April 2024 - RoboCup-nao - lists.robocup.org

B-Human Code Release 2023
by Thomas Röfer 15 Oct '24

15 Oct '24

Hi RoboCuppers! The team B-Human announces the availability of our 2023 code release at https://github.com/bhuman/BHumanCodeRelease This is the complete B-Human code release! The software released is a cleaned-up version of the system we used in the 2023 competitions. This is the whole system, i.e the soccer code and the code used in the technical challenges (one as a patch), together with a detailed documentation. You can run the code of the 2023 world champion at home! If you just want to do practice matches against our code, you can also download a ready-to-run image from https://b-human.informatik.uni-bremen.de/public/image2023 Our software is released with its own 3-D simulator. Microsoft Windows 64 bit, Linux 64 bit, and macOS are fully supported. We strongly believe in sharing the developments in our league. Have fun :-) Team B-Human

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2024 Call for Nominations for Silvia Coradeschi and Gerhard K. Kraetzschmar Awards
by Tom Ellis 27 Apr '24

27 Apr '24

2024 Call for Nominations for Silvia Coradeschi and Gerhard K. Kraetzschmar Awards Prof. Silvia Coradeschi (d. Feb 5, 2014) was a founding trustee of RoboCup and an early visionary in the RoboCup initiative. She served as General Chair of RoboCup 1999 in Stockholm, Sweden, was a frequent competition participant, and was an exemplar of the RoboCup ideal of engaging in cutting-edge AI and Robotics research. Prof. Gerhard K. Kraetzschmar (d. July 24, 2019) joined RoboCup since its beginning in 1997 and significantly contributed to the development of the RoboCup Federation (Trustee since 2004, Vice-President from 2008 to 2016). He was involved in the organization of many of the leagues, with major contributions to RoboCupJunior, RoboCup@Home, and RoboCup@Work. He was General Chair of RoboCup 2016 in Leipzig, Germany. To honor their extraordinary contributions to RoboCup and to honor their memories, the RoboCup Federation created “The Silvia Coradeschi RoboCup Award” in 2014 (https://www.robocup.org/silvia_coradeschi), for a young female RoboCup student or post-doctoral researcher, with distinguishing research and the “The Gerhard Kraetzschmar RoboCup Distinguished Service Award” in 2021 (https://www.robocup.org/gkk_award), to recognize the outstanding contributions of an individual for his/her exceptional leadership, service, and dedication that benefit RoboCup in any of its leagues. We are now calling for candidates for the 2024 Awards. The award recipients, to be named at RoboCup 2024 will receive: * a certificate * a US$1,000 honorarium Nominations for the “Silvia Coradeschi Award”: Eligible candidates for the “Silvia Coradeschi Award” are female graduate students and post-doctoral researchers who received the degree within the past 3 years and who will register for RoboCup 2024. The two criteria are: 1. Distinguishing research as evidenced by, for example, refereed publications. 2. RoboCup leadership, either within a team and/or in the broad RoboCup community. To nominate a female student or post-doctoral researcher for the “Silvia Coradeschi Award”, the individual's professor should fill out the nomination form<https://forms.gle/VT2j8SsXHCfn9XkT9> by May 1st, 2024. The submission should include: * A letter of recommendation that addresses both criteria. * An additional letter of recommendation from a RoboCup community member not affiliated with the nominee’s team is recommended (but not required) to support the nomination. Please upload the letters to the form by the professor recommending the candidate. Nominations for the “Gerhard Kraetzschmar RoboCup Distinguished Service Award”: Eligible candidates for the “Gerhard Kraetzschmar RoboCup Distinguished Service Award” are RoboCup members with an outstanding record of service in one or more of the RoboCup Leagues, including as Technical and Organizing Committees, Executive Committee, and/or Board of Trustees. To nominate a RoboCup member for the “Gerhard Kraetzschmar RoboCup Distinguished Service Award”, a person nominating a candidate should fill out the nomination form<https://forms.gle/VT2j8SsXHCfn9XkT9> by May 1st, 2024 by May 1st, 2024. The email must include * a letter of recommendation that addresses the individual’s impact of service and contributions to RoboCup, including diversity, quality, and length of the work done for RoboCup. * One or two additional letter(s) of recommendation from RoboCup community members to support the nomination. Please upload the letters to the form by the person nominating the candidate. Best Regards, Tom Ellis on behalf of the RoboCup SPL OC and TC.

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Important News - URG - NAO repairs + price list
by Arne Moos 15 Apr '24

