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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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FedCSIS 2023 Call For Papers
by FedCSIS 20 Feb '23

20 Feb '23

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Request for Expression of Interest for GORE2023
by Jasper Güldenstein 17 Feb '23

17 Feb '23

Dear everyone, as many of you have already read, there will be again no central German Open this year. To provide a reasonable alternative, the SPL and Humanoid League joined together again to organize a next version of the GORE (https://gore-event.github.io/). The event will take place in Hamburg at the DESY (https://www.desy.de/research/cooperations__institutes/cfel/index_eng.html) between the 25.04. and 30.04.23. The setup days will be on the 25th and 26th and the competition days from the 27th to the 30th of April. To get a better feeling about the size of the event, we would like to ask if you and your team would like to participate? We expect the participation to cost about 200€ per team plus 75€ per team member, we will let you know the exact numbers as soon as we have them, and it is likely to become less again. If you are interested in participating in the GORE 2023, send a reply to gore.organisation(a)gmail.com containing: - Your team's name - Your teams league (SPL or Humanoid) - An approximate count of how many people you will bring? Please send your replies by February 27th, so that we can plan better. You will receive further information via upcoming newsletter. See you soon. The GORE 2023 organizing committee. Arne, Jasper, Jörn and Patrick

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[meetings][CFP] Second call for papers at the 26th RoboCup International Symposium
by Alessandra Rossi 13 Feb '23

13 Feb '23

Dear colleagues, *Apologies for any cross-posting* We are very pleased to invite you to the *26th RoboCup International * *Symposium* will be held on 10 July 2023, in conjunction with RoboCup 2023 (July 4 to 10, 2023) in Bordeaux, France. *Conference website* https://2023.robocup.org/en/symposium/ *Submission link* https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcsymposium2023 *Submission deadline* *April 16, 2023* Please find attached the full call for proposals and papers for *the International **Symposium 2023*. Kindest regards, Alessandra Rossi, Cédric Buche, Marco Simões, Ubbo Visser [image: image.png] The 26th RoboCup International Symposium will be held on *10 July 2023*, in conjunction with RoboCup 2023 (July 4 to 10, 2023) in Bordeaux, France. We are looking for submissions of papers reporting innovative and original research with relevance to areas of robotics and artificial intelligence. A full list of topics welcomed to this year's symposium can be found below. Within the described scope of topics, we also encourage submissions of high-quality overview articles, papers describing real-world research, and papers reporting theoretical results. Researchers are invited to submit their work independently of whether they participate in the RoboCup competitions or have a RoboCup team. The symposium is planned to be held in person in Bordeaux, France. However, a hybrid version will be evaluated in case circumstances should require it. In addition to the *regular track* with regular research papers, the *development track* encourages reports on innovative hardware developments, software frameworks, and open-source releases of software components. A review of papers describing these contributions will be based on technical aspects and benefits to the practice of communities specifically working in RoboCup. *Submission deadline:* April 16, 2023 List of Topics - Robot Hardware and Software - mobile robotics - humanoid robotics - sensors and actuators - embedded and mobile devices - robot construction and new materials - robot system integration - robot software architectures - robot programming environments and languages - real-time and concurrent programming - robot simulators - sim2real learning - Perception and Action - 3D perception - distributed sensor integration - sensor noise filtering - real-time image processing and pattern recognition - motion and sensor models - sensory-motor control - robot kinematics and dynamics - high-dimensional motion control - Robot Cognition and Learning - world modelling and knowledge representation - learning from demonstration and imitation - localisation, navigation, and mapping - planning and reasoning - decision making under uncertainty - neural systems and deep learning - complex motor skill acquisition - reinforcement learning and optimisation - motion and sensor model learning - Human-Robot Interaction - robot social intelligence - fluency of interaction - speech synthesis and natural language generation - natural language recognition - explainable robot behaviours - emotion recognition and reaction - understanding human intent and behaviour - safety, security and dependability - enabling humans to predict robot behaviour - Multi-Robot Systems - team coordination methods - communication protocols - learning and adaptive systems - teamwork and heterogeneous agents - dynamic resource allocation - adjustable autonomy - Education and Edutainment - robotics and artificial intelligence education - educational robotics - robot kits and programming tools - robotic entertainment - Applications and Benchmarking - search and rescue robots - robot surveillance service and social robots - robots at home, at work and in public spaces - robots in the real world - performance metrics - human-robot interaction Submission Guidelines All papers will be peer-reviewed and evaluated by members of the senior program committee. The proceedings of the RoboCup International Symposium will be published and archived within the Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNCS/LNAI) series by Springer-Verlag after the conference. Papers should be formatted following the LNAI author guidelines ( *https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines* <https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…>) and must be electronically submitted through the EasyChair electronic submission system ( *https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=rcsymposium2023* <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcsymposium2023>). Submissions are limited to 12 pages including references. Springer’s proceedings LaTeX templates are also available in Overleaf: *https://de.overleaf.com/latex/templates/springer-lecture-notes-in-computer-science/kzwwpvhwnvfj* <https://de.overleaf.com/latex/templates/springer-lecture-notes-in-computer-…> Invited Speakers - Laurence Devillers, Sorbonne University, France *(confirmed)* - Cynthia Breazeal, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA *(confirmed)* Committees Organizing committee - Cédric Buche, CNRS/ENIB, France - cedric.buche(a)enib.fr - Alessandra Rossi, University of Naples Federico II, Italy - a.rossi(a)herts.ac.uk - Marco Simões, Universidade do Estado da Bahia, Brazil - msimoes(a)uneb.br - Ubbo Visser, University of Miami, USA - visser(a)cs.miami.edu Venue The conference will be held in the Bordeaux Exhibition Center (Parc des Expositions de Bordeaux), Bordeaux, France. Contact Please feel free to ask for further information by emailing Alessandra Rossi - a.rossi(a)herts.ac.uk

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RoboCup Humanoid League Newsletter - January 2023
by Maike Paetzel-Prüsmann 19 Jan '23

19 Jan '23

Dear Humanoid League Teams, this January version of our monthly newsletter contains important updates regarding the application timeline for the Humanoid Soccer Competition, the rule voting process, the (delayed) start of the Virtual Season as well as a reminder to submit to the RoboCup Symposium and the Humanoid Research Demonstration. Humanoid Soccer Competition 2023 - Application process ------------------------------------------------------ We are in the process of finalizing the meta-reviews and hope to be able to send out the first round of application evaluations by January 22nd. We are still waiting for some reviews from team members, so if you have been appointed as a reviewer by your team but have not submitted the reviews, please do so urgently. As in previous years, all teams will then get the chance to update their application material until February 13th. For the teams who are already accepted on January 22nd, this is optional. Teams who are requested to update their material have to follow the meta reviews in order to get accepted to the Humanoid League Soccer Competition. Rule voting ------------ The rule voting will start tomorrow and teams will then have two weeks to vote for the 2023 rule changes. We will prepare a draft of the updated rule book and release this on Feb 10th. Teams will then get time to read and comment on the draft until February 24th. If no major updates are required, we are planning on releasing a final rule book for 2023 by March 6th. Virtual Season -------------- Unfortunately, we need to postpone the start of the virtual season again as we are facing administrative challenges regarding the payment process. We hope to have them resolved within the next days and are confident that we can begin with the first game day February 3rd (docker pull time) and broadcast the first stream on February 5th. For more regular updates, please have a look at our Discord announcement channel. 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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Call for Participation - RoboCup 2023 Humanoid Research Demonstration
by Reinaldo A. C. Bianchi 16 Jan '23

16 Jan '23

* Call for Participation * RoboCup 2023 Humanoid Research Demonstration https://humanoid.robocup.org/ July 06 - 09, 2023, Bordeaux, France =========================================================== The RoboCup Humanoid League invites the research community to apply for showcasing the latest research and development results that are relevant for humanoid robots. Researchers are invited to submit their demonstrations independently of whether they participate in the RoboCup competitions, symposium or have a RoboCup team. Contributions will be evaluated for scientific and technical excellence. Topics of Interest --------------------------------------- We welcome demonstrations containing new ideas, concepts, practical studies, and experiment demonstrations relevant to the field of Humanoid Robotics. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Components, joints and mechanics; * Soft robotics; * Anthropomorphic vs. non-anthropomorphic; * Walking, running, jumping and other humanoid locomotion; * Adaptability and scalability; * Sensors and perception; * Control and stability; * Dealing with falling; * Reflexes and learning; * Energy supply and efficiency; * Robot design and robotic kits; * Virtual robots and simulation; * Benchmarking; * Bipedal robots applied to real problems; * Education with and for humanoid robots. Procedure --------------------------------------- The Humanoid Research Demonstration will take place in one or several sessions and participating teams are asked to show a demonstration of the system live in Bordeaux or stream their demonstration from their lab during the session. As a back-up solution, each team needs to provide a video demonstration prior to the beginning of the tournament. If the demonstration is performed in Bordeaux, the Humanoid League will provide a humanoid league soccer playing field for the demonstration. However, the members of the Technical Committee of the Humanoid League understand that for some demonstrations this setup may not be ideal and will try to accommodate all teams. If a team requires other arrangements for the demonstration, it must submit a request to the Technical Committee at least 3 months before the competition to allow sufficient time for alternative arrangements. Application --------------------------------------- We invite teams to apply to participate in the Humanoid Research Demonstration by submitting the following material: Demonstration Data * Demonstration title; * URL of the group’s home page; * Name of the contact person; * E-mail address of the contact person; * Postal address of the contact person. Demonstration Video The first part of the material is a video of your robot or robotic part demonstrating its skills or a brief overview of the software demonstration if your demonstration does not involve a physical embodiment. The video must be supplied as a link to it via YouTube. The maximum duration of the video is 3 minutes. The proponent is responsible to ensure that the video adheres to YouTube’s TOS (especially in regard to music copyright) to prevent the video from being blocked for the reviewers. Hardware Specification If the demonstration includes any type of hardware to be showcased, a one-page specification (PDF) for each different type of humanoid type robot/mechanism used that includes the following: * Robot/mechanism picture; * Robot/mechanism name; * Size of the humanoid type robot/mechanism; * Weight of the robot/mechanism; * Robots/mechanisms joint specification; * Type of sensors used (incl. type of camera(s)); * Computing unit(s); * Other specifications Short paper A short paper describing the robot, robot part of software and its task and required environment, limited to four (4) pages including text, references, tables, and figures. The short paper must follow the LNCS format which can be downloaded fromhttp://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0. Please pay special attention to the “Author guidelines” that you’ll be able to find there. Plagiarism ======================================= Plagiarism, loosely the unattributed use of other peoples' words, code, and ideas is not tolerated in the RoboCup community. See the point “Publishing Ethics” at https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu… for a more detailed description. The teams and team members that plagiarize other peoples' work and present it as their own will be disqualified. For a first offense, the team and team members will be banned from RoboCup competition for two years (usually the current and next year). Harsher penalties will be applied to repeat offenders or extremely serious cases of plagiarism. A team may be disqualified at any time for plagiarism, even after the competition has started. RoboCup will not reimburse teams for any expenses related to their disqualification. Online Submission ======================================= All qualification material must be submitted online at https://submission.robocuphumanoid.com<https://submission.robocuphumanoid.com/> Important Dates ======================================= Humanoid Research Demonstration * Submission system open: November 20th, 2022 * Submission deadline: April 2nd, 2023 Publication ======================================= Please note that after the announcement of the qualified teams the qualified teams submitted material will be made publicly available on the Humanoid League website. Teams applying for participation, therefore, implicitly grant the right of publication of their qualification material to the Humanoid League. Visa Process ======================================= If you are a citizen of a country that needs a Visa for traveling to France, please start the VISA process as soon as you receive your notification of qualification. If you are not sure if you're eligible for a VISA-exempt, please consult the official website of the France government for information, at https://france-visas.gouv.fr/en/web/france-visas/welcome-page. With best regards, Technical Committee of RoboCup Humanoid League 2022 Esta mensagem, juntamente com qualquer outra informação anexada, é confidencial e protegida por lei. Somente os seus destinatários estão autorizados a usá-la. Se você não for o destinatário, por favor, informe o remetente e, em seguida, apague a mensagem, observando que não há autorização para usar, copiar, armazenar, encaminhar, imprimir ou tomar qualquer ação baseada no seu conteúdo.

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[meetings][CFP] First call for papers at the 26th RoboCup International Symposium
by Alessandra Rossi 03 Jan '23

03 Jan '23

Dear colleagues, *Apologies for any cross-posting* We are very pleased to invite you to the *26th RoboCup International * *Symposium* will be held on 10 July 2023, in conjunction with RoboCup 2023 (July 4 to 10, 2023) in Bordeaux, France. *Conference website* https://2023.robocup.org/en/symposium/ *Submission link* https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcsymposium2023 *Submission deadline* April 16, 2023 Please find attached the full call for proposals and papers for *the International **Symposium 2023*. Kindest regards, Alessandra Rossi, Cédric Buche, Marco Simões, Ubbo Visser [image: image.png] The 26th RoboCup International Symposium will be held on *10 July 2023*, in conjunction with RoboCup 2023 (July 4 to 10, 2023) in Bordeaux, France. We are looking for submissions of papers reporting innovative and original research with relevance to areas of robotics and artificial intelligence. A full list of topics welcomed to this year's symposium can be found below. Within the described scope of topics, we also encourage submissions of high-quality overview articles, papers describing real-world research, and papers reporting theoretical results. Researchers are invited to submit their work independently of whether they participate in the RoboCup competitions or have a RoboCup team. The symposium is planned to be held in person in Bordeaux, France. However, a hybrid version will be evaluated in case circumstances should require it. In addition to the *regular track* with regular research papers, the *development track* encourages reports on innovative hardware developments, software frameworks, and open-source releases of software components. A review of papers describing these contributions will be based on technical aspects and benefits to the practice of communities specifically working in RoboCup. *Submission deadline:* April 16, 2023 List of Topics - Robot Hardware and Software - mobile robotics - humanoid robotics - sensors and actuators - embedded and mobile devices - robot construction and new materials - robot system integration - robot software architectures - robot programming environments and languages - real-time and concurrent programming - robot simulators - sim2real learning - Perception and Action - 3D perception - distributed sensor integration - sensor noise filtering - real-time image processing and pattern recognition - motion and sensor models - sensory-motor control - robot kinematics and dynamics - high-dimensional motion control - Robot Cognition and Learning - world modelling and knowledge representation - learning from demonstration and imitation - localisation, navigation, and mapping - planning and reasoning - decision making under uncertainty - neural systems and deep learning - complex motor skill acquisition - reinforcement learning and optimisation - motion and sensor model learning - Human-Robot Interaction - robot social intelligence - fluency of interaction - speech synthesis and natural language generation - natural language recognition - explainable robot behaviours - emotion recognition and reaction - understanding human intent and behaviour - safety, security and dependability - enabling humans to predict robot behaviour - Multi-Robot Systems - team coordination methods - communication protocols - learning and adaptive systems - teamwork and heterogeneous agents - dynamic resource allocation - adjustable autonomy - Education and Edutainment - robotics and artificial intelligence education - educational robotics - robot kits and programming tools - robotic entertainment - Applications and Benchmarking - search and rescue robots - robot surveillance service and social robots - robots at home, at work and in public spaces - robots in the real world - performance metrics - human-robot interaction Submission Guidelines All papers will be peer-reviewed and evaluated by members of the senior program committee. The proceedings of the RoboCup International Symposium will be published and archived within the Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNCS/LNAI) series by Springer-Verlag after the conference. Papers should be formatted following the LNAI author guidelines ( *https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines* <https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…>) and must be electronically submitted through the EasyChair electronic submission system ( *https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=rcsymposium2023* <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcsymposium2023>). Submissions are limited to 12 pages including references. Springer’s proceedings LaTeX templates are also available in Overleaf: *https://de.overleaf.com/latex/templates/springer-lecture-notes-in-computer-science/kzwwpvhwnvfj* <https://de.overleaf.com/latex/templates/springer-lecture-notes-in-computer-…> Invited Speakers - Laurence Devillers, Sorbonne University, France *(confirmed)* - Cynthia Breazeal, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA *(confirmed)* Committees Organizing committee - Cédric Buche, CNRS/ENIB, France - cedric.buche(a)enib.fr - Alessandra Rossi, University of Naples Federico II, Italy - a.rossi(a)herts.ac.uk - Marco Simões, Universidade do Estado da Bahia, Brazil - msimoes(a)uneb.br - Ubbo Visser, University of Miami, USA - visser(a)cs.miami.edu Venue The conference will be held in the Bordeaux Exhibition Center (Parc des Expositions de Bordeaux), Bordeaux, France. Contact Please feel free to ask for further information by emailing Alessandra Rossi - a.rossi(a)herts.ac.uk

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[Conference] IPRIA 2023 - Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis
by Mahdi Jampour 29 Dec '22

29 Dec '22

The 6th International conference on Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis (IPRIA 2023) University of Tehran, Iran February 14-16, 2023 http://ipria2023.ismvipconf.ir/ The 6th International conference on Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis (IPRIA2023) will be held at Faculty of Engineering, College of Farabi, University of Tehran, Qom, Iran by the Iranian Society of Machine Vision and Image Processing (ISMVIP) and University of Tehran on February 14-16, 2023. On behalf of the IPRIA2023 organizing committee, it is our great pleasure to invite you to contribute to the bi-annual International conference on Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis (IPRIA). The conference topics include: | 3D Computer Vision | | Action and Behavior Recognition | | Adversarial learning | | Biomedical Image analysis | | Biometrics | | Compression and Watermarking | | Computational Photography and Imaging | | Covid-19 Image Analysis | | Deep Learning in Image and Vision | | Detection and Localization | | Document Processing and Recognition | | Human Computer Interaction | | Image and Video Analysis | | Image and Video Retrieval | | Image and Vision Applications | | Low-shot learning | | Machine Learning in Image and Vision Analysis | | Machine Vision and Image Processing Architectures | | Medical Image Analysis | | Motion Analysis and Tracking | | Pattern Recognition | | Quantum Image Processing | | Recognition and Classification | | RGBD Processing | | Scene Analysis and Understanding | | Semi / Weak / Self / Unsupervised Learning | | Stereo and Multi-view Geometry | | Text and Document Analysis | | Texture, Shape, and Color | | Transfer learning | | Other related topics | Important Dates | Paper submission | Jan. 7, 2023 (Extended) | | Acceptance notification | Jan. 10, 2023 | | Camera ready due | Jan. 21, 2023 | | Conference | Feb. 14-16, 2023 | Online submission: https://ipria2023.ismvipconf.ir/call.php IPRIA 2023 http://ipria2023.ismvipconf.ir/

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RoboCup Humanoid League Newsletter - December 2022
by Maike Paetzel-Prüsmann 26 Dec '22

26 Dec '22

Dear Humanoid League Teams, first of all, the Technical Committee wishes all teams happy holidays and a happy new year! As we are about half a year away from RoboCup 2023 in Bordeaux and we will start the second Virtual Season in about a month, we will now reintroduce our monthly newsletter to keep everyone up to date. Humanoid Soccer Competition 2023 - Application process ------------------------------------------------------ The submission deadline for the 2023 Humanoid Soccer Competition has passed and we have now started the reviewing period. If you are registered as a reviewer for your team, you should have received an email with further instructions. If you have not received such an email, please let us know. The deadline for providing the reviews is January 15th. After teams receive the reviewer's feedback, they will be given a period of time for applying the feedback and submitting the camera-ready material for a final round of evaluation. 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. Rule voting ------------ The discussion period in the forum has concluded - thanks to all teams that participated! We are preparing the final vote at the moment and will send the link to vote together with some further instructions and a timeline in early January. Virtual Season -------------- As we only have a few teams participating in the virtual season this year, we have postponed the start to January 22nd (first streaming day). Participating teams will receive further instructions on payment, robot model upload and AWS credentials within the next days. As last year, we will have streams every other Sunday and you are very welcome to watch the streams on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/robocuphumanoidfielda We are also still in need for volunteers to help us run the league, both from a technical and an organizational perspective. If you or someone else in your team has some time to spare (even just a little helps!), please send us an email or contact us on Discord and we can provide you with further information. Cheers, Maike (on behalf of the Humanoid League Technical Committee)

