On-board control in the RoboCup small robots league

Authors: Birk, Andreas; Kenn, Holger; Walle, Thomas

Source: Advanced Robotics, Volume 14, Number 1, 2000 , pp. 27-36(10)

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Abstract:

We present the most recent version of our RoboCube system, a special robot controller hand-tailored for players in the small robots league. The RoboCube is conceptualized to implement players with as many on-board features as possible in an extremely flexible way. For this purpose, the RoboCube provides significant computation power and memory as well as a multitude of I/O interfaces within the space constraints. As it facilitates the use of many sensors and effectors, including their on-board processing, the RoboCube allows us to explore a large number of different robots and team set-ups.

Keywords: AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS; EMBEDDED HARDWARE; HETEROGENEOUS AGENTS; ROBOTIC EDUTAINMENT; ROBOCUP

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156855300741410

Affiliations: 1: Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium

Publication date: 2000-07-25