiative devoted to advancing the state of the art in artificial intelligence and robotics. The aims of the project and potential research directions are numerous. The ultimate, long-range goal is to build a team of robot soccer players that can beat a human World Cup champion team. This book is the second official archival publication devoted to RoboCup. It documents the achievements presented at the Second International Workshop on RoboCup held in Paris, France, in July 1998. The book opens with an overview section, provides research papers on selected technical topics, and presents technical and strategic descriptions of the work of participating teams. Of interest far beyond the rapidly growing RoboCup community, this book is also indispensable reading for R & D professionals interested in multi-agent systems, distributed artificial intelligence, and intelligent robotics.

English.