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2nd CfP - RoboCup 2023 Humanoid League Soccer Competition - Deadline in 10 days
by Reinaldo A. C. Bianchi 10 Dec '22

10 Dec '22

* 2nd Call for Participation - Deadline in 10 days * RoboCup 2023 Humanoid Soccer Competition https://humanoid.robocup.org/ July 06 - 09, 2023, Bordeaux, France =========================================================== The RoboCup Humanoid League invites teams to apply for participation at the RoboCup 2023 Humanoid Soccer Competition and the Humanoid Research Demonstration in Bordeaux, France. The Humanoid League will host competitions in the following categories: * Humanoid Soccer Competition * KidSize: 40 - 100cm robot height (FIFA size 1 ball) * AdultSize: 130 - 200cm robot height (FIFA size 5 ball) * Humanoid Research Demonstration In addition, we may organize a Humanoid Open Competition with a CfP following later this year. For more detailed class definitions and more information about the humanoid league, please refer to the humanoid league home page at https://humanoid.robocup.org/ and join the humanoid league mailing list at: https://lists.robocup.org/listinfo/robocup-humanoid Teams are also encouraged to form and apply as joint teams. Joint proposals will be judged on their combined merit. Teams must provide the following qualification material: 1) Humanoid Soccer Competition ======================================= You do not need to provide a full robot team to apply for competing in the Humanoid Soccer Competition. The qualifying round of Drop-In games will be played with only one robot per team. Teams that cannot provide a full team of robots (four robots in KidSize and two in AdultSize) will be grouped to form a playable team for the main tournament games. In case of a sufficient number of qualified teams, the sub-leagues (KidSize and/or AdultSize) will be divided into League A and League B. Teams are seeded into the leagues based on the results of an initial round of Drop-In games. Each application to the Humanoid Soccer Competition will be reviewed by two members of the Technical Committee and two other teams applying to the Humanoid Soccer Competition. The combined reviewing score will decide whether a team qualifies for participation. Reviewing other team's material is mandatory for teams that want to participate in the Humanoid Soccer Competition. Failing to provide an adequate review by the provided deadline will have consequences for the teams own qualification status. 1.1) Robot Video --------------------------------------- Teams need to provide a video of their robot demonstrating the robots' autonomous soccer playing skills. The recommended skills needed for qualification are: * localization of unknown ball position, * walking ability towards the ball, * robot positioning at the ball for kicking, * kicking the ball towards the goal, * ability of getting up autonomously from a fall (KidSize only) We encourage teams to include in the video more complex and intelligent behavior such as demonstrating localization, and robots playing in a game, recordings from actual soccer matches are admissible. If possible, please provide footage that demonstrates the robot behavior without wires attached. The qualification video must be supplied as a link via YouTube. The maximum duration of the video must not exceed 5 minutes. The qualifying team is responsible to ensure that the video adheres to YouTube's TOS (especially in regard to music copyright) to prevent the video from being blocked for the reviewers. Teams that do not provide a qualification video or a viewable video will not be qualified! 1.2) Software Description --------------------------------------- During the registration process, a form will be provided to submit details about the algorithms used or anticipated to be used for the participation in the 2023 competition. Algorithms shall be described in such detail that they can be reproduced by other teams. If software from other teams or standard algorithms are used, references need to be included. If the algorithm has been adapted to be used in the competition, those deviations need to be described in appropriate details. The form will include questions in the following areas: * Walking * Vision * Localization * Team Communication * Behavior * Contributions to the RoboCup community, e.g. software releases, paper publications, provision of league infrastructure or data sets Responses to the questions are expected to reflect the current or anticipated status of the software during the RoboCup 2023 competition. If the software has not changed or no changes are anticipated to be made until the competition, teams may copy & paste a response from previously submitted material. 1.3) Extended Abstract --------------------------------------- A two-page extended abstract must be submitted. For teams which have previously participated in the Humanoid League, the extended abstract needs to: * include lessons learned from the participation in previous RoboCup competitions * highlight major problems that the team is trying to solve for the upcoming competition * outline the plans for the major changes that the teams anticipate to have implemented by the RoboCup 2023 competition * describe the implementation status of the changes planned by the time of submitting the application For teams which have never participated in the RoboCup Humanoid League, the Extended Abstract needs to pitch the scientific aspects of their humanoid robotic system and highlight their research interests. The Extended Abstract is limited to 2 pages maximum and must be submitted in PDF format. Extended Abstracts are designed to highlight the changes and scientific developments since the last RoboCup. Thus, we expect the usage of material from previous TDPs or Extended Abstracts to be minimal. If used, they need to be cited appropriately. Submissions of last year's Extended Abstract will be desk-rejected. The Extended Abstract must follow the LNCS format which can be downloaded from https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…. Teams that do to follow the LNCS formatting and style guidelines will not be qualified. No exceptions to this rule will be made. 1.4) Robot Specification --------------------------------------- Regardless of the kid or adult size competition, a one-page specification (PDF) must be provided for each different type of humanoid robot used by the team that includes the following: * Robot picture * Robot name * Height of the robot * Weight of the robot * Walking speed in cm/s * Number of degrees of freedom and type of motors on each kinematic chain of the robot * Type of sensors used (incl. type of camera(s) and specific manufacturer part number (e.g. “6-DoF IMU” is NOT an acceptable description)) * Computing unit(s) * Materials (e.g. Torso aluminum, legs and arms CFRP) * Electronics (e.g. CM730 for communicating with servos) * Battery (e.g. 3S1P 2200mAh LiPo) * Open Source link if applicable * Other specs 1.5) Rules --------------------------------------- The current version of the rules may be found here at the Humanoid League website: https://humanoid.robocup.org/materials/rules/. We expect the final version of the 2023 rules to be published in early spring 2023. 1.6) Registration --------------------------------------- The following information is required for registration: * Team name * URL of the team's home page * Name of team leader or team contact person * E-mail address of team leader or contact person * Postal address of the team, team leader or contact person * Competition category: Humanoid Soccer Competition KidSize or AdultSize Please note that teams applying for participation in several categories must submit individual application material for each class, and pay the appropriate registration fee for each category. At least one team member must register on each team. Furthermore, teams in different categories must be able to compete, and guarantee to have members acting as referees available independently and at the same time. 1.7) Letter of Commitment --------------------------------------- Regardless of the specific competition, a one-page letter addressed to the RoboCup Humanoid League Technical Committee including the following: * a statement committing to participate in the RoboCup 2023 Humanoid League competition, * a statement committing to make a person with sufficient knowledge of the rules available as referee during the competition. The letter must be printed, hand signed by the team leader, digitally scanned and submitted either as a JPG, PNG or PDF file. If the letter does not contain a hand-written signature, it is not considered valid. The TC may include the fulfillment of the statement of commitment of participation as well as the performance of the team's referee in previous RoboCup competitions into consideration for qualification. 2. Humanoid Research Demonstration (HRD) ======================================= The RoboCup Humanoid League invites the research community to apply for showcasing the latest research and development results that are relevant for humanoid robots. Researchers are invited to submit their demonstrations independently of whether they participate in the RoboCup competitions, symposium or have a RoboCup team. Contributions will be evaluated for scientific and technical excellence. 2.1. Topics of Interest --------------------------------------- We welcome demonstrations containing new ideas, concepts, practical studies, and experiment demonstrations relevant to the field of Humanoid Robotics. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Components, joints and mechanics; * Soft robotics; * Anthropomorphic vs. non-anthropomorphic; * Walking, running, jumping and other humanoid locomotion; * Adaptability and scalability; * Sensors and perception; * Control and stability; * Dealing with falling; * Reflexes and learning; * Energy supply and efficiency; * Robot design and robotic kits; * Virtual robots and simulation; * Benchmarking; * Bipedal robots applied to real problems; * Education with and for humanoid robots. 2.2. Procedure --------------------------------------- The Humanoid Research Demonstration will take place in one or several sessions and participating teams are asked to show a demonstration of the system live in Bordeaux or stream their demonstration from their lab during the session. As a back-up solution, each team needs to provide a video demonstration prior to the beginning of the tournament. If the demonstration is performed in Bordeaux, the Humanoid League will provide a humanoid league soccer playing field for the demonstration. However, the members of the Technical Committee of the Humanoid League understand that for some demonstrations this setup may not be ideal and will try to accommodate all teams. If a team requires other arrangements for the demonstration, it must submit a request to the Technical Committee at least 3 months before the competition to allow sufficient time for alternative arrangements. 2.3. Application --------------------------------------- We invite teams to apply to participate in the Humanoid Research Demonstration by submitting the following material: 2.3.1. Demonstration Data * Demonstration title; * URL of the group’s home page; * Name of the contact person; * E-mail address of the contact person; * Postal address of the contact person. 2.3.2. Demonstration Video The first part of the material is a video of your robot or robotic part demonstrating its skills or a brief overview of the software demonstration if your demonstration does not involve a physical embodiment. The video must be supplied as a link to it via YouTube. The maximum duration of the video is 3 minutes. The proponent is responsible to ensure that the video adheres to YouTube’s TOS (especially in regard to music copyright) to prevent the video from being blocked for the reviewers. 2.3.3. Hardware Specification If the demonstration includes any type of hardware to be showcased, a one-page specification (PDF) for each different type of humanoid type robot/mechanism used that includes the following: * Robot/mechanism picture; * Robot/mechanism name; * Size of the humanoid type robot/mechanism; * Weight of the robot/mechanism; * Robots/mechanisms joint specification; * Type of sensors used (incl. type of camera(s)); * Computing unit(s); * Other specifications 2.3.4. Short paper A short paper describing the robot, robot part of software and its task and required environment, limited to four (4) pages including text, references, tables, and figures. The short paper must follow the LNCS format which can be downloaded from http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0. Please pay special attention to the “Author guidelines” that you’ll be able to find there. 3) Plagiarism ======================================= Plagiarism, loosely the unattributed use of other peoples' words, code, and ideas is not tolerated in the RoboCup community. See the point “Publishing Ethics” at https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu… for a more detailed description. The teams and team members that plagiarize other peoples' work and present it as their own will be disqualified. For a first offense, the team and team members will be banned from RoboCup competition for two years (usually the current and next year). Harsher penalties will be applied to repeat offenders or extremely serious cases of plagiarism. A team may be disqualified at any time for plagiarism, even after the competition has started. RoboCup will not reimburse teams for any expenses related to their disqualification. 4) Online Submission ======================================= All qualification material must be submitted online at https://submission.robocuphumanoid.com<https://submission.robocuphumanoid.com/> 5) Important Dates ======================================= Humanoid Soccer Competition * Submission system open: November 20th, 2022 * Submission deadline: December 11th, 2022 * Team Review Period: December 12th - December 23rd * Announcement of qualified teams: January 23rd, 2023 Humanoid Research Demonstration * Submission system open: November 20th, 2022 * Submission deadline: April 2nd, 2023 6) Publication ======================================= Please note that after the announcement of the qualified teams the qualified teams submitted material will be made publicly available on the Humanoid League website. Teams applying for participation, therefore, implicitly grant the right of publication of their qualification material to the Humanoid League. 7) Visa Process ======================================= If you are a citizen of a country that needs a Visa for traveling to France, please start the VISA process as soon as you receive your notification of qualification. If you are not sure if you're eligible for a VISA-exempt, please consult the official website of the France government for information, at https://france-visas.gouv.fr/en/web/france-visas/welcome-page. With best regards, Technical Committee of RoboCup Humanoid League 2022 Esta mensagem, juntamente com qualquer outra informação anexada, é confidencial e protegida por lei. Somente os seus destinatários estão autorizados a usá-la. Se você não for o destinatário, por favor, informe o remetente e, em seguida, apague a mensagem, observando que não há autorização para usar, copiar, armazenar, encaminhar, imprimir ou tomar qualquer ação baseada no seu conteúdo.

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VRoHOW 2022
by Patrick Göttsch 21 Nov '22

21 Nov '22

Dear fellow Robocuppers, Only two weeks left until this year's vRoHOW! As last year we will use Discord as our virtual venue. If you haven't already, you can join the event server here: https://discord.gg/XrSbTzsYEP The content, i.e. talks, presentations and workshops, will be scheduled after 22:00 UTC+1 on Friday (2022-12-02). Please inform us about your interests and talks via the MOPAD (https://mopad.rohow.de/). You should be able to create an account for yourself by selecting your respective team name. Note that you have to create new accounts for this year. All additional information and schedule is available at rohow.de We are looking forward to see you on Friday (2022-12-02) at 19:00 UTC+1 for the opening ceremony in the Discord TownHall voice channel. Gretings from Hamburg, Team HULKs

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Call for Participation Humanoid League Virtual Season
by Jasper Güldenstein 09 Nov '22

09 Nov '22

* Call for Participation * RoboCup Humanoid League Virtual Season (HLVS) https://humanoid.robocup.org/hlvs2023/ December 18th 2022 to May 7th, 2023 =========================================================== The RoboCup Humanoid League is inviting interested teams to apply for participation in the Humanoid League Virtual Season (HLVS). The Humanoid League will host a competition in the simulated KidSize League (40 – 100cm robot height (FIFA size 1 ball)) 1. Humanoid League Virtual Season ================================= As in the previous HLVS a simulated soccer competition will take over several months with matches every other week. Since the Virtual Humanoid Soccer Competition will be held entirely online, all teams registering for the competition will be admitted. The exact tournament format will be announced once the number of participating teams is known. Details on the setup and implementation will be published and continuously updated on the RoboCup Humanoid League website:https://humanoid.robocup.org/hl-vs2023/ 1.1. Simulator & Game Rules --------------------------- As in the previous HLVS, Webots with the Humanoid League simulation world, the automatic refereeing system, and the simulation interface will be used. However, Webots version 2022b will be used instead of 2021b. This requires changes to the team's robot models! We keep the specifications of the simulation interface and the server up to date on this link: https://humanoid.robocup.org/hl-vs2023/ The automatic refereeing system and the simulation world are continously being worked on. Most significantly, further domain randomization will be introduced. This includes but is not limited to reasonably uneven ground, randomized reset positions of the robot's starting poses. As with any major change during the competition, these will be announced and finalized 3 weeks before the next game. Bug Fixes are not subject to this deadline. Robot models must be submitted 2 weeks before the start of the competition to be verified. If you would like to update your robot model during the season it must be submitted by Monday 6:00am UTC before a competition day. The rules of the virtual game will initially be the ones used for HLVS 2022 but will be updated during the competition. The 3 week notice period also applies here to allow teams to adapt their software. 1.2. Competition Schedule ------------------------- Matches will be streamed approximately every other week on Sundays (see preliminary schedule). A workshop is planned (see dates below) to conclude the competition. More information on this will follow. Matchday 1: Dec 18th Matchday 2: Jan 8th Matchday 3: Jan 22th Matchday 4: Feb 5th Matchday 5: Feb 19th Matchday 6: Mar 5th Matchday 7: Mar 19th Matchday 8: Apr 2nd Matchday 9: Apr 16th Matchday 10 Apr 30th (may be postponed due to RoboCup GermanOpen) Workshop: May 5th, 6th, and 7th Please note that the exact dates of the games are subject to change in case of significant bugs in the simulation or automatic refereeing software or an overlap with regional RoboCup tournaments. In these cases, the teams will be notified as early as possible about a shift in the game schedule. 1.3. Competition Setup ---------------------- The competition will be performed entirely in the cloud. Each team is guaranteed to play a minimum of 8 games. The exact tournament format will be announced once the number of participating teams in each size class has been determined. Details of the server specification are the same as in the HLVS 2022 and can be found here https://humanoid.robocup.org/hlvs2023/ The deadline for teams uploading their software on the Friday before a matchday at 6:00 am UTC. The simulation will then be run in the cloud and a recording of the match streamed online on the match days. Access to log files will be provided to teams after the match has been streamed. Teams will be given possibilities to test the setup of the competition. Several test scenarios will be offered to teams in early December. These scenarios will be similar to the ones offered during the mock competition. Teams must pass the tests in the order presented if they have not already proven so during previous virtual competition that they pass these tests. *Robot model inspection*: A manual inspection is carried out by members of the TC, making sure that the model does not crash or significantly slows down the simulator. The TC also checks that the team.json is in the proper format and all fields are set. *Connection test*: We launch a simulator with one robot instance, and we start a game to verify whether Webots accepts the connection. *Walking test*: We launch a simulator with one robot instance, and we start a game with a cap of 5 minutes real time. We inspect the recording for evidence of the robot being able to walk in the ready or play state. *Penalty shoot-out*: We launch a simulator and one robot instance with the teams being paired (if possible). Teams need to be able to move the ball to pass. *Short game*: We launch a simulator and 4 robot instances with the teams being paired (when it is possible). The game time is capped to 2.5 minutes per half time, RR style. Teams need to be able at least to touch the ball to pass. If custom test scenarios are required by teams to test specific components of the cloud infrastructure together with the team’s software, please let us know. 1.3. Registration ----------------- The registration process for the Humanoid League Virtual Season is done in two steps. First, you need to submit general data about your team via the submission system of the Humanoid League: http://submission.robocuphumanoid.com/. All teams that fulfill the formal requirements are automatically qualified to participate. The following data is required: * Team name * URL of the team’s home page * Name of team leader or team contact person * E-mail address of team leader or contact person * Postal address of the team, team leader or contact person * Letter of Commitment Please note that teams applying for participation in several classes must register individually for each class and pay the appropriate registration fee. The registration form must be filled out online at http://submission.robocuphumanoid.org/ In the second step, the teams must pay a fee of $340 for the entire tournament season (including a minimum of 8 games plus tests). Payment needs to be made to the Federation via Wire Transfer or PayPal. Detailed instructions are sent to teams after registration. Please note that teams need to cover the respective transfer and conversion fees that apply for your country when transferring money to the US. For PayPal, US-based teams need to pay 2% of processing fees (around 7 USD), for international teams a 4% processing fee applies (around 14 USD). The fees for wire transfer depend on the country and specific bank. The amount is calculated by using the experience from the HLVS 2022. Any extra funds will be used for future HLVS as a buffer. 1.4. Submission of Robot Model File ----------------------------------- Robot models used in the competition must comply with the specifications published here: https://humanoid.robocup.org/hl-vs2023/ These have been updated from the last HLVS. They must be submitted by December 2nd, 2021. Teams are highly encouraged to make their robot model available to the research community with an open-source license. This is, however, not a requirement for participation. In order for the Technical Committee to ensure the robot models comply with the laws of the game, the full robot file needs to be made available to the Technical Committee during the qualification process. The submission will be done via Pull Requests on GitHub. If your team does not want your robot model publicly available, please contact the TC. 2. Submission System ===================== The submission system will be opened November 16th and all application material must be submitted online at http://submission.robocuphumanoid.com/. 3. Deadlines ============= Registration system open: November 16th, 2022 Deadline for submission: November 26th, 2022 Deadline for payment of registration fee: December 10th, 2022 Submission of robot model file: December 2nd, 2022 With best regards, Technical Committee of RoboCup Humanoid League 2022/23

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Call for Participation - RoboCup 2023 Humanoid Soccer Competition (corrected)
by Reinaldo A. C. Bianchi 25 Oct '22

