Dear RoboCup@Work Teams,
Happy New Year! We would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a great and healthy 2021.
It is now confirmed that RoboCup 2021 in Bordeaux has been canceled. The RoboCup Federation has informed us that there will not be a physical RoboCup 2021, but there will be a virtual RoboCup 2021!
Although we feel very unfortunate that we will not be able to gather with our Robots in 2021, we are very excited about the virtual event. In fact, we are confident that we will have a successful competition as we have already held a virtual event during vRCAP 2021. We are counting on every team to come together and help make it a remarkable event.
The preliminary plan is to hold the competition within every team's arena (lab) where the robot's performance is broadcasted with at least two cameras. Prior to each round, the participating team will explain the task that the robot will be completing. The points are awarded based on the initial presentation and the robot's actual performance. We plan to run the competition in three days with two runs per day.
The above is just a draft plan, details and confirmed settings will be reflected in the league's rulebook soon. Before we decide about the arena details, we need to know how many teams are planning to participate and their available space and arena materials. As such, we would like to ask all teams to fill in a survey form by clicking the link below:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VfaiseoMvR9VC2ploCl3p6jdPUuQIVMtVO1R...
We also would like all team leaders and team members (optional) to participate in a virtual meeting to discuss vRoboCup 2021 in more detail. Therefore, please fill in your availability in the Doodle link below so we can try to choose a date that would be convenient to most of us.
https://doodle.com/poll/338vmw74yrnheizz?utm_source=poll&utm_medium=link
Please respond to the survey and Doodle as soon as possible.
Feel free to reach out to me or Sebastian if you had any questions/concerns.
Best regards, Asad & Sebastian