Development of fully autonomous robot system for demonstration and continuous creativity education

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K03263
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 09080:Science education-related
• Research Institution: National Institute of Technology, Toyota College
• Principal Investigator: Sugiura Toko 豊田工業高等専門学校, 電気・電子システム工学科, 教授 (70206407)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: ロボカップ / 自律移動 / ロボット / 創造性教育 / 出張授業 / 高等専門学校

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We developed a fully autonomous demonstration soccer robot system specialized for off-campus classes by improving the system of the RoboCup Soccer Small League. In the past, activities to promote understanding of the usefulness of AI through the experience of operating a soccer robot were conducted, but when the robot was in a corner or at the edge of the field, human assistance was required. However, by changing the walls surrounding the field to a elastic material and using the robot's kicking and dribbling mechanism both, we have realized a system that requires almost no human assistance. In addition, the event was enlivened by automatic scoring processing by AI, score display on a large display, and the addition of cheering sounds at scoring scenes, and this system was evaluated in a questionnaire by the participants.

Free Research Field

工学教育，半導体工学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究ではロボットを用いて，AI対人のミニゲームを行う従来システムを改良し，AIの有用性をより楽しく理解・体験してもらう目的でシステム開発を行った。研究期間中，COVID-19禍で2020～22年度は対面形式での実演活動はほとんどできなかったが，2022年度後期に開発システムを実施する機会を得た。久しぶりの実演では歓声音も加わり会場は大いに盛り上がった。本研究の実績として，RoboCupアジアパシフィック大会2021SSLでの3位入賞とロボット学会賞受賞，2021～22年の世界大会各5位，国内大会3位，準優勝などが挙げられる。これらはロボット開発を通した学生の創造力が発揮された結果と言える。