Rescue Simulation League History

This page is a place holder for information which was previously available at the page and is maintained here
for historical reasons.

Introduction

The pages on http://www.robocuprescue.org/, which was an entrance both for the Rescue and Rescue Simulation League, are no longer maintained:

• The agent competition
• The infrastructure competition
• The virtual robot competition

Former Committee members

• Executive Committee
  • Levent H. Akin (TR)
  • Stephano Carpin (USA)
  • Steven Balakirsky, NIST, USA
  • Alexander Kleiner, iRobot, California
  • Nobuhiro Ito, Aichi Institute of Technology, Japan

• TC agent competition
  • Jiang Fu, Central South University, China
  • Moritz Goebelbecker, University Freiburg, Germany
  • Gopal Ramchurn (UK)

• TC virtual robot competition
  • Francesco Amigoni, Politecnico de Milano, Italy
  • Sanaz Taleghani, Qazvin Islamic Azad University, Iran
  • Amir Abdi, Sharif University of Technology, Iran
  • Behzad Tabibian, The University of Edinburgh, UK
  • Andreas Kolling (USA)

• Organization Committee
  • Nobuhiro Ito, Aichi Institute of Technology, Japan (local chair Nagoya 2017)
  • Klaus Dorer, Hochschule Offenburg, Germany (local chair Leipzig 2016)
  • Stefan Glaser, Hochschule Offenburg, Germany (local co-chair Leipzig 2016)
  • Jiang Fu, Central South University, China (Agent competition 2016)
  • Li Tang, Central South University, China (local chair Hefei 2015)
  • Paulo R. Ferreira, Universidade Federal de Pelotas (local co-chair Joao Pessoa 2014)
  • Luis Gustavo Nardin, University of São Paulo (local co-chair Joao Pessoa 2014)
  • Moritz Goebelbecker, University Freiburg, Germany (Local Chair Eindhoven 2013)
  • Eduardo Morales , Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, Mexico (Local Chair Mexico 2012)
  • Veysel Gazi, Istanbul Kemerburgaz University (Local Chair Instanbul 2011)

RoboCup 2016 Information

• Qualification Information Agent competition and Virtual Robot competition

More detailed information about the Agent and Virtual Robot competitions are available on these locations:

• Agent competition
• Virtual Robot competition

The competition will be held from 30 June to July 4 in Leipzig, Germany. More information on the location can be found here.

RoboCup 2015 Information

• Qualification Information Agent competition and Virtual Robot competition

More detailed information about the Agent and Virtual Robot competitions are available on these locations:

• Agent competition
• Virtual Robot competition

RoboCup 2014 Information

• Qualification Information Agent competition and Virtual Robot competition
• Qualified Teams Agent competition and Virtual Robot competition
• Competition Information

More detailed information about the Agent and Virtual Robot competitions are available on these locations:

• Agent competition
• Virtual Robot competition

RoboCup 2013 Information

This is the local information for the upcoming RoboCup world championships:

• Qualification Information Agent competition and Virtual Robot competition
• Candidate Teams Agent competition and Virtual Robot competition
• Qualified Teams Agent competition and Virtual Robot competition
• Competition Information
• Competition Groups
• Scores

RoboCup 2013 Scores

The official scores [1] of the competition in Eindhoven do not contain the results of the finals. So alos check the detailed scores of the Agent competition and detailed scores of the Virtual Robot competition.

RoboCup 2013 Symposium

During the 2013 RoboCup Symposium, a number of papers were presented which were presented by members of this league:

