RoboCup
American Open
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
April 30 - May 4, 2003

Rescue Robot League

League Vision for 2050:

• autonomously negotiate compromised/collapsed structures

• find victims and ascertain their condition

• produce practical maps of their locations

• deliver sustenance and communications

• identify hazards

• provide structural shoring

...allowing human rescuers to quickly locate and extract victims.

Competition Mission:

• Objectively evaluate mobile robots in a challenging and realistic environment
• Develop performance metrics and standards for mobile robots  
• Foster collaboration among robotic researchers

This year marks country's first RoboCup American Open. The RoboCupRescue - Robot League that emerged in this summer's RoboCup2002 will present itself as the Rescue Robot League at Carnegie Mellon for this spring's event. One of NIST's Reference Test Arenas for Autonomous Mobile Robots is the inspiration behind the new arena that is to be constructed for this year's competition.