RoboCup-99: Robot Soccer World Cup III

This title documents the achievements presented at the Robot World Cup Games, it is made up of the following parts - Research papers of the champion teams and scientific award winners, technical papers presented at the RoboCup-99 Workshop, and descriptions of a large number of participating teams. This book is the third official archival publication devoted to RoboCup and documents the achievements presented at the Third Robot World Cup Soccer Games and Conferences, Robo-Cup-99, held in Stockholm, Sweden in July/August 1999. The book presents the following parts - Introductory overview and survey - Research papers of the champion teams and scientific award winners - Technical papers presented at the RoboCup-99 Workshop - Team description of a large number of participating teams. This book is mandatory reading for the rapidly growing RoboCup community as well as a valuable source or reference and inspiration for R&D professionals interested in multi-agent systems, distributed artificial intelligence, and intelligent robotics.