An overview of RoboCup-2002 Fukuoka/Busan

  • Authors:
  • Minoru Asada;Oliver Obst;Daniel Polani;Brett Browning;Andrea Bonarini;Masahiro Fujita;Thomas Christaller;Tomoichi Takahashi;Satoshi Tadokoro;Elizabeth Sklar;Gal A. Kaminka

  • Affiliations:
  • Osaka University, Osaka, Japan;University of Koblenz-Landau in Koblenz, Germany;University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom;Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University;Department of Electronics and Information of the Politecnico di Milano;Digital Creatures Laboratory, Sony Corporation;University of Hamburg;Chubu University;Kobe University;-;Bar Ilan University, Israel

  • Venue:
  • AI Magazine
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

This article reports on the Sixth Robot World Cup Competition and Conference (RoboCup-2002) Fukuoka/Busan, which took place from 19 to 25 June in Fukuoka, Japan. It was the largest Robo-Cup since 1997 and held the first humanoid league competition in the world. Further, the first ROBOTREX (robot trade and exhibitions) was held with about 50 companies, universities, and institutes represented. A total of 117,000 spectators witnessed this marvelous event. To the best of our knowledge, this was the largest robotic event in history.