Forthcoming events:
ROBOCUP 2013 - Eindhoven, The Netherlands (24 june-1 july, 2013)
National delegation for RoboCup 2013
(includes junior teams selected at
ROBOTICA 2013)
National Committee for 2013
The committee specific responsibilities are:
National Committee Bylaws - in Portuguese
For contacts check the Members page
| President: | Luis Almeida | University of Porto (Board of Trustees and Vice-President) | |
| Vice-President: | Pedro Lima | Technical University of Lisbon | |
| MSL: | Bernardo Cunha | University of Aveiro (Executive Committee of the MSL) | |
| SPL: | Nuno Lau | University of Aveiro (Technical Committee of Soccer Simulation 3D) | |
| Soccer-Rescue Simulation: | Luis Paulo Reis | University of Minho (Technical Committee of Soccer Simulation 2D) | |
| @Home: | Artur Pereira | University of Aveiro | |
| RoboCupJunior NatRep: | José Dias | Cenatex, Guimarães (Technical Committee of RoboCupJunior Soccer) | |
| RCJ Soccer: | José Dias | Cenatex, Guimarães (Technical Committee of RoboCupJunior Soccer) | |
| RCJ Dance: | Jaime Rei | Agr. Esc. S. Gonçalo,Torres Vedras | |
| RCJ Rescue: | Rui Baptista | Esc. Sec. Amares, Amares | |
| SPR Representative: | Gil Lopes | University of Minho | |
RoboCup is an international research and education initiative, attempting to foster Artificial Intelligence and Robotics research by providing a standard problem where a wide range of technologies can be integrated and examined, as well as being used for integrated project-oriented education.
For this purpose, RoboCup chose to use the Soccer game as a primary domain, and organizes every year The Robot World Cup Soccer Games and Conferences. Since 2000, the competitions include Search and Rescue robots, and more recently, started in 2007, the @Home competition aims at developing service and assistive robot technology with high relevance for future personal domestic applications.
Altogether, achieving a good performance in these competitions requires the integration of various technologies, including: autonomous agents design principles, multi-agent collaboration, real-time planning and control, Robotics, and sensor-fusion.
The RoboCup Federation proposed the ultimate goal of the RoboCup Initiative to be stated as follows: "By 2050, a team of fully autonomous humanoid robot soccer players shall win a soccer game, complying with the official FIFA rules, against the winner of the most recent World Cup of Human Soccer."
More information about the RoboCup Federation as a whole, including links to other RoboCup National Committees, can be found at http://www.RoboCup.org/ .
Portugal is one one the most represented countries in RoboCup, and has a tradition of organizing Robotics competitions that dates back to 1995, including the organization of RoboCup2004. Also, a considerable number of Portuguese Research Institutions and Universities have groups working in Robotics.
List of portuguese teams participating in RoboCup 2013 (here).
Portuguese Teams Awards in RoboCup.
Festival Nacional de Robotica / Portuguese Robotics Open (a RoboCup recognized national event) - website in Portuguese.
Portuguese members of the Robocup Federation in 2012-2013
RoboCupSoccer Middle Size League | ||
| Technical Challenge: | 1st place | - CAMBADA (University of Aveiro) |
| Scientific Challenge: | 2nd place | - CAMBADA (University of Aveiro) |
RoboCupSoccer 3D Simulation League | ||
| Scientific Challenge: | 3rd place | - FCPortugal (Universities of Aveiro, Porto and Minho) |
RoboCupSoccer 2D Simulation League | ||
| Scientific Challenge: | 2nd place | - FCPortugal (Universities of Aveiro, Porto and Minho) |
RoboCupJunior Dance | ||
| Primary SuperTeam: | 1st Place | - Parada Disney (Agr. Esc. Damião de Gois) |
| Primary: | Best use of sensors | - Quinta de S. Gonçalo (Agr. Esc. S. Gonçalo) |
| Secondary Individual: | 1st Place | - ESA Robots (Esc. Sec. de Amares) |
