This research concerns learning in multi-robot teams. Robot soccer is the first task to be examined. Soccer interesting because most people are familiar with the game and with the various specialized roles human players serve on a team.
Initial research indicates that in certain cases they do.
The Java applet below demonstrates robot learning in a soccer simulation. The learning team is blue. SunOS and SGI versions of Netscape 3.0 seem to work. Wait for the applet to load completely before starting it. Each robot on the learning team is initiated with the default policy of moving directly to the ball no matter what.