UT Austin Villa: RoboCup 2014 3D Simulation League Competition and Technical Challenge Champions

The UT Austin Villa team, from the University of Texas at Austin, won the 2019 RoboCup 3D Simulation League, and in doing so finished with an overall record of 21 wins, 1 tie, and 1 loss. During the course of the competition the team scored 112 goals while conceding only 5. Additionally the team won the RoboCup 3D Simulation League technical challenge by accumulating the most points across two league challenges: fewest self-collisions challenge and free challenge. This paper describes the changes and improvements made to the team between 2018 and 2019 that allowed it to win both the main competition and technical challenge.

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