7. RoboCup 2003: Padua, Italy
Daniel Polani, Brett Browning, Andrea Bonarini, Kazuo Yoshida (Eds.): RoboCup 2003: Robot Soccer World Cup VII. Springer 2004 Lecture Notes in Computer Science ISBN 3-540-22443-2
Overview and Roadmap
Enrico Pagello, Emanuele Menegatti, Ansgar Bredenfeld, Paulo Costa, Thomas Christaller, Adam Jacoff, Jeffrey Johnson, Martin Riedmiller, Alessandro Saffiotti, Takashi Tomoichi: Overview of RoboCup 2003 Competition and Conferences. 1-14
Hans-Dieter Burkhard, Minoru Asada, Andrea Bonarini, Adam Jacoff, Daniele Nardi, Martin Riedmiller, Claude Sammut, Elizabeth Sklar, Manuela M. Veloso: RoboCup: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Workshop of the Executive Committee in Blaubeuren, October 2003. 15-34
Invited Papers
Hiroaki Kitano: Challenges in Robust Situation Recognition through Information Fusion for Mission Criticial Multi-agent Systems. 35-42
Ulrich Nehmzow: On the Role of Quantitative Descriptions of Behaviour in Mobile Robotics Research. 54-66
Technical Papers

Andrea Miene, Ubbo Visser, Otthein Herzog: Recognition and Prediction of Motion Situations Based on a Qualitative Motion Description. 77-88
Itsuki Noda: Hidden Markov Modeling of Team-Play Synchronization. 102-113
Martin Lötzsch, Joscha Bach, Hans-Dieter Burkhard, Matthias Jüngel: Designing Agent Behavior with the Extensible Agent Behavior Specification Language XABSL. 114-124
Timo Steffens: Feature-Based Declarative Opponent-Modelling. 125-136
Ali Ajdari Rad, Navid Qaragozlou, Maryam Zaheri: Scenario-Based Teamworking, How to Learn, Create, and Teach Complex Plans? 137-144
Jan Murray: Specifying Agent Behaviors with UML Statecharts and StatEdit. 145-156
Paul-Gerhard Plöger, Adriana Arghir, Tobias Günther, Ramin Hosseiny: Echo State Networks for Mobile Robot Modeling and Control. 157-168
Hans Lausen, Jakob Nielsen, Michael Nielsen, Pedro U. Lima: Model and Behavior-Based Robotic Goalkeeper. 169-180
Juan Cristóbal Zagal, Javier Ruiz-del-Solar, Pablo Guerrero, Rodrigo Palma Amestoy: Evolving Visual Object Recognition for Legged Robots. 181-191
Jinyi Yao, Lao Ni, Fan Yang, Yunpeng Cai, Zengqi Sun: Technical Solutions of TsinghuAeolus for Robotic Soccer. 205-213
Matthias Jüngel, Jan Hoffmann, Martin Lötzsch: A Real-Time Auto-Adjusting Vision System for Robotic Soccer. 214-225
Gerd Mayer, Hans Utz, Gerhard K. Kraetzschmar: Playing Robot Soccer under Natural Light: A Case Study. 238-249
Thomas Röfer, Matthias Jüngel: Fast and Robust Edge-Based Localization in the Sony Four-Legged Robot League. 262-273
Kai Huebner: A Symmetry Operator and Its Application to the RoboCup. 274-283
Peter Stone: RoboCup as an Introduction to CS Research. 284-295
Elizabeth Sklar, Simon Parsons, Peter Stone: RoboCup in Higher Education: A Preliminary Report. 296-307
Peta Wyeth, Mark Venz, Gordon Wyeth: Scaffolding Children's Robot Building and Programming Activities. 308-319
Alessandro Farinelli, Luca Iocchi: Planning Trajectories in Dynamic Environments Using a Gradient Method. 320-331
Sven Behnke: Local Multiresolution Path Planning. 332-343
Minoru Asada, Yutaka Katoh, Masaki Ogino, Koh Hosoda: A Humanoid Approaches to the Goal - Reinforcement Learning Based on Rhythmic Walking Parameters. 344-354

Michael J. Quinlan, Craig L. Murch, Richard H. Middleton, Stephan K. Chalup: Traction Monitoring for Collision Detection with Legged Robots. 374-384
Thorsten Schmitt, Robert Hanek, Michael Beetz: Developing Comprehensive State Estimators for Robot Soccer. 397-409
Kazuhito Murakami, Shinya Hibino, Yukiharu Kodama, Tomoyuki Iida, Kyosuke Kato, Tadashi Naruse: Cooperative Soccer Play by Real Small-Size Robot. 410-421
Paul Lee, Tim Dean, Andrew Yap, Dariusz Walter, Les Kitchen, Nick Barnes: On-Board Vision Using Visual-Servoing for RoboCup F-180 League Mobile Robots. 422-433
Alexander Kleiner, Thorsten Buchheim: A Plugin-Based Architecture for Simulation in the F2000 League. 434-445
Kazunori Asanuma, Kazunori Umeda, Ryuichi Ueda, Tamio Arai: Development of a Simulator of Environment and Measurement for Autonomous Mobile Robots Considering Camera Characteristics. 446-457
Posters


