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This article introduces our current research efforts to build a multi-agent system for cooperation and learning of multiple Sony legged robots in the RoboCup domain. A behaviour-based hierarchy is proposed for our Essex Rovers robot soccer team to achieve intelligent actions in real time, which includes both a neural network based color detection algorithm and a fuzzy logic controller.
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We would like to thank Masahiro Fujita and other staff members in the Digital Creatures Laboratory, Sony Corporation, Japan for their technical support. This research is financially supported by the Royal Society Research Grant 574006.G503 and the Essex University Research Promotion Fund DDPB40.
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Hu, H., Gu, D., Li, B. (2001). Essex Rovers Team Description. In: Stone, P., Balch, T., Kraetzschmar, G. (eds) RoboCup 2000: Robot Soccer World Cup IV. RoboCup 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 2019. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45324-5_99
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