Period: August 4 (Wed.) ~ 8 (Sun.), 1999

Venues : Colegio Notre Dame School, Campinas, Brazi l

Competition Categories

MiroSot, NaroSot, RoboSot, S-KheperaSot

Participating Teams

15 teams from 7 countries (Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and etc.)

The 1999 FIRA Cup Brazil was held at the Colegio Notre Dame, Campinas, Brazil, from 4 to 8 August 1999. This was the 4th edition of this annual scientific and technological event, where researchers from all over the world get together to exchange their experiences on building teams of intelligent cooperative robots, to demonstrate their technical achievements, and to have a week of fun watching exciting robot soccer games.

The event was held at the gymnasium of Campinas’ most traditional school, Colegio Notre Dame. Fifteen teams representing six countries from four continents, selected through regional robot soccer competitions, participated in two categories: NaroSot and MiroSot. A scientific workshop was held on the evening of August 6th for the exchange and discussion of the scientific issues behind robot soccer and the applications derived from it.

FIRA’99 was attended by an estimated 3,000 people, including professionals from all areas of engineering and computer science, university professors, and graduate, undergraduate, and high school students.

FIRA’99 was proudly sponsored by Colegio Notre Dame, Sun Microsystems, 3M, and Excel-sior, and supported by the Brazilian Society for Automatics. The event was organized by scientists from the following Brazilian institutions: Informatics Technology Center, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Federal University of the Rio Grande do Sul, University of Brasilia, Pontifical Catholic University of the Rio Grande do Sul, and Federal University of Santa Catarina.

Four regional championships - South America, North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific – were held prior to the Robot World Cup to select the teams for the competitions in Brazil.

Only the teams, which qualify through the FIRA regional championships, could proceed to participate in the 1999 FIRA Cup Brazil. Through the regional championships, 15 teams were selected for MiroSot category and 6 each for the NaroSot, RoboSot and S-KheperaSot categories.