Action selection and strategies in robot soccer systems

The robots used in MiroSot (Micro-Robot World Cup Soccer Tournament) are small in size (7.5cm/spl times/75cm/spl times/7.5cm), fully/semi autonomous and without any human operators. MiroSot involves multiple robots that need to collaborate in an adversarial environment to achieve specific objectives. They have dynamic environments as other robots intentionally affect the environment in unpredictable ways. The key aspect being the need for robots not only to control themselves, but also to track and control the ball which is a passive part of the environment. In multi-robot systems the environment's dynamics can be determined by other robots in addition to the uncertainty that may be inherent in the domain. The interesting theoretical issue behind MiroSot experiments is the use of soccer as a prototype example of a complex, adaptive system. And let us inculcate sports robotship in our soccer robots.