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National Robotics Festival - Portugal
by Patricia Vergara 29 Mar '23

29 Mar '23

Hello good morning: We are almost ready for the 23rd edition of the National Robotics Festival - Portugal - FNR’2023 event. We are pleased to address this invitation to invite you to participate in the 2023 Portuguese Robotics Open (FNR'2023) which is promoted by the Polytechnic Institute of Tomar (IPT) and the Portuguese Robotics Society (SPR) and which will take place at the Municipal Pavilion of Tomar, from April 28 to 30, 2023. Categories: Major: DRAGSTAR FREEBOTS MANIPULADORES ROBÓTICOS ROBOT@FACTORY LITE ROBOT@FACTORY 4.0 CONDUÇÃO AUTÓNOMA LIGA DE SIMULAÇÃO 3D @HOME Junior: RCJ RESCUE SIMULATION ROBOT@FACTORY LITE FIRST CHALLENGER FREEBOTS JÚNIOR ONSTAGE BUSCA E SALVAMENTO – LINHA BUSCA E SALVAMENTO – LABIRINTO ROBOCUP SOCCER (MSL) The registration form is now available on the event's website! If you register before April 2nd, in addition to guaranteeing your spot, you are entitled to a discount on your team's registration. Click the button below for more details and access to our website! https://www.festivalnacionalrobotica.pt/2023/ If you have any questions, you can contact the organization through the official email: info(a)festivalnacionalrobotica.pt We look forward to your participation and present our best regards, The Organizing Committee -- Patrícia Vergara

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[meeting][CFP] RC Humanoid League Virtual Season: Workshop proposals
by RoboCup Humanoid League 24 Mar '23

24 Mar '23

Dear everyone, As last year, we would like to host discussions and talks on *sim2real* transfer theme to be held as part of the Humanoid League Virtual Season. In particular, we want to give teams the opportunity to share their knowledge and experiences of applying realistic computational resources and scenario to the virtual competition, and the other way around. Inputs and contributions from different leagues are valuable and appreciated. The Workshops will be on* May 13, 2023*. The event will consist in a 3 hours event, and it will be fully online and free of attendance. *How to submit a proposal* *Proposal Submission deadline:* April 21, 2023 (AoE) We are welcoming workshop proposals related to the *sim2real* topic from teams of the different RC leagues. Each workshop will be of half hour. Teams can submit more than one proposal, but they need to provide separate submissions. Prospective workshop organizers are invited to submit a proposal in a PDF format to the TC. Proposals should include the following information: - Workshop title - Short description of topic and objective of the workshop - Organizers names, email and affiliation For any questions and further information about the Workshop proposal and the event, please email *rc-hl-tc <AT> lists.robocup.org <https://humanoid.robocup.org/hl-vs2022/rc-hl-virtual-season-workshops/call-…>* or *rc-hl-oc <AT> lists.robocup.org <https://humanoid.robocup.org/hl-vs2022/rc-hl-virtual-season-workshops/call-…>* Looking forward to your contribution! best regards, Alessandra on behalf of the Humanoid League TC and OC committee members

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RoboCup Humanoid League Newsletter - March 2023
by Maike Paetzel-Prüsmann 19 Mar '23

19 Mar '23

Dear Humanoid League Teams, this March version of our monthly newsletter contains important updates regarding the qualified teams for the 2023 soccer competition in Bordeaux, voting results and the final rule draft, as well as the upcoming streaming dates for the Humanoid League Virtual Season. Final submission status ----------------------- After reviewing the camera-ready submission material, we are delighted to announce that we have 16 teams in KidSize and 4 teams in AdultSize fully qualified for the 2023 world championship in Bordeaux! The final list of accepted teams can be found here: https://humanoid.robocup.org/robocup-2023/teams/ If you are among the accepted teams, you will receive an official letter including the code for registration to the competition soon. 2023 Rules - Voting Results and Final Draft ----------------------- The results of the rule voting for the 2023 competition can be found here: https://hl.forum.robocup.org/t/results-2023-rule-voting-results/570 Based on the voting results, we have prepared a final draft for the 2023 rule book, which can now be found here: http://humanoid.robocup.org/wp-content/uploads/RC-HL-2023-Rules-Changes-Mar… The final review period has now started and we kindly ask all teams to check the final draft and leave comments in the forum until Thursday, March 30th: https://hl.forum.robocup.org/t/discussion-2023-final-rule-draft/571 Accommodation for Bordeaux ----------------------- As the Tour de France, the world's most famous bicycle stage race, will be in Bordeaux during the same time as the RoboCup 2023 world championship, we advice all teams to book accommodation for the period as soon as possible to make sure you find affordable options for your team. Humanoid League - Virtual Season ----------------------- The Humanoid League Virtual Season has started with the first round robin game day today. The coming game days and streaming times are as follows: Round Robin game 2: 2nd April - Streaming at 3pm CEST Round Robin game 3: 16th of April - Streaming at 10 am CEST Finals: 30th of April (during the German Open Replacement Event) - Streaming 3 pm CEST As always, we will be streaming on our Humanoid League Twitch channel: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/robocuphumanoidfielda Symposium --------- The RoboCup Symposium will be held in conjunction with the 2023 RoboCup competition in Bordeaux. The RoboCup Symposium covers a range of topics with relevance to areas of robotics and artificial intelligence. The submission deadline is April 16th, 2023. For more information, see: https://2023.robocup.org/en/symposium/ Humanoid Research Demonstration ------------------------------- The Humanoid Research Demonstration is still open for applications. You can find further information on our website: https://humanoid.robocup.org/robocup-2023/call-for-participation/ The research demonstration is an excellent opportunity for teams and other research groups that are not participating in RoboCup to showcase their research related to humanoid robotics. As this is event was newly established in 2020, we would appreciate if you could share our call with interested colleagues and spread the word. Cheers, Maike (on behalf of the Humanoid League Technical Committee)

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