Conclusion and Future Work

This project's ultimate goal was to learn about the Robocup Soccer, and to understand possible directions of research in the domain. We have tried to develop an application to learn the available tools and methods in AIBO application development. As results of our efforts, we have :

1. figured out the basic development environment
2. learnt what others are doing and what projects are being done
3. setup a aibo lab and a network
4. found the Tekkotsu framework and learnt how to use it
5. learnt about various fields of computer science involved in Robocup Soccer
6. implemented most parts of the project

Unfortunately, we have not been able to implement all the project. Therefore, we don't have a completely working system. In addition, there are issues we have come across in the development of the project, that we have not been able to handle ourselves and need further help with. Such details are usually omitted from research papers, but are crucial in practice. Moreover, we think if the ultimate goal is to join the Robocup competition, it is required to setup a large Robocup team with people from diverse backgrounds. Yet we are pleased to have worked in this field and had fun in the process. Future work in this project includes: completing implementation of the project, eliminating the bugs, and basically making every part work together as a whole.