EMEnents
Team EMEnents, working in the area of Multi-agent Intelligent Electro-Mechanical Systems (MIEMS), aims to create opportunities within Pakistan for our future generations, in the field of robotics, a relatively new and thriving area of research, and at the same time generate opportunities for collaborations with global community at the international level.To this end, we are using the Robocup Small Size League (SSL), an annual International Competition as a platform to achieve our long-term objective. Our immediate aim is to fabricate a team of 6 intelligent robots which is capable of playing soccer without human intervention to compete in Robocup SSL 2013, The Netherlands.
Goal
We dream to become the first ever team from Pakistan to participate in the prestigious Robocup Small size league and hence, project a positive image of the country to a world where science and technology are growing at a fast pace and hence, respect is reserved for those who accept this change and become a part of it.
About the Small Size League
RoboCup is a competition domain designed to advance robotics and AI research through a friendly competition. Small Size robot soccer is one of the RoboCup league divisions. Small Size robot soccer, or F180 as it is otherwise known, focuses on the problem of intelligent multi-agent cooperation and control in a highly dynamic environment with a hybrid centralized/distributed system.
A Small Size robot soccer game takes place between two teams of six robots each. Each robot must conform to the dimensions as specified in the F180 rules: The robot must fit within an 180mm diameter circle and must be no higher than 15cm. The robots play soccer with an orange golf ball on a green carpeted field that is 6.05m long by 4.05m wide.
All objects on the field are tracked by a standardized vision system that processes the data provided by two cameras that are attached to a camera bar located 4m above the playing surface. The vision system - called SSL-Vision - is an open source project maintained by the league's community.
Off-field computers are used to communicate referee commands and position information to the robots. Typically, these computers also perform most, if not all, of the processing required for coordination and control of the robots. Communications is wireless and typically uses dedicated commercial FM transmitter/receiver units.
A Small Size robot soccer game takes place between two teams of six robots each. Each robot must conform to the dimensions as specified in the F180 rules: The robot must fit within an 180mm diameter circle and must be no higher than 15cm. The robots play soccer with an orange golf ball on a green carpeted field that is 6.05m long by 4.05m wide.
All objects on the field are tracked by a standardized vision system that processes the data provided by two cameras that are attached to a camera bar located 4m above the playing surface. The vision system - called SSL-Vision - is an open source project maintained by the league's community.
Off-field computers are used to communicate referee commands and position information to the robots. Typically, these computers also perform most, if not all, of the processing required for coordination and control of the robots. Communications is wireless and typically uses dedicated commercial FM transmitter/receiver units.