Organization of RoboCup
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President
- Manuela Veloso, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA
- Elected first term in 2008
- Founding Trustee, 1996-
- Vice-President 2002-2008
- General Chair RoboCup'01, Seattle, USA
Vice Presidents
- Tucker Balch, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA
- Americas, Finances
- Appointed new first term in 2008
- Trustee since 2001, Co-Chair RoboCup'01, Seattle, USA
- Daniele Nardi, University "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
- Europe, RoboCup@Home, RoboCup Rescue
- Appointed new first term in 2008
- Trustee since 2003, Co-Chair RoboCup'03, Padova, Italy
- Itsuki Noda, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
- Asia, RoboCup Soccer
- Appointed new first term in 2008
- Trustee since 1999
- Creator and founder of RoboCup Soccer Simulation, 1996
- Gerhard Kraetzschmar, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Sankt Augustin, Germany
- RoboCupJunior, Finances
- Appointed new first term in 2008
- Trustee since 1999, Co-Chair RoboCup'06, Bremen, Germany
Board of Trustees
- Hiroaki Kitano, Systems Biology Institute, Tokyo, Japan
- Founding President
- General Chair RoboCup'97, Nagoya, Japan
- Luis Almeida, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
- RoboCupJunior
- Elected first term in 2011
- Minoru Asada, Osaka University, Japan
- RoboCup Soccer
- Elected new second term in 2010
- Founding Trustee since 1996
- General Chair RoboCup'02, Fukuoka, Japan
- Co-Chair RoboCup'05, Osaka, Japan
- XiaoPing Chen, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
- RoboCup Soccer, RoboCup@Home
- Elected first term in 2008
- General Chair RoboCup'08, Suzhou, China
- Amy Eguchi, Bloomfield College, USA
- RoboCupJunior
- Elected first term in 2009
- Adam Jacoff, National Institute for Standards and Technology, Washington DC, USA
- RoboCup Rescue
- Elected first term in 2009
- Pedro Lima, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal
- RoboCup Soccer
- Editor in Chief of RoboCup Wiki
- Elected second term in 2009
- General Chair RoboCup'04, Lisbon, Portugal
- Daniel Polani, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK
- RoboCup Soccer
- Elected first term in 2008
- Martin Riedmiller, University of Freiburg, Germany
- RoboCup Soccer
- Elected first term in 2008
- Peter Stone, University of Texas, Austin, USA
- RoboCup Soccer
- National Committees Advisor
- Elected second term in 2010
- Ubbo Visser, University of Miami, Coral Gables, USA
- RoboCup Soccer
- Elected second term in 2009
- General Chair RoboCup'06, Bremen, Germany
- Changjiu Zhou, Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore
- RoboCup Soccer
- Elected first term in 2010
- General Chair RoboCup'10, Singapore, Singapore
Former Trustees
- Satoshi Tadokoro, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
- Trustee 2004-2010
- Betsy Sklar, Brooklyn College, New York, USA
- Founding Trustee, RoboCupJunior
- Trustee 2002-2008
- Hans-Dieter Burkhard, Humboldt University, Germany
- Trustee, 1998-2008, Vice-President, 2002-2008
- Silvia Coradeschi, Orebro University, Sweden
- Trustee, 1999-2008
- General Chair RoboCup'99, Stockholm, Sweden
- Enrico Pagello, University Padova, Italy
- Trustee, 1998-2008, Vice-President, 2002-2008
- General Chair RoboCup'03, Padova, Italy
- Dominique Duhaut, University of Bretagne Sud, France
- Founding Trustee, 1996-2002
- General Chair RoboCup'98, Paris, France
- Frans Groen, Intelligent Systems Lab Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Trustee, 1999-2001
- Milind Tambe, University of Southern California, USA
- Trustee 1999-2001
- Andrew Jennings, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia
- Trustee, 1997-2000
- General Chair RoboCup'00, Melbourne, Australia
Executive Committee
Executive Committee members are responsible for the long term goals of the league and thus have also contact to other leagues as well as to the RoboCup federation. The Executive Committee presents the league and its achievements to the RoboCup federation every year and gets feedback to organize the league. All committee members are also members of the Technical Committee. Executive Committee members are elected by the board of trustees of the RoboCup federation; they serve 3-year terms.
Soccer Simulation
- Hideisa Akiyama, until 2011
- Sahar Asadi, until 2011
- Klaus Dorer, until 2012
Small Size Robot Soccer
- Tim Laue, until 2011
- Tadashi Naruse, until 2011
- Alfredo Weitzenfeld, until 2011
Middle Size Robot Soccer
- Andrea Bonarini, until 2012
- Roel Merry, until 2012
- Fernando Ribeiro, until 2010
- Gerald Steinbauer, until 2012
Standard Platform Robot Soccer
- Michail Lagoudakis, until 2012
- Dan Lee, until 2012
- Michael Quinlan, until 2011
- Thomas Roefer, until 2010
Humanoid Robot Soccer
- Jacky Baltes, until 2011
- Norbert M. Mayer, until 2010
- Oskar von Stryk, until 2011
- Changjiu Zhou, until 2012
Rescue Robot
- Andreas Birk, until 2011
- Tetsuya Kimura, until 2012
- Ehsan Mihankhah, until 2012
Rescue Simulation
- Levent H. Akin, until 2011
- Stephen Balakirsky, until 2012
- Alexander Kleiner, until 2012
At Home
- Luca Iocchi, until 2011
- Javier Ruiz de Solar, until 2012
- Tijn van der Zant, until 2012
Junior
- Martin Bader, until 2010
- Ashley Green, until 2011
- Eli Kolberg, until 2012
- Tairo Namura, until 2012
Technical Committee
The Technical Committee is responsible for planning the technical aspects of the league in short term to keep in the roadmap of the whole RoboCup in long term, i.e. the committee defines the rules for the next RoboCup and takes care of the according refereeing. All members are elected by the team leaders of the teams which have participated in the previous competition. In addition, all members of the Executive Committee are members of the Technical Committee.
Organizing Committee
The Organizing Committee is responsible for preparing and organizing the competition, this mainly includes making the schedule, performing the qualification process, and running the competition. The committee members are selected by the Executive Committee of the league and the RoboCup Trustees.
Robot Soccer Small Size League
- Manop Wongsaisuwan (Chair), Chulalongkorn University Thailand, Appointed 20XX
- Mehmet Akar, Bogazici University Turkey, Appointed 20XX
- Alfredo Weitzenfeld, USF Polytechnic USA, Appointed 20XX
- Tan Tai Suan (Local Chair), Temasek Polytechnic Singapore, Appointed 20XX
Robot Soccer Middle Size League
Robot Soccer Humanoid League
Robot Soccer Standard Platform League