25 Oct '22

* Call for Participation * RoboCup 2023 Humanoid Soccer Competition https://humanoid.robocup.org/ July 06 - 09, 2023, Bordeaux, France =========================================================== The RoboCup Humanoid League invites teams to apply for participation at the RoboCup 2023 Humanoid Soccer Competition and the Humanoid Research Demonstration in Bordeaux, France. The Humanoid League will host competitions in the following categories: * Humanoid Soccer Competition * KidSize: 40 - 100cm robot height (FIFA size 1 ball) * AdultSize: 130 - 200cm robot height (FIFA size 5 ball) * Humanoid Research Demonstration In addition, we may organize a Humanoid Open Competition with a CfP following later this year. For more detailed class definitions and more information about the humanoid league, please refer to the humanoid league home page at https://humanoid.robocup.org/ and join the humanoid league mailing list at: https://lists.robocup.org/listinfo/robocup-humanoid Teams are also encouraged to form and apply as joint teams. Joint proposals will be judged on their combined merit. Teams must provide the following qualification material: 1) Humanoid Soccer Competition ======================================= You do not need to provide a full robot team to apply for competing in the Humanoid Soccer Competition. The qualifying round of Drop-In games will be played with only one robot per team. Teams that cannot provide a full team of robots (four robots in KidSize and two in AdultSize) will be grouped to form a playable team for the main tournament games. In case of a sufficient number of qualified teams, the sub-leagues (KidSize and/or AdultSize) will be divided into League A and League B. Teams are seeded into the leagues based on the results of an initial round of Drop-In games. Each application to the Humanoid Soccer Competition will be reviewed by two members of the Technical Committee and two other teams applying to the Humanoid Soccer Competition. The combined reviewing score will decide whether a team qualifies for participation. Reviewing other team's material is mandatory for teams that want to participate in the Humanoid Soccer Competition. Failing to provide an adequate review by the provided deadline will have consequences for the teams own qualification status. 1.1) Robot Video --------------------------------------- Teams need to provide a video of their robot demonstrating the robots' autonomous soccer playing skills. The recommended skills needed for qualification are: * localization of unknown ball position, * walking ability towards the ball, * robot positioning at the ball for kicking, * kicking the ball towards the goal, * ability of getting up autonomously from a fall (KidSize only) We encourage teams to include in the video more complex and intelligent behavior such as demonstrating localization, and robots playing in a game, recordings from actual soccer matches are admissible. If possible, please provide footage that demonstrates the robot behavior without wires attached. The qualification video must be supplied as a link via YouTube. The maximum duration of the video must not exceed 5 minutes. The qualifying team is responsible to ensure that the video adheres to YouTube's TOS (especially in regard to music copyright) to prevent the video from being blocked for the reviewers. Teams that do not provide a qualification video or a viewable video will not be qualified! 1.2) Software Description --------------------------------------- During the registration process, a form will be provided to submit details about the algorithms used or anticipated to be used for the participation in the 2023 competition. Algorithms shall be described in such detail that they can be reproduced by other teams. If software from other teams or standard algorithms are used, references need to be included. If the algorithm has been adapted to be used in the competition, those deviations need to be described in appropriate details. The form will include questions in the following areas: * Walking * Vision * Localization * Team Communication * Behavior * Contributions to the RoboCup community, e.g. software releases, paper publications, provision of league infrastructure or data sets Responses to the questions are expected to reflect the current or anticipated status of the software during the RoboCup 2023 competition. If the software has not changed or no changes are anticipated to be made until the competition, teams may copy & paste a response from previously submitted material. 1.3) Extended Abstract --------------------------------------- A two-page extended abstract must be submitted. For teams which have previously participated in the Humanoid League, the extended abstract needs to: * include lessons learned from the participation in previous RoboCup competitions * highlight major problems that the team is trying to solve for the upcoming competition * outline the plans for the major changes that the teams anticipate to have implemented by the RoboCup 2023 competition * describe the implementation status of the changes planned by the time of submitting the application For teams which have never participated in the RoboCup Humanoid League, the Extended Abstract needs to pitch the scientific aspects of their humanoid robotic system and highlight their research interests. The Extended Abstract is limited to 2 pages maximum and must be submitted in PDF format. Extended Abstracts are designed to highlight the changes and scientific developments since the last RoboCup. Thus, we expect the usage of material from previous TDPs or Extended Abstracts to be minimal. If used, they need to be cited appropriately. Submissions of last year's Extended Abstract will be desk-rejected. The Extended Abstract must follow the LNCS format which can be downloaded from https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…. Teams that do to follow the LNCS formatting and style guidelines will not be qualified. No exceptions to this rule will be made. 1.4) Robot Specification --------------------------------------- Regardless of the kid or adult size competition, a one-page specification (PDF) must be provided for each different type of humanoid robot used by the team that includes the following: * Robot picture * Robot name * Height of the robot * Weight of the robot * Walking speed in cm/s * Number of degrees of freedom and type of motors on each kinematic chain of the robot * Type of sensors used (incl. type of camera(s) and specific manufacturer part number (e.g. “6-DoF IMU” is NOT an acceptable description)) * Computing unit(s) * Materials (e.g. Torso aluminum, legs and arms CFRP) * Electronics (e.g. CM730 for communicating with servos) * Battery (e.g. 3S1P 2200mAh LiPo) * Open Source link if applicable * Other specs 1.5) Rules --------------------------------------- The current version of the rules may be found here at the Humanoid League website: https://humanoid.robocup.org/materials/rules/. We expect the final version of the 2023 rules to be published in early spring 2023. 1.6) Registration --------------------------------------- The following information is required for registration: * Team name * URL of the team's home page * Name of team leader or team contact person * E-mail address of team leader or contact person * Postal address of the team, team leader or contact person * Competition category: Humanoid Soccer Competition KidSize or AdultSize Please note that teams applying for participation in several categories must submit individual application material for each class, and pay the appropriate registration fee for each category. At least one team member must register on each team. Furthermore, teams in different categories must be able to compete, and guarantee to have members acting as referees available independently and at the same time. 1.7) Letter of Commitment --------------------------------------- Regardless of the specific competition, a one-page letter addressed to the RoboCup Humanoid League Technical Committee including the following: * a statement committing to participate in the RoboCup 2023 Humanoid League competition, * a statement committing to make a person with sufficient knowledge of the rules available as referee during the competition. The letter must be printed, hand signed by the team leader, digitally scanned and submitted either as a JPG, PNG or PDF file. If the letter does not contain a hand-written signature, it is not considered valid. The TC may include the fulfillment of the statement of commitment of participation as well as the performance of the team's referee in previous RoboCup competitions into consideration for qualification. 2. Humanoid Research Demonstration (HRD) ======================================= The RoboCup Humanoid League invites the research community to apply for showcasing the latest research and development results that are relevant for humanoid robots. Researchers are invited to submit their demonstrations independently of whether they participate in the RoboCup competitions, symposium or have a RoboCup team. Contributions will be evaluated for scientific and technical excellence. 2.1. Topics of Interest --------------------------------------- We welcome demonstrations containing new ideas, concepts, practical studies, and experiment demonstrations relevant to the field of Humanoid Robotics. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Components, joints and mechanics; * Soft robotics; * Anthropomorphic vs. non-anthropomorphic; * Walking, running, jumping and other humanoid locomotion; * Adaptability and scalability; * Sensors and perception; * Control and stability; * Dealing with falling; * Reflexes and learning; * Energy supply and efficiency; * Robot design and robotic kits; * Virtual robots and simulation; * Benchmarking; * Bipedal robots applied to real problems; * Education with and for humanoid robots. 2.2. Procedure --------------------------------------- The Humanoid Research Demonstration will take place in one or several sessions and participating teams are asked to show a demonstration of the system live in Bordeaux or stream their demonstration from their lab during the session. As a back-up solution, each team needs to provide a video demonstration prior to the beginning of the tournament. If the demonstration is performed in Bordeaux, the Humanoid League will provide a humanoid league soccer playing field for the demonstration. However, the members of the Technical Committee of the Humanoid League understand that for some demonstrations this setup may not be ideal and will try to accommodate all teams. If a team requires other arrangements for the demonstration, it must submit a request to the Technical Committee at least 3 months before the competition to allow sufficient time for alternative arrangements. 2.3. Application --------------------------------------- We invite teams to apply to participate in the Humanoid Research Demonstration by submitting the following material: 2.3.1. Demonstration Data * Demonstration title; * URL of the group’s home page; * Name of the contact person; * E-mail address of the contact person; * Postal address of the contact person. 2.3.2. Demonstration Video The first part of the material is a video of your robot or robotic part demonstrating its skills or a brief overview of the software demonstration if your demonstration does not involve a physical embodiment. The video must be supplied as a link to it via YouTube. The maximum duration of the video is 3 minutes. The proponent is responsible to ensure that the video adheres to YouTube’s TOS (especially in regard to music copyright) to prevent the video from being blocked for the reviewers. 2.3.3. Hardware Specification If the demonstration includes any type of hardware to be showcased, a one-page specification (PDF) for each different type of humanoid type robot/mechanism used that includes the following: * Robot/mechanism picture; * Robot/mechanism name; * Size of the humanoid type robot/mechanism; * Weight of the robot/mechanism; * Robots/mechanisms joint specification; * Type of sensors used (incl. type of camera(s)); * Computing unit(s); * Other specifications 2.3.4. Short paper A short paper describing the robot, robot part of software and its task and required environment, limited to four (4) pages including text, references, tables, and figures. The short paper must follow the LNCS format which can be downloaded from http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0. Please pay special attention to the “Author guidelines” that you’ll be able to find there. 3) Plagiarism ======================================= Plagiarism, loosely the unattributed use of other peoples' words, code, and ideas is not tolerated in the RoboCup community. See the point “Publishing Ethics” at https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu… for a more detailed description. The teams and team members that plagiarize other peoples' work and present it as their own will be disqualified. For a first offense, the team and team members will be banned from RoboCup competition for two years (usually the current and next year). Harsher penalties will be applied to repeat offenders or extremely serious cases of plagiarism. A team may be disqualified at any time for plagiarism, even after the competition has started. RoboCup will not reimburse teams for any expenses related to their disqualification. 4) Online Submission ======================================= All qualification material must be submitted online at https://submission.robocuphumanoid.com<https://submission.robocuphumanoid.com/> 5) Important Dates ======================================= Humanoid Soccer Competition * Submission system open: November 20th, 2022 * Submission deadline: December 11th, 2022 * Team Review Period: December 12th - December 23rd * Announcement of qualified teams: January 23rd, 2023 Humanoid Research Demonstration * Submission system open: November 20th, 2022 * Submission deadline: April 2nd, 2023 6) Publication ======================================= Please note that after the announcement of the qualified teams the qualified teams submitted material will be made publicly available on the Humanoid League website. Teams applying for participation, therefore, implicitly grant the right of publication of their qualification material to the Humanoid League. 7) Visa Process ======================================= If you are a citizen of a country that needs a Visa for traveling to France, please start the VISA process as soon as you receive your notification of qualification. If you are not sure if you're eligible for a VISA-exempt, please consult the official website of the France government for information, at https://france-visas.gouv.fr/en/web/france-visas/welcome-page. With best regards, Technical Committee of RoboCup Humanoid League 2022 Esta mensagem, juntamente com qualquer outra informação anexada, é confidencial e protegida por lei. Somente os seus destinatários estão autorizados a usá-la. Se você não for o destinatário, por favor, informe o remetente e, em seguida, apague a mensagem, observando que não há autorização para usar, copiar, armazenar, encaminhar, imprimir ou tomar qualquer ação baseada no seu conteúdo.

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CFP - RoboCup 2023 Humanoid Soccer Competition
by Reinaldo A. C. Bianchi 18 Oct '22

18 Oct '22

* Call for Participation * RoboCup 2023 Humanoid Soccer Competition https://humanoid.robocup.org/ July 06 - 09, 2023, Bordeaux, France =========================================================== The RoboCup Humanoid League invites teams to apply for participation at the RoboCup 2023 Humanoid Soccer Competition and the Humanoid Research Demonstration in Bordeaux, France. The Humanoid League will host competitions in the following categories: * Humanoid Soccer Competition * KidSize: 40 - 100cm robot height (FIFA size 1 ball) * AdultSize: 100 - 200cm robot height (FIFA size 5 ball) * Humanoid Research Demonstration In addition, we may organize a Humanoid Open Competition with a CfP following later this year. For more detailed class definitions and more information about the humanoid league, please refer to the humanoid league home page at https://humanoid.robocup.org/ and join the humanoid league mailing list at: https://lists.robocup.org/listinfo/robocup-humanoid Teams are also encouraged to form and apply as joint teams. Joint proposals will be judged on their combined merit. Teams must provide the following qualification material: 1) Humanoid Soccer Competition ======================================= You do not need to provide a full robot team to apply for competing in the Humanoid Soccer Competition. The qualifying round of Drop-In games will be played with only one robot per team. Teams that cannot provide a full team of robots (four robots in KidSize and two in AdultSize) will be grouped to form a playable team for the main tournament games. In case of a sufficient number of qualified teams, the sub-leagues (KidSize and/or AdultSize) will be divided into League A and League B. Teams are seeded into the leagues based on the results of an initial round of Drop-In games. Each application to the Humanoid Soccer Competition will be reviewed by two members of the Technical Committee and two other teams applying to the Humanoid Soccer Competition. The combined reviewing score will decide whether a team qualifies for participation. Reviewing other team's material is mandatory for teams that want to participate in the Humanoid Soccer Competition. Failing to provide an adequate review by the provided deadline will have consequences for the teams own qualification status. 1.1) Robot Video --------------------------------------- Teams need to provide a video of their robot demonstrating the robots' autonomous soccer playing skills. The recommended skills needed for qualification are: * localization of unknown ball position, * walking ability towards the ball, * robot positioning at the ball for kicking, * kicking the ball towards the goal, * ability of getting up autonomously from a fall (KidSize only) We encourage teams to include in the video more complex and intelligent behavior such as demonstrating localization, and robots playing in a game, recordings from actual soccer matches are admissible. If possible, please provide footage that demonstrates the robot behavior without wires attached. The qualification video must be supplied as a link via YouTube. The maximum duration of the video must not exceed 5 minutes. The qualifying team is responsible to ensure that the video adheres to YouTube's TOS (especially in regard to music copyright) to prevent the video from being blocked for the reviewers. Teams that do not provide a qualification video or a viewable video will not be qualified! 1.2) Software Description --------------------------------------- During the registration process, a form will be provided to submit details about the algorithms used or anticipated to be used for the participation in the 2023 competition. Algorithms shall be described in such detail that they can be reproduced by other teams. If software from other teams or standard algorithms are used, references need to be included. If the algorithm has been adapted to be used in the competition, those deviations need to be described in appropriate details. The form will include questions in the following areas: * Walking * Vision * Localization * Team Communication * Behavior * Contributions to the RoboCup community, e.g. software releases, paper publications, provision of league infrastructure or data sets Responses to the questions are expected to reflect the current or anticipated status of the software during the RoboCup 2023 competition. If the software has not changed or no changes are anticipated to be made until the competition, teams may copy & paste a response from previously submitted material. 1.3) Extended Abstract --------------------------------------- A two-page extended abstract must be submitted. For teams which have previously participated in the Humanoid League, the extended abstract needs to: * include lessons learned from the participation in previous RoboCup competitions * highlight major problems that the team is trying to solve for the upcoming competition * outline the plans for the major changes that the teams anticipate to have implemented by the RoboCup 2023 competition * describe the implementation status of the changes planned by the time of submitting the application For teams which have never participated in the RoboCup Humanoid League, the Extended Abstract needs to pitch the scientific aspects of their humanoid robotic system and highlight their research interests. The Extended Abstract is limited to 2 pages maximum and must be submitted in PDF format. Extended Abstracts are designed to highlight the changes and scientific developments since the last RoboCup. Thus, we expect the usage of material from previous TDPs or Extended Abstracts to be minimal. If used, they need to be cited appropriately. Submissions of last year's Extended Abstract will be desk-rejected. The Extended Abstract must follow the LNCS format which can be downloaded from https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…. Teams that do to follow the LNCS formatting and style guidelines will not be qualified. No exceptions to this rule will be made. 1.4) Robot Specification --------------------------------------- Regardless of the kid or adult size competition, a one-page specification (PDF) must be provided for each different type of humanoid robot used by the team that includes the following: * Robot picture * Robot name * Height of the robot * Weight of the robot * Walking speed in cm/s * Number of degrees of freedom and type of motors on each kinematic chain of the robot * Type of sensors used (incl. type of camera(s) and specific manufacturer part number (e.g. “6-DoF IMU” is NOT an acceptable description)) * Computing unit(s) * Materials (e.g. Torso aluminum, legs and arms CFRP) * Electronics (e.g. CM730 for communicating with servos) * Battery (e.g. 3S1P 2200mAh LiPo) * Open Source link if applicable * Other specs 1.5) Rules --------------------------------------- The current version of the rules may be found here at the Humanoid League website: https://humanoid.robocup.org/materials/rules/. We expect the final version of the 2023 rules to be published in early spring 2023. 1.6) Registration --------------------------------------- The following information is required for registration: * Team name * URL of the team's home page * Name of team leader or team contact person * E-mail address of team leader or contact person * Postal address of the team, team leader or contact person * Competition category: Humanoid Soccer Competition KidSize or AdultSize Please note that teams applying for participation in several categories must submit individual application material for each class, and pay the appropriate registration fee for each category. At least one team member must register on each team. Furthermore, teams in different categories must be able to compete, and guarantee to have members acting as referees available independently and at the same time. 1.7) Letter of Commitment --------------------------------------- Regardless of the specific competition, a one-page letter addressed to the RoboCup Humanoid League Technical Committee including the following: * a statement committing to participate in the RoboCup 2023 Humanoid League competition, * a statement committing to make a person with sufficient knowledge of the rules available as referee during the competition. The letter must be printed, hand signed by the team leader, digitally scanned and submitted either as a JPG, PNG or PDF file. If the letter does not contain a hand-written signature, it is not considered valid. The TC may include the fulfillment of the statement of commitment of participation as well as the performance of the team's referee in previous RoboCup competitions into consideration for qualification. 2. Humanoid Research Demonstration (HRD) ======================================= The RoboCup Humanoid League invites the research community to apply for showcasing the latest research and development results that are relevant for humanoid robots. Researchers are invited to submit their demonstrations independently of whether they participate in the RoboCup competitions, symposium or have a RoboCup team. Contributions will be evaluated for scientific and technical excellence. 2.1. Topics of Interest --------------------------------------- We welcome demonstrations containing new ideas, concepts, practical studies, and experiment demonstrations relevant to the field of Humanoid Robotics. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Components, joints and mechanics; * Soft robotics; * Anthropomorphic vs. non-anthropomorphic; * Walking, running, jumping and other humanoid locomotion; * Adaptability and scalability; * Sensors and perception; * Control and stability; * Dealing with falling; * Reflexes and learning; * Energy supply and efficiency; * Robot design and robotic kits; * Virtual robots and simulation; * Benchmarking; * Bipedal robots applied to real problems; * Education with and for humanoid robots. 2.2. Procedure --------------------------------------- The Humanoid Research Demonstration will take place in one or several sessions and participating teams are asked to show a demonstration of the system live in Bordeaux or stream their demonstration from their lab during the session. As a back-up solution, each team needs to provide a video demonstration prior to the beginning of the tournament. If the demonstration is performed in Bordeaux, the Humanoid League will provide a humanoid league soccer playing field for the demonstration. However, the members of the Technical Committee of the Humanoid League understand that for some demonstrations this setup may not be ideal and will try to accommodate all teams. If a team requires other arrangements for the demonstration, it must submit a request to the Technical Committee at least 3 months before the competition to allow sufficient time for alternative arrangements. 2.3. Application --------------------------------------- We invite teams to apply to participate in the Humanoid Research Demonstration by submitting the following material: 2.3.1. Demonstration Data * Demonstration title; * URL of the group’s home page; * Name of the contact person; * E-mail address of the contact person; * Postal address of the contact person. 2.3.2. Demonstration Video The first part of the material is a video of your robot or robotic part demonstrating its skills or a brief overview of the software demonstration if your demonstration does not involve a physical embodiment. The video must be supplied as a link to it via YouTube. The maximum duration of the video is 3 minutes. The proponent is responsible to ensure that the video adheres to YouTube’s TOS (especially in regard to music copyright) to prevent the video from being blocked for the reviewers. 2.3.3. Hardware Specification If the demonstration includes any type of hardware to be showcased, a one-page specification (PDF) for each different type of humanoid type robot/mechanism used that includes the following: * Robot/mechanism picture; * Robot/mechanism name; * Size of the humanoid type robot/mechanism; * Weight of the robot/mechanism; * Robots/mechanisms joint specification; * Type of sensors used (incl. type of camera(s)); * Computing unit(s); * Other specifications 2.3.4. Short paper A short paper describing the robot, robot part of software and its task and required environment, limited to four (4) pages including text, references, tables, and figures. The short paper must follow the LNCS format which can be downloaded from http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0. Please pay special attention to the “Author guidelines” that you’ll be able to find there. 3) Plagiarism ======================================= Plagiarism, loosely the unattributed use of other peoples' words, code, and ideas is not tolerated in the RoboCup community. See the point “Publishing Ethics” at https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu… for a more detailed description. The teams and team members that plagiarize other peoples' work and present it as their own will be disqualified. For a first offense, the team and team members will be banned from RoboCup competition for two years (usually the current and next year). Harsher penalties will be applied to repeat offenders or extremely serious cases of plagiarism. A team may be disqualified at any time for plagiarism, even after the competition has started. RoboCup will not reimburse teams for any expenses related to their disqualification. 4) Online Submission ======================================= All qualification material must be submitted online at https://submission.robocuphumanoid.com<https://submission.robocuphumanoid.com/> 5) Important Dates ======================================= Humanoid Soccer Competition * Submission system open: November 20th, 2022 * Submission deadline: December 11th, 2022 * Team Review Period: December 12th - December 23rd * Announcement of qualified teams: January 23rd, 2023 Humanoid Research Demonstration * Submission system open: November 20th, 2022 * Submission deadline: April 2nd, 2023 6) Publication ======================================= Please note that after the announcement of the qualified teams the qualified teams submitted material will be made publicly available on the Humanoid League website. Teams applying for participation, therefore, implicitly grant the right of publication of their qualification material to the Humanoid League. 7) Visa Process ======================================= If you are a citizen of a country that needs a Visa for traveling to France, please start the VISA process as soon as you receive your notification of qualification. If you are not sure if you're eligible for a VISA-exempt, please consult the official website of the France government for information, at https://france-visas.gouv.fr/en/web/france-visas/welcome-page. With best regards, Technical Committee of RoboCup Humanoid League 2022 Esta mensagem, juntamente com qualquer outra informação anexada, é confidencial e protegida por lei. Somente os seus destinatários estão autorizados a usá-la. Se você não for o destinatário, por favor, informe o remetente e, em seguida, apague a mensagem, observando que não há autorização para usar, copiar, armazenar, encaminhar, imprimir ou tomar qualquer ação baseada no seu conteúdo.

