This paper presents an embedded control architecture constructed for Robo-Erectus, a soccer-playing humanoid robot developed at the Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Control Centre of Singapore Polytechnic. The Robo-Erectus team has participated in the KidSize category of RoboCup's Humanoid League since 2002, collecting different awards. The latest version of Robo-Erectus has many capabilities that can be exploited to improve the robot's behavior. The new embedded controller has made possible the first stage of the performance (displayed during RoboCup 2007), including network communication, mapping, and localization. The new mechanical, electronic design, embedded control architecture, and control schemes are described in this paper. In addition to the hardware, the paper presents details of the modules for gait generation, vision, behavior control, and communication.
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