What is RoboCup?

RoboCup is an international research and education initiative, attempting to foster Artificial Intelligence and Robotics research by providing a standard problem where a wide range of technologies can be integrated and examined, as well as being used for integrated project-oriented education.

For this purpose, RoboCup chose to use the soccer game as a primary domain, and organizes every year The Robot World Cup Soccer Games and Conferences. Since 2000, the competitions include Search and Rescue robots as well. In order for a robot team to actually perform a soccer game, various technologies must be incorporated, including: autonomous agents design principles, multi-agent collaboration, real-time planning and control, Robotics, and sensor-fusion. The RoboCup Federation proposed the ultimate goal of the RoboCup Initiative to be stated as follows:

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"By 2050, a team of fully autonomous humanoid robot soccer players shall win a soccer game, complying with the official FIFA rules, against the winner of the most recent World Cup of Human Soccer."

 
See also:
www.robocup.org

News

• The 2025 RoboCup championship will be organized in the Salvador, Brazil. Several Dutch teams participate, see for more details the the RoboCup 2025 website!
• The RoboCup championship will be organized in the Netherlands in July 2024, see form more details the the RoboCup 2024 website!
• Tech United Eindhoven is again the 2023 worldchampion in the Soccer Midsize League, with the Falcons from ASML as runner up.
• Roboticus from Lyceum Kralingen is the first Scavenger Hunt winner, and also reached the 3rd place in the lightweight competition of the Junior Soccer League.
• Tech United Eindhoven is the 2022 worldchampion in the Soccer Midsize League and @Home Standard Platform League.
• One Junior and five Major teams are present at 2022 worldchampions in Bangkok.
• Tech United Eindhoven is the 2022 European champion in the Soccer Midsize League
• Both VDL and Tech United Eindhoven are present at the 2022 European MSL championships in Portugal
• Tech United Eindhoven is the 2019 worldchampion in the Soccer Midsize League and @Home Standard Platform League.
• 6 Dutch major teams and 1 junior team are present at RoboCup 2019 in Sydney, Australia.
• Tech United Eindhoven is the 2018 worldchampion in the Soccer Midsize League.
• The Joint Rescue Forces won the first prize in the Infrastructure competition of the Rescue Simulation League.
• 6 Dutch major teams and 1 junior team are present at RoboCup 2018 in Montreal, Canada.

 
Mission

The RoboCup Dutch Committee has the aim to promote the RoboCup initiative in the Netherlands.

The committee specific responsibilities are:

1. Manage qualification for RoboCup leagues when slots are limited.
2. Serve as a point of contact for local RoboCup events and RoboCup Opens.
3. Promote RoboCup within the Netherlands.
4. Maintain RoboCup standards for scientific research and education within the Netherlands and uphold the RoboCup mission of sharing advances through friendly competition.
5. Maintain an English website to be linked to the main RoboCup website describing the RoboCup activities in the Netherlands.
    
    

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