A Soccer Player Robot

These teams of robots compete in robot world soccer games each year. RoboCup-99 was the third such games, held in Stockholm, Sweden, in August. Our team became champion among 21 teams in the middlesize-league robot competitions. Our goal was to construct omnidirectional autonomous robots with high maneuvering and fast decision-making capabilities, which are two key issues in a soccer game. Therefore, we designed a special mechanics that provided a fast and flexible omnidirectional movement especially when looking for the ball and dribbling.