INTRODUCTION

In the Humanoid League, autonomous robots with a human-like body plan and human-like senses play soccer against each other. Unlike humanoid robots outside the Humanoid League the task of perception and world modeling is not simplified by using non-human like range sensors. In addition to soccer competitions technical challenges take place. Dynamic walking, running, and kicking the ball while maintaining balance, visual perception of the ball, other players, and the field, self-localization, and team play are among the many research issues investigated in the Humanoid League.

The league is divided in 3 subleagues, according to robot sizes:

• KidSize, 30-60 cm height
• TeenSize, 90-120 cm height
• AdultSize, 130 cm and taller

In the KidSize soccer competition teams of three, highly dynamic autonomous robots compete with each other. Since 2010 the TeenSize soccer competition features teams of two autonomous robots competing with each other. In AdultSize soccer, a striker robot plays against a goal keeper robot first and then the same robots play with exchanged roles against each other.

PARTICIPANTS

The list of participants of the Soccer Humanoid League can be found here.

INFORMATION

The league’s official website: http://www.tzi.de/humanoid/bin/view/Website/WebHome.