RoboCup Middle Size League
The RoboCup Middle Size League or MSL is one of the RoboCup robot soccer leagues.
Two teams of 5 mid-sized robots with all sensors on-board play soccer on a field. Communication among robots (if any) is supported on wireless communications.
No external intervention by humans is allowed, except to insert or remove robots in/from the field.
Rules
FIFA
Generally, the rules are the same as the laws of football except for some modifications. For example, the standard field dimensions are 12 m by 18 m. The official tournament ball used in matches is any orange FIFA standard size 5 football. Only 5 robots per team may play on the field, including the goalkeeper.
RoboCup
Design
- Fieldplayer
- The robot must fit inside a 52 cm × 52 cm × 80 cm box.
- Keeper
- The keeper can also temporarily increase its dimensions to 60 cm × 60 cm × 80 cm or 52 cm × 52 cm × 90 cm. But only for 1 second, if the goal is endangered by an approaching ball. After complete reducing its size, he has to wait 4 seconds before he is allowed to expand again.
The maximum weight of the robot is 40 kg. The base color of a robot's body must be black. The paint or used material must be matte in order to minimize reflectivity.
Communication
The robots may communicate by means of a WLAN satisfying the IEEE 802.11 specification
Technical challenge
At every RoboCup, a new technical challenge is presented. The 2006 competition's challenge was to demonstrate that a team of robots could pass the ball.
Teams
14 teams participated in the RoboCup 2009 MSL competitions in Graz, Austria.
| Team | Affiliation | Country/Region |
|---|---|---|
| Tech United | Eindhoven University of Technology | Netherlands |
| Hibikino-Musashi | Kyushu Institute of Technology, the University of Kitakyushu, FAIS | Japan |
| CAMBADA | University of Aveiro | Portugal |
| 1. RFC Stuttgart | University of Stuttgart | Germany |
| NuBot | National University of Defense Technology | China |
| Carpe Noctem Cassel | University of Kassel | Germany |
| ISocRob | Institute for Systems and Robotics | Portugal |
| MRT - Milan RoboCup Team | Politecnico di Milano | Italy |
| MRL | Azad University of Qazvin | Iran |
| ISePorto | ISEP - Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto | Portugal |
| Mostly Harmless | Graz University of Technology | Austria |
| WinKIT | Kanazawa Institute of Technology | Japan |
| Water | Beijing Information Science & Technology University | China |
| Hong Kong Dragons | City University of Hong Kong | China |
13 teams have come to Suzhou to participate in RoboCup 2008 MSL competitions.
| Team | Affiliation | Country/Region |
|---|---|---|
| Brainstormers Tribots | University of Osanbrueck | Germany |
| CoPS Stuttgart | University of Stuttgart | Germany |
| NuBot | National University of Defense Technology | China |
| Tech United | Eindhoven University of Technology | Netherlands |
| Hibikino-Musashi | Kyushu Institute of Technology, the University of Kitakyushu, FAIS | Japan |
| CAMBADA | University of Aveiro | Portugal |
| EIGEN Keio Univ. | Keio University | Japan |
| MRL | Azad University of Qazvin | Iran |
| Jiaolong | Shanghai JiaoTong University | China |
| SCUT 100Steps | South China University of Technology | China |
| TKU | Tamkang University | Taiwan |
| Strive | Shanghai University and Shanghai University of Engineering Science | China |
| ADRO | Azad University of Khorasgan | Iran |
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