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-Mark...

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/55...

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_LgntQKIHiZ...

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)