ABSTRACT
Robocup is one of the largest scientific robotic initiatives, aimed
at developing robotics and spreading it in society. It is organized
in different leagues, which organize competitions among robots,
most of which are autonomous. Some leagues involve teams of
autonomous robots that have to cooperate to win a soccer game
against an opponent team. Given the aims of this book, in this
chapter we will focus on these leagues, where cooperation among
robots is crucial. We will consider issues such as cooperative
sensing, cooperative behavior, and team strategy. We discuss some
of the ways Robocup teams have faced these issues, and we will
envision the application of these techniques in industrial and
service robotics, nowadays and in a next future. We will also
show how Robocup can be considered a challenging and engaging
environment, stimulating the development of techniques than can
be used to face also real-world applications.
