{"id":1128,"date":"2012-07-19T14:52:57","date_gmt":"2012-07-19T19:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techzinglive.com\/?p=1128"},"modified":"2012-07-19T17:14:34","modified_gmt":"2012-07-19T22:14:34","slug":"197-tz-interview-peter-stone-robot-soccer-and-multiagent-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techzinglive.com\/page\/1128\/197-tz-interview-peter-stone-robot-soccer-and-multiagent-learning","title":{"rendered":"197: TZ Interview &#8211; Peter Stone \/ Robot Soccer and Multiagent Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3085\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1128-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/techzinglive.com\/mp3\/techzing-197.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/techzinglive.com\/mp3\/techzing-197.mp3\">http:\/\/techzinglive.com\/mp3\/techzing-197.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/techzinglive.com\/mp3\/techzing-197.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/techzinglive.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1128-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/techzinglive.com\/mp3\/techzing-197.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"techzing-197.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"itpc:\/\/techzinglive.com\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" title=\"Subscribe on iTunes\" rel=\"nofollow\">iTunes<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribeonandroid.com\/techzinglive.com\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_android\" title=\"Subscribe on Android\" rel=\"nofollow\">Android<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/techzinglive.com\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p>Jason talks with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.utexas.edu\/%7Epstone\" target=\"_blank\">Peter Stone<\/a>, director of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.utexas.edu\/users\/ai-lab\/?larg\" target=\"_blank\">Learning Agents Research Group<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utexas.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">UT Austin<\/a>,\u00a0whose team\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.utexas.edu\/%7EAustinVilla\/\" target=\"_blank\">UT Austin Villa<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.utexas.edu\/know\/2012\/06\/29\/tower-shines-orange-robot-soccer-win\/\" target=\"_blank\">won both the \u00a0standard platform league and the 3D simulation league<\/a>\u00a0of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robocup2012.org\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">RoboCup 2012 competition<\/a>. They discuss why robot soccer is a good motivating application domain for machine learning, how the RoboCup competition got started and the kinds of teams that participate, the offshoot competition\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/rcj.robocup.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">RoboCup Jr<\/a>, why the machine learning technique known as <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reinforcement_learning\" target=\"_blank\">reinforcement learning<\/a> works so well in complex, dynamic environments, the role played by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Game_theory\" target=\"_blank\">game theory<\/a>\u00a0in multiagents systems, Peter&#8217;s involvement in developing <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Autonomous_car\" target=\"_blank\">autonomous driving vehicles<\/a> and what it&#8217;s like to run an artificial intelligence laboratory.<\/p>\n<div><strong>Additional Links:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tKVmqYye1Eo\" target=\"_blank\">RoboCup 2012 Semifinals [Video]<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4B_sB0q4IDU&amp;feature=plcp\" target=\"_blank\">RoboCup Finals [Video]<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?list=PLBADDDC903C448F39&amp;v=7mV4bCSxl3A\" target=\"_blank\">2011 3D Simulation League Highlights [Video]<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Soccer-Philosophy-Popular-Culture\/dp\/081269676X\/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1256522626&amp;sr=8-4\" target=\"_blank\">Soccer and Philosophy: Beautiful Thoughts on the Beautiful Game [Book]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jason talks with Peter Stone, director of the Learning Agents Research Group at UT Austin,\u00a0whose team\u00a0UT Austin Villa\u00a0won both the \u00a0standard platform league and the 3D simulation league\u00a0of the RoboCup 2012 competition. 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