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[Save the Date] 🤖 RoboCup GermanOpen 2025 🤖
by Heinrich Mellmann 13 Sep '24

13 Sep '24

Dear SPL Teams, we have received first infos regarding the RoboCup GermanOpen 2025. Save the dates in your calendar! - Where: Frankenhalle, Messe Nürnberg, Germany - When: 12.03.2025 - 16.03.2025 Tentative schedule: 12.03.2025 - setup major teams 13.03.2025 - competition day 1 / setup junior teams 14.03.2025 - competition day 2 15.03.2025 - competition day 3 16.03.2025 - finals + award ceremonies major and junior More info and an official call will be coming soon. Best, - Heinrich -- Dipl.-Math., Dipl.-Inf. Heinrich Mellmann Institut für Informatik Adaptive Systeme (RUD25, Raum 3.110) Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Unter den Linden 6 Telefon: +49 (0)30 2093-41173 10099 Berlin E-mail: mellmann(a)informatik.hu-berlin.de URL: http://www.heinrich-mellmann.de http://berlin-united.de

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Clarification on Publishing Competition Data Sets
by Timothy Wiley 12 Sep '24

12 Sep '24

Hello SPL Teams, We, the exec, would like to provide clarity on teams publishing data sets that have been collected at competition, such as, data sets containing audio/video logged from robots during competition games. In consultation with the Trustees, we are able to advise that teams are able to publish such data sets. The data sets may include recordings of participants and audience. Competition participants during registration, and public visitors when purchasing ticket, consent that they may be recorded, and consent that such recordings made available through team materials. In publishing data sets, we would encourage teams to consider taking additional steps such as: * Processing and curating the data set for potential inappropriate content, which could include: * Screening of sound to remove inadvertent identifying (or embarrassing) audio. * Blurring faces of people in videos, especially children. * Providing a mechanism by which people could request to be removed from the data set. Kind Regards, Timothy Wiley On behalf of the RoboCup Soccer SPL Executive Committee. Dr. Timothy Wiley | Executive Committee | RoboCup Soccer Standard Platform League (SPL) SPL Website<https://spl.robocup.org> | RoboCup Federation<https://www.robocup.org> Lecturer, School of Computing Technologies | RMIT University Building 14, Level 11 (City Campus) | Homepage<https://timothy-wiley.github.io/> | CIAIRI<https://www.rmit.edu.au/research/centres-collaborations/centre-for-industri…> | AI Innovation Lab<http://rmit.edu.au/ailab>

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TR : RoboCup SPL Newsletter No. 1 2025
by Caron, Benjamin 02 Sep '24

02 Sep '24

Dear SPL Teams, Code Release by October 15 This is a reminder that teams who participated in RoboCup 2024 need to publish and announce this at robocup-nao(a)lists.robocup.org<mailto:robocup-nao@lists.robocup.org> by October 15, 2024. Teams who are developing fully open source also need to make the announcement. For reference, see the section A.7 from the rulebook. League Advancement Survey Result Results of the league advancement survey are attached to this newsletter. 14 teams filled this form. 8 Champions Cup teams answered, along with 6 teams from Challenge Shield. Teams are invited to discuss these results on Discord in the channel #rule-book<https://discord.com/channels/721967993860521996/723447525230510101> . The TC will consider any input from this into their discussion. RoboCup 2024 Champions Cup Survey The OC would like to receive some feedback on the Champions Cup tournament structure used during RoboCup 2024. Complete this form<https://forms.gle/VsbEHL8CyvFTbzEe9> to help us improve RoboCup 2025. SPL Schedule Communication Survey The OC would appreciate your input on how we can ensure everyone is informed and up to date on the game schedule during upcoming competitions. Kindly, fill out this survey<https://forms.gle/97rYHnri3r5wuqAv8> <https://forms.gle/97rYHnri3r5wuqAv8> to help us keep competitions running smoothly for all. Best regards, RoboCup SPL TC and O

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Naova code release 2024
by Club Naova 31 Aug '24

31 Aug '24

Hello everyone, I wanted to inform you that our code release for 2024 can be found at the following link: https://github.com/Naova/NaovaRelease Kind regards, [signature_914140835]Marc-Olivier Bisson | Étudiant en génie logiciel Co-Capitaine du club scientifique Naova École de Technologie Supérieure | 1100, rue Notre-Dame Ouest Montréal (Qc) Canada | H3C1K3 Tél. : 514-622-1490 | Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/clubnaova/> | Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/naorobotique/> | Site Web<https://www.clubnaova.ca/>

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[Save the Date] RoHOW 2024
by Ole Felber 13 Aug '24

13 Aug '24

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rUNSWift 2024 full public code release is available
by Mikhail Asavkin 05 Aug '24

05 Aug '24

Hello, I'd like to let you know that the full rUNSWift 2024 code release (now includes full source code including behaviours, ML models, tools, etc) is available here. https://github.com/UNSWComputing/rUNSWift-2024-release Kind regards, Mikhail.