| Secondary SuperTeam: | 1st Place | - ESA Robots (Esc. Sec. de Amares) |
| Secondary SuperTeam: | 1st Place | - Simãozinho (Agr. Esc. Santos Simões) |
| Secondary: | Best Choreography | - Simãozinho (Agr. Esc. Santos Simões) |
RoboCupJunior Soccer | ||
| Primary Lightweight Soccer A Superteams: | 1st Place | - AGSG2 (Agr. Esc. S. Gonçalo) |
| Primary Lightweight Soccer A Superteams: | Best presentation | - AGSG2 (Agr. Esc. S. Gonçalo) |
| Secondary Lightweight Soccer A Individual: | 2nd Place | - Cenatex Light (Esc. Pr. Cenatex) |
| Secondary Lightweight Soccer A SuperTeam: | 1st Place | - Cenatex Light (Esc. Pr. Cenatex) |
| Open Soccer A Individual: | 3rd Place | - CENATEX EP (Esc. Pr. Cenatex) |
| Open Soccer A SuperTeam: | 1st Place | - CENATEX EP (Esc. Pr. Cenatex) |
| Open Soccer B SuperTeam: | 1st Place | - CENATEX 3G (Esc. Pr. Cenatex) |
RoboCupJunior Rescue | ||
| Primary Rescue A: | Best presentation | - EÇA BOT 1 (Agr. Esc. Eça de Queirós) |
RoboCupSoccer Middle Size League | ||
| Soccer Competition: | 3rd Place | - CAMBADA (University of Aveiro) |
| Free Challange: | - CAMBADA (University of Aveiro) | |
RoboCupJunior Dance | ||
| Primary Individual: | 1st Place | - Biodiversidade em Perigo |
| Primary SuperTeam: | 1st Place | - Biodiversidade em Perigo |
| Primary SuperTeam: | 1st Place | - ATLÂNTIDA |
| Secondary SuperTeam: | 1st Place | - ESA Robots |
| Secondary: | Best Entertainment Value | - ESA Robots |
RoboCupJunior Soccer | ||
| Secondary Lightweight Soccer A Individual: | 1st Place | - Cenatex Light |
| Secondary Lightweight Soccer A SuperTeam: | 1st Place | - Cenatex Light |
| Open Soccer A Individual: | 1st Place | - CENATEX EP1 |
| Open Soccer A SuperTeam: | 1st Place | - CENATEX EP1 |
| Open Soccer A SuperTeam: | 2nd Place | - EPFLiving Machines |
| Open Soccer B Individual: | 3st Place | - CENATEX EP 3G |
| Open Soccer B SuperTeam: | 1st Place | - CENATEX EP 3G |
RoboCupJunior Rescue | ||
| Secondary Rescue A SuperTeam: | 1st Place | - EPB Rescue 2011 |
| Rescue B Individual: | 3rd Place | - RescueB.deec.uc.pt |
| Rescue B SuperTeam: | 2nd Place | - RescueB.deec.uc.pt |
RoboCupSoccer Middle Size League | ||
| Soccer Competition: | 3rd Place | - CAMBADA (University of Aveiro) |
RoboCupJunior Dance | ||
| Primary Individual: | 1st Place | - Uma Aventura na Selva |
| Primary SuperTeam: | 1st Place | - Uma Aventura na Selva |
| Secondary Individual: | 1st Place | - Jess.ISR.uc.pt |
| Secondary SuperTeam: | 1st Place | - ESA Robots |
| Secondary: | Best Construction | - Robotic Jazz |
RoboCupJunior Soccer | ||
| Open Soccer A SuperTeam: | 2nd Place | - Cenatex 1 |
RoboCupJunior Rescue | ||
| Rescue B SuperTeam: | 1st Place | - RescueB.DEEC.uc.pt |
RoboCupSoccer Middle Size League | ||
| Soccer Competition: | 3rd Place | - CAMBADA (University of Aveiro) |
| Technical Challenge: | 1st Place | - CAMBADA (University of Aveiro) |
RoboCupJunior Dance | ||
| Primary: | Costume | - Naturateam |
| Primary SuperTeam: | 1st Place | - Uma Aventura na Selva |
| Secondary Individual: | 1st Place | - The birth of a Dragon |
| Secondary: | Entertainment Value | - RollBots |
RoboCupJunior Soccer | ||
| Secondary Soccer A Individual: | 1st Place | - Cenatex 2 |
| Secondary Soccer A Individual: | 3rd Place | - Cenatex 1 |
| Primary Soccer A SuperTeam: | 2nd Place | - APCS GUARDA - VidroEstor |
| Secondary Soccer A SuperTeam: | 1st Place | - Cenatex 1 |
RoboCupJunior Rescue | ||
| Secondary Rescue A Individual: | 3rd Place | - APCS GUARDA - Montepio |
| Secondary Rescue A: | Best Presentation | - APCS GUARDA - Montepio |
| Primary Rescue A SuperTeam: | 1st Place | - Vivinho Team |
RoboCupSoccer Middle Size League | ||
| Soccer Competition: | 1st Place | - CAMBADA (University of Aveiro) |
RoboCupSoccer Simulation League | ||
| Mixed Reality Competition: | 2nd Place | - FCPortugal (Universities of Aveiro/Porto) |
| (junior teams to be added) | ||
RoboCupSoccer Simulation3D League | ||
