A soccer robot is a specialized autonomous robot and mobile robot that is used to play variants of football.
The main organised competitions are the annual RoboCup and FIRA (Federation of International Robot-Soccer Association) tournaments.
Leagues The RoboCup contest currently has a number of football leagues: Standard Platform League (formerly Four Legged League) Small Size League Middle Size League Simulation League 2D Soccer Simulation 3D Soccer Simulation Humanoid League
Additionally, there is a RoboCupJunior league for younger students.
qfix Soccer robot
The qfix football robot "Terminator" is an omnidrive robot that can be used for RoboCup Junior. It includes a kicker and a dribbler as well as a controller board with Atmel controller.
The robot can be programmed using the GNU GCC compiler.
Graupner RC-SOCCERBOT The Graupner "RC-SOCCERBOT" is a mobile robot platform developed by qfix which can be used as a radio-controller toy playing soccer with ping-pong balls. Gaining more experience in robotics the user can also implement C++ programs on the robot.
References
External links Official Website For RoboCup Junior qFix Graupner Robotics Supplier of FIRA Robot Football/Robot Soccer solutions