RoboCup China Open 2006 Official Report

Co-hosted by RoboCup China Committee, Municipal Government of Suzhou and University of Science and Technology of China, RoboCup China Open 2006 was inaugurated on October 7^th, 2006, at Suzhou, one of the most poetic and picturesque city in China.

RoboCup China Open 2006 aims at the popularization of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence within the youth of China, encouragement and promotion of research and exploration in Mechanics, Electronic Engineering, Information Science and Automation, and setting up a fundamental platform for future academic masters in those realms.

During October 7^th to October 9^th, 255 teams, around 1,000 members totally, participated in 7 different RoboCup leagues: Simulation 2D, Simulation 3D, Small Size, Middle Size, 4-legged, Humanoid, Rescue and Junior. Within those teams, 430 teams are domestic while the rest 70 oversea teams come from 9 countries or areas which are USA, Germany, England, Singapore, Iran, Brazil, Mexico, Nigeria and Hong Kong respectively.

The honorable president of RoboCup Federation, Prof. Minoru ASADA, as well as other trustees also came to the host city of RoboCup China Open 2006.

The paramount Chinese TV Station, CCTV participated in the whole procedure of competition and live report was broadcasted around the whole nation in CCTV News and CCTV-5 (Sports) Channel.

The RoboCup Competition in China was held for every year under the authorization of RoboCup Committee since 1999. Started from 2006, RoboCup Competition in China has transferred to RoboCup China Open Competition, which is opened for competitors all around the world. Moreover, after Japan, USA, Germany, Iran and Australia, RoboCup China Open has become the sixth RoboCup series open world wide.

2 Organization of RoboCup China Open 2006

Name	Affiliation	Position/Area
SUN Zengqi	Tsinghua University	Chair
YUAN Kui	Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences	Vice-Chair, Rescue
ZHENG Ziqiang	National University of Defense Technology	Vice-Chair, Middle size
CHEN Xiaoping	University of Science and Technology of China	Vice-Chair, Four Legged and publicity
CAO Qixing	Shanghai Jiaotong Univeristy	Middle size
LI Shi	Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences	Junior
LI Yongxin	University of Science and Technology of China	Small size
LIU Li	Tsinghua University	Humanoid
QI Yaoliang	Suzhou Higher Education Town Administration Office	Local Arrangements
VONG Ka-Lon Leonard	Robotics Technology Research and Education Association of Macau	Junior
XIONG Rong	Zhejiang University	Simulation
ZHANG Jun Eugene	Youth Robotics Education Association of Hong Kong	Junior
ZHOU Changjiu	Singapore Polytechnic	publicity and Humanoid

3 Schedule of RoboCup China Open 2006

The schedule of RoboCup China Open 2006 is listed as follow.

Time	Content	Place
October 5	RoboSoccer Simulation 2D and 3D
October 6 18：00-22：00	1. Check-in 2. Accommodation arrangement	The student apartment of Suzhou Dushu Lake Higher Education Town
October 6 18：00-22：00	Teams Setup	Gymnasium of Dushu Lake Higher Education Town
October 7 8：30－9：00	Opening ceremony	Gymnasium of Dushu Lake Higher Education Town
October 7 9：00－12：00	Games: (1) RoboSoccer Simulation 2D and 3D; (2) RoboSoccer Small size; (3) RoboSoccer Middle size; (4) RoboSoccer 4-legged; (5) Humanoid; (6) RoboRescue Simulation and Robot; (7) Tryout for Junior Soccer; (8) Tryout for Junior Rescue; (9) Junior Dancing Primary.	Gymnasium of Dushu Lake Higher Education Town
October 7 13：30-17：30	Games: (1) RoboSoccer Simulation 2D and 3D; (2) RoboSoccer Small size; (3) RoboSoccer Middle size; (4) RoboSoccer 4-legged; (5) Humanoid; (6) RoboRescue Simulation and Robot; (7) Tryout for Junior Soccer; (8) Tryout for Junior Rescue; (9) Junior Dancing Primary.	Gymnasium of Suzhou Dushu Lake Higher Education Town
October 7 18：30-22：00	Games: (1) RoboSoccer Simulation 2D and 3D; (2) RoboSoccer Small size; (3) RoboSoccer Middle size; (4) RoboSoccer 4-legged; (5) Humanoid; (6) RoboRescue Simulation and Robot; (7) Tryout for Junior Soccer; (8) Tryout for Junior Rescue;	Gymnasium of Suzhou Dushu Lake Higher Education Town
October 8 8：30-12：00	Games: (1) RoboSoccer Simulation 2D and 3D; (2) RoboSoccer Small size; (3) RoboSoccer Middle size; (4) RoboSoccer 4-legged; (5) Humanoid; (6) RoboRescue Simulation and Robot; (7) Quarter-final and final for Junior Soccer; (8) Final for Junior Rescue; (9) Junior Dancing Secondary.	Gymnasium of Suzhou Dushu Lake Higher Education Town
October 8 13：30-17：30	Games: (1) RoboSoccer Simulation 2D and 3D; (2) RoboSoccer Small size; (3) RoboSoccer Middle size (4) RoboSoccer 4-legged; (5) Humanoid; (6) RoboRescue Simulation and Robot; (7) Junior Dancing Secondary.	Gymnasium of Suzhou Dushu Lake Higher Education Town
October 8 17：30	Closing ceremony	Gymnasium of Suzhou Dushu Lake Higher Education Town
October 9 9：00-12：00	Exihibition game of the Robot Competition	Gymnasium of Suzhou Dushu Lake Higher Education Town
October 9 14：00-17：00	Exihibition game of the Robot Competition	Gymnasium of Suzhou Dushu Lake Higher Education Town

4 Invited Talks of RoboCup China Open 2006

The invited talks of RoboCup China Open 2006 are listed as follow.