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RoboCup 2024 Schedule
by Tom Ellis 14 Jul '24

14 Jul '24

Hi RoboCuppers! The time is finally here! RoboCup 2024 is about to start! RoboCup 2024 App This year's RoboCup will have a supporting app for participants and visitors. You can download it here: https://apps.apple.com/nl/app/robocup/id6502951976 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nl.robocup.app<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nl.robocup.app&authuser=0> Game schedules and results will be published on the app and the SPL website. If there is a disparity, refer to the website for the latest info. Tournament Modes As mentioned previously, the 10 teams in the Champions Cup will be starting with 8 Swiss-style rounds seeding into a single elimination bracket for the top 8 teams. The Glicko ratings for the initial pairings are: B-Human 2463.730153 HTWK Robots 1959.352391 RoboEireann 1811.682166 rUNSWift 1739.408303 Nao Devils 1723.811303 HULKs 1616.214384 SPQR Team 1456.623975 Berlin United 1389.653599 Bembelbots 1357.925412 NomadZ 1278.856467 With the Challenge Shield having 6 teams, there will be an initial 5-round round-robin seeding all 6 teams into a double elimination bracket. For those unfamiliar, in a double elimination bracket, you need to be defeated twice in order to be knocked out. Game Schedule Round 1 will begin Wednesday morning, with about 2 rounds per day until the finals on Sunday. Technical challenges will be held at the end of Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Some games will have interleaved refereeing, these games are overlapped on the schedule. If any teams have any concerns about their ability to referee the games as scheduled, please let us know as soon as possible. Team leader meetings have been tentatively placed into the schedule, but this may change, keep an eye on the announcements channel in the discord for updates. You can see the game schedule here: https://spl.robocup.org/schedule-2024 Technical Challenge As a reminder, teams need to submit their slide/s documenting their approach to the Shared Autonomy Challenge before the first day of the challenge (Wednesday). See you soon! Tom Ellis on behalf of the RoboCup OC & TC

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Humanoid soccer Workshop in November ? (@Humanoids2024 IEEE)
by Gregoire Passault 12 Jul '24

12 Jul '24

Dear all, The Humanoids IEEE 2024 conference will happen in Nancy, France in november: [ https://2024.ieee-humanoids.org/ | https://2024.ieee-humanoids.org/ ] It is possible to apply to organize a workshop there. I come to you all with the proposition of applying for a " Humanoid soccer", where we could meet and discuss with the community. Please reply to this email if you would be interrested in participating and/or presenting in such a workshop ! If we manage to gather enough interrests, I can take care of the submission, which deadline is the 17th of july . I know it is short notice, but I believe the opportunity to be interresting. I only need statement of interrests for now, even if you are not absolutely sure you will be able to attend. I sent the same e-mail yesterday to the Humanoid's newsletter and already got some responses I wish you all a good RoboCup! Best regards, Grégoire Passault

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New SPL Commitee nominations
by Patrick Göttsch 03 Jul '24