15 Apr '24

Latest news from URG/Aldebaran regarding NAO repairs and the newest price list. > > Hello dear RobCupers! > > after we struggled with not being able to offer you warranty > extensions anymore last year. > > You guys helped us finding a new solution to cope with the out of > warranty repairs that will be usable from today on. > > I know this might be a little short notice considering the GO starting > next week, but we hope this will help you and your universities plan > the budgets for upcoming NAO repairs more conveniently. > > We now offer RoboCup Repair Vouchers! > The Voucher will come at a Cost of 5.000€ plus VAT and grant you 10 > Repairs on your NAO fleet. > You can use your voucher onsite at RoboCup events and also for the > Repair Center in 2 years time after purchase. * > * > Most important thing: When ordering a Voucher you will get a voucher > number. Every time you want to use one of your purchased > voucher-repairs, you will have to submit this number, onsite at the > Event or in your Ticket for the repair center. > > This offer is currently only available for the European Teams, that > are managed by United Robotics Group as the European Master > Distributor for RoboCup. The Master Distributors in the other regions > are still able to sell the 1 year repair packages. > > In Summary you now can get: > > * 1 RoboCup Repair Voucher: > * > > * *5.000€ plus VAT * > * *10 Repairs total * > * *usable on all your out of warranty robots * > * *usable on the event and in the repair center * > * *valid for 2 years after purchase * > > > Of course the regular repair center repairs on cost estimates and the > one time repairs for the events (440€ plus VAT) are still available as > well. > > We hope this solution will allow you to keep using your out of > warranty robots and be more flexible with repairing them while being > able to better plan budgets with your institutes. > > I am very much looking forward to seeing you next week! > > Eva > > P.S.: find the whole RoboCup price list (starting from 15th of April > 2024) below for information: > > > *NAO ROBOT* > > Europe/APAC/Japan: (Price in Euro) > NAM_LAM: (Price in US Dollars) > > *PRICE OF NAO V6* > 5784€ > $ 7970 > > /Includes/: 2 Years of warranty starting at initial shipping date + 1 > Charger + 1 Battery > /Does not include/: shipping, import duties and taxes > > *ADDITIONAL BATTERY FOR NAO* (Subject to availability) > 176€ > > *ADDITIONAL CHARGER FOR NAO* (Subject to availability) > 266€ > > *ADDITIONAL CHARGER FOR NAO + 1 BATTERY* (Subject to availability) > 350€ > $ 590 > > *1 YEAR MAINTENANCE PACKAGE FOR NAO V6* > 1296€ (APAC & Japan) > $1540 > > *10 REPAIR VOUCHERS NAO V6* > 5000€ (Europe) > > *1 YEAR WARRANTY EXTENSION FOR NAO V5 AND PREVIOUS* > not available > not available > > > Important information > > Teams will be able to order NAO V6 within the limit of six (6) robots > per Challenge Shield Team and eight (8) robots per Champions Cup team. > Due to the electronic components crisis, COMPANIES are facing a > shortage of batteries for NAO. Orders can be fulfilled depending on > availability. > The total warranty period shall not exceed a duration of four (4) > years after the initial shipping date of the robot, unless otherwise > agreed in writing between the Team and an authorized distributor > depending on the location of the Team and as appointed by a Company. > As for NAO V4, quotation will be done within the limits of available > stock of NAO V4 spare parts. > Warranty does not include shipping costs. For the sake of clarity, in > case of warranty claim, Teams will have to pay for the shipment of the > robot if such transport is needed. > > > Viele Grüße / Best Regards > Eva Hähn > Operations Manager > > Email: e.haehn(a)unitedrobotics.group > Web: www.unitedrobotics.group > United Robotics Group GmbH > Wittener Straße 45 > 44789 Bochum > -- M.Sc. Arne Moos Robotics Research Institute Section Information Technology TU Dortmund University Otto-Hahn-Str. 8 44227 Dortmund, Germany arne.moos(a)tu-dortmund.de https://ds.etit.tu-dortmund.de/ Phone: +49 231 755 7047 Fax: +49 231 755 3251 Important note: The information included in this e-mail is confidential. It is solely intended for the recipient. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail please contact the sender and delete this message. Thank you. Without prejudice of e-mail correspondence, our statements are only legally binding when they are made in the conventional written form (with personal signature) or when such documents are sent by fax.

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GermanOpen 2024 - Call for Participation
by Patrick Göttsch 08 Apr '24

08 Apr '24

RoboCup German Open 2024 - Major Leagues Call for Participation https://robocup.de/german-open April 17th – 20th, 2024 Messe Kassel, Germany The RoboCup German Open 2024 will be the 21st open RoboCup competition held in Germany. The event will take place in Kassel at Messe Kassel. Every regional and international Major team is cordially invited to take part in the event. --------------------- RoboCup Major Leagues (international teams) ------------------------- Competitions are from April 17th- 20th in the following Major leagues: RoboCup Soccer Standard Platform League RoboCup Soccer Humanoid League RoboCup Soccer Small Size League RoboCup Rescue Robot League RoboCup Logistics League RoboCup @Home League RoboCup @Work League The registration opens *** February 12th, 2024 ***. The registration deadline is *** February 29th, 2024 ***. Visit https://register.robocup.de to register your RoboCup Major League team. Details on the registration (fee, accommodation, rules) are available on the website. Booking of blocked accommodation with special rates is possible after your registration. The Major Leagues Organizing Committee: Patrick Göttsch (Standard Platform League) Maike Paetzel-Prüsmann (Humanoid League) Nicolai Ommer (Small Size League) Johannes Pellenz, Stefan May (Rescue Robot League) Sven Wachsmuth (@Home League) Alexander Ferrein (Logistics League) Christoph Steup (RoboCup @Work League) -------------------------- RoboCup Junior (regional teams) ------------------------------- From April 18th-21st the final event of the German RoboCupJunior Championship will be held at RoboCup German Open 2024 in Kassel. The best teams that have qualified in the eight previous local tournaments will take part. The best German Junior teams will qualify for RoboCup 2024 in Eindhoven and for the European RoboCupJunior Competition 2024 in Hannover. -------------------------------- Important dates —————------------------------------------ 2024-02-12 Major teams registration starts 2024-02-29 Major teams registration deadline 2024-03-11 Invoices are sent to team leaders 2024-03-17 Registration deadline for team member updates 2024-03-31 Registration fee due 2024-04-17 Set-up day Major League teams (venue opens 9:00) 2024-04-18 Competition day (open to the public) 2024-04-19 Competition day (open to the public) 2024-04-20 Competition day, Major finals (open to the public) 2024-04-21 Competition day, Junior finals (open to the public) ----------------------------------- Contact --------------------------------------------- Please contact germanopen(a)robocup.de for any questions. See you all at the 21st RoboCup German Open 2024! Best regards, German RoboCup Committee ---------------------------------- Acknowledgement ———————————————————— The RoboCup German Open 2024 is supported by the German Federal Ministry for Research and Education (BMBF) under grant number 16ME0933.

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