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1997 Manuela Veloso Papers One of the earliest soccer robots used by a Carnegie Mellon team for RoboCup. The robot was made using an erector set by Manuela Veloso and her students. As a result, it lacks features of the later soccer robots like omnidirectional wheels and a kicking mechanism.

1998 Manuela Veloso Papers The second iteration of CMU soccer robots, this robot in particular was part of the CMUnited RoboCup team. These robots, like their immediate predecessors from 1997, lacked an outer cover. However, unlike the 1997 soccer robots, these introduced a kicking mechanism for more efficient goal-scoring.

2006 (year approximate) Manuela Veloso Papers An example of the fourth iteration of CMU soccer robots, this version had four omnidirectional wheels compared to the three wheels of its immediate predecessor. The inner workings of the robot have a plastic cover over them. The soccer robots of this generation were mostly made by Mike Licitra.

7/3/2011 Manuela Veloso Papers A list of the different NAO robots used for matches at the 2011 RoboCup in Turkey with details on the state of their different features and abilities.

6/2006 Manuela Veloso Papers Certificate for 1st place in the Small-Size League awarded to the CMDragons team at the 2006 RoboCup in Bremen, Germany.

2003 Manuela Veloso Papers An advertising poster for the American Open held at Carnegie Mellon University in 2003 as part of RoboCup, featuring an illustration of an AIBO with a ball.

2004 Manuela Veloso Papers A t-shirt from the 2004 RoboCup featuring "Carnegie Mellon University" on the front and a list of teams and participants on the back, with illustrations of different soccer robots. The teams include CMPack '04, CMOwl '04, CMLoki '04, CMBalance '04, and CMRoboDragons '04. The names of participants include Manuela Veloso, Brett Browning, Paul Rybski, James Bruce, Sonia Chernova, Yang Gu, Scott Lenser, Colin McMillen, Patrick Riley, Jeremy Searock, Francesco Tamburrino, Douglas Vail, Tom Bender, John Davin, Juan Fasola, Dinesh Govindaraju, Jennifer Lin, Fay Shaw, Michael Sokolsky, Alex Trevor, Awaneesh Verma, Stefan Zickler.

6/19/2002 Manuela Veloso Papers A scoring sheet from a RoboCup match in 2002 between the CMDragons '02 team and Team Makushita. Different statistics of the game are noted such as time of goal, the referees' names, time outs taken, and team leaders.

7/7/2011 Manuela Veloso Papers A tracking sheet used at the 2011 RoboCup in Turkey to track the different NAO robots used during a game, any issues encountered, and the time at which the issues occurred.