RoboCup Standard Platform League

The RoboCup Standard Platform League (SPL) is one of several leagues within RoboCup, an international competition with autonomous robotic soccer matches as the main event.

Overview In the Standard Platform League all teams use identical (i.e., standard) robots, allowing the teams concentrate on software development rather than the mechanics of robots. The robots operate fully autonomously; i.e., there is no remote control by either humans or computers during the games.

The League began as the Sony Four-Legged League in 1999 using the Sony AIBO. Initially a small number of teams were invited to join the league. In 2002, the league was opened and teams were allowed to apply through a qualification process. After Sony announced that it would discontinue production of the AIBO in 2006, the League searched for a new platform and decided on the Aldebaran Robotics humanoid NAO. In 2008, the League ran both AIBOs and Naos and was renamed the Standard Platform League. From 2009, only the Naos were used.

History Summaries of previous World Championships Year (Robot)HostFinalThird Place MatchNumber of TeamsWinnersScoreRunners-upThird PlaceScoreFourth Place 1999 (AIBO) Stockholm - Sweden LRP 4-1 rUNSWift (UNSW Sydney) CMPack 2000 (AIBO) Melbourne - Australia rUNSWift (UNSW Sydney) 10-0 LRP CMPack 2001 (AIBO) Seattle - USA rUNSWift (UNSW Sydney) 9-2 CMPack 2002 (AIBO) Fukuoka/Busan - Japan/Korea CMPack 3-3 (2-1) rUNSWift (UNSW Sydney) NUbots 2003 (AIBO) Padua - Italy rUNSWift (UNSW Sydney) 4-3 UPennalizers NUbots 4-1 CMPack 2004 (AIBO) Lisbon - Portugal GermanTeam 5-3 UTS Unleashed! NUbots 5-4 UPennalizers 23 2005 (AIBO) Osaka - Japan GermanTeam 4-3 (2-2) NUbots rUNSWift (UNSW Sydney) 8-0 CMDash 24 2006 (AIBO) Bremen - Germany NUbots 7-3 rUNSWift (UNSW Sydney) Microsoft Hellhounds 6-0 GermanTeam 24 2007 (AIBO) Atlanta - USA Northern Bites 5-1 NUbots CMDash 3-3 (6-5) WrightEagle 24 2008 (AIBO) Suzhou - China GermanTeam 5-0 UTS-USTC WrightEagle Unleashed! Northern Bites 3-1 UT Austin Villa 10 2008 (Nao) NUManoids 1-0 (0-0) GTCMUnited Kouretes 1-0 (0-0) Humboldt 15 2009 (Nao) Graz - Austria B-Human, 5-0 Northern Bites Nao Devils Dortmund 4-1 UT Austin Villa 24 2010 (Nao) Singapore B-Human, 6-1 rUNSWift (UNSW Sydney) UT Austin Villa 5-1 CMurfs 23 2011 (Nao) Istanbul - Turkey B-Human, 11-1 Nao Devils Dortmund NTU Robot PAL 4-2 Nao-Team HTWK 27 2012 (Nao) Mexico City - Mexico UT Austin Villa 4-2 B-Human, rUNSWift (UNSW Sydney) 11-1 Nao-Team HTWK 25 2013 (Nao) Eindhoven - The Netherlands B-Human, 6-2 Nao-Team HTWK, UT Austin Villa 4-0 rUNSWift (UNSW Sydney) 22 2014 (Nao) Joao Pessoa - Brazil rUNSWift (UNSW Sydney) 5-1 Nao-Team HTWK, B-Human, 7-0 UChile 20 2015 (Nao) Hefei, China UNSW Sydney 3-1 B-Human, Nao-Team HTWK, 3-1 UChile 20 2016 (Nao) B-Human, 3-0 (0-0) UT Austin Villa Nao-Team HTWK, 4-1 UChile 24 2017 (Nao) B-Human, 2-1 Nao-Team HTWK, Nao Devils Dortmund 6-2 UT Austin Villa 24 2018 (Nao) Montreal, Canada Nao-Team HTWK, 1-0 B-Human, TJArk, 2-0 HULKs 212019(Nao)Sydney, AustraliaB-Human, 2-1Nao-Team HTWK, rUNSWift (UNSW Sydney) 11-2Nao Devils Dortmund 20

Technical Challenges Results

Year (Robot)HostFirstSecondThird 1999 (AIBO) Stockholm - Sweden rUNSWift 2000 (AIBO) Melbourne - Australia rUNSWift 2001 (AIBO) Seattle - USA rUNSWift 2002 (AIBO) Fukuoka/Busan Japan/Korea rUNSWift 2003 (AIBO) Padua - Italy rUNSWift 2004 (AIBO) Lisbon - Portugal UTS Unleashed! ARAIBO ASURA 2005 (AIBO) Osaka - Japan Cerberus NUBots ARAIBO and GermanTeam 2006 (AIBO) Bremen - Germany Microsoft Hellhounds ASURA Dutch AIBO Team 2007 (AIBO) Atlanta - USA GermanTeam Jolly Pochie UT Austin Villa 2008 (AIBO) Suzhou - China 2008 (Nao) 2009 (Nao) Graz - Austria B-Human and Nao-Team HTWK Nao Devils and Nao Team Humboldt 2010 (Nao) Singapore rUNSWift UT Austin Villa CMurfs 2011 (Nao) Istanbul - Turkey RoboEireann Noxious-Kouretes and rUNSWift 2012 (Nao) Mexico City - Mexico Nao Team Humboldt rUNSWift B-Human 2013 (Nao) Eindhoven - The Netherlands B-Human Nao-Team HTWK Nao Devils Dortmund and rUNSWift 2014 (Nao) Joao Pessoa - Brazil B-Human Austrian Kangaroos HULKs 2015 (Nao) Hefei, China B-Human Nao Devils WrightOcean 2016 (Nao) Nao Devils HULKs B-Human

