Table of Contents

• Overview of RoboCup-99Manuela M. Veloso, Hiroaki Kitano, Enrico Pagello, Gerhard K. Kraetzschmar, Peter Stone, Tucker R. Balch, Minoru Asada, Silvia Coradeschi, Lars Karlsson, Masahiro Fujita. 1-34
• The CMUnited-99 Champion Simulator TeamPeter Stone, Patrick Riley, Manuela M. Veloso. 35-48
• Big Red: The Cornell Small League Robot Soccer TeamRaffaello D Andrea, Jin Woo Lee, Andrew Hoffman, Aris Samad-Yahaja, Lars B. Cremean, Thomas Karpati. 49-60
• Middle Sized Soccer Robots: ARVANDMansour Jamzad, Amirali Foroughnassiraei, Ehsan Chiniforooshan, Reza Ghorbani, Moslem Kazemi, Hamid Reza Chitsaz, Farid Mobasser, Sayyed Bashir Sadjad. 61-73
• Vision Based Behavior Strategy to Play Soccer with Legged RobotsVincent Hugel, Patrick Bonnin, Ludovic Raulet, Pierre Blazevic, Dominique Duhaut. 74-84
• Automated Assistants to Aid Humans in Understanding Team BehaviorsTaylor Raines, Milind Tambe, Stacy Marsella. 85-102
• LogMonitor: From Player s Action Analysis to Collaboration Analysis and Advice on FormationTomoichi Takahashi. 103-113
• A Statistical Perspective on the RoboCup Simulator League: Progress and ProspectsKumiko Tanaka-Ishii, Ian Frank, Itsuki Noda, Hitoshi Matsubara. 114-127
• Real-Time Color Detection System Using Custom LSI for High-Speed Machine VisionJunichi Akita. 128-135
• A Segmentation System for Soccer Robot Based on Neural NetworksCarmelo Amoroso, Antonio Chella, Vito Morreale, Pietro Storniolo. 136-147
• Practical Camera and Colour Calibration for Large RoomsJacky Baltes. 148-161
• Path-Tracking Control of Non-holonomic Car-Like Robot with Reinforcement LearningJacky Baltes, Yuming Lin. 162-173
• Fast Image Segmentation, Object Recognition and Localization in a RoboCup ScenarioThorsten Bandlow, Michael Klupsch, Robert Hanek, Thorsten Schmitt. 174-185
• Using Hierarchical Dynamical Systems to Control Reactive BehaviorSven Behnke, Bernhard Frötschl, Raúl Rojas, Peter Ackers, Wolf Lindstrot, Manuel de Melo, Andreas Schebesch, Mark Simon, Martin Sprengel, Oliver Tenchio. 186-195
• Heterogeneity and On-Board Control in the Small Robots LeagueAndreas Birk 0002, Holger Kenn. 196-209
• The Body, the Mind or the Eye, First?Andrea Bonarini. 210-221
• Motion Control in Dynamic Multi-Robot EnvironmentsMichael H. Bowling, Manuela M. Veloso. 222-230
• Behavior Engineering with "Dual Dynamics" Models and Design ToolsAnsgar Bredenfeld, Thomas Christaller, Wolf Göhring, Horst Günther, Herbert Jaeger, Hans-Ulrich Kobialka, Paul-Gerhard Plöger, Peter Schöll, Andrea Siegberg, Arend Streit, Christian Verbeek, Jörg Wilberg. 231-242
• Techniques for Obtaining Robust, Real-Time, Colour-Based Vision for RoboticsJames Brusey, Lin Padgham. 243-253
• Design Issues for a Robocup GoalkeeperRiccardo Cassinis, Alessandro Rizzi. 254-262
• Layered Reactive Planning in the IALP TeamAntonio Cisternino, Maria Simi. 263-273
• From a Concurrent Architecture to a Concurrent Autonomous Agents ArchitectureAugusto Cesar Pinto Loureiro da Costa, Guilherme Bittencourt. 274-285
• Tracking and Identifying in Real Time the Robots of a F-180 TeamPaulo Costa, Paulo Marques, António Moreira, Armando Sousa, Pedro Costa. 286-291
