Very Small Size Soccer (VSSS) is a robotics project that involves creating teams of autonomous robots capable of playing soccer on a small-sized field. This project is often used in robotics competitions and as an educational tool for teaching artificial intelligence, computer vision, control, and embedded systems.
The VSSS project consists of developing a team of robots that can communicate, make decisions, and play soccer autonomously. The system usually includes:
- Mobile Robots: Small robots equipped with motors, sensors, and microcontrollers.
- Computer Vision: A camera system that captures the field and tracks the position of the robots and the ball.
- Strategy and Control: Decision algorithms that control the behavior of the robots during the game. - Communication: A communication system between the robots and the central computer.
To execute this project, you will need the following components:
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Hardware:
- Mobile robots (with motors, sensors and microcontrollers).
- Cameras for computer vision.
- Computer for image processing and strategy.
- Ball and playing field.
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Software:
- Development environment (e.g. ROS, Python, C++).
- Computer vision libraries (e.g. OpenCV).
- Firmware for the robots (e.g. Arduino, ESP32).