The Development of Ball Control Techniques for Robot Soccer based on Predefined Scenarios

Robotic soccer is an attractive topic in artificial intelligence and robotics research. However, to develop techniques and algorithms in this domain is a complex task. This study presents the development of ball control techniques and algorithms for robot soccer based on several predefined scenarios. In this study, we study the robot can do ball passing, obstacle avoiding and ball shooting according to certain situations. A vision system is used in this case where it calculates the robot position in x, y coordinates to make sure the robots move to the right direction. The velocity of each robot wheel is manipulated to control the speed of the robots and allow them to make turning and shooting. Algorithm testing was carried out by using a robot soccer simulator. Several techniques in obstacle avoiding and positioning were successfully implemented. The results prove these algorithms can be applied to execute the given tasks. © 2011 Asian Network for Scientific Information