RoboCupSoccer - Nanogram Competition
July 2007
Atlanta, Georgia
The RoboCup Nanogram competition challenges teams of students and researchers to construct microscopic robots that will compete against each other in soccer-related agility drills. These robots will measure a few tens of micrometers to a few hundred micrometers in their largest dimension and will have masses ranging from a few nanograms to a few hundred nanograms. They will operate under an optical microscope and can be controlled by off-board electronics using visual feedback. To win the competition, a robot must be fast, agile, and capable of manipulating objects in the micro-world.