03 Jul '24

Dear SPL Teams, *TL;DR * This is a call for nominations to the SPL organizing committee (OC) and technical committee (TC). Without the work that these committees do, RoboCup SPL would not be possible. Both committees need new members and generally require 4-5 members each. We ask that all teams nominate candidates for the committees. It is tempting to hope that another team will do it, but in this case, we need contributions from everyone to increase the diversity of representation. Please *email your nominations to the Execs by Wednesday 5th of July* as indicated below. *What does being a committee member entail? * The two committees (OC and TC) each have a different focus, although they work closely at times. The TC is responsible for writing the rules and technical challenges of the SPL and implementing the league's longer-term roadmap year by year. The TC also manages the call for participation and qualification decisions. The time commitment varies depending on the time of year, but the TC usually meets at least once a month and the responsibilities are divided between the committee members. The OC helps implement directives from the TC and is responsible for organizational aspects of the league and the RoboCup event. The OC interacts with the Local Organising Committee for the RoboCup event itself to ensure that the physical environment, network, etc. matches the league's needs. The OC also helps organise the running of the SPL at the event, including the game schedule, referee allocation, the collation of results, etc. Like the TC, the time commitment varies, but OC usually meets at least once a month after the call for participation has gone out. Nominees to both committees are voted for by the teams but must be approved by the trustees. (The trustees can also appoint members.) The trustees have specifically asked for diversified representation from different geographical regions and teams at different levels of the competition, in addition to other kinds of diversity. You don't have to be an experienced RoboCupper or from an experienced team to join the committees. All we ask is that you have a reasonable expectation of attending the next RoboCup event and will commit to the role for at least the year leading up to that event. (If you might be able to participate for a couple of years, that is even better). By participating you get a chance to develop long-lasting relationships, to help the league operate and improve, to add to your resume, and to genuinely make a difference. *Nomination and election process * Any member of any team may be nominated. You can nominate yourself, or another person (but ask them first to make sure they are interested in being nominated). To make a nomination, simply email all the execs ( katie(a)cs.utexas.edu <mailto:katie@cs.utexas.edu>, patrick.goettsch(a)tuhh.de, and rudi.villing(a)mu.ie <mailto:rudi.villing@mu.ie> ) with the following information by Wednesday 05th of July: Committee (TC or OC)? Nominee’s name: Nominee’s team: Nominee’s email: After nominations have been finalized, the list will be circulated and each team may vote for three preferred nominees for each committee. More instructions will be given when the election opens. We look forward to receiving your nominations. Best regards, Rudi, Katie and Patrick (the SPL execs)

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IDs and Defects for RC24 - Reply by 07.07.2024
by Arne Moos 24 Jun '24

24 Jun '24

Hello RC-Teams, Time is flying and we are soon be reunited in Eindhoven for this years RoboCup! As we are preparing, I want to remind you to sent me your lists of Robots IDs and defects you will be bringing to the event. You can find both excel sheets in my previous mail. *Please make sure to turn them in by **07.07.2024**.* This way I will have one week to check your missing data and we can plan the priorities for the urgent repairs during the set up days. I am very much looking forward to seeing you there! With kind regards, Viele Grüße / Best Regards <https://cobiotx.unitedrobotics.group/> *Eva Hähn* Operations Manager Email: e.haehn(a)unitedrobotics.group <mailto:e.haehn@unitedrobotics.group> Web: www.unitedrobotics.group <https://cobiotx.unitedrobotics.group/> United Robotics Group GmbH Wittener Straße 45 44789 Bochum Commercial Register: AG Bochum, HRB 19138 Management Board: Dr. Nadja Schmiedl, Thomas Hähn, Thomas Linkenheil Diese E-Mail enthält vertrauliche und/oder rechtlich geschützte Informationen. Wenn Sie nicht der richtige Adressat sind oder diese E-Mail irrtümlich erhalten haben, informieren Sie bitte sofort den Absender und vernichten Sie diese Mail. Das unerlaubte Kopieren sowie die unbefugte Weitergabe dieser Mail ist nicht gestattet. This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Von:* Eva Hähn | United Robotics Group <e.haehn(a)unitedrobotics.group> *Gesendet:* Montag, 6. Mai 2024 14:50 *An:* rc-spl-oc(a)lists.robocup.org <rc-spl-oc(a)lists.robocup.org> *Betreff:* IDs and Defects for RC24 Hello Dear RoboCupers, I am getting more and more messages from you regarding onsite repairs for this years RoboCup in Eindhoven. Maybe we should start early with collecting your IDs and Defects this year: If you know which robots you are going to bring to the Event, please fill in the excel above. In case you dont know your warranty end dates, you can leave them empty. I will check and fill them for you. I already asked the teams that attended the german open to try and sent some of their defects to the repair center prior to the event, to help us focus the clinics actions on the urgent repairs that keep the competition running instead of performing maintenance tasks. If your team is not in the URG distribution territory, please check with your local distributor for repair center availabilities. When this option is already ruled out and you know that you will have to bring defect robots to the event that will have to be repaired by us during the set up days, please fill the second list. This way we can prepare by ordering special spare parts for your repairs and make sure we prioritise the repairs before the matches so that every team has enough functional robots to start the matches. I am very much looking forward to seeing you all in Eindhoven! Viele Grüße / Best Regards <https://cobiotx.unitedrobotics.group/> *Eva Hähn* Operations Manager Email: e.haehn(a)unitedrobotics.group <mailto:e.haehn@unitedrobotics.group> Web: www.unitedrobotics.group <https://cobiotx.unitedrobotics.group/> United Robotics Group GmbH Wittener Straße 45 44789 Bochum Commercial Register: AG Bochum, HRB 19138 Management Board: Dr. Nadja Schmiedl, Thomas Hähn, Thomas Linkenheil Diese E-Mail enthält vertrauliche und/oder rechtlich geschützte Informationen. Wenn Sie nicht der richtige Adressat sind oder diese E-Mail irrtümlich erhalten haben, informieren Sie bitte sofort den Absender und vernichten Sie diese Mail. Das unerlaubte Kopieren sowie die unbefugte Weitergabe dieser Mail ist nicht gestattet. This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden.

