Team canuck - building a winning robot soccer team

Abstract

In this talk, I will describe Team Canuck, the robot soccer team from the University of Alberta that has represented Canada to compete in the small-size league (F180) at RoboCup for the past four years. I'will briefly introduce the RoboCup international research initiative, and focus on the development of Team Canuck. The topics include rules of the competition; overall system design, robot construction, vision system, motion planning, software agents, and high-level soccer play software. The talk will conclude with lessons we have learned in the development of this exciting project, our plans for the future, and video clips that show Team Canuck in action in RoboCup competitions.