RoboCup@Home is a new league inside the RoboCup competitions that focuses on real-world applications and human-machine interaction with autonomous robots.
The aim is to foster the development of useful robotic applications that can assist humans in everyday life.
Everybody with an autonomous robot can participate. The @Home league consists of some tests and an open challenge to demonstrate the abilities of the robot. To participate in the open challenge the robot has to participate in at least one test. The competition is in a real world scenario.
The competition of RoboCup@Home consists of tests which the robots have to solve. The tests will change over the years to become more advanced and function as an overall quality measurement in desired areas. Performance measurement is based on a score derived from competition rules and evaluation by a jury.
The tests should:
The ultimate scenario is the real world itself. To build up the required technologies gradually a basic home environment is provided as a general scenario, consisting of a living room and a kitchen.