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RoboCupRescue League: Japan Pictures 2005

RoboCupRescue
World Championship
and Symposium

Pictures

RoboCupRescue Osaka Logo 2005

FTP Archive

Many pictures and videos of robot arenas and teams are available for download from ftp://isdftp.cme.nist.gov/pub/Jacoff/RoboCupRescue_Osaka_Japan

Pictures

Figure1 Overview of Arena 2005

An overview of the RoboCupRescue Robot League arenas, teams, and robots.

Figure2 Arena-Details 2005

The RoboCupRescue Robot League arenas in Osaka, Japan. After the competition, elements of these arenas were distributed among robotics laboratories in Sendai, Yokohama, and Kawasaki, Japan.

Figure3 Step-Field-Detail 2005

Recently developed random step fields were used within the arenas to provide well-defined mobility challenges. And as always, simulated victims emitting various signs of life (human form, heat, sound, motion, and/or CO2) provided the incentive for robots to search the arenas in their entirety.

Figure4 Place-Awardees 2005

The top three Place Awards went to capable mobility platforms deploying state-of-the-art sensors for mapping along with effective operator interfaces.

Figure5 Best-in-Class-Awardees 2005

The Best-In-Class Award winners.

Figure6 Innovation-Award 2005

The Innovation Award winners.

Figure7 Other-Interesting 2005

Other interesting robots showed the variety of approaches being considered for urban search and rescue application.

Created July 9, 2014, Updated January 6, 2017