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Registrations are open for RoboCup Brazil Open
by Comunicação RoboCup 27 Jul '22

27 Jul '22

Registrations are open for RoboCup Brazil Open The event will be held in São Bernardo do Campo - São Paulo, Brazil, from october 17 to 22. Remote Participation is available in Simulation Leagues. Registrations are now open for teams all over the world.To participate, the teams must register until july 31, on the website: www.cbrobotica.org . The registration fee is US$ 170 per team or US$100 in simulation leagues. ============== Important Dates: ============== Pre-Registration Deadline: *July 31* TDP Submission: Check each league's schedule on the website or contact the league's chair by e-mail Early Registration:* September 1 to 23* Registration: *September 24 to October 9* If you have any doubt about the pre-registration or registration process, please contact organizacao(a)cbrobotica.org ======= Leagues ======= RoboCup Soccer Simulation 2D RoboCup Soccer Simulation 3D RoboCup Small Size Soccer (SSL) RoboCup Humanoid League RoboCup Standard Platform League RoboCup @Home RoboCupJunior RoboCup Brazil Flying Robots Trial League IEEE Humanoid Racing IEEE Open IEEE Standard Educational Kit IEEE Very Small Size Soccer 3x3 and 5x5 -- Patrícia Vergara Comunicação RoboCup Brasil (11) 9.8686-4993 www.robocup.org.br

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RC2022 finals
by Alessandra Rossi 16 Jul '22

16 Jul '22

Dear everyone, We're at the last #robocup2022 day of games. Adults and Kids finals will be streamed on our https://m.twitch.tv/robocuphumanoidfielda more info about the schedule -> https://humanoid.robocup.org/hl-2022/results/ Don't miss the fun and to cheer! Best regards Alessandra

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RoboCup Symposium 2022 - Info Room for Satellite Event
by alessandra.rossi＠unina.it 13 Jul '22

13 Jul '22

Dear everyone, The RC-HL satellite event "Open Humanoid Competition" will be in room *Silk 4 *reserved from *19:00 to 21:00* on *14th of July*. You can find the room in the attached floor plan towards the bottom left. Looking forward to seeing you. Kind regards, Alessandra

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RC-HL 2022: Invitation to participate at Humanoid League Satellite Event
by Alessandra Rossi 05 Jul '22

05 Jul '22

Dear RoboCuppers, The Humanoid League is organising the event "Open Humanoid Competition" as part of the Symposium Satellite Events on 14 July 2022, 19:00-21:00 (local time) Bangkok, Thailand. This satellite event is meant to be a discussion group during which we will foster discussions between members of different Leagues, trustees, members of the Technical and Organising Committees to tackle some fundamental requirements to facilitate new teams to join or participate in the games of the Humanoid League. Best regards, Alessandra on behalf of the Humanoid League TCs *Abstract*: "Since the Humanoid League's first games in 2002, the competitions progressively developed its scientific challenges to successfully meet the goal of RoboCup to play against the human world soccer champion in 2050. Such increasing scientific difficulties have been catching the attention and interest of researchers, but, at the same time, make it prohibitive for new and, in consequence, often less experienced teams to join the Humanoid League. The main difficulties faced by new teams are related both to the cost of taller robots, and the challenges of developing hardware and software for such taller robots. We also expect that such costs for research, components and equipment for one or a full team of humanoid robots may soon become inapproachable for new teams. For these reasons, in this satellite event for the 25th RoboCup International Symposium, we want to focus on addressing the challenges and development of the creation an initial process or a sub-event to the Humanoid League main competition that can ease the path for new teams and to guide them towards a final full participation. To this extent, we will foster discussions between members of different Leagues, trustees, members of the Technical and Organising Committees to tackle some fundamental requirements to facilitate new teams to join the Humanoid League." *Website*: https://humanoid.robocup.org/hl-2022/satellite-event/ -- Dr. Alessandra Rossi Assistant Professor PRISCA research lab University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy Visiting Researcher Fellow of the Higher Education Academy Adaptive Systems Research Group University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

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RoboCup International Symposium 2022 - Final Call for Research Showcases
by Maike Paetzel-Prüsmann 15 Jun '22

15 Jun '22

* Final 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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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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[RC-Humanoid League Virtual Season] Workshops and next games
by Alessandra Rossi 24 Mar '22

24 Mar '22

Dear Robocuppers, The first round of games for RC-HL virtual season just ended. We streamed the last game of the Round Robin phase last Sunday (20 March). We will now enter in the Quarterfinals, which they will be streamed on April 3rd starting at 10am (CEST time). The Semi-Final and Final will be streamed on April 17th from the joint event German Open Replacement Event (GORE) organised by SPL and Humanoid League which takes place in Hamburg (Germany) from 12.04. to 17.04.22. At the end of the games, RC-HL virtual season organisers will hold a three days event on April 28-30, 2022 focused on exploring the sim2real transfer topic. It will be a great opportunity for both exploring future collaborations between different leagues, and sharing knowledge and experiences of applying realistic computational resources and scenario to the virtual competition, and the other way around. We welcome proposals for half hour workshops. More info on how to submit your proposal are here -> https://humanoid.robocup.org/hl-vs2022/rc-hl-virtual-season-workshops/call-… Looking forward to receive your valuable inputs and contributions. Best regards, Alessandra On behalf of the RC-HL virtual organisation committee More info on our website: https://humanoid.robocup.org/hl-vs2022 We will be streaming all of our games on Twitch Field A For checking the time zone differences, you can use websites such as worldtimebuddy 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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Release of the final rule book for the 2022 competition in Bangkok
by Maike Paetzel-Prüsmann 24 Mar '22

24 Mar '22

Dear Humanoid League teams, the Technical Committee has voted to accept the rule book for the 2022 competition in Bangkok, Thailand. The final version is now published on our website - as always, with and without changes marked: https://humanoid.robocup.org/materials/rules/ Please note that minor changes could still be made to the rule book in case mistakes or inconsistencies are spotted. However, no substantial changes will be made and no new rules will be introduced for the 2022 competition. We are also working on a release of the updated version of the roadmap, which we will share with the league soon. Cheers, Maike (for the RoboCup 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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RoboCup International Symposium 2022 - 2nd Call for Satellite Events
by Maike Paetzel-Prüsmann 21 Mar '22

21 Mar '22

* 2nd 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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RoboCup Humanoid League Newsletter - March 2022
by Maike Paetzel-Prüsmann 14 Mar '22

14 Mar '22

Dear Humanoid League Teams, this is the March version of our monthly newsletter in which we will give you some updates on the preparation for the RoboCup 2022 world championship as well as a workshop we are organizing as part of the Virtual Season in the end of April 2022. Rule Voting & Update Process ----------------------------- Based on the voting of the Humanoid League teams, the Technical Committee has prepared a final version of the rule book for the 2022 competition. It can be found here: https://humanoid.robocup.org/materials/rules/ For a summary of the voting results and respective changes, have a look at this forum post: https://hl.forum.robocup.org/t/results-of-the-2022-rule-voting/550 The period for teams to make comments about the final draft ends tomorrow. So if you haven't done so, please have a look at the draft and provide comments here: https://hl.forum.robocup.org/t/discussion-final-draft-of-the-hl-2022-rule-b… We are planning to release the final rule book early next week. Qualification for RoboCup 2022 ------------------------------- The qualification process for RoboCup 2022 has finished and the list of qualified teams can now be found here: https://humanoid.robocup.org/hl-2022/teams/ Congratulations to all teams that were qualified for the competition! You will receive an official letter of acceptance together with further instructions for registration soon. Save the date! Online workshop in the Humanoid League ------------------------------------------------------ On 28-30 April 2022 the Humanoid League organizes a virtual workshop specifically dedicated to sim2real learning! The aim of the workshop is to reflect on the lessons learned from the first Virtual Season and discuss about a path forward within the Humanoid League but also together with the 3D simulation league. The workshop will feature an invited talk by Marco Simões from the 3D simulation league as well as champions talks from the teams placed first, second and third in the virtual season. The remaining time slots are for the participants to design and we currently have an open call for workshop proposals (see Alessandra's e-mail for more information). We will soon have more information available on our website, but make sure you already mark the days in your calendar! Cheers, Maike (for 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] Call for Workshop proposals on sim2real transfer
by Alessandra Rossi 14 Mar '22

14 Mar '22

Dear RoboCuppers, The Technical and Virtual Organising committees of the Humanoid League invite proposals for Workshops that will be held as part of the Humanoid League Virtual Season on April, 28-30, 2022. The event will be fully online and free of attendance. The theme of this three-days event is sim2real transfer. In particular, we want to 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. A second aim is too have a specific roundtable to talk about possible ideas for collaboration between the 3Dsim and the Humanoid League. However, inputs and contributions from different leagues are valuable and appreciated. The event will be organised through different time-zones to allow the participations from all over the world. Detailed schedule of the event will be posted on the website of the Humanoid League email and social media. Website: https://humanoid.robocup.org/ Twitter: @HumanoidLRC IMPORTANT DATES Proposal Submission deadline: April 8, 2022 (AoE) Workshop days: April, 28-30, 2022. HOW TO SUBMIT 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 organisers are invited to submit a proposal in a PDF format via https://cloud.robocup.org/s/CrqjiD3DdscRKcg Proposals should include the following information: • Workshop title • Short description of topic and objective of the workshop • Organisers 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 or rc-hl-oc <AT> lists.robocup.org Alessandra On behalf of the Humanoid League TC and V-OC committees 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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[RC-Humanoid League Virtual Season] Next game day on March 6th, 2022 at 10:00 (CET)
by Alessandra Rossi 05 Mar '22

05 Mar '22

Dear RoboCuppers, We are coming back with a new games day on Sunday March 6th! Games will be streamed on Twitch Field A and commented by OCs and teams' members for getting insights on the games, the simulation, robots and software developed by the teams. Have a look at the website for more information about the games, including previous games, scores, and so on. For checking the time zone differences, you can use websites such as worldtimebuddy Kind regards, Alessandra 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 - Call for Papers
by Nuno Lau 03 Mar '22

03 Mar '22

Dear RoboCuppers, Please consider submitting your paper to this year's symposium! Call for papers RoboCup International Symposium 2022 https://2022.robocup.org/symposium-call-for-papers/ 17 July 2022 Bangkok, Thailand (hybrid setting) The 25th RoboCup International Symposium will be held on 17 July 2022, in conjunction with RoboCup 2022 (11 July to 17 July 2022) in a hybrid setting. We call for submissions of papers reporting innovative, original research with relevance to areas of robotics and artificial intelligence as listed below. Within the described scope of topics, we also encourage submissions of high-quality overview articles, papers describing real-world research, and papers reporting theoretical results. Researchers are invited to submit their work independently of whether they participate in the RoboCup competitions or have a RoboCup team. The symposium is planned to be held in person in Bangkok, Thailand, with remote participation options for both presenters and attendees. In addition to the regular track with regular research papers, there is the development track encouraging reports on innovative hardware developments, software frameworks, and open-source releases of software components. A review of papers describing these contributions will be based on technical aspects and benefits to the practice of communities working in the above fields in general and RoboCup in particular. IMPORTANT DATES Submission of full papers: 17 April 2022 Notification to authors: 5 June 2022 Submission of camera-ready copies: 26 June 2022 RoboCup Symposium 2022: 17 July 2022 (RoboCup on 11-17 July 2022) SUBMISSION AND PROCEEDINGS All papers will be peer-reviewed and evaluated by members of the senior program committee. The proceedings of the RoboCup International Symposium will be published and archived within the Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNCS/LNAI) series by Springer-Verlag after the conference. Papers should be formatted following the LNAI author guidelines (https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…) and must be electronically submitted through the EasyChair electronic submission system (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=robocupsymposium2022). Submissions are limited to 12 pages including references. Springer’s proceedings LaTeX templates are also available in Overleaf: https://de.overleaf.com/latex/templates/springer-lecture-notes-in-computer-… TOPICS Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Robot Hardware and Software - mobile robotics - humanoid robotics - sensors and actuators - embedded and mobile devices - robot construction and new materials - robot system integration - robot software architectures - robot programming environments and languages - real-time and concurrent programming - robot simulators - sim2real learning * Perception and Action - 3D perception - distributed sensor integration - sensor noise filtering - real-time image processing and pattern recognition - motion and sensor models - sensory-motor control - robot kinematics and dynamics - high-dimensional motion control * Robot Cognition and Learning - world modelling and knowledge representation - learning from demonstration and imitation - localisation, navigation, and mapping - planning and reasoning - decision making under uncertainty - neural systems and deep learning - complex motor skill acquisition - reinforcement learning and optimisation - motion and sensor model learning * Human-Robot Interaction - robot social intelligence - fluency of interaction - speech synthesis and natural language generation - natural language recognition - explainable robot behaviours - emotion recognition and reaction - understanding human intent and behaviour - safety, security and dependability - enabling humans to predict robot behaviour * Multi-Robot Systems - team coordination methods - communication protocols - learning and adaptive systems - teamwork and heterogeneous agents - dynamic resource allocation - adjustable autonomy * Education and Edutainment - robotics and artificial intelligence education - educational robotics - robot kits and programming tools - robotic entertainment * Applications and Benchmarking - search and rescue robots - robot surveillance - service and social robots - robots at home, at work and in public spaces - robots in the real world - performance metrics - human-robot interaction DEVELOPMENT TRACK To encourage open-source release of hardware and software systems, the RoboCup International Symposium has included a development track in recent years. In 2021, we expand the scope of this track to include datasets and benchmarks. We encourage the submission of papers describing open-source hardware and software, tools and frameworks that facilitate development of robotics hardware and software, datasets that enable new robotic capabilities, as well as benchmarks that establish reproducible test beds and performance metrics to advance research. If applicable, contributions to the special track should include evidence of the released system or dataset, and highlight past, ongoing, and/or potential future impacts on the RoboCup community. A review of these contributions will be based on technical merit and benefits to the RoboCup community and the research topics listed above. 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 CONTACT robocupsymposium2022(a)easychair.org<mailto:robocupsymposium2022@easychair.org>

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GORE_3 - Team and Participants Registration & Updates
by Stelter, Sebastian 03 Mar '22

03 Mar '22

Dear teams, this is a mail dealing with the official registration for the GORE_3 from the 12.04. till 17.04.22 in Hamburg, Germany. You can always find the latest information here on our website: https://gore-event.github.io/ GORE_3 - 2022 Registration Fees and Deadlines: MAJOR FEES: * Major Team €200 * Major Participant (Faculty/Staff/Student) €75 * Major Participant late registration €100 TEAM REGISTRATION: * Until March 20, 2022 PARTICIPANT REGISTRATION (ON-SITE): * Until March 20, 2022 Note: Remote teams only need to register the team. The official invoice will be sent out at the beginning of April with possible reduced costs due to sponsors. GORE_3 - 2022 Registration: For the registration process the team leader(s) collects all participants (including themselves) and then fills out this registration form: https://forms.gle/Qfg2MzPutGzGRpot7 All data entered in the registration form will only be used for the purpose of registration, payment processing and creation of badges. Directly after the event this data will be deleted! Since we have some teams that only participate remotely and cannot ship robots we ask all teams to provide a few robots for a shared robot pool. These robots can always be used for your own team if you need them and Softbank Robotics will be onsite for direct repairs! Shortly before the event, we will send out a document regarding the use of photos and videos taken during the event, which all participants must sign and bring with them. More information on this in a later mail. Note: In order to modify the number of participants you can send a copy of the form to your mail (slider at the end of the registration form) and with this you can modify your registration. Or the registration form must be completely filled out another time (only the last submission before the deadline counts). Also late registration of participants, after the deadline, is possible but at a higher fee for the late registered participants! GORE_3 - 2022 Venue: For teams participating on-site, the venue is located in the Handelskammer<https://www.hk24.de/en/servicemarken/event-management/room-boersensaal-1159…> (Chamber of Commerce) of Hamburg. There we use the "Börsensaal" where two SPL fields will be set up. Around them are the team zones, Softbank Robotics, a Junior competition and space for the audience. Since the venue is located in the center of Hamburg and there are enough hotels around it, we did not book a contingent at certain hotels. VENUE ADDRESS: * Adolphsplatz 1 20457 Hamburg Germany<https://www.google.de/maps/place/Handelskammer+Hamburg/@53.549812,9.9888133…> Instructions for the on-site delivery or the exact address for shipping robots will be available in a later mail. GORE_3 - 2022 Covid19/Corona Rules: Due to the current Covid19/Corona situation, we will be paying attention to the health of all participants at this event. Therefore, access (both participants and spectators) is only possible under the 2G+ rule (vaccinated or recovered both with an additional official negative test or for boostered people a self-test). For this you need a proof which is valid in the EU. Even if many of the Corona rules could be dropped before the event, we currently assume, since we are staying with many people in an indoor area, that we require you to wear a medical mask all the time and do an official Corona test or self-test every day. All in all let's create a safe environment together so that no one has to worry about their health and can concentrate on playing robot soccer. GORE_3 - 2022 Drinks and food: For the thirst in between we provide refrigerators from which you can take drinks at the retail price. We do not offer catering/food booths because we are located in the center of Hamburg and there are many possibilities around to get food. GORE_3 - 2022 SPL-Rules: You can find the adapted SPL rules with added robot safety enhancements from the last GORE_1/2 under the following link: https://github.com/RoboCup-SPL/Rules/tree/GORE_3 In general, please note that we will already play with the new Event-Based-Communication at the GORE_3. Also, some of the robot safety rules from the previous GORE rules could been relaxed and this will be decide at the first team leader meeting on site together with the teams. If you are interested in a committed participation in the GORE_3, please fill out the registration form<https://forms.gle/Qfg2MzPutGzGRpot7> from above. For further questions and remarks please send us a mail at gore.organisation(a)gmail.com<mailto:gore.organisation@gmail.com>. See you soon in Hamburg and stay healthy. The GORE_3 organizing committee Arne, Jörn, Patrick and Sebastian

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Starkit team
by Starkit Robots 01 Mar '22

01 Mar '22

Dear RoboCup community, organizing committee, and teams. We, team Starkit from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, pause any activities in the RoboCup Humanoid League. Specifically that means that we withdraw from all the competitions we were registered to (Virtual HL and RoboCup Bangkok 2022) and discussions. We deeply regret the situation all of us are facing nоw.

