The Mixed Reality Competitions are a set of RoboCup contests around a single standard multi-robot platform with an augmented reality environment. Our goals are summarized below:

(1) To develop and improve a standard, affordable and robust multi-agent robotic platform for research and education.
(2) To create a pool of applications and educational games based on the platform.
(3) To do scientific research and explore real world applications based on the system.

The idea of the MR is to have a simple, economic, efficient and robust standard system based on mature technologies including those previously developed within RoboCup. The standardization and sharing nature makes it a good interface for teams interested in very different technical aspects to join forces, complementing each other’s works. In RoboCup certain competitions foster hardware development but lack standard and other competitions foster software development for a given fixed standard hardware. The MR is the only competition inside RoboCup where there is development of a shared standard platform by the teams and for the teams.

The Mixed Reality demonstrates bridge between simulation and real robot leagues of the RoboCup. It is based on 2cm tall robots that operate on a horizontally mounted display. Whilst the robots are real, the ball and the environment are virtual. Robots are remote controlled by individual software agents via Infrared. Mixed Reality tournament happen during RoboCup where the robots try to play autonomously. The 2011 tournament will probably feature 7 vs. 7 games on a 48 inch widescreen display.

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