The Virtual Robots Competition aims to be the meeting point
between researchers involved in the Agents Competition and those active
in the Robocup Rescue League.
It is based on USARSim,
a high fidelity simulator based on the UnrealTournament game engine
(that has to be separately bought). Within USARSim users can simulate
multiple agents whose capabilities closely mirror those of real robots.
USARSim currently features wheeled, tracked and legged robots, as well
as a wide range of sensors and actuators. Moreover, users can easily
develop models of new robotic platforms, sensors and test
environments. Validation experiments have shown close
correlation between results obtained within USARSim
and the corresponding real robots. Several research groups are
using USARSim
to develop control algorithms that are seamlessly migrated to
fieldable systems.
The simulator, documentation, tools, and various test environments can be freely downloaded from USARSim website. Additional material and information are posted on the wiki.
The Virtual Robots Competition was held for the first time in 2006 and saw the participation of 8 teams from 4 continents. We welcome new partcipants for the future. Stay tuned on the wiki to find out more about future and past competitions, including the sourcecode of the 2006 winners. You may also subscribe to the Virtual Robots mailing list to be informed about it.