• Toshinori Niwa, Masaru Okaya and Tomoichi Takahashi – Parallel Computation using GPGPU to Simulate Crowd Evacuation Behaviors – planning effective evacuation guidance at emergencies, Proceedings of the 17th RoboCup Symposium, Eindhoven, July 2013.
• Khudaydad Mahmoodi, Muhammet Balcilar, Fatih Amasyali, Sirma Yavuz, Yücel Uzun and Feruz Davletov – Routing with Dijkstra in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks, Proceedings of the 17th RoboCup Symposium, Eindhoven, July 2013.
• Zeid Kootbally, Stephen Balakirsky and Arnoud Visser – Enabling codesharing in Rescue Simulation with USARSim/ROS, Proceedings of the 17th RoboCup Symposium, Eindhoven, July 2013.
• Alain Caltieri and Francesco Amigoni – High-Level Commands in Human-Robot Interaction for Search and Rescue, Proceedings of the 17th RoboCup Symposium, Eindhoven, July 2013.
• Matteo Luperto, Alberto Quattrini Li and Francesco Amigoni – A System for Building Semantic Maps of Indoor Environments Exploiting the Concept of Building Typology, Proceedings of the 17th RoboCup Symposium, Eindhoven, July 2013.

RoboCup 2012 Information

This is the local information for the previous RoboCup world championships in Mexico:

• Qualification Information Agent competition and Virtual Robot competition
• Candidate Teams Agent competition and Virtual Robot competition
• Qualified Teams Agent competition and Virtual Robot competition
• Competition Information
• Competition Groups
• Scores

More detailed information about the upcoming Agent and Virtual Robot competitions are available on these locations:

• Agent competition
• Virtual Robot competition

RoboCup 2012 Scores

The official scores [2] of the competition in Mexico. Also check the detailed scores of the Agent competition and detailed scores of the Virtual Robot competition.

RoboCup 2012 Symposium

During the 2012 RoboCup Symposium, three papers were presented which were presented by members of this league:

• Francesco Amigoni, Nicola Basilico and Alberto Quattrini Li – How Much Worth Is Coordination of Mobile Robots for Exploration in Search and Rescue?, Proceedings of the 16th RoboCup Symposium, Mexico, June 2012.
• Masaru Okaya and Tomoichi Takahashi – Evacuation Simulation with Guidance for Anti-disaster Planning, Proceedings of the 16th RoboCup Symposium, Mexico, June 2012.
• Sander van Noort and Arnoud Visser – Virtual Robots towards RoboCup Soccer Simulation and @Home, Proceedings of the 16th RoboCup Symposium, Mexico, June 2012.

RoboCup 2011 Information

This is the local information for the previous RoboCup world championship in Istanbul:

• Qualification Information
• Candidate Teams
• Qualified Teams
• Competition Information
• Competition Groups
• Scores

More detailed information about the upcoming Agent and Virtual Robot competitions are available on the RoboCup Rescue wiki:

• Agent competition
• Virtual Robot competition

RoboCup 2011 Scores

The official results of the latest competition in Istanbul. Also check the detailed scores of the Agent competition and detailed scores of the Virtual Robot competition.

RoboCup 2011 Symposium

During the 2011 RoboCup Symposium, two papers were presented relevant to this league:

• Mohammad Norouzi, Freek Bruijn and Jaime Valls Miró, – Planning Stable Paths for Urban Search and Rescue Robots, in “RoboCup 2011: Robot Soccer World Cup XV”, pp. 90-101, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 7416, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2012.
• Masaru Okaya and Tomoichi Takahashi, – Proposal for Everywhere Evacuation Simulation System, in “RoboCup 2011: Robot Soccer World Cup XV”, pp. 246-257, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 7416, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2012.

Earlier publications

RoboCup 2018 Symposium

During the 2018 RoboCup Symposium, these papers was presented by members of this league:

• Masaru Shimizu and Tomoichi Takahashi. Survey of rescue competitions and proposal of new standard task from ordinary tasks, to be published in the Springer Lecture Notes on Artificial Intelligence series.

RoboCup 2017 Symposium

During the 2017 RoboCup Symposium, these papers was presented by members of this league:

• Shunki Takami, Kazuo Takayanagi, Shivashish Jaishy, Nobuhiro Ito, Kazunori Iwata, Yohsuke Murase and Takeshi Uchitane – Proposed environment to support development and experiment in RoboCupRescue Simulation, in RoboCup 2017: Robot World Cup XXI, the Springer Lecture Notes on Artificial Intelligence series, volume 11175, 2018.
• Enric Cervera, Gustavo Casañ and Ricardo Tellez – Cloud Simulations for RoboCup, in RoboCup 2017: Robot World Cup XXI, the Springer Lecture Notes on Artificial Intelligence series, volume 11175, 2018.

