Title: Advanced Soccer Skills and Team Play of RoboCup 2017 TeenSize Winner NimbRo,
Abstract: In order to pursue the vision of the RoboCup Humanoid League of beating the
soccer world champion by 2050, new rules and competitions are added or modified
each year fostering novel technological advances. In 2017, the number of
players in the TeenSize class soccer games was increase to 3 vs. 3, which
allowed for more team play strategies. Improvements in individual skills were
also demanded through a set of technical challenges. This paper presents the
latest individual skills and team play developments used in RoboCup 2017 that
lead our team Nimbro winning the 2017 TeenSize soccer tournament, the technical
challenges, and the drop-in games.