Exactly one year ago, I was allowed to go to the Georgia Institute of Technology where the Robocup 2007 was held. Robocup is an AI testbed where robot teams of different types compete with each other in solving the problem of playing soccer. DAINAMITE, our 2D Simulation team, consisted of 11 java processes constantly sending “kick”,”turn” or “dash” commands to a simulation engine. These simple commands can result in a very realistic tactical behavior as can be seen from these logfiles (based on flash, a Second-Life visualization is under development).

In Atlanta we arrived 9th, missing the final rounds by one place and thus achieving exactly the same result as in the 2006 worldcup. I stopped my commitment to DAINAMITE in 2007 in order to focus on my PhD work. But, thanks to the work of the remaining and new team members DAINAMITE has continued to evolve. Robocup 2008 will be held in Sozhou, China, from July 14-20.

GOOD LUCK, DAINAMITE!!

Links:

DAINAMITE homepage (The team code is partly available for download (Java).)

Robocup2008 homepage