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Draft of the 2022 rule book - final comments welcome until March 15
by Maike Paetzel-Prüsmann 01 Mar '22

01 Mar '22

Dear Humanoid League, Based on the rule voting we have created the draft of the 2022 rule book: * Regular: http://humanoid.robocup.org/wp-content/uploads/RC-HL-2022-Rules.pdf * With changes marked: http://humanoid.robocup.org/wp-content/uploads/RC-HL-2022-Rules-Changes-Mar… You can read up on the results of the rule voting here: https://hl.forum.robocup.org/t/results-of-the-2022-rule-voting/550 Please have a look at the results and the draft of the rule book - if you have any comments on the voting results or the implementations in the rule book or spot any mistakes, please let us know in the following forum Topic: https://hl.forum.robocup.org/t/discussion-final-draft-of-the-hl-2022-rule-b… The deadline for giving comments is in two weeks (March 15). We will then release the final rule book taking the remaining concerns into considerations shortly after this deadline. Cheers, Maike (for 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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RoboCup International Symposium 2022 - Call for Satellite Events
by Maike Paetzel-Prüsmann 24 Feb '22

24 Feb '22

* 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 PostDoc/PhD (Humanoid Robots) position at Ostfalia University Germany
by Gerndt, Reinhard 20 Feb '22

20 Feb '22

Dear All (please forward, apologies for multiple postings) For the joint, interdisciplinary BMBF-funded competence network “Meaningful Human Control. Autonomous Systems between Regulation and Reflexivity” (MeHuCo), we are looking to recruit, as of 1 April 2022, A PostDoc / Doctoral Researcher (m/f/d) (100%), Computer Science, Robotics, or similar at Ostfalia University, Pay group TV-L 13, for a period of four years (fixed-term contract). The project addresses one of the most serious problems of international security – the development and application of autonomous systems and the possible loss of control due to Artificial Intelligence algorithms. In the project a team of researchers at the Paderborn University (Media Studies/Sience and Technology Studies), the University of Bonn (Media Studies/History), the University of Hamburg (Sociology/Criminology), the University of Hannover (Law) and the University of Applied Sciences Ostfalia (Computer Science/Robotics) will work together with an extended network of international partners in Germany and Europe. Your responsibilities include: • Carrying out the research activities in accordance with the approval, in particular in the work package: "Humanoid soccer robots - a lead scenario for investigating possibilities and limits in the programming and control of machine autonomy" • Publication of project results and presentation of research results at international conferences • Reporting to project partners and BMBF • Support of the project management Applicants should meet the following requirements: • Doctorate or master's degree with a strong research focus in the broader field of robotics (e.g. computer science / electrical engineering) • Good knowledge of human-robot interaction • Creativity • Experience with interdisciplinary work • Team skills • English language capabilities and German language capabilities (or serious interest to acquire them) Information in German language can be found here: https://www.ostfalia.de/cms/de/d2/.content/documents/Tom-010-22.pdf The application period will close on March 4th. If there are any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me. Reinhard GERNDT --- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Reinhard Gerndt Arbeitsgruppe Robotik / Robotics Group Institut für Verteilte Systeme / Institute for Distributed Systems Internationalisierungsbeauftragter / International Affairs Coordinator Ostfalia Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften - Fachhochschule Braunschweig/Wolfenbüttel - Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences Fakultät Informatik - Computer Science Department Salzdahlumer Str. 46-48 38302 Wolfenbüttel, Germany Tel.: +49 (0) 5331 939 32120 / 31005 FAX: +49 (0) 5331 939 31004 E-Mail: r.gerndt(a)ostfalia.de Web: www.ostfalia.de ********************************************************************** Der Inhalt dieser E-Mail ist vertraulich und ausschliesslich fuer den bezeichneten Adressaten bestimmt. Wenn Sie nicht der vorgesehene Adressat dieser E-Mail oder dessen Vertreter sein sollten, so beachten Sie bitte, dass jede Form der Kenntnisnahme, Veroeffentlichung, Vervielfaeltigung oder Weitergabe des Inhalts dieser E-Mail unzulaessig ist. Wir bitten Sie, sich in diesem Fall mit dem Absender der E-Mail in Verbindung zu setzen. The information contained in this email is confidential. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any form of disclosure, reproduction, distribution or any action taken or refrained from in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Please notify the sender immediately. ********************************************************************** P Please consider the environment before deciding to print this e-mail.

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[RC-Humanoid League Virtual Season] Next game day on Feb 20, 2022 at 15:00 (CET)
by Alessandra Rossi 17 Feb '22

17 Feb '22

Dear RoboCuppers, We are coming back with a new day of super interesting games on Sunday Feb 20! Grab popcorns, a beer or a warm coffee and join us in enjoying the thrill of RoboCup by sitting in your comfy place! Games will be streamed on Twitch Field A and commented by OCs and teams' members for getting insights on the games, the simulation, robots and software developed by the teams. Have a look at the website for more information about the games, including previous games, scores, and so on. For checking the time zone differences, you can use websites such as worldtimebuddy Best regards, Alessandra 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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GORE_3 - Expression of interest - Reply by 20.02.22
by Stelter, Sebastian 09 Feb '22

09 Feb '22

Dear everyone, as many of you have already read, there will again be no German Open this year. To provide a reasonable alternative, the SPL and Humanoid League joined together to organize the German Open Replacement Event (GORE). The event will take place between the 12.04. and 17.04.22. To get a better feeling about the size of the event, we would like to ask you if and in what way you and your team would like to participate. At the current time we are still planning to hold the event in presence, if the COVID-19 situation still allows it by then. If that is the case, the event will take place in Hamburg, Germany in the Handelskammer<https://www.hk24.de/en/servicemarken/event-management>. We are following the regulations advised by the RKI, which means only persons who recovered from COVID, or fully vaccinated persons are admitted if they can also present a negative test result. People with a booster vaccination do not need a test. In any case, participants are required to always wear a medical mask. Since the situation is changing quickly and unpredictably, we are also preparing online (for HL: simulated; for SPL: running your code on a common robot pool from home) or hybrid (for SPL: teams that cannot be on site can either send robots or use shared robots from other teams similar to a robot pool) solutions, please let us know, which of these alternatives works best for you. For the SPL, Softbank Robotics has also already announced that they will be on site to facilitate repairs. We expect the participation to cost about 200€ per team plus 75€ per team member, we will let you know the exact numbers as soon as we have them and it is likely to become less again. If you are interested in participating in the GORE, please send a reply to gore.organisation(a)gmail.com<mailto:gore.organisation@gmail.com> containing: * Your team's name * Your teams league (SPL or Humanoid) * Whether you want to participate in presence, online or hybrid * An approximate count of how many people you will bring Please send your replies by February 20th, so that we can plan better. See you soon. The GORE organizing committee Arne, Jörn, Patrick und Sebastian

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RoboCup Humanoid League Newsletter - February 2022
by Maike Paetzel-Prüsmann 09 Feb '22

09 Feb '22

Dear Humanoid League Teams, this is the February version of our monthly newsletter in which we will give you some updates on the preparation of the rule book for the 2022 competition, the qualification process to participate in the world championship as well quick news on the virtual season. Rule Voting & Update Process ----------------------------- The discussion period about the rule book for the 2022 competition has ended and teams that are eligible to vote have received a link to the rule vote with further instructions yesterday. The voting period already ends next Monday (Feb 14th), so make sure you fill out the survey in time! At the moment, we have applied similar eligibility criteria as in previous years, which is as follows: "Eligible to vote is every team that has either participated in RoboCup 2019 or 2021 or was qualified for RoboCup 2020 and aims to participate in 2022 again (as shown by having submitted qualification material for 2022). Every team gets to vote once." However, we are still discussing the eligibility criteria under the current Covid situations which may have kept teams from submitting qualification material for 2022 but that plan on participating in the future again. If we decide to include more teams in the voting process and hence extend the voting period, we will inform the league about this decision. The preliminary time line for finalizing the rule book looks as follows: - Feb 18th: Draft of Rule book released - Feb 18th - Mar 2nd: Period for teams to provide comments on the draft - Mar 4th: Release of the final rule book Please note that this schedule may need to be postponed in case of an extended voting period. Qualification for RoboCup 2022 ------------------------------- The deadline for updating your qualification material for the 2022 competition in Thailand ends this coming Monday, February 14th. If your team received a review requiring the provision of additional material, please make sure you provide it in time! If your team was already accepted for the competition, you are welcome to update your material until February 14th as well, although this is not mandatory for you. The teams will be notified about their final qualification status by March 7th. Humanoid League - Virtual Season --------------------------------- We have now concluded the first four game days and you can find the results as well as the next stream days announced on our website: https://humanoid.robocup.org/hl-vs2022/humanoid-league-virtual-season-2021-… The next stream will happen on our Twitch channel on Sunday, February 20th at 3:00pm CET. The organizers of the virtual season are still in need for people supporting the further development of the Webots simulator and the infrastructure around it. If you would like to volunteer, please get in touch with me by e-mail or Discord! Cheers, Maike (for 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] Next game day on Feb 6, 2022 at 10am (CET)
by Alessandra Rossi 01 Feb '22

01 Feb '22

Dear RoboCuppers, Grab a coffee or chips and beer, and join us for the next game day of Humanoid League Virtual Season! Next game day will be on February 6 starting at 10am (CET). Games will be streamed on Twitch Field A and commented by OCs and teams' members for getting insights on the games, the simulation, robots and software developed by the teams. Have a look at the website for more information about the games, including previous games, scores, and so on. For checking the time zone differences, you can use websites such as worldtimebuddy Best regards, Alessandra 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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[RC-HL Virtual Season] Next game day on Jan 23 starting at 3pm (CET)
by Alessandra Rossi 21 Jan '22

21 Jan '22

Dear Humanoid League, Next game day will be on on Jan 23 starting at 3pm (CET). Games will be streaming in the following order: 1 Bit-Bots vs NUbots 3:00 pm CET 2 Starkit vs UTRA 3:30 pm CET 3 MRL-HSL vs ITAndroids 4:00 pm CET 4 CIT Brains vs 01. RFC Berlin 4:30 pm CET Games will be streamed on Twitch Field A Have a look at the website for more information about the games, including previous games, scores, and so on. https://humanoid.robocup.org/hl-vs2022/humanoid-league-virtual-season-2021-… For checking the time zone differences, you can use websites such as worldtimebuddy Best regards, Alessandra Dr. Alessandra Rossi AssPro PRISCA research lab University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy Visiting Researcher Fellow of the Higher Education Academy Adaptive Systems Research Group University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

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RoboCup Humanoid League Newsletter - January 2022
by Maike Paetzel-Prüsmann 19 Jan '22

19 Jan '22

Dear Humanoid League Teams, The Technical Committee wishes all of you a happy new year! We all really hope it will be one where we will be able to physically get together and compete again. In this newsletter, I will cover news regarding the RoboCup world championship in Bangkok, updates of the rule book as well as a reminder to apply for RCF-Funded projects. LOC Survey ---------- The 2022 Bangkok LOC has created a survey to better understand potential challanges and requirements of teams who applied to participate in RoboCup 2022. The survey has been distributed to team leaders today and is due January 31st, 2022. Please take the time and fill it out to help the LOC to prepare for the competition. Save the date: "Pre-RoboCup 2022" Seminar ----------------------------------------- The RoboCup LOC is planning a Pre-RoboCup 2022 seminar to be held virtuall from 27 - 29 January 2022, 07:00 pm - 10:00 pm Bangkog time (12:00 pm to 03:00 pm UTC). During the seminar, every league will present itself and their rules and answer questions from participants. The Humanoid League talk is scheduled for January 28th at 08:00 pm Bangkok time and all teams and interested public audience members are invited to participate. More information as well as the link to the Zoom meeting will follow shortly. Reminder: Special offers ------------------------ If you have applied to participate in RoboCup 2022 in Thailand, we would like to remind you that you have the possibility to use special offers to buy hardware from Rhoban, Bordeaux University, RobotShop inc. as well as ROBOTIS. You can find details about the special offers here: https://humanoid.robocup.org/hl-2022/special-offers/ Reminder: Rule discussion & voting period ----------------------------------------- We would like to remind you that the discussion period for rule changes is still open in the Humanoid League forum until January 21st. The current topics are summarized here: https://hl.forum.robocup.org/t/2022-rule-discussion/541 After the end of the rule discussion period, the Technical Committee will prepare the online rule voting, which will then take place between February 7th and 13th. Please have a look at the discussion in the forum if you haven't done already and look out for an e-mail with further instructions on the rule voting in the beginning of February. Reminder: RCF-funded projects ----------------------------- The RoboCup Federation is supporting activities to promote the development of RoboCup leagues again! Deatils about this funding opportunity can be found here: http://robocup.org/news/146 The submission deadline for proposals is January 30th. Humanoid League - Virtual Season --------------------------------- The first two game days have already been played and you can find the results as well as the next stream days announced on our website: https://humanoid.robocup.org/hl-vs2022/humanoid-league-virtual-season-2021-… The next stream will happen on our Twitch channel this coming Sunday, January 23rd at 3:00pm CET. Cheers, Maike (for 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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RoboCup Humanoid League Virtual Season: second day of games
by Alessandra Rossi 04 Jan '22

04 Jan '22

Dear RoboCuppers, The Humanoid League would like to invite you at the second day of games of the HL-Virtual Season. Teams are competing in a virtual tournament that will go every two weeks from Dec 19th to May 1st. Second day of games will be streamed on Sunday Jan 9th at 10am (CET time) on https://www.twitch.tv/robocuphumanoidfielda Full game schedule and more info are available on our website -> humanoid.robocup.org For checking the time zone differences, you can use websites such as worldtimebuddy Kind regards, Alessandra Dr. Alessandra Rossi Research Fellow PRISCA research lab University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy Visiting Researcher Fellow of the Higher Education Academy Adaptive Systems Research Group University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

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Rule update for the 2022 competition in Thailand, begin of the discussion period
by Maike Paetzel-Prüsmann 23 Dec '21

23 Dec '21

Dear Humanoid League Teams, for the 2022 competition, we are planning to play with the rule book that was prepared for the 2020 competition and merge it together with the rule book that we used for the virtual competition in 2021. This year the rules will be updated according to the following schedule: * Dec 23rd to Jan 21st: Rules ideas are proposed and discussed on the forum by the whole league * Feb 7th to 13th: All teams who participated in RoboCup 2019 or RoboCup 2021 and are registered for the 2022 competition can vote on rule changes * Feb 18th: A rule draft including the rules voted is published (teams can then provide feedback) * March 4th: The final RuleBook for RoboCup 2020 is published The topics currently discussed are the following: * Reducing robot handler interventions: https://hl.forum.robocup.org/t/discussion-reducing-robot-handler-interventi… * Update of Technical Challenges: https://hl.forum.robocup.org/t/discussion-update-of-technical-challenges/53… * Announcement of code and hardware usage: https://hl.forum.robocup.org/t/discussion-announcement-of-code-and-hardware… * Merge of physical and virtual rule book: https://hl.forum.robocup.org/t/discussion-merge-of-physical-and-virtual-rul… * Ball holding: https://hl.forum.robocup.org/t/discussion-ball-holding/540/2 Please feel free to add other topics you would like to discuss to the forum as well. Cheers, Maike (for 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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Special Offers for RoboCup Humanoid League 2022 competition
by Alessandra Rossi 23 Dec '21

23 Dec '21

Dear Humanoid League Teams, We received the following special offers to buy hardware products to be used for the RoboCup 2022 competition at a reduced price or under other special conditions. Hardware products can either be full robot platforms or relevant hardware parts needed for building RC-HL robots. Rhoban, Bordeaux University Institution: Rhoban, Bordeaux University Contact: Olivier Ly – ly(a)labri.fr / team(a)rhoban.com Description of the offer: The Rhoban Football Club proposes a fully assembled Sigmaban+ Robot (upgrade of the Sydney version), ready to play for RoboCup2022. Price per robot is 30K € including a case for protection, 100K € for a read-to-play team. The source code we used during final is available along with install instruction at https://github.com/Rhoban/kid_size_public/tree/public_2019 Offers valid until: February 28th, 2022 RobotShop inc. Institution: RobotShop inc. (www.robotshop.com) Contact: Coupon code to be used at checkout. Description of the offer: 30% discount code valid on products from the category: https://www.robotshop.com/en/lynxmotion-ses-v2-parts.html Offers valid until: March 1st, 2022 ROBOTIS Institution: ROBOTIS (http://en.robotis.com) Contact: Coupon code to be sent to ROBOTIS at contactus2(a)robotis.com Description of the offer: DYNAMIXEL X Series (XM & XH series) at a 20% discount. (1-year basic warranty is included) Please note that the quoted prices do not include shipping, tax, any local customs or handling charges. Offers valid until: April 29th, 2022 For getting the coupon codes to be used for RobotShop and ROBOTIS, please contact me. Best regards, Alessandra Dr. Alessandra Rossi Postdoctoral researcher PRISCA research lab University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy Visiting Researcher Fellow of the Higher Education Academy Adaptive Systems Research Group University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

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Re: [RoboCup-humanoid] RoboCup-humanoid Digest, Vol 5, Issue 4,There seems to be a small error in the online submission system!
by 김성준 12 Dec '21

12 Dec '21

Dear Sir, Hello! There seems to be a small error in the online submission system. Now, my online submission application system time remaining(RoboCup Humanoid League: Kid Size) is said to 365 days, 23 hours, 32 minutes. As far as, I know Robocup 2022 Humanoid League:Kide Size Submission deadline is December 19th(12th -> 19th), 2021. Thank you for your help in this matter! -----Original Message----- From: <robocup-humanoid-request(a)lists.robocup.org> To: <robocup-humanoid(a)lists.robocup.org>; Cc: Sent: 2021-12-11 (토) 19:18:54 (GMT+09:00) Subject: RoboCup-humanoid Digest, Vol 5, Issue 4 Send RoboCup-humanoid mailing list submissions to robocup-humanoid(a)lists.robocup.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.robocup.org/listinfo/robocup-humanoid or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to robocup-humanoid-request(a)lists.robocup.org You can reach the person managing the list at robocup-humanoid-owner(a)lists.robocup.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of RoboCup-humanoid digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Reminder, Deadline extension, and COVID19 update: Call for Participation RoboCup Humanoid League Virtual Season (Jasper G?ldenstein) RoboCup-humanoid mailing list RoboCup-humanoid(a)lists.robocup.org https://lists.robocup.org/listinfo/robocup-humanoid

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Call for Participation RoboCup Humanoid League Virtual Season
by Jasper Güldenstein 11 Dec '21

