RoboCup Standard Platform League

The RoboCup Standard Platform League (SPL) is one of several leagues within RoboCup,[1] an international competition with autonomous robotic soccer matches as the main event.

rUNSWift in a four-legged league game from RoboCup 2006 in Bremen, Germany.
A Nao robot of the SPL team B-Human, RoboCup 2016 in Leipzig, Germany

Overview

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In the Standard Platform League all teams use identical (i.e., standard) robots,[2] allowing the teams concentrate on software development rather than the mechanics of robots.[3] The robots operate fully autonomously; i.e., there is no remote control by either humans or computers during the games.

The League began as the Sony Four-Legged League in 1999 using the Sony AIBO. Initially a small number of teams were invited to join the league. In 2002, the league was opened and teams were allowed to apply through a qualification process. After Sony announced that it would discontinue production of the AIBO in 2006, the League searched for a new platform and decided on the Aldebaran Robotics humanoid NAO. In 2008, the League ran both AIBOs and Naos and was renamed the Standard Platform League. From 2009, only the Naos were used.

History

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Summaries of previous World Championships[4]

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Year (Robot) Host Final Third Place Match Number of Teams
Winners Score Runners-up Third Place Score Fourth Place
1999
(AIBO)
Stockholm - Sweden LRP
  France
4-1 rUNSWift (UNSW Sydney)
  Australia
CMPack
  United States
2000
(AIBO)
Melbourne - Australia rUNSWift (UNSW Sydney)
  Australia
10-0 LRP
  France
CMPack
  United States
2001
(AIBO)
Seattle - USA rUNSWift (UNSW Sydney)
  Australia
9-2 CMPack
  United States
2002
(AIBO)
Fukuoka/Busan - Japan/Korea Archived 2005-08-14 at the Wayback Machine CMPack
  United States
3-3 (2-1) rUNSWift (UNSW Sydney)
  Australia
NUbots
  Australia
2003
(AIBO)
Padua - Italy rUNSWift (UNSW Sydney)
  Australia
4-3 UPennalizers
  United States
NUbots
  Australia
4-1 CMPack
  United States
2004
(AIBO)
Lisbon - Portugal GermanTeam
  Germany
5-3 UTS Unleashed! Archived 2010-05-23 at the Wayback Machine
  Australia
NUbots
  Australia
5-4 UPennalizers
  United States
23
2005
(AIBO)
Osaka - Japan GermanTeam
  Germany
4-3 (2-2) NUbots
  Australia
rUNSWift (UNSW Sydney)
  Australia
8-0 CMDash
  United States
24
2006
(AIBO)
Bremen - Germany NUbots
  Australia
7-3 rUNSWift (UNSW Sydney)
  Australia
Microsoft Hellhounds
  Germany
6-0 GermanTeam
  Germany
24
2007
(AIBO)
Atlanta - USA Northern Bites
  United States
5-1 NUbots
  Australia
CMDash
  United States
3-3 (6-5) WrightEagle
  China
24
2008
(AIBO)
Suzhou - China Archived 2019-04-17 at the Wayback Machine GermanTeam
  Germany
5-0 UTS-USTC WrightEagle Unleashed!
  China   Australia
Northern Bites
  United States
3-1 UT Austin Villa
  United States
10
2008
(Nao)
NUManoids
  Australia   Ireland
1-0 (0-0) GTCMUnited
  United States
Kouretes
  Greece
1-0 (0-0) Humboldt
  Germany
15
2009
(Nao)
Graz - Austria B-Human,
  Germany
5-0 Northern Bites
  United States
Nao Devils Dortmund
  Germany
4-1 UT Austin Villa
  United States
24
2010
(Nao)
Singapore B-Human,
  Germany
6-1 rUNSWift (UNSW Sydney)
  Australia
UT Austin Villa
  United States
5-1 CMurfs
  United States
23
2011
(Nao)
Istanbul - Turkey B-Human,
  Germany
11-1 Nao Devils Dortmund
  Germany
NTU Robot PAL
  Republic of China
4-2 Nao-Team HTWK
  Germany
27 [5]
2012
(Nao)
Mexico City - Mexico Archived 2011-09-24 at the Wayback Machine UT Austin Villa
  United States
4-2 B-Human,
  Germany
rUNSWift (UNSW Sydney)
  Australia
11-1 Nao-Team HTWK
  Germany
25 [6]
2013
(Nao)
Eindhoven - The Netherlands B-Human,

