An overview of RoboCup-2002 Fukuoka/Busan
Author
Asada, Minoru
Obst, Oliver
Polani, Daniel
Browning, Brett
Bonarini, Andrea
Fujita, Masahiro
Christaller, Thomas
Takahashi, Tomoichi
Tadokoro, Satoshi
Sklar, Elizabeth
Kaminka, Gal A.
Attention
2299/28041
Abstract
This article reports on the Sixth Robot World Cup Competition and Conference (RoboCup-2002) Fukuoka/Busan, which took place from 19 to 25 June in Fukuoka, Japan. It was the largest RoboCup since 1997 and held the first humanoid league competition in the world. Further, the first ROBOTREX (robot trade and exhibitions) was held with about 50 companies, universities, and institutes represented. A total of 117,000 spectators witnessed this marvelous event, To the best of our knowledge, this was the largest robotic event in history.