11 Dec '21

* Call for Participation * RoboCup Humanoid League Virtual Season https://humanoid.robocup.org/hl-vs2022/ December 17th 2021 to April 30th, 2022 =========================================================== The RoboCup Humanoid League is inviting interested teams to apply for participation in the Humanoid League Virtual Season. The Humanoid League will host competitions in the following categories: * KidSize: 40 – 100cm robot height (FIFA size 1 ball) * AdultSize: 130 – 200cm robot height (FIFA size 5 ball) For more detailed class definitions and more information about the humanoid league, please refer to the humanoid league home page at https://humanoid.robocup.org/, specifically the robot specifications found at https://humanoid.robocup.org/hl-vs2022/ 1. Humanoid League Virtual Season ================================= A virtual soccer competition will be organized similar to RoboCup 2021 but distributed over several months with games every other week. Since the Virtual Humanoid Soccer Competition will be held entirely online, all teams registering for the competition will be admitted. The exact tournament format will be announced once the number of participating teams is known. Details on the setup and implementation will be published and continuously updated on the RoboCup Humanoid League website:https://humanoid.robocup.org/hl-vs2022/ 1.1. Simulator & Game Rules ---------------------------- As in RoboCup 2021, Webots with the Humanoid League simulation world, the automatic refereeing system, and the simulation interface will be used. We keep the specifications of the simulation interface and the server up to date on the this link: https://humanoid.robocup.org/hl-vs2022/ Currently, the automatic refereeing system and the simulation world are being worked on. Most significantly, domain randomization will be introduced. This includes reasonably uneven ground, randomized reset positions of the robots starting poses, and varying lighting conditions, backgrounds and ball textures. As with any major change during the competition, these will be announced and finalized 3 weeks before the next game. Bug Fixes are not subject to this deadline. Robot models must be submitted 2 weeks before the start of the competition to be verified. If you would like to update your robot model during the season it must be submitted by Monday 8am CET of the week the next game is scheduled. The rules of the virtual game will initially be the ones used for RoboCup 2021 but will be updated during the competition. The 3 week notice period also applies here to allow teams to adapt their software. 1.2. Competition Schedule ------------------------- Matches will be played approximately every other week (see preliminary schedule). Whether Saturday or Sunday will be the day of streaming will be determined by a vote of the participating teams during the sign-up process. Two workshops are planned (see dates below) with a focus on sim2real transfer. Further information on these will follow soon. Matchday 1: Dec 18th / 19th Matchday 2: Jan 8th / 9th Matchday 3: Jan 22nd / 23rd Workshop 1: Jan 28th/29th/30th Matchday 4: Feb 5th / 6th Matchday 5: Feb 19th / 20th Matchday 6: Mar 5th / 6th Matchday 7: Mar 19th / 20th Matchday 8: Apr 2nd / 3rd Workshop 2: Apr 8th/9th/10th Matchday 9: Apr 16th / 17th Matchday 10 Apr 30th/ May 1st Please note that the exact dates of the games are subject to change in case of significant bugs in the simulation or automatic refereeing software or an overlap with regional RoboCup tournaments. In these cases, the teams will be notified as early as possible about a shift in the game schedule. 1.3. Competition Setup ----------------------- The competition will be performed entirely in the cloud. Each team is guaranteed to play a minimum of 8 games. The exact tournament format will be announced once the number of participating teams in each size class has been determined. Details of the server specification are the same as in RoboCup 2021 and can be found here https://humanoid.robocup.org/hl-vs2022/ The deadline for teams uploading their software is Thursday, if Saturday is selected as matchday, and Friday if Sunday is selected. The simulation will then be run in the cloud and a video of the match streamed online on the match days. Access to log files will be provided to teams after the match has been streamed. Teams will be given possibilities to test the setup of the competition. Several test scenarios will be offered to teams in early December. These scenarios will be similar to the ones offered during the mock competition. Teams must pass the tests in the order presented if they have not already proven so during previous virtual competition that they pass these tests. *Robot model inspection*: A manual inspection is carried out by members of the TC, making sure that the model does not crash or significantly slows down the simulator. The TC also checks that the team.json is in the proper format and all fields are set. *Connection test*: We launch a simulator with one robot instance, and we start a game to verify whether Webots accepts the connection. *Walking test*: We launch a simulator with one robot instance, and we start a game with a cap of 5 minutes real time. We inspect the video for evidence of the robot being able to walk in the ready or play state. *Penalty shoot-out*: We launch a simulator and one robot instance with the teams being paired (if possible). Teams need to be able to move the ball to pass. *Short game*: We launch a simulator and 4 robot instances with the teams being paired (when it is possible). The game time is capped to 2.5 minutes per half time, RR style. Teams need to be able at least to touch the ball to pass. If custom test scenarios are required by teams to test specific components of the cloud infrastructure together with the team’s software, please let us know. 1.3. Registration ------------------ The registration process for the Humanoid League Virtual Season is done in two steps. First, you need to submit general data about your team via the submission system of the Humanoid League: http://submission.robocuphumanoid.com/. All teams that fulfill the formal requirements are automatically qualified to participate. The following data is required: * Team name * URL of the team’s home page * Name of team leader or team contact person * E-mail address of team leader or contact person * Postal address of the team, team leader or contact person * Competition category: Humanoid League Virtual Season Kid or Adult * Letter of Commitment Please note that teams applying for participation in several classes must register individually for each class and pay the appropriate registration fee. The registration form must be filled out online at http://submission.robocuphumanoid.org/ <http://submission.robocuphumanoid.org/> In the second step, the teams must pay a fee of $340 for the entire tournament season (including a minimum of 8 games plus tests). Payment needs to be made to the Federation via Wire Transfer or PayPal. Detailed instructions are sent to teams after registration. Please note that teams need to cover the respective transfer and conversion fees that apply for your country when transferring money to the US. For PayPal, US-based teams need to pay 2% of processing fees (around 7 USD), for international teams a 4% processing fee applies (around 14 USD). The fees for wire transfer depend on the country and specific bank. 1.4. Submission of Robot Model File ------------------------------------ Robot models used in the competition must comply with the specifications published here: https://humanoid.robocup.org/hl-vs2022/ They must be submitted by December 1st, 2021. Teams are highly encouraged to make their robot model available to the research community with an open-source license. This is, however, not a requirement for participation. In order for the Technical Committee to ensure the robot models comply with the laws of the game, the full robot file needs to be made available to the Technical Committee during the qualification process. 1.5. Registration Fee --------------------------- Each team must pay a registration fee of $340. This fee will only be used to cover the costs to run the simulations of the games and tests in the cloud. All work (e.g. automatic referee development or organisation) is done by volunteers. The amount is calculated by using the experience from RoboCup 2021 and projecting it to the number of games we plan. Any extra funds will be used for future Humanoid League Virtual Seasons as a buffer. 2. Submission System ===================== The submission system will be opened Monday November 15th and all application material must be submitted online at http://submission.robocuphumanoid.com/. 3. Deadlines ============= Registration system open: November 16th, 2021 Deadline for submission: November 26th, 2021 Deadline for payment of registration fee: December 10th, 2021 Submission of robot model file: December 1st, 2021 With best regards, Technical Committee of RoboCup Humanoid League 2021

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Call for Participation Humanoid Soccer Competition and the Humanoid Research Demonstration
by Jasper Güldenstein 11 Dec '21

11 Dec '21

* Call for Participation * RoboCup 2022 Humanoid Soccer Competition https://humanoid.robocup.org/ July 11 - 17, 2022, Bangkok, Thailand https://humanoid.robocup.org/hl-2022/ Important: This Call for Participation concerns the Humanoid Soccer Competition and the Humanoid Research Demonstration. A separate call may be published for the Humanoid Open Competition. =========================================================== The RoboCup Humanoid League invites teams to apply for participation at the RoboCup 2022 Humanoid Soccer Competition and the Humanoid Research Demonstration in Bangkok, Thailand. The Humanoid League will host competitions in the following categories: * Humanoid Soccer Competition * KidSize: 40 - 100cm robot height (FIFA size 1 ball) * AdultSize: 130 - 200cm robot height (FIFA size 5 ball) * Humanoid Research Demonstration In addition, we may organize a Humanoid Open Competition with a CfP following later this year. For more detailed class definitions and more information about the humanoid league, please refer to the humanoid league home page at https://humanoid.robocup.org/ and join the humanoid league mailing list at: https://lists.robocup.org/listinfo/robocup-humanoid Teams are also encouraged to form and apply as joint teams. Joint proposals will be judged on their combined merit. Teams must provide the following qualification material: 1) Humanoid Soccer Competition ======================================= You do not need to provide a full robot team to apply for competing in the Humanoid Soccer Competition. The qualifying round of Drop-In games will be played with only one robot per team. Teams that cannot provide a full team of robots (four robots in KidSize and two in AdultSize) will be grouped to form a playable team for the main tournament games. In case of a sufficient number of qualified teams, the sub-leagues (KidSize and/or AdultSize) will be divided into League A and League B. Teams are seeded into the leagues based on the results of an initial round of Drop-In games. Each application to the Humanoid Soccer Competition will be reviewed by two members of the Technical Committee and two others teams applying to the Humanoid Soccer Competition. The combined reviewing score will decide whether a team qualifies for participation. Reviewing other team's material is mandatory for teams that want to participate in the Humanoid Soccer Competition. Failing to provide an adequate review by the provided deadline will have consequences for the teams own qualification status. 1.1) Robot Video --------------------------------------- Teams need to provide a video of their robot demonstrating the robots' autonomous soccer playing skills. The recommended skills needed for qualification are: * localization of unknown ball position, * walking ability towards the ball, * robot positioning at the ball for kicking, * kicking the ball towards the goal, * ability of getting up autonomously from a fall (KidSize only) We encourage teams to include in the video more complex and intelligent behavior such as demonstrating localization, and robots playing in a game, recordings from actual soccer matches are admissible. If possible, please provide footage that demonstrates the robot behavior without wires attached. The qualification video must be supplied as a link via youtube. The maximum duration of the video must not exceed 5 minutes. The qualifying team is responsible to ensure that the video adheres to YouTube's TOS (especially in regards to music copyright) to prevent the video from being blocked for the reviewers. Teams that do not provide a qualification video or a viewable video will not be qualified! 1.2) Software Description --------------------------------------- During the registration process, a form will be provided to submit details about the algorithms used or anticipated to be used for the participation in the 2022 competition. Algorithms shall be described in such detail that they can be reproduced by other teams. If software from other teams or standard algorithms are used, references need to be included. If the algorithm has been adapted to be used in the competition, those deviations need to be described in appropriate details. The form will include questions in the following areas: * Walking * Vision * Localization * Team Communication * Behavior * Contributions to the RoboCup community, e.g. software releases, paper publications, provision of league infrastructure or data sets Responses to the questions are expected to reflect the current or anticipated status of the software during the RoboCup 2022 competition. If the software has not changed or no changes are anticipated to be made until the competition, teams may copy & paste a response from previously submitted material. 1.3) Extended Abstract --------------------------------------- A two-page extended abstract must be submitted. For teams which have previously participated in the Humanoid League, the extended abstract needs to: * include lessons learned from the participation in previous RoboCup competitions * highlight major problems that the team is trying to solve for the upcoming competition * outline the plans for the major changes that the teams anticipate to have implemented by the RoboCup 2022 competition * describe the implementation status of the changes planned by the time of submitting the application For teams which have never participated in the RoboCup Humanoid League, the Extended Abstract needs to pitch the scientific aspects of their humanoid robotic system and highlight their research interests. The Extended Abstract is limited to 2 pages maximum and must be submitted in PDF format. Extended Abstracts are designed to highlight the changes and scientific developments since the last RoboCup. Thus, we expect the usage of material from previous TDPs or Extended Abstracts to be minimal. If used, they need to be cited appropriately. Submissions of last year's Extended Abstract will be desk-rejected. The Extended Abstract must follow the LNCS format which can be downloaded from https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…. Teams that do to follow the LNCS formatting and style guidelines will not be qualified. No exceptions to this rule will be made. 1.4) Robot Specification --------------------------------------- Regardless of the kid or adult size competition, a one-page specification (PDF) must be provided for each different type of humanoid robot used by the team that includes the following: * Robot picture * Robot name * Height of the robot * Weight of the robot * Walking speed in cm/s * Number of degrees of freedom and type of motors on each kinematic chain of the robot * Type of sensors used (incl. type of camera(s) and specific manufacturer part number (e.g. “6-DoF IMU” is NOT an acceptable description)) * Computing unit(s) * Other specs 1.5) Rules --------------------------------------- This year’s rule discussion has not been completed yet. Therefore, no update has been made except for the change of the minimum size of Adult Size robots to 130cm. All other hardware specifications will stay the same for RoboCup 2022 such that teams already know if their robot qualifies. We will initiate the rule discussion with proposals from the discussion at RoboCup 2021 in the coming weeks. The current version of the rules may be found here: http://humanoid.robocup.org/wp-content/uploads/RCHL-2020-Rules-Dec23.pdf We expect the final version of the 2022 rules to be published in early spring 2022. 1.6) Registration --------------------------------------- The following information is required for registration: * Team name * URL of the team's home page * Name of team leader or team contact person * E-mail address of team leader or contact person * Postal address of the team, team leader or contact person * Competition category: Humanoid Soccer Competition KidSize or AdultSize Please note that teams applying for participation in several categories must submit individual application material for each class, and pay the appropriate registration fee for each category. At least one team member must register on each team. Furthermore, teams in different categories must be able to compete, and guarantee to have members acting as referees available independently and at the same time. 1.7) Letter of Commitment --------------------------------------- Regardless of the specific competition, a one-page letter addressed to the RoboCup Humanoid League Technical Committee including the following: * a statement committing to participate in the RoboCup 2022 Humanoid League competition, * a statement committing to make a person with sufficient knowledge of the rules available as referee during the competition. The letter must be printed, hand signed by the team leader, digitally scanned and submitted either as a JPG, PNG or PDF file. If the letter does not contain a hand-written signature, it is not considered valid. The TC may include the fulfillment of the statement of commitment of participation as well as the performance of the team's referee in previous RoboCup competitions into consideration for qualification. 2. Humanoid Research Demonstration (HRD) ======================================= The RoboCup Humanoid League invites the research community to apply for showcasing the latest research and development results that are relevant for humanoid robots, during the virtual Humanoid League 2022. Researchers are invited to submit their demonstrations independently of whether they participate in the RoboCup competitions, symposium or have a RoboCup team. Contributions will be evaluated for scientific and technical excellence. 2.1. Topics of Interest --------------------------------------- We welcome demonstrations containing new ideas, concepts, practical studies, and experiment demonstrations relevant to the field of Humanoid Robotics. This year, the special theme of the Humanoid Research Demonstration is sim2real learning and we particularly invite teams to showcase their research in this area. Other topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Components, joints and mechanics; * Soft robotics; * Anthropomorphic vs. non-anthropomorphic; * Walking, running, jumping and other humanoid locomotion; * Adaptability and scalability; * Sensors and perception; * Control and stability; * Dealing with falling; * Reflexes and learning; * Energy supply and efficiency; * Robot design and robotic kits; * Virtual robots and simulation; * Benchmarking; * Bipedal robots applied to real problems; * Education with and for humanoid robots. 2.2. Procedure --------------------------------------- The Humanoid Research Demonstration will take place in one or several sessions and participating teams are asked to show a demonstration of the system live in Bangkok or stream their demonstration from their lab during the session. As a back-up solution, each team needs to provide a video demonstration prior to the beginning of the tournament. If the demonstration is performed in Bangkok, the Humanoid League will provide a humanoid league soccer playing field for the demonstration. However, the members of the Technical Committee of the Humanoid League understand that for some demonstrations this setup may not be ideal and will try to accommodate all teams. If a team requires other arrangements for the demonstration, it must submit a request to the Technical Committee at least 3 months before the competition to allow sufficient time for alternative arrangements. 2.3. Application --------------------------------------- We invite teams to apply to participate in the Humanoid Research Demonstration by submitting the following material: 2.3.1. Demonstration Data * Demonstration title; * URL of the group’s home page; * Name of the contact person; * E-mail address of the contact person; * Postal address of the contact person. 2.3.2. Demonstration Video The first part of the material is a video of your robot or robotic part demonstrating its skills or a brief overview of the software demonstration if your demonstration does not involve a physical embodiment. The video must be supplied as a link to it via YouTube. The maximum duration of the video is 3 minutes. The proponent is responsible to ensure that the video adheres to YouTube’s TOS (especially in regards to music copyright) to prevent the video from being blocked for the reviewers. 2.3.3. Hardware Specification If the demonstration includes any type of hardware to be showcased, a one-page specification (PDF) for each different type of humanoid type robot/mechanism used that includes the following: * Robot/mechanism picture; * Robot/mechanism name; * Size of the humanoid type robot/mechanism; * Weight of the robot/mechanism; * Robots/mechanisms joint specification; * Type of sensors used (incl. type of camera(s)); * Computing unit(s); * Other specifications 2.3.4. Short paper A short paper describing the robot, robot part of software and its task and required environment, limited to four (4) pages including text, references, tables, and figures. The short paper must follow the LNCS format which can be downloaded fromhttp://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0 <http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0>. Please pay special attention to the “Author guidelines” that you’ll be able to find there. 3) Plagiarism ======================================= Plagiarism, loosely the unattributed use of other peoples' words, code, and ideas is not tolerated in the RoboCup community. See the point “Publishing Ethics” at https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu… for a more detailed description. The teams and team members that plagiarize other peoples' work, and present it as their own will be disqualified. For a first offense, the team and team members will be banned from RoboCup competition for two years (usually the current and next year). Harsher penalties will be applied to repeat offenders or extremely serious cases of plagiarism. A team may be disqualified at any time for plagiarism, even after the competition has started. RoboCup will not reimburse teams for any expenses related to their disqualification. 4) Online Submission ======================================= All qualification material must be submitted online at http://submission.robocuphumanoid.org/ 5) Important Dates ======================================= Humanoid Soccer Competition * Submission system open: November 29th, 2021 * Submission deadline: December 12th, 2021 * Team Review Period: December 13th - December 27th * Announcement of qualified teams: January 21st, 2022 Humanoid Research Demonstration * Submission system open: November 29th, 2021 * Submission deadline: February 14th, 2022 6) Publication ======================================= Please note that after the announcement of the qualified teams the qualified teams submitted material will be made publicly available on the Humanoid League website. Teams applying for participation, therefore, implicitly grant the right of publication of their qualification material to the Humanoid League. 7) Visa Process ======================================= If you are a citizen of a country that needs a Visa for traveling to Thailand, please start the VISA process as soon as you receive your notification of qualification. If you are not sure if you're eligible for a VISA-exempt, please consult the official website of the Thailand government for information. With best regards, Technical Committee of RoboCup Humanoid League 2021

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Re: [RoboCup-humanoid] RoboCup-humanoid Digest, I am writing to enquire about the letter of commitment
by 김성준 04 Dec '21

04 Dec '21

Dear Sir, Hello! I am writing in connection with letter of commitment. I want to participate in Humanoid Soccer Competition(Robocup2022). We are interested in obtaining the letter of commitment! (when and how to receive) Thank you for your help in this matter. -----Original Message----- From: <robocup-humanoid-request(a)lists.robocup.org> To: <robocup-humanoid(a)lists.robocup.org>; Cc: Sent: 2021-12-03 (금) 03:57:13 (GMT+09:00) Subject: RoboCup-humanoid Digest, Vol 5, Issue 1 Send RoboCup-humanoid mailing list submissions to robocup-humanoid(a)lists.robocup.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.robocup.org/listinfo/robocup-humanoid or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to robocup-humanoid-request(a)lists.robocup.org You can reach the person managing the list at robocup-humanoid-owner(a)lists.robocup.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of RoboCup-humanoid digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Reminder: Call for Participation Humanoid Soccer Competition and the Humanoid Research Demonstration (Jasper G?ldenstein) RoboCup-humanoid mailing list RoboCup-humanoid(a)lists.robocup.org https://lists.robocup.org/listinfo/robocup-humanoid

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RoboCup Humanoid League Newsletter - December 2021
by Maike Paetzel-Prüsmann 03 Dec '21

03 Dec '21

Dear Humanoid League Teams, In this November Newsletter, I will cover news around the RoboCup world championship in Thailand in 2022, the update of the Humanoid League rule book, as well as the start of the new Humanoid League - Virtual Season. tl;dr: Important Dates ---------------------- December 3rd: Application deadline for Humanoid League - Virtual Season December 12th: Application deadline Humanoid Soccer Competition and Humanoid Research Demonstration 2022 December 17th/18th: First stream of the Humanoid League - Virtual Season December 23rd: Begin of rule discussion period in the league forum December 27th: Deadline for providing peer-reviews (HSC applicants only) RoboCup World Championship 2022 ------------------------------- The Call for Participation for the Humanoid Soccer Competition (KidSize and AdultSize) as well as the Humanoid Research Demonstration to be held in Thailand next year was published. Details can be found here: https://humanoid.robocup.org/hl-2022/hl-2022-cfp/ Please also note the kind special offers we have received for next years competition again. For the Humanoid Soccer Competition, you need to submit your application material until December 12th. For the Research Demonstration, submissions are welcome until February 14th. For both competitions the submission system has already been opened and can be found here: https://submission.robocuphumanoid.com Please note that the minimum height requirement for AdultSize was changed back to 130cm as it was in previous years. If you are curious about the reasoning behind this, you can have a look at the following Discourse thread: https://hl.forum.robocup.org/t/2022-call-for-participation/532 Humanoid Soccer Competition - Rule Updates ------------------------------------------ As in previous years, the league will be included in the rule book updates for the competition next year. As it was discussed during last RoboCup, we will attempt to merge the rule book for the virtual competition and the regular Humanoid Soccer Competition back together. In addition, there are some further updates planned that were discussed during last RoboCup and the previous year. We are currently in the stage of compiling a list of open topics for discussion and plan to open the discussion period in the Discours forum by December 23rd. You will then have time until January 21st to discuss the topics or bring up new topics for discussion, after which we will compile the different proposals into a vote to send to the league in February. Humanoid League - Virtual Season --------------------------------- Signing up for the virtual season ends today! So if you haven't already signed up in the submission system, don't forget to do it before midnight anywhere on earth today. If you have already signed up but did not pay the participation fee yet, I would also kindly remind you to do so as soon as possible. We have also noticed that we did not give teams a possibility to upload their robot models yet - we will get in touch with the team leaders today and let them know how they can upload their robot models, so stay tuned for that e-mail. If you are not registered for the league but still want to watch the streams we will have every other weekend, then watch out for the announcement of the streaming schedule. After we have gotten all applications we will put together a stream plan and let you know when the streams will happen. You can join the streams on the league's Twitch channel, where you can also watch the recordings of the virtual world championship we had this summer: https://www.twitch.tv/robocuphumanoidfielda Get in touch! -------------- If you want to talk about topics with the Technical Committee or other teams, you are always welcome to use this mailing list, the leagues forum (https://hl.forum.robocup.org) or the league's Discord channel (https://discord.gg/VegjhDk8). Cheers, Maike (for 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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RoboCup Humanoid League Newsletter - November 2021
by Maike Paetzel-Prüsmann 05 Nov '21