• VQQL. Applying Vector Quantization to Reinforcement LearningFernando Fernández, Daniel Borrajo. 292-303
• Fast, Accurate, and Robust Self-Localization in the RoboCup EnvironmentJens-Steffen Gutmann, Thilo Weigel, Bernhard Nebel. 304-317
• Self-Localization in the RoboCup EnvironmentLuca Iocchi, Daniele Nardi. 318-330
• Virtual RoboCup: Real-Time 3D Visualization of 2D Soccer GamesBernhard Jung, Markus Oesker, Heiko Hecht. 331-344
• The RoboCup-98 Teamwork Evaluation Session: A Preliminary ReportGal A. Kaminka. 345-356
• Towards a Distributed Multi-Agent System for a Robotic Soccer TeamNadir Ould Khessal. 357-365
• A Multi-threaded Approach to Simulated Soccer Agents for the RoboCup CompetitionKostas Kostiadis, Huosheng Hu. 366-377
• A Functional Architecture for a Team of Fully Autonomous Cooperative RobotsPedro U. Lima, Rodrigo M. M. Ventura, Pedro Aparício, Luís M. M. Custódio. 378-389
• Extension of the Behaviour Oriented Commands (BOC) Model for the Design of a Team of Soccer Players RobotsC. Moreno, A. Suárez, E. González, Yassine Amirat, H. Loaiza. 390-399
• Modular Simulator: A Draft of New Simulator for RoboCupItsuki Noda. 400-411
• Programming Real Time Distributed Multiple Robotic SystemsMaurizio Piaggio, Antonio Sgorbissa, Renato Zaccaria. 412-423
• The Attempto RoboCup Robot TeamMichael Plagge, Richard Günther, Jörn Ihlenburg, Dirk Jung, Andreas Zell. 424-433
• Rogi Team Real: Dynamical Physical AgentsJosep Lluís de la Rosa, Bianca Innocenti, Israel Muñoz, Albert Figueras, Josep Antoni Ramon, Miquel Montaner. 434-438
• Learning to Behave by Environment ReinforcementLeonardo Azevedo Scardua, Anna Helena Reali Costa, José Jaime Da Cruz. 439-449
• End User Specification of RoboCup TeamsPaul Scerri, Johan Ydrén. 450-459
• Purposeful Behavior in Robot Soccer Team PlayWei-Min Shen, Rogelio Adobbati, Pragnesh Jay Modi, Behnam Salemi. 460-468
• Autonomous Information Indication SystemAtsushi Shinjoh, Shigeki Yoshida. 469-480
• Spatial Agents Implemented in a Logical Expressible LanguageFrieder Stolzenburg, Oliver Obst, Jan Murray, Björn Bremer. 481-494
• Layered Learning and Flexible Teamwork in RoboCup Simulation AgentsPeter Stone, Manuela M. Veloso. 495-508
• A Method for Localization by Integration of Imprecise Vision and a Field ModelKazunori Terada, Kouji Mochizuki, Atsushi Ueno, Hideaki Takeda, Toyoaki Nishida, Takayuki Nakamura, Akihiro Ebina, Hiromitsu Fujiwara. 509-518
• Multiple Reward Criterion for Cooperative Behavior Acquisition in a Muliagent EnvironmentEiji Uchibe, Minoru Asada. 519-530
• BDI Design Principles and Cooperative Implementation in RoboCupJan Wendler, Markus Hannebauer, Hans-Dieter Burkhard, Helmut Myritz, Gerd Sander, Thomas Meinert. 531-541
• AT Humboldt in RoboCup-99Hans-Dieter Burkhard, Jan Wendler, Thomas Meinert, Helmut Myritz, Gerd Sander. 542-545
• Cyberoos 99: Tactical Agents in the RoboCup Simulation LeagueMikhail Prokopenko, Marc Butler, Wai Yat Wong, Thomas Howard. 546-549
• 11Monkeys DescriptionShuhei Kinoshita, Yoshikazu Yamamoto. 550-553
• Team ErikaTakeshi Matsumura. 554-557