RoboCup 2016 Symposium

During the 2016 RoboCup Symposium, this two papers were presented by members of this league:

• Masaru Shimizu, Masayuki Okugawa, Katsuji Oogane, Yoshikazu Ohtsubo, Tetsuya Kimura, Tomoichi Takahashi and Satoshi Tadokoro – Standard Rescue Tasks Based on the Japan Virtual Robotics Challenge, in RoboCup 2016: Robot World Cup XX, the Springer Lecture Notes on Artificial Intelligence series, volume 9776, 2017, p. 243-255.
• Okan Aşık and H. Levent Akin –Effective Multi-Robot Spatial Task Allocation using Model Approximations, in RoboCup 2016: Robot World Cup XX, the Springer Lecture Notes on Artificial Intelligence series, volume 9776, 2017, p. 440-451.

RoboCup 2015 Symposium

During the 2015 RoboCup Symposium, this paper was presented by members of this league:

• Masaru Shimizu, Nate Koenig, Arnoud Visser and Tomoichi Takahashi – A realistic RoboCup Rescue Simulation based on Gazebo, in RoboCup 2015: Robot World Cup XIX, Springer Lecture Notes on Artificial Intelligence series, volume 9513, 2016, p. 331-338.

RoboCup 2014 Symposium

During the 2014 RoboCup Symposium, a number of papers were presented by members of this league:

• Victor Spirin, Julian de Hoog, Arnoud Visser and Stephen Cameron – MRESim, a multi-robot exploration simulator for Rescue Simulation League, in RoboCup 2014: Robot World Cup XVIII, Springer Lecture Notes on Artificial Intelligence series 2015, p. 106-117.
• Arnoud Visser, Nobuhiro Ito and Alexander Kleiner – RoboCup Rescue Simulation Innovation Strategy, Proceedings of the 18th RoboCup Symposium, Special Track on the advancement of the RoboCup Leagues, João Pessoa – Brazil, July, 2014.
• Tomoichi Takahashi and Masaru Shimizu – How can the RoboCup Rescue Simulation contribute to emergency preparedness in real-world disaster situations?, Proceedings of the 18th RoboCup Symposium, João Pessoa, July 2014.
• Iván Riaño and Arnoud Visser – Mid-Term report ‘Establishing bonds for the advancement of the Rescue League’, Proceedings of the 18th RoboCup Symposium, Projects Promoting RoboCup, João Pessoa, July 13, 2014

RoboCup 2013 Symposium

During the 2013 RoboCup Symposium, a number of papers were presented by members of this league:

• Toshinori Niwa, Masaru Okaya and Tomoichi Takahashi – Parallel Computation using GPGPU to Simulate Crowd Evacuation Behaviors – planning effective evacuation guidance at emergencies, Proceedings of the 17th RoboCup Symposium, Eindhoven, July 2013.
• Khudaydad Mahmoodi, Muhammet Balcilar, Fatih Amasyali, Sirma Yavuz, Yücel Uzun and Feruz Davletov – Routing with Dijkstra in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks, Proceedings of the 17th RoboCup Symposium, Eindhoven, July 2013.
• Zeid Kootbally, Stephen Balakirsky and Arnoud Visser – Enabling codesharing in Rescue Simulation with USARSim/ROS, Proceedings of the 17th RoboCup Symposium, Eindhoven, July 2013.
• Alain Caltieri and Francesco Amigoni – High-Level Commands in Human-Robot Interaction for Search and Rescue, Proceedings of the 17th RoboCup Symposium, Eindhoven, July 2013.
• Matteo Luperto, Alberto Quattrini Li and Francesco Amigoni – A System for Building Semantic Maps of Indoor Environments Exploiting the Concept of Building Typology, Proceedings of the 17th RoboCup Symposium, Eindhoven, July 2013.