05 Nov '21

Dear Humanoid League Teams, In this November Newsletter, I will cover news around the RoboCup world championship in Thailand in 2022, the Humanoid League - Virtual Season development and the ongoing preparations for it. RoboCup World Championship 2022 ------------------------------- The Trustees have recently announced that next year's RoboCup competition is planned as an in-person event in *Bangkok, Thailand, from July 11th to 17th*. We know that we are still in uncertain times when it comes to Covid and that many of you may be worried about travel restrictions and quarantine rules still in place next summer and while we are prepared to switch to a hybrid or online event if necessary, at the moment, the Federation is determined to organize an in-person event if at all possible. We are currently finalizing the Call for Participation, which will be sent out within the next few days. The preliminary *application deadline is December 12th, 2021*, with a peer-review period for teams following shortly after. So please plan accordingly to make sure you can submit your own application material and your peer review in time. More information will follow as soon as possible. If your team or your company has a special hardware offer for teams participating in the RoboCup Humanoid League, you can send your proposal for a special offer to the Technical Committee until the end of November. You can find further instructions on what to include in the Call for Special Offers that was sent out today. Humanoid League - Virtual Season --------------------------------- As you can see, the virtual tournament that we plan to start in December has a new name - thanks to everyone who participated in the Discord poll! Our proposal is currently under review by the Trustees, and we are hoping to get their final approval within the next days. As soon as we have their endorsement, we will send out a Call for Participation. According to the current time plan, we have the first games scheduled for the last weekend before the Christmas break (December 17th / 18th) and the deadline for teams to register at the end of November. Note that there will not be a formal qualification process, and all interested teams will be able to participate. We still need your help! ------------------------- We are very grateful that so many of you showed up in the meetings to help us with organizing the Humanoid League - Virtual Season, improve the AutoReferee and the simulated environment, as well as the competition infrastructure. However, there is still a lot to do, so if you or anyone in your team has a bit of time, we are still looking for people to contribute, especially in improving the software stack. If you are interested in joining, just send me an e-mail or message me on Discord. Cheers, Maike (for 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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Call for Special Offers (RoboCup Humanoid League)
by Maike Paetzel-Prüsmann 05 Nov '21

05 Nov '21

========================================================= Call for Special Offers (Humanoid League) ========================================================= Research institutes and companies that produce and sell relevant hardware for RoboCup humanoid teams are encouraged to send their proposals for special offers to the Technical Committee of the Humanoid League. A special offer is limited in time and enables teams and institutes participating in RoboCup 2022 to buy a hardware product used for the RoboCup 2022 competition for a reduced price or under other special conditions. Hardware products can either be complete robot platforms or relevant hardware parts needed for robot construction. Special offers will be published on the humanoid league website and sent out via the RoboCup email list. Special offers are *not* considered an official sponsoring of the RoboCup event. Important dates: ----------------------------------------------------------- * Deadline: November 29th 2021 * Notification: December 3rd 2021 Submission guidelines and procedure ---------------------------------------------------------- Send an email with a the following information to the Humanoid League Technical Committee <rc-hl-tc(a)lists.robocup.org> : 1. Name of institution or company and contact information of a person responsible for the offer 2. Description of the special offer as it shall appear on the website (max 100 words). This MUST include information about the product, the price and a point of contact 3. Explanation of relevance to the league (if not obvious from the description) 4. Date of expiry for the special offer All proposals for special offers will be reviewed by the Technical Committee and checked for relevance to the league. The responsible person for the special offer will be notified on December 3rd about the decision. Kind regards, Maike (for the Humanoid Legue 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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vRoHOW 2021 - Call for participation
by Patrick Göttsch 03 Nov '21

03 Nov '21

Dear fellow RoboCup teams, This is the Call for participation of the virtual Robotic Hamburg Open Workshop (vRoHOW) 2021. The event will take place over the weekend from 3rd to 5th of December. As last year, the event will be driven by contributions in the form of talks, presentations and workshops. Discord will be our venue with multiple rooms and areas prepared. Combined with additional tools and your participation we will bring the virtual RoHOW to life. For participation do the following: Send a message to hulks(a)tuhh.de until the 15th of November 2021 expressing your interest in participation. This message should include your team name and a contact person. There will be no participation fee! We are looking forward to see you during the event! Keep safe and stay healthy Team HULKs

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[meetings] First call for proposals for Special Sessions, Workshops and Tutorials at the 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2022)
by Alessandra Rossi 29 Oct '21

29 Oct '21

Dear colleagues, Apologies for any cross-posting Please find attached below the first call for proposals for Special Sessions, Workshops and Tutorials at the 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2022) that will be held in Naples (Italy) on August 29th - September 2nd, 2022. More information can be also found on the website and social media: http://ro-man2022.org IG: @ieeeroman2022 Twitter: @ROMAN2022ieee Facebook: @ieeeroman2022 For any questions and further information about the Special Session and Workshop/Tutorial proposal, please email workshop(a)roman2022.org or contact info(a)roman2022.org. Kindest regards, Alessandra Rossi, Minsu Jang and Tariq Iqbal Publicity Chairs Dr. Alessandra Rossi Postdoctoral researcher PRISCA research lab University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy Visiting Researcher Fellow of the Higher Education Academy Adaptive Systems Research Group University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom ================================================================================== *** FIRST CALL FOR SPECIAL SESSIONS, WORKSHOPS, AND TUTORIALS *** 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2022) August 29th - September 2nd, 2022 Naples, Italy http://ro-man2022.org IG: @ieeeroman2022 Twitter: @ROMAN2022ieee Facebook: @ieeeroman2022 ================================================================================== The RO-MAN2022 Organising Committee invites proposals for Special Sessions, Workshops and Tutorials to be held during the 31st IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication in Naples, Italy from August 29th to September 2nd, 2022. The RO-MAN conference is a leading forum where state-of-the-art innovative results, the latest developments as well as future perspectives relating to robot and human interactive communication are presented and discussed. The conference covers a wide range of topics related to Robot and Human Interactive Communication, involving theories, methodologies, technologies, empirical and experimental studies. Proposals related to the study of robotic technology, psychology, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, human factors, ethics and policies, interaction-based robot design and other topics related to human-robot interaction are welcome. This year's theme is “Social, asocial, and antisocial robots”. One of its goals is to explore how to create robots that are capable of being welcomed as our assistants and companions in society while, at the same time, not being perceived as “asocial” or “antisocial”. A second aim is to understand how we can create robots perceived as facilitators of the natural development of human beings and communities, rather than obstacles. PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINES SPECIAL SESSIONS DEADLINE: JANUARY 10, 2022 WORKSHOPS/TUTORIALS DEADLINE: JANUARY 10, 2022 SPECIAL SESSION PROPOSALS Prospective special session organisers are invited to submit a proposal via the main conference's submission system. The organisers of the accepted special sessions will be responsible for the high-quality peer-review of the submitted papers according to IEEE standards (i.e. at least 2 anonymous peer-reviews). The organisers will be Associate Editors (AE) for the proposed session, and they will be responsible for assigning reviewers and judging the submitted paper for the special session. Proposals should include the following information: • Title: Please propose a title that shows the relevance of the session for the RO-MAN community and the innovativeness of the proposed topic. • Aims and scope: Please explain why the chosen topic is novel and relevant, with the potential to contribute to the growth of the RO-MAN community, and is also suitable for either the conference theme or a new emerging theme with potentially high impact. • Tentative speakers: Please provide a list of prospective contributing authors and tentative titles. Special Sessions are normally expected to have 4 to 6 papers. Invited speakers or session-related demonstrations (such as renowned speakers or industrial talks) could be a part of the Special Session. • Organisers and biographies: Please provide a short bio-sketch of the session organisers including their experience in the topic of the Special Session. The guidelines to submit a special session proposal are available at the Special Session section on the RO-MAN 2022 website or by clicking on this link. WORKSHOPS and TUTORIALS PROPOSALS Workshops and tutorials should focus on key areas of established and emerging research, and should provide a forum for participants to exchange new ideas and discuss recent results. We encourage proposals for topics that have substantial community interest, with a creative and innovative program, led by recognised leaders in their fields, that will attract a broad and diverse audience. Organisers of approved workshops and tutorials will be asked to create and maintain a dedicated webpage, which will be used to promote the workshop/tutorial, and disseminate relevant and updated information. Proposals should include the following information: • Title • Format (indicate full or half day, tutorial or workshop) • Main organiser (one person only, complete address, phone, and email) • Co-organisers (complete address, and email) • Previous editions (if any) • Statement of objectives • Intended audience • List of speakers • List of topics • Plan to solicit participation • Workshop organisation • Plan for inclusion, diversity and equity The guidelines to submit a workshop/tutorial proposal are available at the Workshop and Tutorial section on the RO-MAN 2022 website or by clicking on this link. ================================================================================== The primary criteria in the evaluation of special session and workshop/tutorial proposals will be the timeliness of the topics, the quality, track record, and diversity of the proposers and speakers, the coherence of the proposal, the novelty or creativity, and the expected value added to the overall conference. Aspects of diversity that will be considered include the age, gender, national origin, background, and workplace of the proposers and speakers. We will give priority to proposals that fully follow these requirements. Moreover, we encourage the submission of workshops, tutorial and special sessions organized by communities that are under-represented within the RO-MAN activities. For any questions and further information about the Special Session and Workshop/Tutorial proposal, please email workshop(a)roman2022.org or contact info(a)roman2022.org. SPECIAL SESSION CO-CHAIRS JongSuk Choi, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KR) Mariacarla Staffa, University of Naples Parthenope (IT) Kerstin Haring, University of Denver (USA) TUTORIAL / WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS Amir Aly, University of Plymouth (UK) Daniel Riccio, University of Naples Federico II (IT) Raquel Ros, La Salle - Universitat Ramon Llull (ES)

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[journal][cfp][HRI] Special issue in International Journal of Social Robotics "Trust, Acceptance and Social Cues in Human Robot Interaction"
by Alessandra Rossi 25 Oct '21

25 Oct '21

Dear colleagues, After the great success of the TRAITS (HRI 2021) and SCRITA (RO-MAN 2021) workshops, we are very pleased to announce the Special Issue “The Road to Successful HRI: Trust, Acceptance, Ethics, Social Signals and AI” of the International Journal of Social Robotics is open! The special issue aims at exploring successful HRIs from a multidisciplinary perspective, and how to shape the design of robots. The special issue will be open for submissions until January 31, 2022. We welcome submissions from all disciplines addressing topics that allow robots to 1) autonomously sense and react to the situation, people and the environment by integrating artificial intelligence (AI) techniques 2) such that people feel comfortable to interact with robots 3) and trust them to safely reach intended outcomes, and 4) by respecting ethical and legal principles. More information can be found on the website of both workshops TRAITS and SCRITA, and on the Journal page. Please do not hesitate to contact us for further information and questions using the emails below. Kind regards, Alessandra Dr. Alessandra Rossi Postdoctoral researcher PRISCA research lab University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy Visiting Researcher Fellow of the Higher Education Academy Adaptive Systems Research Group University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom =========================================================================================================================================== Call for Papers Special Issue on "The Road to Successful HRI: Trust, Acceptance, Ethics, Social Signals and AI.” International Journal of Social Robotics The design of natural human-robot dynamics is a key aspect for ensuring a successful and efficient lasting human-robot interaction (HRI). In particular, it is expected that a robot deployed in human populated environments not only needs to be able to successfully complete a task, involving perception, reasoning and decision-making of other agents and the surroundings, but also needs to show social intelligence to engage people in effective and natural interactions. In such interactions, robots and people need to be able to cooperate to reach a joint goal, which can only be achieved if people accept and trust robots to complete their task and prevent any potential harm (emotional or physical) to people, the environment and themselves. The agents involved need to correctly interpret each other's behaviour, and act accordingly. Finally, several studies have shown that socially aware robots are perceived more positively by people in social contexts and situations. Robots, therefore, should be able to understand and use people's direct and indirect modes of communication, such as verbal and non-verbal cues. Moreover, robots should be able to adapt their behaviours to satisfy people's needs (such as personality, emotions, preferences, habits), and incorporating reactive and predictive meta-cognition models to reason about the situational context (such as its own erroneous behaviours) and provide socially acceptable behaviours. This special issue will explore successful HRI from a multidisciplinary perspective and shape the design of robots, so that robots: 1) autonomously sense and react to the situation, people and the environment by integrating artificial intelligence (AI) techniques 2) such that people feel comfortable to interact with robots 3) and trust them to safely reach intended outcomes, and 4) by respecting ethical and legal principles. Submissions are invited from leading researchers in the fields including, but not limited, to the following topics of interest: ● Impact of social cues on trust in human-robot interaction ● The impact of social robots on acceptance in HRI ● Measuring trust in human-robot interaction ● Trust violation and recovery mechanism in HRI ● Effects of humans’ acceptance on trust of robots ● Humans sense of control and trust in robots ● Trust and assistive robotics ● Overtrust in robots ● Antecedent of trust and human-robot trust ● Enhancing humans trust in robots ● User profiling and trust in human-robot interaction ● Evaluation of human-robot interaction quality ● Human factors affecting successful HRI ● Mental models in HRI ● XAI in HRI ● Trustworthy AI ● Legal frameworks for trustworthy robotics ● Ethics implications in HRI Important dates The submission deadline is January 31, 2022. The review process for submissions will start immediately after reception and accepted manuscripts will be published online with a DOI on an ongoing basis. How to submit your article All submissions must be original and may not be under review by another publication. Interested authors should consult the journal’s “Submission Guidelines” at https://www.springer.com/journal/12369/submission-guidelines Articles can be submitted through Editorial Manager: https://www.editorialmanager.com/soro/default.aspx The special issue is created as submission questionnaire in the system. When you submit your paper you will be asked if your paper belongs to a special issue. Please answer yes, and then select “S.I. The Road to Successful HRI: Trust, Acceptance, Ethics, Social Signals and AI” from the pull-down menu. All submitted papers will be reviewed on a peer review basis as soon as they are received. Accepted papers will become immediately available Online First until the complete Special Issue appears. Please feel free to contact us for further information or assistance. The Guest Editors: • Dr. Alessandra Rossi (lead guest editor): alessandra.rossi(a)unina.it • Dr. Patrick Holthaus: p.holthaus(a)herts.ac.uk • Antonio Andriella: aandriella(a)iri.upc.edu • Dr. Anouk van Maris: anouk.vanmaris(a)uwe.ac.uk • Sílvia Moros: s.moros-espanol(a)herts.ac.uk • Dr. Gabriella Lakatos: g.lakatos(a)herts.ac.uk • Dr. Marcus Scheunemann: m.scheunemann(a)herts.ac.uk

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vRoHOW 2021 - save the date
by Patrick Göttsch 18 Oct '21

18 Oct '21

Dear fellow RoboCup teams, We are proud to announce the next virtual Robotic Hamburg Open Workshop (vRoHOW) 2021. The event will take place from 3th to 5th of December. This year's vRoHOW will have the same goals as every year: Exchanging knowledge in workshops and discussions, expanding your horizon in talks, and chatting together with a cold beer or soft drink. Discord will be our venue with multiple rooms and areas prepared. Combined with additional tools and your participation we will bring the virtual RoHOW to life. Sounds good? There will be no participation fee! A detailed "Call for participation" will follow in the near future. As we currently are in a creative and early planning stage, we encourage you to send us ideas, feedback or any other vRoHOW related input. Inspired by the captivating and warm atmosphere of previous RoHOWs, we are looking forward to build this virtual event with you together. See you soon Team HULKs

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RoboCup Humanoid League Newsletter - October 2021
by Maike Paetzel-Pruesmann 04 Oct '21

04 Oct '21

Dear Humanoid League Teams, The newly elected Technical Committee of the Humanoid League had their first meeting two weeks ago and as part of this, we decided to keep the newsletters that we introduced last spring to keep you updated about the developments in the league and organization of the upcoming tournament(s). For now, we will send the newsletter on a monthly basis. Call for Participation and Submission Process for RoboCup HL 2022 ----------------------------------------------------------------- In the past years, we have sent out the first call for participation at the beginning of October. This year, however, we are still waiting for some details about the next RoboCup competition to be confirmed, which is why the first Call for Participation will be sent out a little later this year. But don’t worry, there will be a RoboCup Humanoid League 2022 competition in one way or the other for sure! At the moment, we are hoping to follow a similar timeline to the previous years, which would entail the initial submission deadline for teams in December and a notification of acceptance or a request for further material in January. The final submission of the updated material is planned for February. The Technical Committee does not foresee any changes in the submission procedure to the 2020 Calls for Participation, so please have a look at them for further information [0][1]. Future of the Virtual Humanoid Soccer Competition ------------------------------------------------- After the great success of the virtual soccer competition during the last world championship, we would like to use the opportunities the Webots simulator and the AWS infrastructure give us to keep the Humanoid League community connected throughout the year as well. At the moment, we are working towards setting up a virtual champions league with 10 games for every team played over a period of five months. Details and the exact start date are still depending on further logistical investigations, but at the moment we are considering a start at the beginning of December. The rule book will be similar to the one used in the last virtual tournament. However, we aim to have more variability in the virtual environment, e.g., by adding variation to the light source and ball texture. More information and a call of participation will be shared as soon as possible! We need you! Help for Virtual Humanoid Soccer Competition Needed ---------------------------------------------------------------- While we are committed to organize a virtual champions league and improve the virtual environment and AutoReferee system, we can’t do this alone. As the main responsibility of the Technical Committee is the organization of the next world championship, the application process as well as the rule and roadmap development, we need support with the virtual league. In particular, there are three projects that support is needed for: (i) AutoReferee and Simulator development: Apart from fixing remaining bugs and inconsistencies in the AutoReferee, this project also entails optimizing parts of the code and working on future extensions, like domain randomization. (ii) Competition Infrastructure: To run the virtual tournament, a large number of bash and python scripts were developed last spring. The aim of this project is to make the existing scripts more uniform and robust and simplify the setup and execution of the virtual tournament. (iii) Organization: Running a virtual champions league does not only require the technical infrastructure to be in place, there is also a number of tasks around scheduling, streaming, commentating, communication with teams, and making the results available. If you are interested to join any of the project teams, please get in touch with Jasper (e-mail: jasper(a)bit-bots.de or Discord: Bitbots_Jasper#5358). The first meetings will be scheduled in week 42/43, so please get in touch before October 11th if possible. You are, of course, welcome to join any of the groups later as well, but to get the virtual champions league started we will need helping hands as early as possible. TC Meeting Minutes ------------------ If you are interested to read more about the work of the Technical Committee and the decisions we are taking, you can always find the latest meeting minutes on the Humanoid League forum [2] Contributing to the Newsletter ------------------------------ If you would like us to include anything in the next newsletter, please let us know. The deadline for sending in topics is always the last day of the previous month. That means you need to send us topics latest by October 31st if you would like them to be included in the November newsletter. Cheers, Maike (for the Humanoid League Technical Committee) [0] https://humanoid.robocup.org/hl-2020/humanoid-soccer-competition/call-for-p… [1] https://humanoid.robocup.org/hl-2020/humanoid-research-demonstration-2/huma… [2] https://hl.forum.robocup.org/c/robocup/minutes/25 -- 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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LAST CALL - RoboCup Brazil Open
by Comunicação RoboCup 13 Sep '21

