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2000 FIRA Robot World Cup Australia was held in Australia, in three venues in Rockhampton, Gladstone, and Queensland from Sept. 18 to 24, 2000, along with the Summer Olympics.
There was a workshop held before the competition and all teams was required to submit and present papers on their robots and schemes for sharing of intelligent system expertise. Team participation in finding solutions to FIRA's Benchmark problems for robot soccer was encouraged, and was a feature of the 2000 FIRA Cup.
Period September 18 to 24, 2000 (During the Summer Olympics)
Venues Rockhampton, Gladstone, and Queensland / Australia
Thirteen (13) teams from seven (7) countries (Australia, Canada, China, Korea, Philippines, Singapore and Taiwan) |
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| Australia: 2 teams |
| Robo-Coasters |
Griffith University Gold Coast Team Members: John Thornton, Steve Goodwin, Jun Zhao, Lily Wang, Nicolette Thornton |
| Bandicoots |
Central Queensland University Team Members: Russel Stonier, Stephen Smith, Gene Springer, Peter Thomas | | |
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| Canada: 1 team |
| UoBots |
University of Ottawa Team Members: Paul Holden, Jean-Phillippe Ethier | | |
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| China: 1 team |
| Hit-BinHua |
Harbin Institute of Technology Team Members: Hong BingRong, Bo XiZhu, Liu XinYu, Shu Guang | | |
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| Korea: 5 teams |
| SOTY IV |
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Team Members: Dong-Han Kim, Kui-Hong Park |
| KingGo |
Sung Kyun Kwan University Team Members: Seung-Min Baek, Hyun-Jin Lee, Kyung-Hun Hwang |
| PS2K |
Yeungnam University Team Members: Jae-Wan Jang, Dongil Lee, Eui Kuk Jeong, Ho Cheol Seo |
| PowerSupply3 |
Yeungnam University Team Members: Hyung Jong Kim, Sang Jun Kim, Hyun Ju Cho, Gun Hyik Youn |
| Y2K2 |
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Team Members: Kui-Hong Park, Dong-Han Kin | | |
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| Philippines: 2 teams |
| Tamaraw |
De La Salle University Team Members: Elmer Dadios, Florante Salvador, Odon Maravillas, Edwin Sybingco |
| Bagyo |
University of the Philippines Team Members: Michael Pedrasa, Gemi Orcullo, Prosporo Naval | | |
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| Singapore: 2 teams |
| RoboLion |
The National University of Singapore Team Members: Prahlad Vadakkepat, Wang MingLiang |
| Special Cubs |
Singapore Polytechnic Team Members: Gourab SenGupta, Ong Goon Hor, Ong Meng Hua | | |
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| Taiwan: 1 team |
| Formosa |
National Taiwan University Team Members: Han-Pang Huang, Jiang-Chuang You, Chih-Yuan Wang, Kuan-JuLu | | |
- MiroSot, S-MiroSot - NaroSot demonstration match was held during the inauguration. - SimuroSot (Simulation Robot Soccer Tournament) demonstration was organized by HIT, China |
[MIROSOT] 12 teams |
1 Robo-Coaster Australia 2 UoBotsCanada Canada 3 Hit-BinHua China 4 Soty-IV Korea 5 KingGo Korea 6 PS2K Korea |
7 PowerSupply3 Korea 8 BagYo Philippines 9 Tamaraw Philippines 10 SpecialClubs Singapore 11 RoboLion Singapore 12 Formosa Taiwan | | |
[S-MIROSOT ] 9 teams |
1 Bandicoots Australia 2 UoBotsCanada Canada 3 Hit-BinHua China 4 Soty-IV Korea 5 KingGo Korea |
6 PowerSupply3 Korea 7 BagYo Philippines 8 Tamaraw Philippines 9 Formosa Taiwan | | |
[BENCHMARK] 6 teams |
1 Hit-BinHua China 2 Soty-IV Korea 3 KingGo Korea
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4 PowerSupply3 Korea 5 BagYo Philippines 6 RoboLion Singapore | | |
[MiroSot] 1. KingGo, Korea 2. PowerSupply3, Korea 3. Soty IV, Korea |
[S-MiroSot] 1. PowerSupply3, Korea 2. Hit-BinHua, China 3. KingGo, Korea |
[FIRA Millenium Benchmark] 1. BagYo, Philippines 2. Soty-IV, Korea |
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[FIRA Benchmark] 1. Hit-BinHua, China 2. BagYo, Philippines 3. Soty-IV, Korea 4. PowerSupply3, Korea 5. KingGo, Korea 6. RoboLion, Singapore |
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* Team BagYo from the Philippines were awarded the first prize for the Millennium Benchmark. Team Soty IV were the first team to complete the FIRA Millennium benchmark in competition by completing two circuits and is awarded the FIRA certificate of excellence.
Program |
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| Date |
Event |
Venue |
Time |
Remarks |
| Overal Schedule |
| Sunday 17 |
Setting Up |
29,32 |
All Day |
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| Monday 18 |
Opening Ceremony |
32 |
10am |
Included introduction of all teams |
| Demo Game |
32 |
11am |
Dancing/Parade robots (KingGo), Mirosot (KingGo v PowerSupply3) |
| Speaker presentation |
32 |
2pm |
History of FIRA by Prahlad Vadakkepat |
| Demo Games |
32 |
3pm |
Narosot Demonstration |
| Rule Meeting |
32 |
6pm |
Discussion of rules in the competition |
| Tuesday 19 |
Mirosot |
29,32 |
9am-6pm |
Preliminary rounds |
| W'sday 20 |
S-Mirosot |
29,32 |
9am-6pm |
Preliminary rounds |
| Th'sday 21 |
Mirosot |
29,32 |
9-12noon |
Quarter Finals |
| Mirosot |
29 |
2-6.30pm |
Prelosers competition |
| Mirosot |
32 |
2-6.30pm |
QF Losers Competition |
| Workshop |
32 |
7-9pm |
Presentation and discussion (includes Benchmark discussion) |
| Friday 22 |
Simurosot |
32 |
10am |
Demo of simulation software by Chinese team Hit-BinHua |
| Robot Parade |
32 |
10.45am |
by Team KingGO |
| Benchmarking |
29,32 |
11-5pm |
S-Mirosot |
| Sat'day 23 |
Mirosot |
32 |
9-12.30pm |
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| Semi-finals |
32 |
2-6pm |
Finals (Round-Robin) |
| BBQ Dinner at Prof Stonier's farm Pick up at 6pm Bldg 29 |
| Sunday 24 |
Mirosot |
32 |
9-12.30pm |
Finals for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th |
| Closing Ceremony |
32 |
12.30pm |
Prize giving, Closing addresses by Prof. Kim and Prof. Stonier, Passing of the FIRA flag to Prof. Bingrong Hong for FIRA RWC20001. |
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