RoboCup 2012 Symposium

During the 2012 RoboCup Symposium, three papers were presented by members of this league:

• Francesco Amigoni, Nicola Basilico and Alberto Quattrini Li – How Much Worth Is Coordination of Mobile Robots for Exploration in Search and Rescue?, Proceedings of the 16th RoboCup Symposium, Mexico, June 2012.
• Masaru Okaya and Tomoichi Takahashi – Evacuation Simulation with Guidance for Anti-disaster Planning, Proceedings of the 16th RoboCup Symposium, Mexico, June 2012.
• Sander van Noort and Arnoud Visser – Virtual Robots towards RoboCup Soccer Simulation and @Home, Proceedings of the 16th RoboCup Symposium, Mexico, June 2012.

RoboCup 2011 Symposium

During the 2011 RoboCup Symposium, two papers were presented relevant to this league:

• Mohammad Norouzi, Freek Bruijn and Jaime Valls Miró – Planning Stable Paths for Urban Search and Rescue Robots, in “RoboCup 2011: Robot Soccer World Cup XV”, pp. 90-101, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 7416, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2012.
• Masaru Okaya and Tomoichi Takahashi – Proposal for Everywhere Evacuation Simulation System, in “RoboCup 2011: Robot Soccer World Cup XV”, pp. 246-257, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 7416, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2012.

RoboCup 2010 Symposium

During the 2010 RoboCup Symposium, this paper was presented relevant to this league:

• Okke Formsma, Nick Dijkshoorn, Sander van Noort and Arnoud Visser, – Realistic Simulation of Laser Range Finder Behavior in a Smoky Environment, in “RoboCup 2010: Robot Soccer World Cup XIV”, pp. 336-349, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 6556, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2011.

RoboCup 2009 Symposium

During the 2009 RoboCup Symposium, three papers were presented relevant to this league:

• Ashkan Radmand, Eslam Nazemi and Mohammad Goodarzi – Integrated Genetic Algorithmic and Fuzzy Logic Approach for Decision Making of Police Force Agents in Rescue Simulation Environment, in “RoboCup 2009: Robot Soccer World Cup XIII”, pp. 288-295, Lecture Notes on Artificial Intelligence 5949, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2010.
• Fares Alnajar, Hanne Nijhuis and Arnoud Visser – Coordinated action in a Heterogeneous Rescue Team, in “RoboCup 2009: Robot Soccer World Cup XIII”, pp. 1-10, Lecture Notes on Artificial Intelligence 5949, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2010.
• Masaru Okaya, Shigeru Yotsukura, Tomoichi Takahashi – A Hybrid Agent Simulation System of Rescue Simulation and USARSim Simulations from Going to Fire-Escape Doors to Evacuation to Shelters, in “RoboCup 2009: Robot Soccer World Cup XIII”, pp. 414-424, Lecture Notes on Artificial Intelligence 5949, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2010.

RoboCup 2008 Symposium

During the 2008 RoboCup Symposium, three papers were presented relevant to this league:

• Andreas Birk, Jann Poppinga, Todor Stoyanov and Yashodhan Nevatia – Planetary Exploration in USARsim: A Case Study Including Real World Data from Mars, in “RoboCup 2008: Robot Soccer World Cup XII”, pp. 463-472, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5399, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2009.
• Tijn Schmits and Arnoud Visser – An Omnidirectional Camera Simulation for the USARSim World, in “RoboCup 2008: Robot Soccer World Cup XII”, pp. 296-307, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5399, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2009.
• Dali Sun, Alexander Kleiner and Thomas M. Wendt – Multi-robot Range-Only SLAM by Active Sensor Nodes for Urban Search and Rescue, in “RoboCup 2008: Robot Soccer World Cup XII”, pp. 318-330, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5399, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2009.