13 Sep '21

Hi teams, Last days to sign up for RoboCup Brazil Open! Do not leave to the last minute! The event will be online, streamed live on our youtube channels. Already registered? Did you check if everyone on the team is registered correctly? If you have any questions, please send it to us by email at organizacao(a)cbrobotica.org ! *Registrations are open for RoboCup Brazil Open* *The event will be virtual, with the same categories of RoboCup Federation* RoboCup Brazil launches the RoboCup Brazil Open, a virtual event with the same categories of the Robocup WorldWide. Registrations are now open for teams from all over the world. All the categories have been adapted and will happen in a fully remote format, using simulators, challenges and submission of articles written by the teams. Our goal is to disseminate the studies and technologies developed by universities in the field of robotics and IA. The event will happen in October 11th-15th, and will be broadcast through lives on the RoboCup Brazil Youtube channel. *Categories:* RoboCup Open Flying Robot Trial League Small Size Soccer Humanoid League Standard Plataform League (SPL) Simulation 2D Simulation 3D RoboCup at@Home IEEE Humanoid Robot Racing (HRR) IEEE Open IEEE Standard Educational Kit (SEK) IEEE Very Small Size Soccer RoboCup Junior Soccer Open RoboCup Junior Rescue Maze Primary RoboCup Junior Rescue Maze RoboCup Junior Rescue Simulation Primary RoboCup Junior Rescue Simulation Open * Registration* To participate, you and your team must register by september 15th, on the website: www.cbrobotica.org . The registration fee is US$ 50 per team. *RoboCup Brasil is a non-profit civil association, organized by volunteer professors and researchers. The association holds the Brazilian Robotics Olympiad, the Brazilian Robotics Competition and the National Robotics Show.-- Patrícia VergaraComunicação RoboCup Brasil(11) 9.8686-4993www.robocup.org.br <http://www.robocup.org.br>*

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vRoHOW 2021 - Save the date
by Patrick Göttsch 09 Sep '21

09 Sep '21

Dear fellow RoboCup teams, We are proud to announce the next virtual Robotic Hamburg Open Workshop (vRoHOW) 2021. The event will take place from 3rd to 5th of December. This year's vRoHOW will have the same goals as every year: Exchanging knowledge in workshops and discussions, expanding your horizon in talks, and chatting together with a cold beer or soft drink. Discord will be our venue with multiple rooms and areas prepared. Combined with additional tools and your participation we will bring the virtual RoHOW to life. Sounds good? There will be no participation fee! A detailed "Call for participation" will follow in the near future. As we currently are in a creative and early planning stage, we encourage you to send us ideas, feedback or any other vRoHOW related input. Inspired by the captivating and warm atmosphere of previous RoHOWs, we are looking forward to build this virtual event with you together. See you soon Team HULKs

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CFP: RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2021 (RCAP 2021)
by Asad Norouzi 03 Sep '21

03 Sep '21

*Apologies for duplicate messages* ============== Call for Participation =============== *RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2021 (RCAP 2021)* 25-29 November 2021 https://2021.robocupap.org/eng/participation.html RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2021 Aichi Japan (RCAP 2021) will be held at Aichi Sky Expo (Aichi International Convention & Exhibition Center), November 25-29, 2021. RCAP 2021 will be held in a hybrid ON-SITE and VIRTUAL format. Due to the current uncertainties of Covid-19, ON-SITE competitions will only open to participants from Japan. - ON-SITE Competitions: Participants from Japan. - VIRTUAL Competitions: Participants from all over the world. *LEAGUES:* Virtual Competitions are open to participants from all over the world, with most of the leagues of RoboCup 2021 Worldwide. For details of leagues, please refer to: https://2021.robocupap.org/eng/leagues.html *REGISTRATION:* All teams are required to pre-register through the online form: https://2021.robocupap.org/eng/registration.html *IMPORTANT DATES:* - Deadline for pre-registration (both online and virtual competitions): 30 September 2021 - Announcement of qualified teams: 14 October 2021 - Deadline for registration: 4 November 2021 *REGISTRATION FEES:* The registration fee is waived for all Japanese teams/members. The registration fee for teams to participate in virtual competitions (except teams from Japan): - Major Team Registration Fee: Waived - Major Staff/Students: USD60/person - Junior Team Registration Fee: Waived - Junior Students/Mentors: USD40/person *SYMPOSIUM:* https://2021.robocupap.org/eng/symposium.html *CONTACT:* For inquiries please contact us via the hereunder email addresses: - Aichi Local Organizing Committee (General Enquiries, On-site competitions): - rcap2021(a)intergroup.co.jp - RCAP Office (Registration fees and payments, Virtual competitions): - office(a)robocupap.org For more information please visit our official website at https://2021 .robocupap.org/eng/index.html We look forward to welcoming you to RCAP 2021 Aichi Japan! Best Regards, RoboCup Asia-Pacific (RCAP) Office, RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2021 (RCAP 2021) Organizing Committee ____________________________________

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RoboCup Brazil Open
by Comunicação RoboCup 23 Jul '21

23 Jul '21

Hi teams, *Registrations are open for RoboCup Brazil Open* *The event will be virtual, with the same categories of RoboCup Federation* RoboCup Brazil launches the RoboCup Brazil Open, a virtual event with the same categories of the Robocup WorldWide. Registrations are now open for teams from all over the world. All the categories have been adapted and will happen in a fully remote format, using simulators, challenges and submission of articles written by the teams. Our goal is to disseminate the studies and technologies developed by universities in the field of robotics and IA. The event will happen in October 11th-15th, and will be broadcast through lives on the RoboCup Brazil Youtube channel. In 2020, more than 700 students from Latin American attended the event. *Categories:* RoboCup Open Flying Robot Trial League Small Size Soccer Humanoid League Standard Plataform League (SPL) Simulation 2D Simulation 3D RoboCup at@Home IEEE Humanoid Robot Racing (HRR) IEEE Open IEEE Standard Educational Kit (SEK) IEEE Very Small Size Soccer RoboCup Junior Soccer Open RoboCup Junior Rescue Maze Primary RoboCup Junior Rescue Maze RoboCup Junior Rescue Simulation Primary RoboCup Junior Rescue Simulation Open * Registration* To participate, you and your team must register by August 30th, on the website: www.cbrobotica.org . The registration fee is US$ 50 per team. *RoboCup Brasil is a non-profit civil association, organized by volunteer professors and researchers. The association holds the Brazilian Robotics Olympiad, the Brazilian Robotics Competition and the National Robotics Show.* -- Patrícia Vergara Comunicação RoboCup Brasil +55 (11) 9.8686-4993 www.robocup.org.br

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TC and OC election
by RoboCup Humanoid League 25 Jun '21

25 Jun '21

Dear everyone, Tonight we will have the voting for TC and OC members of our league. We warmly encourage you to nominate yourself as a candidate for TC, OC or TC and OC positions on the following spreadsheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GzsAiit3ZIqVbOjKbgsMOr9IJkJbsS9goWC… Nomination is closing at 17:00pm (CEST time). We will create, then, an anonymous voting system. Best regards, Alessandra

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V-HSC: Important information & schedule for the setup days
by Maike Paetzel-Pruesmann 22 Jun '21

22 Jun '21

Dear teams, it is time we have all been waiting for - the virtual RoboCup starts tomorrow! In the Humanoid League, we will, as usually, kick off with two setup days. Tomorrow and Wednesday we will continue to run test sessions for teams. We start at 9am CEST and run test sessions all day long until 9pm CEST. You can request to test your software at any time during these hours and you may request more than one test per day. However, we will prioritize teams that have not been able to test their software as much as others did. We will still follow the same testing scheme we set up during the mock-competition to make sure we are not using test resources on teams that are not ready to play full games yet. We also have some infrastructural setup to carry out and some remaining bugs to fix on our side. We will hence take breaks during the testing time for these bug fixes and enhancements if necessary. As part of the infrastructural tests, we will also stream a few games during the setup days and will announce the streaming times on Discord on short notice. During the setup days as well as during the entire competition we will use the league's Discord server, *not* Underline, for OC announcements as well as communication with and between teams. If you have not joined our Discord server, please do so during the setup days: https://discord.gg/YTKCMugM We know that there is unfortunately not one time slot that is convenient for everyone to watch games and join the team leader meetings. Since RoboCup was supposed to be in France, we have decided to use CEST for creating the game and meeting schedules. For the setup days, we will meet at 6pm CEST on field C for a team leader meeting. Please have only one member per team join these meetings to keep the number of participants low and allow for discussions as much as possible. During the first team leader meeting on Tuesday, June 22nd, we will draw the first round robin groups for competition day number 1. We will also give an overview of the competition schedule and go over some organizational aspects of the competition. If necessary, we will also discuss remaining bugs in the AutoReferee or other parts of the infrastructural setup. Please note that we have made quite a few adjustments to the schedule after the last team leader voting. The current version can always be found on: https://humanoid.robocup.org/rc2021/ If you have any questions at any point during the setup days or the competition, don't hesitate to contact the organizers. Anyone on Discord with an [OC] in their name tag is part of the organization of this tournament. However, please abstain to message OC members personally unless they have explicitly asked you to DM them. The competition schedule is extremely tight for us organizers and requires us to work shifts, so not all members will always be available for questions. You are also welcome to join the "OC Table" voice channel if you would like to talk to us about something. RoboCup is not only a tournament, it is also a place for scientific and personal exchange, for getting together, talking with each other, exchanging ideas and learning from and with other teams. I would hence encourage all of you to stay available in the voice chats on Discords during the setup days and tournament, talk to the other teams, set up meetings on the public spaces if you would like to discuss certain aspects, and really make the most of this virtual competition. I hope to see all of you on Discord tomorrow! Cheers, Maike (for the Humanoid League OC)

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(no subject)
by Benjamin Wild 21 Jun '21

21 Jun '21

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Best robot model award 2021
by RoboCup Humanoid League 20 Jun '21

20 Jun '21

Dear teams, We will hold a best robot model award! This is a great opportunity for teams not only to have a trophy for the winning team and a certificate for second and third teams, but also for showing your efforts to other teams and a broader audience. The best model will be voted by a jury of several people not belonging to the TC/OC group. We are aiming in including representatives from trustees, other leagues (e.g. simulation league) and industries. This would be, therefore, a splendid occasion to see other teams’ process of modelling their virtual robots, and share scientific knowledges and innovative approaches between teams. The best robot will be voted according to the description and info of the teams’ robot, and on a short poster presentation made by each team. The poster presentation will be streamed live on Sunday 27/06 at 17:00 (CEST time). At the end of the teams’ presentation, the jury’s members will elect together the winner providing a short explanation for the choice. We will communicate the winning team soon after the voting on Sunday 27/06. The ceremony for the winner will be on the next day during the symposium. The poster presentation should highlight the quality and characteristics of your robot model. It should be on a pdf format, either one page that fit a normal HD screen or up to three slides. The presentation should last maximum 5 minutes. If you want to participate to the best robot model competition, please do inform me by Tuesday 22/06 (including the name of the presenter of the poster), and submit your poster by Sunday 27/06 at 12:00 (CEST) here -> https://www.dropbox.com/request/1HE1Sb03C575hyvHSgpD Best regards, Alessandra

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V-HSC Newsletter 12 - including urgent rule update voting!
by Maike Paetzel-Pruesmann 19 Jun '21

19 Jun '21

Dear Humanoid Teams, This is the twelfth Humanoid league newsletter summarizing the following updates: - Upcoming competition - Training schedule and status - Votes for the competition Upcoming competition ==================== There's only 3 days left before the setup-days (on June 22nd) and 5 days before the start of the competition (June 24th). All teams and organizers are working pretty hard to get the last elements prepared and there's a lot of activity in the Discord and the github of the league. Be sure to watch actively for announcements on the Discord server, since this will be our main way of communicating with you during the competition. Training schedule and status ============================ With the various training sessions since the mock-competition, we have now the following results: - 3/16 teams passed the short-game tests - 6/16 teams passed the penalty shootout test - 10/16 teams passed the walking test - 12/16 teams passed the connection test There is only one training session left (Sunday 8pm-11pm CEST) and keep in mind that you can only advance one step at a time. So please register to the next training session if you want to prepare for the setup days. During the two setup days, we will run intensive testing, but it might be hard for you to adapt if the first steps have not been successful. So if you have not registered for any training session yet, we highly suggest to make use of the one tomorrow. Sign-up for the test sessions is via Discord. Votes for the competition ========================= There are 2 important decisions that have to be taken with respect to the organization of the tournament and that require a vote from the team leaders. More precisely, with a current real-time factor of 0.07, we need to take measures to shorten the computation time per game and we would like the participating teams to vote which options for shortening the computation time they prefer. You will find all the details about this vote here: http://hrisurvey.research.it.uu.se/index.php/581742?lang=en Please vote by Sunday (tomorrow!) 23:59 CEST! We welcome all your questions and comments on the Discord channel and the Forum. Cheers, Maike & Ludovic (for the Humanoid League Organizing Committee)

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V-HSC Newsletter 11
by Ludovic Hofer 12 Jun '21

12 Jun '21

Dear Humanoid Teams, This is the eleventh Humanoid league newsletter summarizing the following updates: - Mock-competition - Training schedule - Specifications updates - Model validation - Rule updates and voting process - Updated Discord structure - Bug fixes Mock-competition ================ From June 4th to June 6th, 10 teams took part in the mock-competition. We noticed that many teams struggled connecting their robot control software to the robot model in the simulator and hence adapted our initial schedule to make testing easier and feedback to teams faster. This testing scheme will also be used until the beginning of the competition and is presented later in this document. Those 3 days of competition already allowed the organizers and the competitors to detect some bugs and discuss the implementation of the rules. You can already watch a few penalty shoot-outs and short games that were streamed on our twitch channel: <https://www.twitch.tv/robocuphumanoidleague> Training schedule ================= As previously mentioned, providing all the requested materials is a difficult step for the competitors since the games are run automatically, small details can lead to the robots unable to connect or to listen to the GameController. Therefore, we propose to all teams several training sessions to ensure that their robots are able to participate to the competition this year. The steps of the training are the following: 1. Model Verification 2. Connection test 3. Walking test 4. Penalty shoot-out 5. Short game 6. Full Game The upcoming sessions for testing on the competition infrastructure are: - Saturday 12th: 8h-11h - Monday 14th: 20h-23h - Wednesday 16th: 8h-11h - Friday 18th: 8h-11h - Sunday 20th: 20h-23h All times are CEST. You will find more details on how to register for training sessions and current progress of the teams on the humanoid league Discord. We strongly recommend all teams to register for the training sessions in order to make sure they are able to compete or to solve the problems they are facing. Note that you can only attempt the next step that you have not previously passed. Hence, it is not possible to request to play a full game if the connection test was not passed already. Please plan your time accordingly so you get through all steps before the competition starts. Specifications updates ====================== During the mock-competition we noticed some minor adjustments or clarifcations required to the specification documents. We performed the following updates: - Model specification v1.05: - Model constraints::Embedding a robot (additional requirement due to performance impact) - Appendix::Configuration of hand (clarification of the rule) - Simulator API v1.01: - Updating documentation on image format (images sent are BGR images and not RGB images) - First connection time can take up to 1m30 - Since the duration of a simulation step is variable, the robot control software needs to be able to handle at least 15 seconds without receiving messages from the simulator - Server specifications v1.02: - Clarification on the nvidia version used on the instances - A reference to an AMI for the clients is now available - Private logs can now be written in two different folders to allow teams to retrieve some logs more quickly than other, potentially larger ones You can always find the most recent version of all those documents at the head of the V-HSC page: <https://humanoid.robocup.org/hl-2021/v-hsc/> Model Validation ================ The deadline for submitting the model is today 23:59 AOE (Anywhere On Earth), so there is still a few hours to go. However, we have already started discussing with some teams to make sure all the teams are able to participate in the competition with their robots. During the upcoming days we will review the models and if we find anything that does not respect the rule, we will come back to you with requests for modifications. The list of the accepted robots will be updated regularly on: <https://humanoid.robocup.org/hl-2021/teams/> Rule updates and voting process =============================== During the the mock-competition, we have already noticed a few changes that may be desirable in the rule book or that were requested by the teams. As it was announced earlier, those rule changes will be voted by team leaders and will need a two third majority of the expressed votes to be accepted. A vote from team leader is requested on: <http://hrisurvey.research.it.uu.se/index.php/335921?lang=en> Please, vote only once per team. If your team participates to two different size classes, it can vote twice. The deadline for voting is Monday, June 14th 23:59 AoE. Updated Discord structure ========================= The Discord server of the league will be the main point of communication until the end of the competition. If you find technical problems, competitors and organizers are often pretty quick to answer them if you reach out on Discord. It also allows quick interactions with all TC members and allow us to bring an answer to your questions as quickly as possible while keeping an overview of the team requests. The global structure of the Discord is the following: - OC Area [V-HSC21]: The place for announcements and status update from the organizers, and an area for teams to ask organizational questions, request discord updates and inform that an update was made to a robot model. You will also find the organizers in the voice channel "OC-Table" during office hours, training sessions and the competition. - Public Area [V-HSC21]: Multiple channels for public discussions, both in written and vocal form - Team-Area-Kid [V-HSC21] and Team-Area-Adult [V-HSC21]: Each team has its own text and voice channels to communicate among themselves or with the organizers. The voice channel are accessible to everyone and we highly encourage teams to use this area during the competition and to get in touch with other teams in their voice channels. The text channels are team-internal and can only be accessed by the teams and the organizers. They are used for discussions and updates that only concern that specific team. - Thematic discussions: For all general public discussions. Make sure to join and ask us in the #discord-requests to give you access to your team channel: <https://discord.gg/3kv9ERvCEV> Simulator updates ================= Since the last public release and more particularly since the mock-competition, we brought many fixes to the simulator based on your feedback. Given the current timeline, we try to merge the fixes in the release branch as frequently as possible to avoid any delay. Therefore we are not sending release announcements anymore for the fixes. Here is a short list of the topics fixed or changed over the last few days: - The ball holding implementation was softened to trigger less false positives - Implementation of the check of the goalkeeper position during penalty shootout has been changed to be closer to the rules and trigger less false positives - Implementation of the removal penalty was updated - Score display during penalty shootouts was fixed - Synchronization of the GameController and the AutoReferee was improved Note that in order to run the latest version, you should update the GameController as well. Stay tuned for changes by watching our two official repositories: - <https://github.com/RoboCup-Humanoid-TC/webots> - <https://github.com/RoboCup-Humanoid-TC/GameController> We welcome all your questions and comments on the Discord channel and the Forum. Cheers, Ludovic (for the Humanoid League Organizing Committee)

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Commenters for the RoboCup Humanoid League games
by RoboCup Humanoid League 09 Jun '21

09 Jun '21

Hi everyone! We would like the games of the RoboCup Humanoid League to be fun and enjoyable for everyone, including visitors and public. For this reason, we are looking for commenters for the matches. Teams should volunteer one member for commenting their own games. Commenters can also be your teams’ previous members, alumni, etc. Please let us know the name/tag of a member for each team asap. We need to know before ahead to allow the commenters in the streaming space. Thanks! Alessandra

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New robocup-humanoid mailing list
by Oskar von Stryk 08 Jun '21

08 Jun '21

Dear robocup-humanoid subscribers, RoboCup IT Team has been migrating the mailing lists which have been hosted at Georgia Tech, to a server at robocup.org, because the old mailing list is being blocked by an increasing number of servers. The new address of the list (to be used to send messages to all the subscribers) is robocup-humanoid(a)lists.robocup.org The old address will be closed. Therefore, please update the list address with the new one and remove the old one. Please note that the old passwords are not usable anymore. In order to get your password please enter your email address on https://lists.robocup.org/options/ [1]robocup-humanoid [1] and then click on the remind button. You will receive an email with your password immediately. In addition, you can share the list link via https://lists.robocup.org/listinfo/ [2]robocup-humanoid [2] Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions. Best regards, Oskar (for RoboCup IT Team) Links: ------ [1] https://lists.robocup.org/options/robocup-humanoid [2] https://lists.robocup.org/listinfo/robocup-humanoid

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