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Humanoid League Newsletter June 2022
by Jasper Güldenstein 13 Jun '22

13 Jun '22

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RoboCup International Symposium 2022 - Call for Research Showcases
by Maike Paetzel-Prüsmann 03 Jun '22

03 Jun '22

* Call for Research Showcases* The 25th RoboCup International Symposium https://2022.robocup.org/ Submission of abstracts: 20 June 2022 Notification to authors: 24 June 2022 RoboCup Symposium: 17 July 2022 (RoboCup 2022: 11-17 July 2022) =========================================================== The RoboCup symposium is an annual event in which innovative, original research with relevance to areas of robotics and artificial intelligence is presented. This year, we are inviting the submission of poster proposals to facilitate scientific discussions about ongoing projects and late-breaking results during the RoboCup 2022 Symposium. This call is specifically for poster presentations to showcase teams’ ongoing work and/or the latest results relevant to the RoboCup community. The Symposium Program Co-Chairs would like to promote exciting conversations during the coffee break over posters, discussing scientific results, finding other research groups with similar interests, and strengthening connections between different teams as well as RoboCup leagues. Any team, research group, or individual is welcome to propose a poster presentation with the content relevant to the RoboCup community. To ensure this and to group posters into the poster sessions, we ask everyone interested in such poster presentations to submit a proposal with the title and short abstract of max 250 words by June 20th (using the Research Showcase Track). IMPORTANT DATES =============== Submission of poster abstracts (Research Showcase Track): 20 June 2022 Notification to authors: 24 June 2022 Upload of poster pdfs for website (optionally): 8 July RoboCup Symposium: 17 July 2022 (RoboCup 2022: 11-17 July 2022) SUBMISSION AND PROCEEDINGS ========================== Abstracts will be evaluated by the Symposium Program Co-Chairs based on their thematic relevance to the RoboCup Symposium. Poster abstracts will not be included in the RoboCup Symposium proceedings. Proposals should be 250 words in plain text and must be submitted through the EasyChair electronic submission system: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=robocupsymposium2022 POSTER FORMAT ============== Posters presented at the Symposium should be in A0 portrait format. Presenters will receive a poster board as well as material for attaching the posters from the organizers. Please note that the Symposium Co-Chairs will not be able to assist with printing posters in Bangkok, so please bring your printed poster with you to the Symposium. PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS ================== Maike Paetzel-Prüsmann, University of Potsdam, Germany Nuno Lau, University of Aveiro, Portugal Thanapat Wanichanon, Mahidol University, Thailand Amy Eguchi, University of California San Diego, USA CONTACT ======= robocupsymposium2022(a)easychair.org

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RoboCup Humanoid League Newsletter - May 2022
by Maike Paetzel-Prüsmann 08 May '22

08 May '22

Dear Humanoid League Teams, this is the May version of our monthly newsletter in which we will give you some updates on changes to the rules and the ongoing discussion about the Humanoid League RoadMap. We are also providing a link to the recordings of the Humanoid League - Virtual Season and to sign up for the Humanoid Robot Soccer School to be held hybrid later in May. As always, you will find all details below. Rule book update - CoM & Parcour Device ---------------------------------------- As announced in our last newsletter, the Technical Committee voted to include the measurement device for the robot's center of mass in the official rule book. It is now clarified that the center of mass is determined using the device provided in the Appendix. The Appendix contains instructions that both LOCs and teams can use to build the device that was used during the last official RoboCup Humanoid competitions. The changes are already published in the latest version of the rules on the website: http://humanoid.robocup.org/wp-content/uploads/RC-HL-2022-Rules-Changes-Mar… In the last meeting, the Technical Committee has decided to also make a technical drawing of the parkour device part of the rule book. Hence, we will have another update of the rule book containing this device soon. Please note that this is again not a change of the rules but rather a clarification that will make it easier for teams to prepare for the upcoming competition. RoadMap Update -------------- This is a reminder that we are currently in the discussion period about the latest draft of the roadmap. It can be found here: http://humanoid.robocup.org/wp-content/uploads/roadmap_2022.pdf During the discussion period, we welcome all requests for additions or changes and will consider them carefully in the Technical Committee. The discussion is still open until May 15th. Afterwards, we plan vote to approve the RoadMap in the beginning of June. The discussion takes place in the Humanoid League forum: https://hl.forum.robocup.org/t/discussion-updates-to-the-roadmap-document/5… Humanoid League - Virtual Season: Workshop Recordings Available ---------------------------------------------------------------- In case you missed the Virtual Season Workshop that was held last week, you can watch most of the talks on the league's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXeeDL_LV4o&list=PLgdIO6u3RLU_LgntQKIHiZrF3… The workshop has concluded this edition of the Virtual Season and we would like to take the opportunity to thank all of those who supported and participated in the Virtual Season and congratulate the winning teams CIT Brains (1st place), Hamburg Bit-Bots (2nd place) and 01. RFC Berlin (3rd place). If you would like to see the virtual season continue next winter, please consider joining the organizing team! We will send around a call for contribution in early autumn. Humanoid Soccer Robot School 2022 ---------------------------------- Supported by the RoboCup Federation, the National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology (NKUST) is organizing a Humanoid Summer School from 18th to 20th of May 2022. The event will be hybrid and you can still register until 11th of May. For more information, see https://bit.ly/3jrYaXR Cheers, Maike (on behalf of the Humanoid League Technical Committee) -- Dr. Maike Paetzel-Prüsmann Postdoctoral Researcher Foundations of Computational Linguistics Laboratory University of Potsdam, Germany Pronouns: she / her More information: https://www.maike-paetzel.de/

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RC Humanoid League Virtual Season: sim2real event
by Alessandra Rossi 24 Apr '22

24 Apr '22

Dear everyone, We are very pleased to share with you the program of the 3-day event focused on sim2real transfer organised to conclude an exceptional RC Humanoid League Virtual Season. The event will be on 28-30 April online using the Zoom platform -> Link We are very pleased of having a great invited speaker from the 3D sim league Marco Simões, and a discussion about common and differences with 3D sim will follow. We will also have a mix of medalists and team presentations, workshops, discussions and a sneak peek to the RC-HL VS behind scenes. The full program is available on our website -> Link Please do not hesitate to contact us for any questions. We are looking forward to engage you in sim2real discussions! Kind regards, Alessandra on behalf of RC-HL Virtual Season organisers Dr. Alessandra Rossi Assistant Professor PRISCA research lab Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

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RoboCup Humanoid League Newsletter - April 2022
by Maike Paetzel-Prüsmann 21 Apr '22

21 Apr '22

Dear Humanoid League Teams, this is the April version of our monthly newsletter in which we will give you some updates on the preparation for the RoboCup 2022 world championship, another upcoming change to the 2022 rule book as well as updates to the RoadMap. We also have a number of upcoming events, such as the HL-VS semifinals and finals, the HL-VS Workshops, the Humanoid Soccer Robot School and the Amazon re:Mars event. You will find all details below. Upcoming Rule Book Update & Final Release ----------------------------------------- The Technical Committee has voted to release the final version of the rule book. It can be found here: https://humanoid.robocup.org/materials/rules/ In its last meeting, however, the Technical Committee has voted unanimously to add a clarification to the rule book regarding the measure of the robot's center of mass (H_com). We will clarify in the rules what device will be used to measure H_com and how teams can build such a device. The device will be the same as used during the last years of RoboCup world championship tournaments. We are working on the changes at the moment and expect to release the updated version next week. Please note that this is not a change of rules but rather a clarification to avoid confusion during the robot inspections at the world championship. RoadMap Update -------------- We have updated the RoadMap to account for the new changes introduced in 2022, as well as the changes foreseen for 2023. You can find the latest version here: http://humanoid.robocup.org/wp-content/uploads/roadmap_2022.pdf Please note that for the 2022 competition, we are counting all changes as new that were decided between the last physical competition in 2019 and today as the rule changes of 2020 and 2021 have never been applied to a physical competition. We are also aiming to get the draft of the rule book approved by the league and trustees before the next RoboCup competition. The RoadMap is supposed to be a living document and as such it will undergo updates every year. However, we would like to have a base version of the RoadMap approved so that we can only vote on updates in the coming years (as we are currently doing with the rules). If you have any comments or topics for discussion to share about the current state of the RoadMap, please share them in our forum until *May 15th*: https://hl.forum.robocup.org/t/discussion-updates-to-the-roadmap-document/5… We will send around a survey for the approval process in the end of May after all final comments have been included. World Championship in Bangkok - Registration & Visa --------------------------------------------------- The registration process for the 2022 competition in Bangkok, Thailand, has started and all qualified teams should have received a letter with further instructions on how to register. Please observe that the early registration deadline closes May 15th and the final deadline for registering a new team ends June 12th. So make sure you complete your team registration on time! We would also like to remind all teams to check whether they require a Visa to travel to Thailand and if so get started on the visa process as soon as possible. World Championship in Bangkok - Environment & Balls --------------------------------------------------- The competition in Bangkok will be held in the Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Centre: https://www.bitec.co.th/th We already know that the BITEC will not have a space with natural light available for the competition, so all fields will be placed in areas with artificial light. The Technical Committee has also voted during its last meeting to have not only one but several different balls available during the competition and the referees will randomly draw a ball to play with before each game. We are still looking into the exact balls to buy and will make images available once the balls to be purchased have been confirmed. Humanoid League Virtual Competition - Finals --------------------------------------------- This Sunday, we will be streaming the semifinals and final of the 2022 Humanoid Soccer Virtual Season! We have very exciting matches coming up and hope many will join us for this very last streaming day. The exact streaming times are still under discussion as we will be streaming live from the German Open Replacement Event in conjunction with the SPL. The final streaming plan will be announced by e-mail and on our website in the coming days. Humanoid League Virtual Competition - Workshops ----------------------------------------------- On April 28-30 we will have a three-day event to conclude the Humanoid League Virtual Season, focused on sim2real transfer. The workshops are open to any interested RoboCupper, no matter whether you participated in the virtual season or not. We will provide a full schedule asap. The workshops are supposed to be interactive and teams are still welcome to propose a discussion group, tutorials or other interactive activities. Each activity should be of half hour. The deadline for the proposals submission is April 17. More info can be found on our website https://humanoid.robocup.org/hl-vs2022/rc-hl-virtual-season-workshops/ Humanoid Soccer Robot School 2022 ---------------------------------- Supported by the RoboCup Federation, the National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology (NKUST) is organizing a Humanoid Summer School in May 2022. The event will be hybrid and you can register until 11th of May. For more information, see https://bit.ly/3jrYaXR Amazon re:Mars Event -------------------- Amazon has invited the Humanoid League to participate in their re:Mars conference, to be held June 21st - 24th in Las Vegas, USA. The conference brings together researchers across different disciplines as well as industry representatives to exchanges ideas. As the Humanoid League is invited to participate, there would be no registration fee for participating teams. In addition, transportation costs for robots and equipment would be covered by Amazon and they would provide a field and any material required to play games. We know that this event is very close to the RoboCup world championship and it may hence be difficult for teams to participate. If you would be interested in participation or have any further questions, please get in touch with me until April 22nd! More information on the re:Mars event: https://remars.amazonevents.com/ Cheers, Maike (on behalf of the Humanoid League Technical Committee) -- Dr. Maike Paetzel-Prüsmann Postdoctoral Researcher Foundations of Computational Linguistics Laboratory University of Potsdam, Germany Pronouns: she / her More information: https://www.maike-paetzel.de/

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[HERoEHS] participate in re:Mars conference.
by 한재권 15 Apr '22

15 Apr '22

Dear Dr. Maike Paetzel-Prüsmann, We, Team HERoEHS, are very interested in participating in re:Mars conference. Please put us on the registration list and let us know if there is anything we need to do. Thank you. JK (Team Leader of HERoEHS) Jeakweon Han, Ph.D Associate Professor Dept. of Robotics, Hanyang University, South Korea. C: +82-10-4186-2802 P: +82-31-400-5292 E: jkhan(a)hanyang.ac.kr

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[RC-Humanoid League Virtual Season] Semi- and final games
by Alessandra Rossi 13 Apr '22

13 Apr '22

Dear RoboCuppers, We are almost at the end of an exciting season full of great and breath taking games! On April 17th, in conjuction with the GORE event, there will be a double date for the semi- and final games of the Humanoid League Virtual Season starting with the semifinals at 10am (CEST time), and continuing at 11:45 (CEST time) with the finals! Sooo, grab a coffee, a beer or an Ester chocolate egg and join us! Games will be commenting live from the GORE venue, but we will be streaming the games on Twitch Field A -> https://www.twitch.tv/robocuphumanoidfielda For checking the time zone differences, you can use websites such as worldtimebuddy Do not forget that the RC-HL Virtual Season will be back on April 28-30 with a series of workshops, discussion groups and talks. We welcome proposals from other leagues too! https://humanoid.robocup.org/hl-vs2022/rc-hl-virtual-season-workshops/call-… See you this Sunday! Best regards, Alessandra on behalf of the RC-HL Organisation Committee Dr. Alessandra Rossi Assistant Professor PRISCA research lab Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

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RoboCup International Symposium 2022 - Final Call for Satellite Events
by Maike Paetzel-Prüsmann 01 Apr '22

01 Apr '22

* Final Call for Satellite Events * RoboCup International Symposium 2022 https://2022.robocup.org/symposium-call-for-satellite-events/ Submission of proposals: 3 April 2022 Notification to authors: 25 April 2022 Satellite Events: 17 or 18 July 2022 (RoboCup 2022: 11-17 July 2022) =========================================================== We invite you to organize a satellite event for the 25th RoboCup International Symposium, which will be held on 17 July 2022, in conjunction with RoboCup 2022 (11 July to 17 July 2022) in a hybrid setting. The RoboCup symposium is an annual event in which innovative, original research with relevance to areas of robotics and artificial intelligence is presented. The Symposium Program Co-Chairs would like to facilitate the organization of satellite workshops, focus groups, roundtable discussions, and other events that are related to RoboCup itself or the general aim of the RoboCup Symposium. This includes league-specific discussions about rules and/or roadmaps, shared infrastructure projects between leagues, as well as scientific workshops focusing on a particular research topic, among others. League committee members, as well as teams or individuals from RoboCup leagues participating in the Symposium, are invited to submit their proposals. The organizers of a satellite event are free to propose events between 2 and 8 hours in length to be held during or a day after the RoboCup Symposium (17 or 18 July) in a fully virtual, hybrid, or fully local format. IMPORTANT DATES =============== Submission of satellite events: 3 April 2022 Notification to authors: 25 April 2022 Satellite Events: 17 or 18 July 2022 (RoboCup 2022: 11-17 July 2022) SUBMISSION AND PROCEEDINGS ========================== Proposals will be evaluated by the Symposium Program Co-Chairs based on their thematic relevance to the RoboCup Symposium as well as their proposed schedule and required resources. Satellite events will not be included in the RoboCup Symposium proceedings. Proposals should be formatted following the LNAI author guidelines [0] and must be electronically submitted through the EasyChair electronic submission system [1]. Please follow the LaTeX template created by us by either downloading the template file [2] or by creating a private copy of this Overleaf template [3]. Submissions are limited to a 4-page extended abstract, excluding references. Each submission must include the following sections: * Name of the satellite event * A description of the format (e.g., discussion group, workshop, tutorial, invited talks, ...) and intended length of the event * Prefered date and time of the event (17 or 18; morning or afternoon, or the whole day [no lunch will be provided unless it’s on the 17th]) * A description of the content and aim of the satellite event * Names and contacts of all members of the organizing committee/group with one clearly marked person as the corresponding member of the organizing committee * The intended audience and the number of participants expected * Any resources required to organize the workshop After the acceptance of their proposal, organizers are expected to create a short description of their event as well as a website providing further information which will both be linked from the RoboCup symposium page on the RoboCup 2022 website. Organizers of accepted proposals for satellite events will receive a location for their event as well as other required resources (e.g., a projector), if possible. Apart from this, the organizers are responsible for organizing their event independent of the RoboCup Symposium. PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS ================== Maike Paetzel-Prüsmann, University of Potsdam, Germany Nuno Lau, University of Aveiro, Portugal Thanapat Wanichanon, Mahidol University, Thailand Amy Eguchi, University of California San Diego, USA CONTACT ======= robocupsymposium2022(a)easychair.org [0] https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu… [1] https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=robocupsymposium2022 [2] https://2022.robocup.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Symposium-Satellite-Eve… [3] https://de.overleaf.com/read/gqspxdtvpwsn

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Open Call for participation in validating the EUROBENCH framework (FSTP-2)
by Grzegorz Ficht 31 Mar '22

31 Mar '22

Dear Humanoid League members, This is an announcement regarding: =========================================================================== Open Call for participation in validating the EUROBENCH framework (FSTP-2). =========================================================================== - About the EUROBENCH project: The EUROBENCH project aims to create the first unified benchmarking framework for robotic systems in Europe. This framework will allow companies and/or researchers to test the performance of their robots at any stage of development. The project is mainly focused on bipedal machines, i.e. exoskeletons, prosthetics and humanoids, but aims to be also extended to other robotic technologies. - Who is elligible for contributing? Every Humanoid League team from previous physically held competitions. Simulation data is outside the scope of the project. - How can you contribute? By providing how your robot performed during previous RoboCup competitions. This data will be incorporated into the EUROBENCH benchmarking framework. - How will this benefit your team and the RoboCup community? The RoboCup community will receive an assessment on how the competition and it’s competitors progressed throughout the years. Additionally, teams will be able to cross-compare their performance to other teams, as well as platforms from outside the community through a uniform framework. If a team’s robot is a product prototype, this is a perfect opportunity to quantify it’s performance. - What experimental data should you provide? We are accepting your performance data from walking, push recovery and obstacle clearance. The data should be isolated from your robots RoboCup performance, and should target at least one of the scenarios: Forward walking for an extended period of time Push recovery during standing and/or walking Walking over obstacles (e.g. stomping the opponent feet, unexpected items laying on the football field). - What data files and formats are necessary for participation? The information required consists of two different classes of files related to the performance: Bipedal system specification: file providing specification of the dimension of any bipedal system. File format: URDF (Unified Robot Description Format, *.urdf) written in XML. This file contains the number of joints, its labels, number of degrees of freedom, sensors, and allows for enhancements using tags for simulation purposes. Naming should follow the convention “robot_TeamName_RobotName_info” Pre-processed data: Files containing actual measurements relevant to the performance of your robot. File format: CSV (Comma Separated Values, *.csv). These files should contain sensory information (e.g. joint states, joint torques, IMU, ground reaction forces). For an explanation on sensory information types, structure and naming convention please look here: https://eurobench.github.io/sofware_documentation/latest/data_format.html#s… (Optional) Raw experimental data: Complete unspliced data from the run in the form of a rosbag. For more information on data specification, please refer to: https://eurobench.github.io/sofware_documentation/latest/data_format.html - What other information do you need to provide? The submission does need to include the statement: “With this submission, it is agreed upon that the data provided can be further processed and incorporated into the EUROBENCH database and published within the EUROBENCH project. All rights are waived to holding team NimbRo, the University of Bonn, the EUROBENCH consortium or any other project participant accountable for any damage taken in the process.” - How should the data be submitted? The submission should be sent to nimbro-soccer(a)ais.uni-bonn.de, include the specified data in their respective data format. Any other forms of submission such as unspecified data formats, compressed files or external links will be ignored and not treated as a valid submission. This also holds true for submissions lacking the necessary statement. - Until when can the data be submitted? The deadline for this Open call is midnight (CEST) of the 30th of April, 2022. Any submissions made after this date will not be considered. - Questions? The Humanoid League forum will be used to answer any questions that might arise in the process of preparing the data. The relevant topic can be found here: https://hl.forum.robocup.org/t/open-call-for-participation-in-validating-th… Best Regards, Grzegorz Ficht -- Universität Bonn Informatik VI - Autonome Intelligente Systeme Friedrich-Hirzebruch-Allee 8 53115 Bonn

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I have a few questions about robocup 2022 humanoid KidSize(physical competition)!
by 김성준 30 Mar '22

30 Mar '22

Dear Sir, Hello! I have the following questions, so I send you an email. 1. (About Registration Fees) 1)For humanoid kidssize is it part of Major Leagues registration? 2)If our team is 10 people, is the team registration fee of $790 and the student registration fee of $380 per person, a total of $4590? -Above of the questions are written in the material, but I will ask for confirmation. 2.(About Lows of the Game) - KidSize, physical competition RoboCup Soccer Humanoid League Laws of the Game 2021/2022 describes the ball, but can you give more detailed information about the ball (photo of the ball)? Thank you for your help in this matter!

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