RoboCup Middle Size League
Encyclopedia
The RoboCup Middle Size League or MSL is one of the RoboCup
robot soccer leagues.
Two teams of 5 mid-sized robots with all sensors on-board play soccer on a field. Communication among robots (if any) is supported on wireless communications.
No external intervention by humans is allowed, except to insert or remove robots in/from the field.
except for some modifications. For example, the standard field dimensions are 12 m by 18 m. The official tournament ball used in matches is any orange FIFA standard size 5 football. Only 5 robots per team may play on the field, including the goalkeeper.
Keeper: The keeper can also temporarily increase its dimensions to 60 cm × 60 cm × 80 cm or 52 cm × 52 cm × 90 cm. But only for 1 second, if the goal is endangered by an approaching ball. After complete reducing its size, he has to wait 4 seconds before he is allowed to expand again.
The maximum weight of the robot is 40 kg. The base color of a robot's body must be black. The paint or used material must be matte in order to minimize reflectivity.
satisfying the IEEE 802.11 specification
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13 teams have come to Suzhou to participate in RoboCup 2008 MSL competitions.
RoboCup
RoboCup is an international robotics competition founded in 1997. The aim is to develop autonomous soccer robots with the intention of promoting research and education in the field of artificial intelligence...
robot soccer leagues.
Two teams of 5 mid-sized robots with all sensors on-board play soccer on a field. Communication among robots (if any) is supported on wireless communications.
No external intervention by humans is allowed, except to insert or remove robots in/from the field.
FIFA
Generally, the rules are the same as the laws of footballLaws of the Game
The Laws of the Game are the codified rules that help define association football. These laws are published by the sport's governing body FIFA, with the approval of the International Football Association Board, the body that writes and maintains the laws...
except for some modifications. For example, the standard field dimensions are 12 m by 18 m. The official tournament ball used in matches is any orange FIFA standard size 5 football. Only 5 robots per team may play on the field, including the goalkeeper.
RoboCup
Design
Fieldplayer: The robot must fit inside a 52 cm × 52 cm × 80 cm box.Keeper: The keeper can also temporarily increase its dimensions to 60 cm × 60 cm × 80 cm or 52 cm × 52 cm × 90 cm. But only for 1 second, if the goal is endangered by an approaching ball. After complete reducing its size, he has to wait 4 seconds before he is allowed to expand again.
The maximum weight of the robot is 40 kg. The base color of a robot's body must be black. The paint or used material must be matte in order to minimize reflectivity.
Communication
The robots may communicate by means of a WLANWireless LAN
A wireless local area network links two or more devices using some wireless distribution method , and usually providing a connection through an access point to the wider internet. This gives users the mobility to move around within a local coverage area and still be connected to the network...
satisfying the IEEE 802.11 specification
Technical challenge
At every RoboCup, a new technical challenge is presented. The 2006 competition's challenge was to demonstrate that a team of robots could pass the ball.Teams
14 teams participated in the RoboCup 2009 MSL competitions in GrazGraz
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Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
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| Team | Affiliation | Country/Region |
|---|---|---|
| Tech United | Eindhoven University of Technology | Netherlands |
| Hibikino-Musashi | Kyushu Institute of Technology, the University of Kitakyushu, FAIS | Japan |
| CAMBADA | University of Aveiro | Portugal |
| 1. RFC Stuttgart | University of Stuttgart | Germany |
| NuBot | National University of Defense Technology | China |
| Carpe Noctem | University of Kassel | Germany |
| ISocRob | Institute for Systems and Robotics | Portugal |
| MRT - Milan RoboCup Team | Politecnico di Milano | Italy |
| MRL | Azad University of Qazvin | Iran |
| ISePorto | ISEP - Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto | Portugal |
| Mostly Harmless | Graz University of Technology | Austria |
| WinKIT | Kanazawa Institute of Technology | Japan |
| Water | Beijing Information Science & Technology University | China |
| Hong Kong Dragons | City University of Hong Kong | China |
13 teams have come to Suzhou to participate in RoboCup 2008 MSL competitions.
| Team | Affiliation | Country/Region |
|---|---|---|
| Brainstormers Tribots | University of Osanbrueck | Germany |
| CoPS Stuttgart | University of Stuttgart | Germany |
| NuBot | National University of Defense Technology | China |
| Tech United | Eindhoven University of Technology | Netherlands |
| Hibikino-Musashi | Kyushu Institute of Technology, the University of Kitakyushu, FAIS | Japan |
| CAMBADA | University of Aveiro | Portugal |
| EIGEN Keio Univ. | Keio University | Japan |
| MRL | Azad University of Qazvin | Iran |
| Jiaolong | Shanghai JiaoTong University | China |
| SCUT 100Steps | South China University of Technology | China |
| TKU | Tamkang University | China (Taiwan) |
| Strive | Shanghai University and Shanghai University of Engineering Science | China |
| ADRO | Azad University of Khorasgan | Iran |