Soccer robot

A soccer robot is a specialized autonomous robot and mobile robot that is used to play variants of soccer.

NimbRo-OP2X^[1] Humanoid Soccer Robot at RoboCup 2018 in Montreal

The main organised competitions are RoboCup or FIRA tournaments played each year.

The RoboCup contest currently has a number of soccer leagues:

• • Standard Platform League (formerly Four Legged League)
  • Small Size League
  • Middle Size League
  • Simulation League
    • 2D Soccer Simulation
    • 3D Soccer Simulation
• Humanoid League

Additionally, there is a RoboCupJunior league for younger students.

qfix Soccer robot

qfix "Terminator"

The qfix soccer robot "Terminator" is an omnidrive robot that can be used for RoboCup Junior. It includes a kicker and a dribbler as well as a controller board with Atmel controller.

The robot can be programmed using the GNU GCC compiler.

Graupner RC-SOCCERBOT

The Graupner "RC-SOCCERBOT" is a mobile robot platform developed by qfix which can be used as a radio-controller toy playing soccer with ping-pong balls. Gaining more experience in robotics the user can also implement C++ programs on the robot.^[2]