RoboCup 2007 Symposium

During the 2007 RoboCup Symposium, four papers were presented relevant to this league:

• Omid Aghazadeh, Maziar Ahmad Sharbafi and Abolfazl Toroghi Haghighat – Implementing Parametric Reinforcement Learning in Robocup Rescue Simulation, in “RoboCup 2007: Robot Soccer World Cup XI”, pp. 409-416, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5001, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2008.
• S. La Cesa, A. Farinelli, L. Iocchi, D. Nardi, M. Sbarigia and M. Zaratti – Semi-autonomous Coordinated Exploration in Rescue Scenarios, in “RoboCup 2007: Robot Soccer World Cup XI”, pp. 286-293, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5001, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2008.
• Winai Chonnaparamutt and Andreas Birk – A Fuzzy Controller for Autonomous Negotiation of Stairs by a Mobile Robot with Adjustable Tracks, in “RoboCup 2007: Robot Soccer World Cup XI”, pp. 196-207, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5001, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2008.
• Max Pfingsthorn, Bayu Slamet and Arnoud Visser – A Scalable Hybrid Multi-Robot SLAM Method for Highly Detailed Maps, in “RoboCup 2007: Robot Soccer World Cup XI”, pp. 457-464, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5001, 2008.

RoboCup 2006 Symposium

During the 2006 RoboCup Symposium, three papers were presented relevant to this league:

• Giuliano Polverari, Daniele Calisi, Alessando Farinelli and Daniele Nardi – Development of an Autonomous Rescue Robot Within the USARSim 3D Virtual Environment, in “RoboCup 2006: Robot Soccer World Cup X”, pp. 491-498, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4434, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2007.
• Marco Zaratti, Marco Fratarcangeli and Luca Iocchi – A 3D Simulator of Multiple Legged Robots Based on USARSim, in “”RoboCup 2006: Robot Soccer World Cup X”, pp. 13-24, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4434, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2007.
• Martínez, Ivette, David Ojeda, and Ezequiel Zamora. – Ambulance decision support using evolutionary reinforcement learning in RoboCup rescue simulation league, in “”RoboCup 2006: Robot Soccer World Cup X”, pp. 556-563, 2007.

RoboCup 2005 Symposium

During the 2005 RoboCup Symposium, eight papers were presented relevant to this league:

• Max Pfingsthorn and Andreas Birk – A HMI Supporting Adjustable Autonomy of Rescue Robots, in “RoboCup 2005: Robot Soccer World Cup IX”, pp. 255-266, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4020, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2006.
• Stefano Carpin, Jijun Wang, Michael Lewis, Andreas Birk and Adam Jacoff – High Fidelity Tools for Rescue Robotics: Results and Perspectives, in “RoboCup 2005: Robot Soccer World Cup IX”, pp. 301-311, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4020, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2006.
• Alexander Kleiner, Michael Brenner, Tobias Bräuer, Christian Dornhege, Moritz Göbelbecker, Mathias Luber, Johann Prediger, Jörg Stückler and Bernhard Nebel – Successful Search and Rescue in Simulated Disaster Areas, in “RoboCup 2005: Robot Soccer World Cup IX”, pp. 323-334, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4020, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2006.
• Itsuki Noda – Consistency Management Framework for Database Used in Integrated Simulations, in “RoboCup 2005: Robot Soccer World Cup IX”, pp. 279-289, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4020, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2006.
• Sébastien Paquet, Ludovic Tobin and Brahim Chaib-draa – An Online POMDP Algorithm Used by the PoliceForce Agents in the RoboCupRescue Simulation, in “RoboCup 2005: Robot Soccer World Cup IX”, pp. 196-207, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4020, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2006.
• Martijn N. Rooker and Andreas Birk – Communicative Exploration with Robot Packs, in “RoboCup 2005: Robot Soccer World Cup IX”, pp. 267-278, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4020, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2006.
• Mohammad Nejad Sedaghat, Leila Pakravan Nejad, Sina Iravanian and Ehsan Rafiee – Task Allocation for the Police Force Agents in RoboCupRescue Simulation, in “RoboCup 2005: Robot Soccer World Cup IX”, pp. 656-664, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4020, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2006.
• Cameron Skinner and Mike Barley – Robocup Rescue Simulation Competition: Status Report, in “RoboCup 2005: Robot Soccer World Cup IX”, pp. 632-639, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4020, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2006.