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RoboCup SPL Newsletter No. 2 2024
by Caron, Benjamin 17 Jun '24

17 Jun '24

Dear all, TL;DR: * Referee meeting on June 22. * Rulebook update: New Standby state. * New GameController version with new header. * Please consider participating in the technical challenge. * Swiss-system tournament for CC and CS. * Pre-qualification rules announcement. * Call for nominations to SPL committees. * Reminder: Prepare team posters. Referee Meeting on June 22 The technical committee will hold a virtual referee meeting on the SPL Discord <https://discord.gg/3WcStZ4nsx> on June 22 at 15:30 CEST. Find the time in your timezone here.<https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/?qm=1&lid=5261457,3688689,6077243,3451190,29…> Please make sure that at least one referee of your team can attend this meeting! In the meeting we will address the changes of the Rules since last year. Rulebook Updates The final rulebook for RoboCup 2024 can be found here<https://spl.robocup.org/wp-content/uploads/SPL-Rules-2024.pdf>. Every team participating should consult this document and have a good understanding of it. The major change from our last update is the addition of the Standby state before Ready for Champions Cup matches. GameController Update A new version of the GameController will be available soon here<https://github.com/RoboCup-SPL/GameController3/releases>. In the meantime, the GameController can be tested by building the source from the same repository. Technical Challenge Teams are encouraged to participate in the technical challenge, which this year focuses on teamwork between an autonomous NAO and a remote-controlled NAO. Participating teams are required to prepare two slides explaining their approach to the challenge. See the challenge rules for more information. Swiss-System Tournament For RoboCup 2024, the Swiss system will be used for both Champions Cup and Challenge Shield. Pre-Qualification Based on the result of RoboCup 2024 pre-qualification will be issued to the top 3 teams in Champions Cup divisions and the top 3 teams in Challenge Shield division. The 5 best scoring teams from the Technical Challenge will also be pre-qualified if they aren’t already pre-qualification due to another criteria. Call for Nominations Please remember the call for nominations to the SPL organizing committee (OC) and technical committee (TC). You can find more information here<https://discord.com/channels/721967993860521996/727109269060845588/12506723…>. Reminder: Team Posters Finally, this is a reminder that teams need to prepare a poster to participate in the main communication. See section A.1 of the rulebook for more information. Best regards, RoboCup SPL Technical Committee

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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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RoboCup SPL 2024 Team Newsletter
by Stefan Seering 20 Mar '24

20 Mar '24

Dear SPL Teams, with this newsletter, we want to share the newest information: Rules There have been minor rule changes based on feedback we received via Discord and issues on Github <https://github.com/RoboCup-SPL/Rules/issues>. Thank you all for your feedback and contribution. The latest rule draft can be found here <https://spl.robocup.org/downloads/#2024>. This is a list of the latest changes: • Kick off after a Global game stuck is now assigned by the GameController • Wide stance allowance is now loosened to 10 seconds • Technical Challenge: Clarification on procedure and scoring Online registration for RoboCup 2024 Upcoming is the online registration for RoboCup 2024: every team will be required to register online with the RoboCup organization for the 2024 competition. The registration form and deadline are not finalized yet. You will be notified via e-mail as soon as online registration is available. URG/Aldebaran Currently, the contract regarding repairs is still under negotiation. However, it was announced that the RoboCup prices for robot purchases will increase by 10% by the 15th of April. So if you think about buying a NAO in the RoboCup-version/pricing it is best to do this beforehand. Travel visa Using the travel website of the Government of the Netherlands <https://www.netherlandsworldwide.nl/visa-the-netherlands/visa-required>, you can determine if your human team members need a travel visa to visit RoboCup 2024. If you plan to apply for a visa, invitation letters may be obtained from the Robocup organization <https://2024.robocup.org/early-visa-applications/>. Robot Jersey Submission If you are a new team, or plan on changing your previous jersey designs, please send in your jerseys for approval. Submission must arrive by 1st of May 2024 via e-mail to rc-spl-tc(a)lists.robocup.org . For more details, see section 2.2 of the rules document <https://spl.robocup.org/downloads/#2024>. All approved jersey designs will be published by the TC <https://github.com/RoboCup-SPL/Robot-Jerseys> before the 2024 competition. Best regards Stefan Seering on behalf of the SPL Technical Committee.

