Lecture Notes in Computer Science5949- RoboCup 2009: Robot Soccer World Cup XIII

This book includes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 13th RoboCup International Symposium, held in Graz, Austria, in June/July, 2009. They cover scientific contributions to a variety of research areas related to all RoboCup divisions. This book includes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 13th RoboCup International Symposium, held in Graz, Austria, in June/July, 2009 - representing the core meeting for presentation and discussion of scientific contributions to a variety of research areas related to all RoboCup divisions (RoboCupSoccer, RoboCupRescue, RoboCup@Home, and RoboCupJunior). The 22 revised full papers and 17 revised poster papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 112 submissions. The contributions provide a valuable source of references and inspiration for R&D professionals interested in robotics and artificial intelligence. We are really pleased to present the proceedings of the RoboCup International Symposium 2009. The 13th RoboCup Symposium was held in conjunction with the RoboCup 2009 competition in Graz, Austria from June 29 to July 5, 2009. The symposium highlights the many research contributions and achievements of the RoboCup community. Contributions from all leagues (RoboCupSoccer, RoboCupRescue, RoboCup@Home, and RoboCupJunior) are included in the symposium. The papers published in these proceedings are not limited to prac- cal issues, but also include fundamental research, system evaluation, and robotics education topics. There were 112 submissions from 25 countries. All papers were carefully - viewed by an international Program Committee of 96 members, who were - sisted by 25 additional reviewers. Each paper was reviewed by three Program Committee members and all reviews were…