UT Austin Villa RoboCup 3D Simulation Base Code Release

This paper presents a base code release by the UT Austin Villa RoboCup 3D simulation team from the University of Texas at Austin. The code release, based off the 2015 UT Austin Villa RoboCup champion agent, but with some features such as high level strategy removed, provides a fully functioning agent and good starting point for new teams to the RoboCup 3D simulation league. Additionally the code release offers a foundational platform for conducting research in multiple areas including robotics, multiagent systems, and machine learning.

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