Jianqiang Jia, Weidong Chen, Yugeng Xi: A Rule-Driven Autonomous Robotic System Operating in a Time-Varying Environment. 487-494
Vincent Hugel, Pierre Blazevic, Olivier Stasse, Patrick Bonnin: Trot Gait Design Details for Quadrupeds. 495-502
Stef B. M. Post, Maurits L. Fassaert, Arnoud Visser: The High-Level Communication Model for Multi-agent Coordination in the RoboCupRescue Simulator. 503-509
Yasuhiro Masutani, Yukihisa Tanaka, Tomoya Shigeta, Fumio Miyazaki: Pseudo-local Vision System Using Ceiling Camera for Small Multi-robot Platforms. 510-517
Oliver Obst: Using Model-Based Diagnosis to Build Hypotheses about Spatial Environments: A Response to a Technical Challenge. 518-525
Akira Motomura, Takeshi Matsuoka, Tsutomu Hasegawa: Self-localization Method Using Two Landmarks and Dead Reckoning for Autonomous Mobile Soccer Robots. 526-533
Hans-Ulrich Kobialka, Vlatko Becanovic: Speed-Dependent Obstacle Avoidance by Dynamic Active Regions. 534-542
Jafar Habibi, Hamid Younesy, Abbas Heydarnoori: Using the Opponent Pass Modeling Method to Improve Defending Ability of a (Robo)Soccer Simulation Team. 543-550
Gonçalo Neto, Hugo Costelha, Pedro U. Lima: Topological Navigation in Configuration Space Applied to Soccer Robots. 551-558
Tomoharu Nakashima, Masayo Udo, Hisao Ishibuchi: A Fuzzy Reinforcement Learning for a Ball Interception Problem. 559-567
Nobuyuki Kurihara, Ryotaku Hayashi, Hikari Fujii, Daiki Sakai, Kazuo Yoshida: Intelligent Control of Autonomous Mobile Soccer Robot Adapting to Dynamical Environment. 568-575
Yasutake Takahashi, Koichi Hikita, Minoru Asada: A Hierarchical Multi-module Learning System Based on Self-interpretation of Instructions by Coach. 576-583
Mike Reddy, Stuart Lewis: Building Aunt Hillary: Creating Artificial Minds with ?Neural Nests?. 584-591
Michael Beetz, Freek Stulp, Alexandra Kirsch, Armin Müller, Sebastian Buck: Autonomous Robot Controllers Capable of Acquiring Repertoires of Complex Skills. 592-599
Alireza Fadaei Tehrani, Ali Mohammad Doosthosseini, Hamid Reza Moballegh, Peiman Amini, Mohammad Mehdi DaneshPanah: A New Odometry System to Reduce Asymmetric Errors for Omnidirectional Mobile Robots. 600-610
Toshiyuki Ishimura, Takeshi Kato, Kentaro Oda, Takeshi Ohashi: An Open Robot Simulator Environment. 621-627
Kousuke Shinoda, Itsuki Noda, Masayuki Ohta, Susumu Kunifuji: Application of Parallel Scenario Description for RoboCupRescue Civilian Agent. 628-636
Alessandro Farinelli, Giorgio Grisetti, Luca Iocchi, Sergio Lo Cascio, Daniele Nardi: RoboCup Rescue Simulation: Methodologies Tools and Evaluation for Practical Applications. 645-653
Mansour Jamzad, Abolfazl Keighobadi Lamjiri: An Efficient Need-Based Vision System in Variable Illumination Environment of Middle Size RoboCup. 654-661
Andrea Bonarini, Matteo Matteucci, Marcello Restelli: Filling the Gap among Coordination, Planning, and Reaction Using a Fuzzy Cognitive Model. 662-669
John Anderson, Jacky Baltes, David Livingston, Elizabeth Sklar, Jonah Tower: Toward an Undergraduate League for RoboCup. 670-677
Marcello Restelli, Domenico G. Sorrenti, Fabio M. Marchese: A Probabilistic Framework for Weighting Different Sensor Data in MUREA. 678-685
Michael H. Bowling, Brett Browning, Allen Chang, Manuela M. Veloso: Plays as Team Plans for Coordination and Adaptation. 686-693

Sven Behnke, Anna Egorova, Alexander Gloye, Raúl Rojas, Mark Simon: Predicting Away Robot Control Latency. 712-719
Daniel Polani: Towards a Probabilistic Asynchronous Linear Control Theory. 720-728
Jan Wendler, Joscha Bach: Recognizing and Predicting Agent Behavior with Case Based Reasoning. 729-738
Alankar Karol, Bernhard Nebel, Christopher Stanton, Mary-Anne Williams: Case Based Game Play in the RoboCup Four-Legged League Part I The Theoretical Model. 739-747
Javier Ruiz-del-Solar, Juan Cristóbal Zagal: How Contests Can Foster the Research Activities on Robotics in Developing Countries: Chile - A Case Study. 748-756
Christopher Stanton, Mary-Anne Williams: Grounding Robot Sensory and Symbolic Information Using the Semantic Web. 757-764



