Workshop on Humanoid Soccer Robots

in conjunction with the 2006
IEEE International Conference on Humanoid Robots

Genoa (Italy), December 4, 2006

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Supported by:

Dept. of Information Engineering,
University of Padua,
ITALY

Schedule:
The workshop will run from 14.00 to 18.30.

14.15:
Welcome & Introduction
Prof. Enrico Pagello & Prof. Changjiu Zhou

14.20:
Prof. Minoru Asada, Osaka University, Japan
"Past years and next 10 years of RoboCup and
RoboCupSoccer Humanoid league" - (Invited Talk)

14.50:
"Soccer Behaviors for Humanoid Robots"
Jörg Stückler and Sven Behnke

15.10:
"Versatile, high-quality motions and behavior control of humanoid soccer robots"
J. Kiener, M. Friedmann, S. Petters, H. Sakamoto, O. von Stryk, D. Thomas

15.30:
"A 3D Model of a Humanoid Robot for the USARSim Simulator"
N. Greggio, G. Silvestri, S. Antonello, E. Menegatti, E. Pagello

16.00 Coffee break

16.30 Poster Session (30 min.)

"Getting Upright: Migrating Concepts and Software from
Four-Legged to Humanoid Soccer Robots"
Thomas Röferm, Tim Laue

"The challenge of motion planning for humanoid robots playing soccer"
Stefano Carpin, Enrico Pagello

"Modeling and Learning Walking Gaits of Biped Robots"
Matthias Hebbel, Ralf Kosse and Walter Nistico

"Digital Position Control for Analog Servos"
Sven Behnke and Michael Schreiber

"Feedback Control for a Small-Size Soccer Playing Humanoid Robot"
A. Manni and G. Indiveri

"A light software architecture for a Humanoid Soccer Robot"
A. Maggi, T. Guseo, E. Pagello, E. Menegatti

"The RoboCup Soccer Humanoid League: Overview and Outlook"
(Invited Paper)
N. M. Mayer, J. Boedecker, M. Ogino, S. Fuke, M. Asada

 

17:00
Prof. Hiroshi Ishiguro , Osaka University, Japan
"Development of High Performance Humanoid Robots" - (Invited Talk)

17:30
"Humanoid soccer gait generation and optimization using
probability distribution mode"
Changjiu Zhou, Lingyun Hu, Carlos A. Acosta, Pik Kong Yue

17:50
Panel Discussion (40 min.)
"Humanoid Soccer: Past, Present and Future"

Panellists:
Changjiu Zhou, Singapore Polytechnic (Chair)
Emanuele Menegatti, University of Padua
Oskar von Stryk, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany
Sven Behnke, University of Freiburg, Germany

Topics:

•  What is the shape of a humanoid robot:
•  Is omnidirectional vision allowed?
•  May they communicate by Wireless?
•  Copy of a human or fit into humanoid environment?

•  Which general technical challenges of humanoid soccer robots have been addressed (are they solved or still open)?

•  What could be the next challenges?
How are they related to current/future humanoid soccer competition?

•  What is new in the Humanoid League 2007?
(Humanoid league roadmap discussion)