| Soccer Competition: | 1st Place | - FCPortugal (Universities of Aveiro/Porto) |
| (junior teams to be added) | ||
RoboCupSoccer Small-Size League League | ||
| Soccer Competition: | 2nd Place | - 5DPO (University of Porto) |
| (junior teams to be added) | ||
| (junior teams to be added) |
RoboCupSoccer Simulation League | ||
| Coach Competition: | 2nd Place | - FCPortugal (Universities of Aveiro/Porto) |
| (junior teams to be added) | ||
RoboCupSoccer Simulation League | ||
| Coach Competition: | 2nd Place | - FCPortugal (Universities of Aveiro/Porto) |
| (junior teams to be added) | ||
RoboCupSoccer Simulation League | ||
| Coach Competition: | 1st Place | - FCPortugal (Universities of Aveiro/Porto) |
RoboCupSoccer Simulation League | ||
| Soccer Competition: | 3rd Place | - FCPortugal (Universities of Aveiro/Porto) |
RoboCupSoccer Simulation League | ||
| Soccer Competition: | 1st Place | - FCPortugal (Universities of Aveiro/Porto) |
| Challenge: | 3rd Place | - FCPortugal (Universities of Aveiro/Porto) |
| RoboCup Symposium: | Best Paper Award | - ISocRob (Inst. Superior Tecnico) |
RoboCupSoccer Small-Size League | ||
| Soccer Competition: | 3rd Place | - 5DPO (University of Porto) |
The selection of national teams to the international RoboCupJunior event is essentially determined by two aspects, the results of the Portuguese Open (ROBOTICA) and the number of slots allocated by the international organization. This latter aspect is the sole responsibility of the international organization and results from a complex slot distribution process among more than 30 countries and 11 sub-leagues. Consequently, it is frequently the case that the slots we receive do not necessarily reflect the participation levels in our national event.
The National Committee will then use the results from the national event and contact teams in that order until the slots are filled with teams willing to participate in the international event.
Nevertheless, in order to maximize the number of schools involved in the selection, the National Committee will further apply the following limit. Only one team from each school can be selected in each competition (sub-league).
The National Committee will take full responsibility for deciding on the selection and its decision is irrevocable.
(Provisional selection. May be updated in case of teams deciding not to participate).
Team | Institution | Contact |
RoboCupJunior Soccer B - Open | ||
| Cenatex EP | EP Cenatex | José Dias |
| SARTM | SAR | José Cruz |
| EB_FRJ13 | EP Braga | Alexandrino Silva |
RoboCupJunior Soccer A - Lightweight - Primary | ||
| AGSG1 | Agr. Escolas de São Gonçalo | Jaime Rei |
RoboCupJunior Soccer A - Lightweight - Secondary | ||
| Cenatex Light | EP Cenatex | Armando Freitas |
RoboCupJunior Rescue B | ||
| ADOT Municipio de Pinhel | Associação desenvolver o talento | Paulo França |
| EOM Rescue B | Externato Oliveira Martins | Carlos Amorim |
RoboCupJunior Rescue A - primary | ||
| Vivinho Team | Agr. Escolas de São Gonçalo | Jaime Rei |
RoboCupJunior Rescue A - secondary | ||
| STORM | Agr. Escolas de São Gonçalo | Jaime Rei |
| J3MI_BOT | Esc. Sec. D. Maria II | Clara Moreira |
RoboCupJunior Dance - primary | ||
| 3RS | Agr. Escolas de S. Gonçalo | Fátima Mira |
RoboCupJunior Dance - secondary | ||
| ESA ROBOTS | Esc. Sec. Amares | Rui Baptista |
| Simãozinho | Agr. Escolas Santos Simões | Francisco Pinto |
Middle Size League (MSL) | ||
| CAMBADA | Universidade de Aveiro | António Neves |
| SocRob-MSL | Instituto Superior Técnico | Pedro Lima |
| ISEPorto | Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto | Eduardo Silva |
Rescue Robots | ||
| SocRob-Rescue | Instituto Superior Técnico | Rodrigo Ventura |
Simulation 2D | ||
| FC Portugal | Universidades de Aveiro, Porto e Minho | Luis Paulo Reis |
Simulation 3D | ||
| FC Portugal3D | Universidades de Aveiro, Porto e Minho | Nuno Lau |