Making soccer kicks better: a study in particle swarm optimization

  • Authors:
  • Namrata Khemka;Christian Jacob;Gerald Cole

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada;University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada;University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

  • Venue:
  • GECCO '05 Proceedings of the 7th annual workshop on Genetic and evolutionary computation
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

Computer simulation is a useful tool for investigating mathematical models of human muscle movement. These, in turn, can be used to help design equipment for sports activities. One biomechanics example is the simulation of a high-speed soccer kick. We used an evolutionary algorithm, based on a particle swarm optimizer, to adjust muscle control parameters for a soccer kick. In this paper we describe our implementation of the soccer kick project, followed by our successful experiments performed with the soccer kick.