Kouretes 2010 SPL Team Description Paper

摘要

Team Kouretes (the only RoboSoccer team in Greece) was founded in 2006 and became active in the Four-Legged league by participating in the technical challenges at RoboCup 2006 and in the soccer games at RoboCup German Open 2007. In 2007, the team began working with the newly-released Microsoft Robotics Studio (MSRS) on the simulated RobuDog robot and participated in the MSRS Simulation Challenge at RoboCup 2007, where it ranked 2nd bringing the first trophy home. In 2008 the team switched to the newly formed Standard Platform League (SPL) and the Aldebaran Nao robots, working simultaneously on the real robots and on the Webots and MSRS simulators. In RoboCup 2008 the team participated in all tracks of the SPL (Aibo, Nao, Webots, MSRS) and won several distinctions: 3rd place in Nao, 1st place in MSRS, and among the top 8 teams in Webots. In 2009, the team participated in the SPL of RoboCup German Open 2009 and RoboCup 2009. Unfortunately, the team was defeated in the early rounds in both competitions because of serious software problems. The intermediate round game against Zadeat at RoboCup 2009 was lost after a coin toss, following a 0-0 tie during the game and the penalty kicks. On the other hand, the team reached the 6th place in the RobotStadium Nao competition. In addition to official RoboCup competitions, the team has participated in various local events and/or exhibitions organizing SPL games with other RoboCup teams. These events include RomeCup 2008 and 2009, Athens Digital Week 2008 and 2009, Festival della Creativita 2008, TechnoTown@Villa Torlonia 2008, Hi-Tech Innovators Partenariat 2007, and the upcoming events Micropolis 2010 and SchoolFest 2010. Team Kouretes is also the organizer of the 1st RoboCup Tournament in Greece hosted by the 6th Hellenic Conference on Artificial Intelligence taking place in May 2010 in Athens, Greece. Team Kouretes is led by Michail G. Lagoudakis (assistant professor with the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering) and Nikos Vlassis (assistant professor with the Department of Production Engineering and Management). The members of the team for 2010 (in alphabetical order) are: