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Overview
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

    Participating Teams
    Thirteen (13) teams from seven (7) countries
    (Australia, Canada, China, Korea, Philippines, Singapore and Taiwan)
    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
    Canada: 1 team
    UoBots University of Ottawa
    Team Members: Paul Holden, Jean-Phillippe Ethier
    China: 1 team
    Hit-BinHua Harbin Institute of Technology
    Team Members: Hong BingRong, Bo XiZhu, Liu XinYu, Shu Guang
    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
    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
    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
    Taiwan: 1 team
    Formosa National Taiwan University
    Team Members: Han-Pang Huang, Jiang-Chuang You, Chih-Yuan Wang, Kuan-JuLu

    Competition Categories
    - 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
    4 PowerSupply3 Korea
    5 BagYo Philippines
    6 RoboLion Singapore

    Results
    [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
    [FIRA Benchmark]
    1. Hit-BinHua, China
    2. BagYo, Philippines
    3. Soty-IV, Korea
    4. PowerSupply3, Korea
    5. KingGo, Korea
    6. RoboLion, Singapore
    * 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
    Date Event Venue Time Remarks
    Overal Schedule
    Sunday 17 Setting Up 29,32 All Day  

    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  
    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.

    Organization
    [Organizing Committee]
    General Chair: A/Prof Russel Stonier
    General Vice Chair: Dr. Peter Wolfs
    International Co-Chairs: Prof. Bingrong Hong
    Prof. G.S. Gupta
    Prof. J.H. Johnson
    International Secretariat: Dr. Prahlad Vadakkepat
    Workshop Chair: A/Prof R.J. Stonier
    [Local Committee]
    Local Technical Committee: Gene Springer and Stephen Smith
    Local Secretary: Lyn Colyer
    Marketing: Shuron Underwood and
    Rockhampton & District Promotion & Development Association

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