  Germany

6-2 Nao-Team HTWK,   Germany UT Austin Villa   United States 4-0 rUNSWift (UNSW Sydney)
  Australia
22 [7]
2014
(Nao)
Joao Pessoa - Brazil rUNSWift (UNSW Sydney)
  Australia
5-1 Nao-Team HTWK,   Germany B-Human,   Germany 7-0 UChile   Chile 20[8]
2015
(Nao)
Hefei, China UNSW Sydney
  Australia
3-1 B-Human,   Germany Nao-Team HTWK,   Germany 3-1 UChile   Chile 20[9]
2016
(Nao)
Leipzig, Germany B-Human,   Germany 3-0 (0-0) UT Austin Villa
  United States
Nao-Team HTWK,   Germany 4-1 UChile   Chile 24[10]
2017
(Nao)
Nagoya, Japan B-Human,   Germany 2-1 Nao-Team HTWK,   Germany Nao Devils Dortmund   Germany 6-2 UT Austin Villa
  United States
24[11]
2018
(Nao)
Montreal, Canada Nao-Team HTWK,   Germany 1-0 B-Human,   Germany TJArk,   China 2-0 HULKs
  Germany
21[12]
2019
(Nao)
Sydney, Australia B-Human,   Germany 2-1 Nao-Team HTWK,   Germany rUNSWift (UNSW Sydney)
  Australia
11-2 Nao Devils Dortmund
  Germany
20[13]

Technical Challenges Results [4]

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Year (Robot) Host First Second Third
1999
(AIBO)
Stockholm - Sweden rUNSWift   Australia
2000
(AIBO)
Melbourne - Australia Archived 2009-04-28 at the Wayback Machine rUNSWift   Australia
2001
(AIBO)
Seattle - USA rUNSWift   Australia
2002
(AIBO)
Fukuoka/Busan Japan/Korea Archived 2005-08-14 at the Wayback Machine rUNSWift   Australia
2003
(AIBO)
Padua - Italy rUNSWift   Australia
2004
(AIBO)
Lisbon - Portugal UTS Unleashed! Archived 2010-05-23 at the Wayback Machine   Australia ARAIBO   Japan ASURA   Japan
2005
(AIBO)
Osaka - Japan Cerberus   Turkey NUBots   Australia ARAIBO   Japan and

GermanTeam   Germany

2006
(AIBO)
Bremen - Germany Microsoft Hellhounds   Germany ASURA   Japan Dutch AIBO Team   Netherlands
2007
(AIBO)
Atlanta - USA GermanTeam   Germany Jolly Pochie   Japan UT Austin Villa   United States
2008
(AIBO)
Suzhou - China Archived 2019-04-17 at the Wayback Machine
2008
(Nao)
2009
(Nao)
Graz - Austria B-Human   Germany and
Nao-Team HTWK   Germany
Nao Devils   Germany and
Nao Team Humboldt   Germany
2010
(Nao)
Singapore rUNSWift   Australia UT Austin Villa   United States CMurfs   United States
2011
(Nao)
Istanbul - Turkey RoboEireann   Ireland Noxious-Kouretes   United Kingdom and   Greece rUNSWift   Australia
2012
(Nao)
Mexico City - Mexico Archived 2011-09-24 at the Wayback Machine Nao Team Humboldt   Germany rUNSWift   Australia B-Human   Germany
2013
(Nao)
Eindhoven - The Netherlands B-Human   Germany Nao-Team HTWK   Germany Nao Devils Dortmund   Germany and
rUNSWift   Australia
2014
(Nao)
Joao Pessoa - Brazil B-Human   Germany Austrian Kangaroos   Austria HULKs   Germany
2015
(Nao)
Hefei, China B-Human   Germany Nao Devils   Germany WrightOcean   China
2016
(Nao)
Leipzig, Germany Nao Devils   Germany HULKs   Germany B-Human   Germany

Drop-In Competition Results [4]

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Year Host First Second Third Best Drop-In Only Team
2014 Joao Pessoa - Brazil B-Human   Germany Nao-Team HTWK   Germany Nao Devils Dortmund   Germany UnBeatables   Brazil
2015 Hefei, China Nao-Team HTWK   Germany B-Human   Germany Nao Devils Dortmund   Germany UnBeatables   Brazil
2016 Leipzig, Germany B-Human   Germany Nao-Team HTWK   Germany UT Austin Villa   United States UnBeatables   Brazil

League Photos

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2014

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A group photo of all teams participating in RoboCup SPL 2014

2013

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A group photo of all teams participating in RoboCup SPL 2013
 
Robots on display for the Queen of The Netherlands at RoboCup 2013

2012

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A group photo of all teams participating in RoboCup SPL 2012