• Essex Wizards 99 Team DescriptionHuosheng Hu, Kostas Kostiadis, Matthew Hunter, M. Seabrook. 558-562
• FCFoo99Fredrik Heintz. 563-566
• Footux Team Description: A Hybrid Recursive Based Agent ArchitectureFrançois Gerault, Serge Stickwich. 567-571
• Gongeroos 99Chee Fon Chang, Aditya Ghose, Justin Lipman, Peter Harvey. 572-575
• Headless Chickens IIIPaul Scerri, Johan Ydrén, Tobias Wiren, Mikael Lönneberg, Pelle Nilsson. 576-579
• IALPAntonio Cisternino, Maria Simi. 580-583
• Kappa-IIItsuki Noda. 584-587
• Karlsruhe Brainstormers - Design PrinciplesMartin A. Riedmiller, Sebastian Buck, Artur Merke, R. Ehrmann, Ortwin Thate, S. Dilger, Alex Sinner, Andreas Hoffmann, Lutz Frommberger. 588-591
• Kasugabito IIITomoichi Takahashi. 592-595
• RoboCup-99 Simulation League: Team KU-Sakura2Harukazu Igarashi, Shougo Kosue, Takashi Sakurai. 596-599
• The magmaFreiburg Soccer TeamKlaus Dorer. 600-603
• Mainz Rolling BrainsDaniel Polani, Thomas Uthmann. 604-607
• NITStones-99Kouichi Nakagawa, Noriaki Asai, Nobuhiro Ito, Xiaoyong Du, Naohiro Ishii. 608-610
• Oulo 99Jarkko Kemppainen, Jouko Kylmäoja, Janne Räsänen, Ville Voutilainen. 611-613
• PardisShahriar Pourazin. 614-617
• PaSo-Team 99Carlo Ferrari, Francesco Garelli, Enrico Pagello. 618-622
• PSI TeamAlexander N. Kozhushkin. 623-627
• RoboLog KoblenzJan Murray, Oliver Obst, Frieder Stolzenburg. 628-631
• Rational Agents by Reviewing TechniquesJosep Lluís de la Rosa, Bianca Innocenti, Israel Muñoz, Miquel Montaner. 632-637
• The Ulm Sparrows 99Stefan Sablatnög, Stefan Enderle, Mark Dettinger, Thomas Boß, Mohammad Ali Livani, Michael Dietz, Jan Giebel, Urban Meis, Heiko Folkerts, Alexander Neubeck, Peter Schaeffer, Marcus Ritter, Hans Braxmeier, Dominik Maschke, Gerhard K. Kraetzschmar, Jörg Kaiser, Günther Palm. 638-641
• UBU TeamJohan Kummeneje, David Lybäck, Håkan L. S. Younes, Magnus Boman. 642-645
• YowAITakashi Suzuki. 646-648
• Zeng99: RoboCup Simulation Team with Hierarchical Fuzzy Intelligent Control and Cooperative DevelopmentJunji Nishino, Tomomi Kawarabayashi, Takuya Morishita, Takenori Kubo, Hiroki Shimora, Hironori Aoyagi, Kyoichi Hiroshima, Hisakazu Ogura. 649-652
• All BotzJacky Baltes, Nicholas Hildreth, David Maplesden. 653-656
• Big Red: The Cornell Small League Robot Soccer TeamRaffaello D Andrea, Jin Woo Lee, Andrew Hoffman, Aris Samad-Yahaja, Lars B. Cremean, Thomas Karpati. 657-660
• CMUnited-99: Small-Size Robot TeamManuela M. Veloso, Michael H. Bowling, Sorin Achim. 661-662
• 5dpo Team DescriptionPaulo Costa, António Moreira, Armando Sousa, Paulo Marques, Pedro Costa, Aníbal Matos. 663-666
• FU-Fighters Team DescriptionSven Behnke, Bernhard Frötschl, Raúl Rojas, Peter Ackers, Wolf Lindstrot, Manuel de Melo, Andreas Schebesch, Mark Simon, Martin Sprengel, Oliver Tenchio. 667-670
• Linked99Junichi Akita, Jun Sese, Tochihide Saka, Masahiro Aono, Tomomi Kawarabayashi, Junji Nishino. 671-674
• OWARI-BITOTadashi Naruse, Tomoichi Takahashi, Kazuhito Murakami, Yasunori Nagasaka, Katsutoshi Ishiwata, Masahiro Nagami, Yasuo Mori. 675-678
• Rogi 2 Team DescriptionJosep Lluís de la Rosa, Rafael García, Bianca Innocenti, Israel Muñoz, Albert Figueras, Josep Antoni Ramon. 679-682
