Roboka: programming contest with simulated wreslting humanoid robots

Olivier Michel

(Paper #79)


Abstract

The Roboka Cyber Robot Tournament is an international humanoid robot wrestling competition held on the Internet. This competition is free and open to anybody interested.

The goal of this programming contest is to share passion and knowledge about robot controllers in a competitive and amusing physics-based robot simulation environment. In this way, challenging scientific work is much more enjoyable and can be compared in a fair competition.

With only a basic Java knowledge, anybody can enter the competition. No special robotic skills are necessary to get started. Just register, program your controller and post it to your account. Every day at 14:00 (Central European Time) the competition is started with your actual controller. You can watch the tournament live or download the matches later. The Hall of fame keeps you informed of your actual position in the competition.

Keywords

Humanoid Control, Biped Locomotion, Enabling technologies, Humanoid Systems, Humanoid Mind

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