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In this work we propose a multi-modal architecture for analyzing soccer scenes from tactical camera footage, with a focus on three core tasks: ball trajectory inference, ball state classification, and ball possessor identification. To this…

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The FC Portugal 3D team is developed upon the structure of our previous Simulation league 2D/3D teams and our standard platform league team. Our research concerning the robot low-level skills is focused on developing behaviors that may be…

Soccer, as a dynamic team sport, requires seamless coordination and integration of tactical strategies across all players. Adapting to new tactical systems is a critical but often challenging aspect of soccer at all professional levels.…

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This paper presents a technique to train a robot to perform kick-motion in AI soccer by using reinforcement learning (RL). In RL, an agent interacts with an environment and learns to choose an action in a state at each step. When training…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-12-02 Bumgeun Park , Jihui Lee , Taeyoung Kim , Dongsoo Har

Hiking on complex trails demands balance, agility, and adaptive decision-making over unpredictable terrain. Current humanoid research remains fragmented and inadequate for hiking: locomotion focuses on motor skills without long-term goals…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-05-12 Kwan-Yee Lin , Stella X. Yu

RoboCup represents an International testbed for advancing research in AI and robotics, focusing on a definite goal: developing a robot team that can win against the human world soccer champion team by the year 2050. To achieve this goal,…

Achieving robust humanoid hiking in complex, unstructured environments requires transitioning from reactive proprioception to proactive perception. However, integrating exteroception remains a significant challenge: mapping-based methods…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-01-13 Shaoting Zhu , Ziwen Zhuang , Mengjie Zhao , Kun-Ying Lee , Hang Zhao

Humanoid robots are increasingly demanded to operate in interactive and human-surrounded environments while achieving sophisticated locomotion and manipulation tasks. To accomplish these tasks, roboticists unremittingly seek for advanced…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-11-28 Ye Zhao

In multi-agent reinforcement learning, the cooperative learning behavior of agents is very important. In the field of heterogeneous multi-agent reinforcement learning, cooperative behavior among different types of agents in a group is…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-04-14 Taeyoung Kim , Luiz Felipe Vecchietti , Kyujin Choi , Sanem Sariel , Dongsoo Har

We present a novel framework for predicting next actions in soccer possessions by leveraging path signatures to encode their complex spatio-temporal structure. Unlike existing approaches, we do not rely on fixed historical windows and…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-08-19 David Hirnschall , Robert Bajons

Humanoid robots are promising to learn a diverse set of human-like locomotion behaviors, including standing up, walking, running, and jumping. However, existing methods predominantly require training independent policies for each skill,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-07 Yingnan Zhao , Xinmiao Wang , Dewei Wang , Xinzhe Liu , Dan Lu , Qilong Han , Peng Liu , Chenjia Bai

Training robots to perceive, act and communicate using multiple modalities still represents a challenging problem, particularly if robots are expected to learn efficiently from small sets of example interactions. We describe a learning…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2016-11-29 Heriberto Cuayáhuitl , Guillaume Couly , Clément Olalainty

This study investigates how adequate coordination among the different cognitive processes of a humanoid robot can be developed through end-to-end learning of direct perception of visuomotor stream. We propose a deep dynamic neural network…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2017-06-09 Jungsik Hwang , Jun Tani

Achieving human-level competitive intelligence and physical agility in humanoid robots remains a major challenge, particularly in contact-rich and highly dynamic tasks such as boxing. While Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL) offers a…

Reinforcement learning is an active research area with a vast number of applications in robotics, and the RoboCup competition is an interesting environment for studying and evaluating reinforcement learning methods. A known difficulty in…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-06-25 Felipe B. Martins , Mateus G. Machado , Hansenclever F. Bassani , Pedro H. M. Braga , Edna S. Barros

Parkour presents a highly challenging task for legged robots, requiring them to traverse various terrains with agile and smooth locomotion. This necessitates comprehensive understanding of both the robot's own state and the surrounding…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-09-04 Shixin Luo , Songbo Li , Ruiqi Yu , Zhicheng Wang , Jun Wu , Qiuguo Zhu

Robust and accurate ball detection is a critical component for autonomous humanoid soccer robots, particularly in dynamic and challenging environments such as RoboCup outdoor fields. However, traditional supervised approaches require…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-06-23 Can Lin , Daniele Affinita , Marco E. P. Zimmatore , Daniele Nardi , Domenico D. Bloisi , Vincenzo Suriani

Humanoid robots have demonstrated impressive motor skills in a wide range of tasks, yet whole-body control for humanlike long-time, dynamic fighting remains particularly challenging due to the stringent requirements on agility and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-24 Yucheng Xin , Jiacheng Bao , Yubo Dong , Xueqian Wang , Bin Zhao , Xuelong Li , Junbo Tan , Dong Wang

Humanoid robots hold the potential for unparalleled versatility in performing human-like, whole-body skills. However, achieving agile and coordinated whole-body motions remains a significant challenge due to the dynamics mismatch between…

This paper presents a hierarchical framework for Deep Reinforcement Learning that acquires motor skills for a variety of push recovery and balancing behaviors, i.e., ankle, hip, foot tilting, and stepping strategies. The policy is trained…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-02-11 Chuanyu Yang , Kai Yuan , Wolfgang Merkt , Taku Komura , Sethu Vijayakumar , Zhibin Li