• Temasek Polytechnic RoboCup Team-TPOTsNadir Ould Khessal. 683-686
• The VUB AI-lab RoboCup 99 Small League TeamAndreas Birk 0002, Thomas Walle, Tony Belpaeme, Holger Kenn. 687-690
• Agilo RoboCuppers: RoboCup Team DescriptionThorsten Bandlow, Robert Hanek, Michael Klupsch, Thorsten Schmitt. 691-694
• ART99 - Azzurra Robot TeamDaniele Nardi, Giovanni Adorni, Andrea Bonarini, Antonio Chella, Giorgio Clemente, Enrico Pagello, Maurizio Piaggio. 695-698
• CoPS-Team DescriptionNorbert Oswald, Michael Becht, Thorsten Buchheim, Günter Hetzel, G. Kindermann, Reinhard Lafrenz, Paul Levi, Matthias Muscholl, Michael Schanz, M. Schulé. 699-702
• CS Freiburg 99Bernhard Nebel, Jens-Steffen Gutmann, Wolfgang Hatzack. 703-706
• DREAMTEAM 99: Team Description PaperWei-Min Shen, Jafar Adibi, Rogelio Adobbati, Pragnesh Jay Modi, Hadi Moradi, Behnam Salemi, Sheila Tejada. 707-710
• Description of the GMD RoboCup-99 TeamAnsgar Bredenfeld, Wolf Göhring, Horst Günther, Herbert Jaeger, Hans-Ulrich Kobialka, Paul-Gerhard Plöger, Peter Schöll, Andrea Siegberg, Arend Streit, Christian Verbeek, Jörg Wilberg. 711-714
• ISocRob - Intelligent Society of RobotsRodrigo M. M. Ventura, Pedro Aparício, Carlos F. Marques, Pedro U. Lima, Luís M. M. Custódio. 715-718
• KIRC: Kyutech Intelligent Robot CupTakeshi Ohashi, Masato Fukuda, Shuichi Enokida, Takaichi Yoshida, Toshiaki Ejima. 719-722
• The Concept of MattoKosei Demura, Kenji Miwa, Hiroki Igarashi, Daitoshi Ishihara. 723-726
• The RoboCup - NAISTTakayuki Nakamura, Kazunori Terada, Hideaki Takeda, Akihiro Ebina, Hiromitsu Fujiwara. 727-730
• Robot Football Team from Minho UniversityCarlos Machado, Ilídio Costa, Sérgio Sampaio, Fernando Ribeiro. 731-734
• Real MagiCol 99: Team DescriptionC. Moreno, A. Suárez, Yassine Amirat, E. González, H. Loaiza. 735-740
• RMIT RaidersJames Brusey, Andrew Jennings, Mark Makies, Chris Keen, Anthony Kendall, Lin Padgham, Dhirendra Singh. 741-744
• Design and Construction of a Soccer Player Robot ARVANDMansour Jamzad, Amirali Foroughnassiraei, Ehsan Chiniforooshan, Reza Ghorbani, Moslem Kazemi, Hamid Reza Chitsaz, Farid Mobasser, Sayyed Bashir Sadjad. 745-749
• The Team Description of Osaka University "Trackies-99"Sho ji Suzuki, Tatsunori Kato, Hiroshi Ishizuka, Hiroyoshi Kawanishi, Takashi Tamura, Masakazu Yanase, Yasutake Takahashi, Eiji Uchibe, Minoru Asada. 750-753
• 5dpo-2000 Team DescriptionPaulo Costa, António Moreira, Armando Sousa, Paulo Marques, Pedro Costa, Aníbal Matos. 754-757
• Team ARAIBOYuichi Kobayashi, Hideo Yuasa. 758-761
• BabyTigers-99: Osaka Legged Robot TeamNoriaki Mitsunaga, Minoru Asada. 762-765
• CM-Trio-99Manuela M. Veloso, Scott Lenser, Elly Winner, James Bruce. 766-769
• Humboldt Hereos in RoboCup-99Hans-Dieter Burkhard, Matthias Werner, Michael Ritzschke, Frank Winkler, Jan Wendler, Andrej Georgi, Uwe Düffert, Helmut Myritz. 770-773
• McGill RedDogsRichard Unger. 774-783
• Team SwedenMagnus Boman, Kevin LeBlanc, Christian Guttmann, Alessandro Saffiotti. 784-787
• UNSW UnitedMike Lawther, John Dalgliesh. 788-791
• UPennalizers: The University of Pennsylvania RoboCup Legged Soccer TeamJames P. Ostrowski. 792-797