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Title 1996 Micro-Robot World Cup Soccer Tournament (MIROSOT'96)

Period: November 9 (Saturday) - 12 (Tuesday), 1996

Venue: Auditorium in KAIST, Daejeon, Korea

Organized by: KAIST(Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)

Sponsored by: IEEE Robotics and Automation Society

Supported by: LG Semicon Co., Ltd.

Language: English is the official language.

Secretariat: c/o Ms. Bok-Kyung Kim
                    Department of Electrical Engineering KAIST
                    373-1 Kusong-dong, Yusong-gu, Taejon 305-701,
                    Korea
                    Tel: +82-42-869-8048
                    Fax: +82-42-869-8010
                    E-mail: mirosot@vivaldi.kaist.ac.kr
                    Homepage: http://www.mirosot.org/

Technical Associate: Mr. Yung Ho Kim

Committee Members
Honorary General chair: Deog Ryong Kim (Korea, President, Science and Technology Research Group, Korea National Assembly)
General Chair: Duk Yong Yoon (President, KAIST)
General Vice-Chair: Young-Se Kwon (KAIST)
Advisory Committee Chair: Zeungnam Bien (KAIST)
Organizing Committee Chair: Jong-Hwan Kim (KAIST)
Workshop Committee Chair: Ju-Jang Lee (KAIST)
Publicity Committee Co-Chairs: Myung Jin Chung (KAIST), Sukhan Lee (U.S.C.)
Local Arrangement Committee Co-Chairs: Jun Ho Oh (KAIST), Youngjin Park (KAIST)

  • Advisory Committee

    • S. Arimoto, Univ.of Tokyo, G. A. Bekey, U.S.C., Z. Bien, KAIST, J. L. Casti, Santa Fe Institute,
    H. S. Cho, KAIST, M.-S. Choi, LG Semicon, T. Fukuda, Nagoya Univ., S. Hsia, Univ. of California at Davis,
    M. Jamshidi, Univ. of New Mexico, C.-S. Kim, LG Electronics Research Center,
    D.-R. Kim, Korean National Assembly, S. K. Kim, Samsung Elec.,
    B.-R. Lee, KAERI, C. S. G. Lee, Purdue Univ., J.-M. Lee, LG Industrial Systems, C.-H. Mun, LG Semicon,
    J.-S. Myung, Institute for Advanced Engrg., J.-D. Nicoud, EPFL, K. H. Oh, Hyundai Elec. Indus.,
    K. H. Park, KAIST, A. C. Sanderson, RPI, T.-J. Tarn, Washington Univ.

  • Organizing Committee

    • A. Agah, MITI, M. Asada, Osaka Univ., L. Boullart, Univ. of Ghent, J. Chen, Tsinghua Univ.,
    M. J. Chung, KAIST, P. Dario, Scuola Superiore S. Anna, E. Delaleau, Univ. of Paris-XI,
    A. Drogoul, Univ. of Paris-VI, D. Duhaut, CNRS, R. F. T. Filho, CTI, F. C. A. Groen, Univ. of Amsterdam,
    A. Gunasekaran, Brunel Univ., B. K. Kim, KAIST, J.-H. Kim, KAIST, J.-O. Kim, Samsung Elec., S. Kim, KAERI,
    K. Koh, LG Indus. Systems, K.-C. Koh, LG Indus. Systems, T.-Y. Kuc, Sung Kyun Kwan Univ.,
    I. S. Kweon, KAIST, B.-H. Lee, Seoul Nat'l Univ., J.-J. Lee, KAIST, J.-K. Lee, Pohang Iron & Steel,
    J.-S. Lee, POSTECH, S. Lee, U.S.C., T.-H. Lee, Nat'l Univ. of Singapore,
    R. C. Luo, North Carolina State Univ., R. V. Mayorga, Univ. of Waterloo,
    Z. Michalewicz, Univ. of North Carolina, J. H. Oh, KAIST, S.-R. Oh, KIST, Y. Park, KAIST,
    Y. J. Park, Daewoo Heavy Indus., F. G. Pin, Oak Ridge Nat'l Lab., R. G. Reynolds, Wayne State Univ.,
    T. Shibata, MITI, C. W. de Silva, Univ. of British Columbia, S. K. Sung, Samsung Heavy Indus.,
    A. V. Topalov, Technical Univ., Plovdiv, A. C. Tsoi, Univ. of Queensland,
    M. M. Veloso, C.M.U., J. Wang, U.C.R., X. Yao, UNSW, I.-T. Yeo, Hyundai Heavy Indus.,
    C.-S. Yun, LG Semicon, A. Zell, Univ. of Tuebinagen

    Types of Participation in MiroSot
  • Individual Team

    • The team participates in MIROSOT'96 with hardware & software by participating team.
    -> France (1 team), Korea (12 teams), Singapore (2 teams), Spain (1 team), Switzerland (1 team), U.S.A (4 teams)

  • Int'l Joint Team (I. J. T.)

    • The team participates in MIROSOT'96 with hardware by KAIST and software by participating team.
    -> Australia (1 team), Canada (1 team), Japan (1 team)

    Prize Award
    The tournament winner was awarded the Hanminjok Cup (Hanminjok means 'great people' in Korea) with the following prize money:

    - First place winner: US$2,000
    - Second place winner: US$1,500
    - Third place winner: US$1,000

    Social Events
    All registered participants were welcome to join all the following events.

    - Welcoming Reception 18:00 ~ 19:30, Friday, November 8, KAIST Auditorium
    - Opening Ceremony 09:00 ~ 09:30, Saturday, November 9, KAIST Auditorium
    - Banquet 19:00 ~ 21:00, Sunday, November 10
    - Prize Award Ceremony 18:30 ~ 19:30, Tuesday, November 12

    The results
    1st Place: Newton Research Labs. Team (U.S.A.)
    Randy Sargent, Carl Witty, Anne Wright, Bill Bailey
    US$ 2,000

    2nd Place: Soty Team (Korea)
    KAIST, Korea
    US$ 1,500

    3rd Place: Mr. Gon IJT Team (Korea)
    KAIST, Korea
    US$ 1,000

    MVP Robot Award
    Acceleration Robot (Newton Research Labs. Team)

    Single MIROSOT Award
    Swizterland Team (Swizterland)
    US$ 700

    Keynote Sessions
    Keynote sessions were given by distinguished scholars as followings:

    KS 1
    Speaker Dr. Norman Caplan, National Science Foundation, U.S.A.
    Date & Time Saturday, Nevember 9, 09:30 ~ 10:30
    Title Robotics Research Education and Goverment Policy

    KS 2
    Speaker Prof. Tzyh-Jong Tarn, Washington Univ., U.S.A.
    Date & Time Sunday, November 10, 14:00 ~ 15:00
    Title Human/Machine Sharing Control for Intelligent Mechatronic Systems

    KS 3 (Invited by SEAL'96)
    Speaker Dr. John L. Casti, Santa Fe Institute, U.S.A.
    Date & Time Monday, November 11, 14:00 ~ 15:00
    Title Would-Be Worlds, The Science and the Surprise of Artificial Worlds

    KS 4 (Invited by SEAL'96)
    Speaker Dr. Lawrence J. Fogel, Natural Selection, Inc., U.S.A.
    Date & Time Tuesday, November 12, 14:00 ~ 15:00
    Title Not Confirmed

    Technical Program Sessions
    Presentation Time
    The time assigned to a contributed paper is 20 min. (15 min. for presentation and 5 min. for discussion).
    Session 1: Saturday, November 9, 10:50 ~ 12:10
    S1-1

    		 10:50
    S1-1 Designing Distributed Control Architecture for Cooperative Multiagent Systems
    Hyun-Sik Shim, Myung-Jin Jung, Heung-Soo Kim, In-Hwan Choi, Woong-Suk Han and Jong-Hwan Kim, KAIST, Korea
    S1-2 11:10
    Collaboration and Learning in Robotic Soccer
    Sorin Achim, Peter Stone and Manuela Veloso, Carnegie Mellon Univ., U.S.A.
    S1-3 11:30
    The Development of a Micro Robot System for Robot Soccer Game
    K. H. Kim, K. W. Ko and H. S. Cho, KAIST, Korea
    S1-4 11:50
    Playing Soccer with Kheperas
    Porchet Porchet, Jean-Bernard Billeter and J.-D. Nicoud, EPFL, Switzerland
    Session 2: Sunday, November 10, 09:00 ~ 10:20
    S2-1 09:00
    Microrobot Design and Strategy for MIROSOT
    Kuk Hyun Han, Jung Yi Choi, Hoon Kang, Pil Soon Choi, Se Joong Lee and Seok Hyun Moon, KAIST, Korea
    S2-2 09:20
    The Use of Cultural Algorithms to Evolve Multiagent Cooperation
    Robert G. Reynolds and ChanJin Chung, Wayne State Univ., U.S.A.
    S2-3 09:40
    Path Planning of Visual-Served Multiple Mobile Robots Using the Genetic Algorithms
    Woong-Gie Han, Seung-Min Baek and Tae-Yong Kuc, Sung Kyun Kwan Univ., Korea
    S2-4 10:00
    Not Confirmed
    Central Queensland Univ., Australia
    Session 3: Sunday, November 10, 10:40 ~ 12:00
    S3-1 10:40
    On-Line Dynamic Obstacle Avoidance of Multiple Mobile Robots Based on a Sensor Data Fusion Method
    Seung-Min Baek, Woong-Gie Han and Tae-Yong Kuc, Sung Kyun Kwan Univ., Korea
    S3-2 11:00
    Models, Rules and System Design for Micro Robot Soccer Playing
    Jing Wang, Sukhan Lee* and Howard Lee*, Univ. of California, Riverside, *Univ. of Southern California, U.S.A.
    S3-3 11:20
    Hierarchical Architecture for Cooperative Mobile Robots
    ChongSeong Hong, YoungDo Kwon, JunSeok Lee and JinSoo Lee, POSTECH, Korea
    S3-4 11:40
    A Micro-Tentacle Manipulator with Er-Fluids
    Mircea Ivanescu and Viorel Stoian, Univ. of Craiova, Romania
    Session 4: Monday, November 11, 09:00 ~ 10:20
    S4-1 09:00
    Multi-Agent Robot System Based on Vision Sensor
    Yongho Seo, Junyoung Lee, Sangbin Yim and Hyoksung Choi, KAIST, Korea
    S4-2 09:20
    Not Confirmed
    Centre Tecnologico Informatica, Brazil
    S4-3 09:40
    A Robot Soccer System for BEST
    Sung Ho Kim, Jae Kweon Kim, Jong Suk Choi and Byung Kook Kim, KAIST, Korea
    S4-4 10:00
    Fuzzy Navigation of Mobile Robots in Unstructured Environment
    Todor Ph. Proychev, Michail G. Petrov and Andon V. Topalov, Technical Univ. Plovdiv, Bulgaria
    Session 5: Monday, November 11, 10:40 ~ 12:00
    S5-1 10:40
    A Study on the Development of Micro-Robots and Basic Strategy for Micro-Robot Soccer Tournament
    Sung-Wook Park, Jung-Han Kim, Eun-Hee Kim and Jun-Ho Oh, KAIST, Korea
    S5-2 11:00
    Soccer Team Based on Agent-Oriented Programming
    A. Oller, S. Esteva, Ll. Humet, A. Fernandez, J. Ll. de la Rosa, J. Puyol*, Univ. of Girona,
    *Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, Catalonia
    S5-3 11:20
    Reactive Control to Move Ball by Autonomous Mobile Robot
    Do-Yoon Kim, Jung-Rae Yoo, Hyun-Keun Park, Young-Jin Lee, Myoung-Tak Han and Myung Jin Chung, KAIST, Korea
    S5-4 11:40
    Not Confirmed
    Simon Fraser Univ., Canada
    Session 6: Tuesday, November 12, 09:00 ~ 10:20
    S6-1 09:00
    Reinforcement Learning for Multiple Autonomous Mobile Robot Systems in Dynamic Environments
    Do-Yoon Kim and Myung Jin Chung, KAIST, Korea
    S6-2 09:20
    Coordination of a Team of Micro Robots Playing Soccer Game
    Sukhan Lee, Jing Wang* and Howard Lee, Univ. of Southern California, *Univ. of California, Riverside, U.S.A.
    S6-3 09:40
    Development of Soccer-Playing Robots: Control, Cooperation and Strategy
    Sun-Gi Hong, Tae Duck Ohm, Il-Kwon Jeong, Changkyu Choi, Jin-Ho Shin and Ju-Jang Lee, KAIST, Korea
    S6-4 10:00
    MICROB: Making Intelligent Collective Robotics
    Alexis Drogoul and Dominique Duhaut*, Univ. Paris VI, *Univ. Versailles Saint-Quentin, France
    Session 7 Tuesday, November 12, 10:40 ~ 11:40
    S7-1 10:40
    Development of a Mobile Robot System for Playing Soccer Games
    Steve T. C. Hsia and Michael Soderstrand, Univ. of California at Davis, U.S.A.
    S7-2 11:00
    Genetic Algorithm for the Strategy of Micro-Robot Soccer Game
    Yin-Xiu Li, Mitsuo Gen, Mitsuo Yamashiro, Yorimasa Kuba, SucBum Ko and Shinichi Saito, Ashikaga Institute of Technology, Japan
    S7-3 11:20
    Use of Fast Vision Tracking for Cooperating Robots in the MIROSOT
    Randy Sargent, Bill Bailey, Carl Witty and Anne Wright, Newton Research Labs, U.S.A.




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