RoboCup 2004 Symposium

During the 2004 RoboCup Symposium, five papers were presented relevant to this league:

• Stefano Carpin and Andreas Birk – Stochastic Map Merging in Rescue Environments, in “RoboCup 2004: Robot Soccer World Cup VIII”, pp. 483-490, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3276, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2005.
• Çetin Meriçli, I. Osman Tufanoğulları and H. Levent Akın – World Modeling in Disaster Environments with Constructive Self-Organizing Maps for Autonomous Search and Rescue Robots, in “RoboCup 2004: Robot Soccer World Cup VIII”, pp. 467-473, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3276, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2005.
• Timo A. Nüssle, Alexander Kleiner and Michael Brenner – Approaching Urban Disaster Reality: The ResQ Firesimulator, in “RoboCup 2004: Robot Soccer World Cup VIII”, pp. 474-482, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3276, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2005.
• Martijn N. Rooker and Andreas Birk – Combining Exploration and Ad-Hoc Networking in RoboCup Rescue, in “RoboCup 2004: Robot Soccer World Cup VIII”, pp. 236-246, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3276, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2005.
• Sanem Sarıel and H. Levent Akın – A Novel Search Strategy for Autonomous Search and Rescue Robots, in “RoboCup 2004: Robot Soccer World Cup VIII”, pp. 459-466, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3276, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2005.

RoboCup 2003 Symposium

During the 2003 RoboCup Symposium, four papers were presented relevant to this league:

• Alessandro Farinelli, Giorgio Grisetti, Luca Iocchi, Sergio Lo Cascio and Daniele Nardi – RoboCup Rescue Simulation: Methodologies Tools and Evaluation for Practical Applications, in “RoboCup 2003: Robot Soccer World Cup VII”, pp. 645-653, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3020, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2004.
• Hiroaki Kitano – Challenges in Robust Situation Recognition Through Information Fusion for Mission Criticial Multi-Agent Systems, in “RoboCup 2003: Robot Soccer World Cup VII”, pp. 35-42, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3020, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2004.
• Stef B. M. Post, Maurits L. Fassaert and Arnoud Visser – The High-Level Communication Model for Multi-Agent Coordination in the RoboCupRescue Simulator, in “RoboCup 2003: Robot Soccer World Cup VII”, pp. 503-509, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3020, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2004.
• Kousuke Shinoda, Itsuki Noda, Masayuki Ohta and Susumu Kunifuji – Application of Parallel Scenario Description for RoboCupRescue Civilian Agent, in “RoboCup 2003: Robot Soccer World Cup VII”, pp. 628-636, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3020, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2004.

RoboCup 2002 Symposium

During the 2002 RoboCup Symposium, two papers were presented relevant to this league:

• Ranjit Nair, Milind Tambe and Stacy Marsella – Team Formation for Reformation in Multiagent Domains Like RoboCupRescue, in “RoboCup 2002: Robot Soccer World Cup VI”, pp. 150-161, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3020, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2003.
• Tomoichi Takahashi –RoboCupRescue Simulation League, in “RoboCup 2002: Robot Soccer World Cup VI”, pp. 477-481, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3020, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2003.

RoboCup 2001 Symposium

During the 2001 RoboCup Symposium, eight papers were presented relevant to this league:

• Ian Frank, Kumiko Tanaka-Ishii, Hitoshi Matsubara and Eiichi Osawa – Walkie-Talkie MIKE, in “RoboCup 2001: Robot Soccer World Cup V”, pp. 191-207, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2377, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2002.
• Yoshitaka Kuwata and Atsushi Shinjoh – Building User Models for RoboCup-Rescue Visualization, in “RoboCup 2001: Robot Soccer World Cup V”, pp. 111-116, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2377, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2002.
• Takeshi Morimoto, Kenji Kono and Ikuo Takeuchi – YabAI The First Rescue Simulation League Champion, in “RoboCup 2001: Robot Soccer World Cup V”, pp. 75-99, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2377, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2002.
• Ranjit Nair, Takayuki Ito, Milind Tambe and Stacy Marsella – Task Allocation in the RoboCup Rescue Simulation Domain: A Short Note, in “RoboCup 2001: Robot Soccer World Cup V”, pp. 1-22, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2377, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2002.
• Itsuki Noda, Tomoichi Takahashi, Shuji Morita, Tetsuhiko Koto and Satoshi Tadokoro – Language Design for Rescue Agents, in “RoboCup 2001: Robot Soccer World Cup V”, pp. 125-166, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2377, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2002.
• Lin Padgham, John Thangarajah, David Poutakidis and Chandaka Fernand – Team Description for RMIT-on-Fire: Robocup Rescue Simulation Team 2001, in “RoboCup 2001: Robot Soccer World Cup V”, pp. 189-246, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2377, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2002.
• Taku Sakushima, Tetsuya Esaki, Yoshiki Asai, Nobuhiro Ito, Koichi Wada – A Design of Agents for the Disaster Simulator on RoboCup-Rescue, in “RoboCup 2001: Robot Soccer World Cup V”, pp. 205-236, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2377, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2002.
• Tomoichi Takahashi, Satoshi Tadokoro, Masayuki Ohta, Nobuhiro Ito – Agent Based Approach in Disaster Rescue Simulation – From Test-Bed of Multiagent System to Practical Application, in “RoboCup 2001: Robot Soccer World Cup V”, pp. 63-74, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2377, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2002.

RoboCup 2000 Symposium

During the 2000 RoboCup Symposium, seven papers were presented relevant to this league:

• Gary Au, Simon Goss, Clint Heinze and Adrian R. Pearce – RescueModel: A Multi-Agent Simulation of Bushfire Disaster Management, in “RoboCup 2000: Robot Soccer World Cup IV”, pp. 285-290 Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2019, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2001.
• Toshiyuki Kaneda, Fumitoshi Matsuno, Hironao Takahashi, Takeshi Matsui, Masayasu Atsumi, Michinori Hatayama, Kenji Tayama, Ryousuke Chiba and Kazunori Takeuchi – Simulator Complex for Robocup Rescue Simulation Project – As Test-Bed for Multi-Agent Organizational Behavior in Emergency Case of Large-Scale Disaster, in “RoboCup 2000: Robot Soccer World Cup IV”, pp. 321-326, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2019, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2001.
• Yoshitaka Kuwata and Atsushi Shinjoh – Design of Robocup-Rescue Viewers – Towards a Real World Emergency System, in “RoboCup 2000: Robot Soccer World Cup IV”, pp. 159-168, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2019, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2001.
• Robin R. Murphy, Jenn Casper and Mark Micire – Potential Tasks and Research Issues for Mobile Robots in RoboCup Rescue, in “RoboCup 2000: Robot Soccer World Cup IV”, pp. 339-344, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2019, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2001.
• Masayuki Ohta, Tomoichi Takahashi and Hiroaki Kitano – Robocup-Rescue Simulation: in Case of Fire Fighting Planning, in “RoboCup 2000: Robot Soccer World Cup IV”, pp. 351-356, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2019, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2001.
• Peter Stone, Minoru Asada, Tucker Balch, Masahiro Fujita, Gerhard Kraetzschmar, Henrik Lund, Paul Scerri, Satoshi Tadokoro and Gordon Wyeth – Overview of Robocup-2000, in “RoboCup 2000: Robot Soccer World Cup IV”, pp. 1-29, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2019, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2001.
• Tomoichi Takahashi, Ikuo Takeuchi, Tetsuhiko Koto, Satoshi Tadokoro and Itsuki Noda – RoboCup-Rescue Disaster Simulator Architecture, in “RoboCup 2000: Robot Soccer World Cup IV”, pp. 379-384, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2019, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2001.

Other publications

• Publications on Virtual_Robots and USARSim (2003-2007)