Time	Speaker and Topic	Place
October 6 19:30-21:00	Silvia Coradeschi: Physically Embedded Intelligent Systems: integrating AI, Robotics and olfaction	Library of Suzhou Dushu Lake Higher Education Town
October 7 19:30-21:00	Alexander Kleiner: Rescue Robotics and the RoboCup Rescue Challenge	Library of Suzhou Dushu Lake Higher Education Town
October 9 9:00-10:20	Enrico Pagello: Cooperation Issues and Distributed Sensing for Multi-Robot Systems	Library of Suzhou Dushu Lake Higher Education Town
October 9 10:30-11:50	Gerhard Kraetzschmar:	Library of Suzhou Dushu Lake Higher Education Town

5 Leagues of RoboCup China Open 2006

5.1 Simulation 2D

46 teams from 4 countries, China, Germany, Iran and Brazil, participated in the Simulation 2D League of RoboCup China Open 2006, and the detailed list is as follow.

Team	Affiliation	Country/Area
Brainstormers	University of Osnabrueck, Germany	Germany
pasargad	nothing	Iran
FEI_CDU-2006	Centro University io da FEI	Brasil
Golden dream	Education ministry	Iran
Robo-Pars	Education ministry	Iran
Golden Aim	-	iran
MecaTeam	UFBA - Universidade Federal da Bahia	Brasil
FEISIM	FEI	Brazil
FC_PARS	No Affiliation	IR-IRAN
Samand	Iran	Iran
ITANDROIDS	Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica	Brazil
Pegasus	Shahid Rajaee university	IRAN
Paradox	Member of Energy-Atomi,Aria,Dojram in Tehran student\\\'s competition.	Iran
AriaNikan	Sharif University of Technology	Iran/Tehran
Hitro_Jet	Tehran Education Organization( area 11 )	Iran/Tehran
pasargad1	Azad University(South Breanch)	Iran
Nemesis	non	Iran
Immortal	Sadra acadeia group	Asia ,Iran
Simorgh	Allame Helli High School of Tehran(NODET)	Iran
ERMIA	Tehran Education Organization	IRAN
Toofan	Tehran Education Organization	Iran
CZU	Changzhou Institute of Technology	China
SEU-2D	Southeast University	China
longmarch	Fuzhou University	China
HHITimEr	HuaiNan Institute of Technology	China
AFU	Jiangnan University	China
JMU	School of Computer Engineering, Jimei University	China
strive	Shanghai University	China
WrightEagle	University of Science and Technology of China	China
DNU_Explorer	Dalian Nationalities University, Innovative Education Center	China
AmoyNQ	Xiamen Univeristy	China
GDUT_TIJI	Guangdong University of Technology	China
Yunlu	Central South University	China
BJUT1	Beijing University of Technology	China
Czili_Calm	Changzhou Institute of Light Industry Technology	China
FUSHUN	Zhangzhou College of Education	China
HfutEngine	Hefei University of Techonology	China
CLIMBER	Wuhan University of Science and Technology	China
ZJUBase	Zhejiang University	China
NanKaiMagic	Nankai University	China
ujs super star	Jiangsu University	China
CUG	China University of Geoscience(Wuhan)	China
SZPT_Roc	Department of Computer Science, Shenzhen Polytechnic	China
Wing of	School of Computer Science and Technology, Anhui University	China
Everest	Department of Automation, Beijing Institute of Technology	China
AIAI	Anhui Institute of Architecture and Industry	China

5.2 Simulation 3D

44 teams from 5 countries, China, England, Germany, Iran and Brazil, participated in the Simulation 3D League of RoboCup China Open 2006, and the detailed list is as follow.

Team	Affiliation	Country/Area
Team3D	Iran University of Science and Technology	Iran
Sim-Robohessabi13	Dr.Hessabi Research Center	Iran
Arman	TBA	Iran
Virtual Werder 3D	TZI, Universitaet Bremen	Germany
MRL3D	Qazvin Islamic Azad University of Iran	Iran
CUUnited	TBA	England
caspian3d	iran university of science and technology	iran
JPAS	Mashhad Robotic Research Lab	Iran
Mersad3D	Allame Helli High School Of Tehran(NODET)	Tehran/Iran
FEISIM	FEI	Brazil
Polytecs06	wining	iran / tehran
Zagros	Ferdowsi University of Mashhad	Iran
Caspian	IUST(Iran Univercity of Science and technology)	Iran
ITANDROIDS	Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica	Brazil
pasargad1	Azad University(South Breanch)	Iran
Nemesis	non	Iran
Borregos3D	Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Studies	Mexico