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Abstract: Present day teams taking part in RoboCup are typically developed by a single research g... more Abstract: Present day teams taking part in RoboCup are typically developed by a single research group. There have been some examples of teams developed jointly by different labs and universities, but always under strong co-operation and management. It is scientifically very challenging to think of a situation where robots that were independently developed, by different research groups, manage to co-operate and form a joint team.

Abstract Multi-agent coordination and strategic planning are two of the major research topics in ... more Abstract Multi-agent coordination and strategic planning are two of the major research topics in the context of RoboCup. However, innovations in these areas are often developed and applied to only one domain and a single RoboCup league, without proper generalization. Also, although the importance of the concept of Setplay, to structure the team's behaviour, has been recognized by many researchers, no general framework for the development and execution of generic Setplays has been presented in the context of RoboCup.

Abstract.. This paper introduces both the Eco–Be robotic platform and the RoboCup Mixed Reality C... more Abstract.. This paper introduces both the Eco–Be robotic platform and the RoboCup Mixed Reality Competition and the research under development on the FC Portugal team in the context of this league. The Eco-Bes and the Mixed reality competition present an immediate, simple application for developing complete teams for cooperative robotic applications. The Eco-Be is a very small mobile vehicle, also known as Citizen Micro robot, remotely controlled by infrared commands.

Resumo Descreve-se a modelação e implementação de um agente de software autónomo que presta servi... more Resumo Descreve-se a modelação e implementação de um agente de software autónomo que presta serviços habituais em sistemas de informação geográfica. A experiência adquirida com este trabalho abre perspectivas para o aumento da presença de Informação Geográfica (IG) na área dos agentes autónomos e nas oportunidades de negócio que aqui começam a surgir.

Abstract This paper presents an approach for ontology translation in the O 3 F ontology framework... more Abstract This paper presents an approach for ontology translation in the O 3 F ontology framework and a concrete implemented agent that translates between ontologies expressed in OWL. In the O 3 F framework, ontology translation is a recursive process based on a mapping from the basic concepts of the object ontology to concepts of the target ontology. Using available mappings, it is possible to recursively translate compound concepts.

Abstract—Strategic planning and multi-agent coordination are major research topics in the domain ... more Abstract—Strategic planning and multi-agent coordination are major research topics in the domain of RoboCup. Innovations in these areas are, however, often developed and applied to only a single RoboCup league and/or one domain, without proper generalization. Moreover, the more technical leagues, like Middle-size and Humanoid, tend to focus development on low-level skills, that often suffice to gain a competitive edge over other teams. In these leagues, the development of highlevel cooperation is secondary.

Abstract The project aims at developing a new approach to co-operative robotics and to RoboSoccer... more Abstract The project aims at developing a new approach to co-operative robotics and to RoboSoccer teams in particular. It's goal is to design a common framework for the implementation of an agent-based software that may control real and virtual robots used for heterogeneous cooperative tasks and, in particular, control robots that are able to play in any Robotic Soccer league (simulation and real robots).

Page 1. Ontology definition languages for Multi-Agent Systems: the Geographical Information Ontol... more Page 1. Ontology definition languages for Multi-Agent Systems: the Geographical Information Ontology case study Luís Mota ISCTE Av. das Forças Armadas 1649 – 026 Lisboa, Portugal +351 21 790 39 13 luis.mota@iscte.pt João Bento DECivil - IST Av. Rovisco Pais 1049 - 001 Lisboa, Portugal joao@civil.ist.utl.pt Luís Botelho ISCTE Av.

Strategic planning and multi-agent coordination are major research topics in the domain of RoboCu... more Strategic planning and multi-agent coordination are major research topics in the domain of RoboCup. Innovations in these areas are, however, often developed and applied to only a single RoboCup league and/or one domain, without proper generalization. Moreover, the more technical leagues, like middle-size and humanoid, tend to focus development on low-level skills, that often suffice to gain a competitive edge over other teams. In these leagues, the development of high-level cooperation is secondary.

Abstract This paper describes an object-oriented framework for ontology representation, which was... more Abstract This paper describes an object-oriented framework for ontology representation, which was derived from the analysis of a set of use cases for ontology services provided by ontology agents in open agent networks. The described use cases are converted into a set of requirements for the Information System supporting the ontology service. Each ontology on the server has classes, properties and methods. Classes have attributes, which are properties, methods and axioms. Attributes have facets.

Abstract. One of the present day challenges in RoboCup is the development of Open Co-operative te... more Abstract. One of the present day challenges in RoboCup is the development of Open Co-operative teams, where different research labs join efforts to build a common team. In RoboCup Middle-size League, some teams were confronted with a pairwise cooperation scenario in order to qualify to the competition. Such teams bring together robots with heterogeneous hardware, architectures and control software, which hinders straightforward co-operation.

Abstract. FC Portugal 2007 project intends to continue the research performed during the developm... more Abstract. FC Portugal 2007 project intends to continue the research performed during the development of previous FC Portugal RoboCup simulation league teams. These teams have one of the best sets of results in previous competitions. FC Portugal won the simulation league in RoboCup2000-Melbourne, got third in RoboCup2001–Seattle, won two European championships (Amsterdam2000 and Paderborn2001).

Research in the RoboCup domain has grown considerably since the beginning of this initiative more... more Research in the RoboCup domain has grown considerably since the beginning of this initiative more than ten years ago. Much of this growth is due to the existence of different leagues, that allow the focussing of research in specific and heterogeneous issues. This specialisation of research has, though, proven to have some drawbacks: research subjects become very specific, and one loses the ability of properly generalising, and sharing, the obtained results.