2011

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A group photo of all teams participating in RoboCup SPL 2011

2010

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A group photo of all teams participating in RoboCup SPL 2010

2009

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A group photo of all teams participating in RoboCup SPL 2009

Founders of the League[14]

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Rules

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Year Robots Team size Field Size Walls Beacons Ball Goals Lighting
1999 AIBO ERS-110 3 180 cm × 280 cm Yes 6 Orange Blue & Yellow Even & Bright
2000 AIBO ERS-110 3 180 cm × 280 cm Yes 6 Orange Blue & Yellow Even & Bright
2001 AIBO ERS-210 3 180 cm × 280 cm Yes 6 Orange Blue & Yellow Even & Bright
2002 AIBO ERS-210 4 270 cm × 420 cm Yes 6 Orange Blue & Yellow Even & Bright
2003 AIBO ERS-210A SuperCore 4 270 cm × 420 cm Yes 6 Orange Blue & Yellow Even & Bright
2004 AIBO ERS-7 4 270 cm × 420 cm Yes 4 Orange Blue & Yellow Even & Bright
2005 AIBO ERS-7 4 400 cm x 600 cm No 4 Orange Blue & Yellow Even & Bright
2006 AIBO ERS-7 4 400 cm x 600 cm No 4 Orange Blue & Yellow Even & Bright
2007 AIBO ERS-7 4 400 cm x 600 cm No 4 Orange Blue & Yellow Even & Bright
2008 AIBO ERS-7 5 400 cm x 600 cm No 2 Orange Blue & Yellow Even & Bright
2008 NAO V2 2 440 cm x 680 cm No 0 Orange Blue & Yellow Even & Bright
2009 NAO V3 3 540 cm x 740 cm No 0 Orange Blue & Yellow Even & Bright
2010 NAO V3 Plus 3 540 cm x 740 cm No 0 Orange Blue & Yellow Even & Bright
2011 Nao V3.3 4 540 cm x 740 cm No 0 Orange Blue & Yellow Even & Bright
2012 Nao 4 4 540 cm x 740 cm No 0 Orange Yellow Even & Bright
2013 Nao 4 5 600 cm x 900 cm No 0 Orange Yellow Even & Bright
2014 Nao 4 or Nao 5 5 + Coach 600 cm x 900 cm No 0 Orange Yellow Even & Bright
2015 Nao 4 or Nao 5 5 + Coach 600 cm x 900 cm No 0 Orange White Even & Bright
2016 Nao 4 or Nao 5 5 + Coach 600 cm x 900 cm No 0 Black and White White Even & Bright
2017 Nao 4 or Nao 5 5 + Coach 600 cm x 900 cm No 0 Black and White White Natural elements
2018 Nao 4 or Nao 5 5 600 cm x 900 cm No 0 Black and White White Natural elements
2019 Nao 6 or earlier 5 600 cm x 900 cm No 0 Black and White White Natural elements

Robots

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1999–2008 Sony AIBO.[15]

2008–present Aldebaran Robotics humanoid NAO robots.[16]

Technologies

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Control of the robots relies on several areas of robotics, including [17]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "RoboCup". RoboCup.org. Retrieved 2010-06-10.
  2. ^ "Standard Platform « RoboCup". Robocup.org. Archived from the original on 2010-06-14. Retrieved 2010-06-10.
  3. ^ "RoboCup 2010: Could Robot versus Human be Far Behind? [Slide Show]". Scientific American.
  4. ^ a b c d "Robocup – Standard Platform League". Tzi.de. Retrieved 2010-06-10.
  5. ^ "RoboCup Standard Platform League".
  6. ^ "RoboCup Standard Platform League".
  7. ^ "RoboCup Standard Platform League".
  8. ^ "RoboCup Standard Platform League".
  9. ^ "RoboCup Standard Platform League".
  10. ^ "RoboCup Standard Platform League".
  11. ^ "Qualification Decisions for the International SPL 2017 – RoboCup Standard Platform League".
  12. ^ "Standard Platform League Results 2018 – RoboCup Standard Platform League".
  13. ^ "Standard Platform League Results 2019 – RoboCup Standard Platform League".
  14. ^ "Robocup - Standard Platform League History". Tzi.de. Retrieved 2010-06-10.
  15. ^ "Sony AIBO Europe". Sony-europe.com. Archived from the original on 2011-12-28. Retrieved 2010-06-10.
  16. ^ "Aldebaran Robotics, the creators of Nao". Aldebaran Robotics. Retrieved 2010-06-10.
  17. ^ http://robots.newcastle.edu.au/
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