Drop-In Competition Results

YearHostFirstSecondThirdBest Drop-In Only Team 2014 Joao Pessoa - Brazil B-Human Nao-Team HTWK Nao Devils Dortmund UnBeatables 2015 Hefei, China Nao-Team HTWK B-Human Nao Devils Dortmund UnBeatables 2016 B-Human Nao-Team HTWK UT Austin Villa UnBeatables

League Photos

2009 A group photo of all teams participating in RoboCup SPL 2009

2010 A group photo of all teams participating in RoboCup SPL 2010

2011 A group photo of all teams participating in RoboCup SPL 2011

2012 A group photo of all teams participating in RoboCup SPL 2012

2013 A group photo of all teams participating in RoboCup SPL 2013 Robots on display for the Queen of The Netherlands at RoboCup 2013

2014 A group photo of all teams participating in RoboCup SPL 2014

Founders of the League Source: Hiroaki Kitano, RoboCup Federation Manuela Veloso, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Masahiro Fujita, Sony Corporation, Japan Minoru Asada, Osaka University, Japan Dominique Duhaut, Université de Bretagne Sud, France

Rules RoboCup SPL Rules

YearRobotsTeam sizeField SizeWallsBeaconsBallGoalsLighting 1999 AIBO ERS-110 3 180 cm × 280 cm Yes 6OrangeBlue & YellowEven & Bright 2000 AIBO ERS-110 3 180 cm × 280 cm Yes 6OrangeBlue & YellowEven & Bright 2001 AIBO ERS-210 3 180 cm × 280 cm Yes 6OrangeBlue & YellowEven & Bright 2002 AIBO ERS-210 4 270 cm × 420 cm Yes 6OrangeBlue & YellowEven & Bright 2003 AIBO ERS-210A SuperCore 4 270 cm × 420 cm Yes 6OrangeBlue & YellowEven & Bright 2004 AIBO ERS-7 4 270 cm × 420 cm Yes 4OrangeBlue & YellowEven & Bright 2005 AIBO ERS-7 4 400 cm x 600 cmNo 4OrangeBlue & YellowEven & Bright 2006 AIBO ERS-7 4 400 cm x 600 cm No 4OrangeBlue & YellowEven & Bright 2007 AIBO ERS-7 4 400 cm x 600 cm No 4OrangeBlue & YellowEven & Bright 2008 AIBO ERS-7 5 400 cm x 600 cm No 2OrangeBlue & YellowEven & Bright 2008NAO V22 440 cm x 680 cm No0OrangeBlue & YellowEven & Bright 2009 NAO V3 3 540 cm x 740 cm No 0OrangeBlue & YellowEven & Bright 2010 NAO V3 Plus 3 540 cm x 740 cm No 0OrangeBlue & YellowEven & Bright 2011 Nao V3.3 4 540 cm x 740 cm No 0OrangeBlue & YellowEven & Bright 2012 Nao 4 4 540 cm x 740 cm No 0OrangeYellowEven & Bright 2013 Nao 4 5 600 cm x 900 cm No 0OrangeYellowEven & Bright 2014 Nao 4 or Nao 55 + Coach 600 cm x 900 cm No 0OrangeYellowEven & Bright 2015 Nao 4 or Nao 5 5 + Coach 600 cm x 900 cm No 0OrangeWhiteEven & Bright 2016 Nao 4 or Nao 5 5 + Coach 600 cm x 900 cm No 0Black and WhiteWhiteEven & Bright 2017 Nao 4 or Nao 5 5 + Coach 600 cm x 900 cm No 0Black and WhiteWhiteNatural elements 2018 Nao 4 or Nao 5 5 600 cm x 900 cm No 0Black and WhiteWhiteNatural elements 2019Nao 6 or earlier 5 600 cm x 900 cm No 0Black and WhiteWhiteNatural elements

Robots 1999–2008 Sony AIBO.

2008–present Aldebaran Robotics humanoid NAO robots.

Technologies

Control of the robots relies on several areas of robotics, including Adaptive control Artificial Intelligence Bayesian Learning Learning Classification and Clustering Computational Neuroscience Data Mining Techniques Digital Control Digital Image Processing Dimension reduction Evolutionary Computation Kalman Filter, Extended Kalman Filter Flexible Distribution functions Feedback Control and Regulation Manifold learning Motor Control and Legged Locomotion Neural Networks Reinforcement Learning Robot Programming Software Engineering Support Vector Machines Machine vision

RoboCup Standard Platform League

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