Participating in Autonomous Robot Competitions: Experiences from a Robot Soccer Team

This paper describes the development of a RoboCup team during six years of participation in RoboCup. From the point of view of a participating team it discusses the experiences made, the scientific impact, and the correlation between effort, tournament success, and scientific achievements.

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