An active ball handling mechanism for RoboCup

—This paper describes a new active ball handling method for the RoboCup mid-size league as used by team Tech United at Eindhoven University of Technology. A theoretical model is derived followed by the control design including a feedback controller and a feedforward controller. The proposed control design is validated with the Tech United soccer robots. The results of several tests show the effectiveness of the new ball handling design.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: ICARCV
• Authors: Jeroen de Best, René van de Molengraft
• Keywords: Ball Handling Method, Control Design, ICARCV 2008, RoboCup Mid-size League, Robotics