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Naova code usage for German Open 2024
by Club Naova 16 Mar '24

16 Mar '24

Dear SPL Teams, In accordance with the terms and conditions of the B-Human code release 2021's license, Naova announces the use of the B-Human code from the release 2021 for the German Open 2024. The following parts of our code have been written by Naova: * Walk controller * Strategies * Behavior * Wi-Fi communication We will also replace the ball perception with our own model, but this change is not ready yet. The following parts are modifications of the original B-Human code: - Tactics selection We would like to thank the B-Human Team for sharing their code and acknowledge their contribution to the RoboCup SPL. [signature_914140835]Olivier St-Pierre | Étudiant en génie logiciel Capitaine du club scientifique Naova École de Technologie Supérieure | 1100, rue Notre-Dame Ouest Montréal (Qc) Canada | H3C1K3 Tél. : 438-226-6639| Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/clubnaova/> | Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/naorobotique/> | Site Web<https://www.clubnaova.ca/>

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B-Human Usage of Code from Nao Devils 2023 Code Release
by Thomas Röfer 15 Mar '24

15 Mar '24

Dear SPL teams, the team B-Human hereby announces that we will probably use the module "WhistleDetector" including the neural network "WhistleNetMk16" from the Nao Devils Code Release 2023 during the upcoming competitions. We wish to thank the Nao Devils for advancing our league by releasing their software! Best regards, Thomas Röfer (B-Human) _______________ [attachment.png] Dr. Thomas Röfer Senior Researcher Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz GmbH (DFKI) Cyber-Physical Systems Enrique-Schmidt-Straße 5 28359 Bremen Deutschland / Germany Phone: +49 421 218-64200 Mobile: +49 160 96708297 Further Information: https://www.dfki.de Headquarters: Trippstadter Straße 122, D-67663 Managing directors: Prof. Dr. Antonio Krüger Helmut Ditzer Chairman of the supervisory board: Dr. Ferri Abolhassan Amtsgericht Kaiserslautern, HRB 2313

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Reminder: RoboCup SPL Call for Applications for Participation 2024
by Stefan Seering 06 Feb '24

06 Feb '24

Call for Applications for Participation Monday 15th July through Monday 22th July 2024 Eindhoven, The Netherlands 2024.robocup.org <https://2024.robocup.org> More details can be found on the league homepage <https://spl.robocup.org/call-for-participation-2024/>. All applications with the (pre-)qualification material must be submitted by *15th of February 2024*, by email to rc-spl-tc(a)lists.robocup.org. / RoboCup 2024 Standard Platform League Technical and Organizing Committees/

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Reminder: RoboCup SPL Call for Applications for Participation 2024
by Stefan Seering 01 Feb '24

01 Feb '24

Call for Applications for Participation Monday 15th July through Monday 22th July 2024 Eindhoven, The Netherlands 2024.robocup.org <https://2024.robocup.org> More details can be found on the league homepage <https://spl.robocup.org/call-for-participation-2024/>. All applications with the (pre-)qualification material must be submitted by *15th of February 2024*, by email to rc-spl-tc(a)lists.robocup.org. / RoboCup 2024 Standard Platform League Technical and Organizing Committees/

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RoboCup Early Visa Invitation Letters
by 2024＠robocup.org 21 Jan '24

21 Jan '24

Dear RoboCuppers, We are very much looking forward to inviting all of you to Eindhoven, The Netherlands for RoboCup 2024! To allow more teams to join RoboCup 2024, we offer early visa invitation letters. Participants that require a visa to join RoboCup in The Netherlands may apply for an early visa invitation letter. This letter allows for making an earlier appointment at an embassy to request a visa, rather than only after completing registration. There are some constraints on who can receive a visa invitation letter. You can find the details, as well as the request form, on the RoboCup 2024 website: https://2024.robocup.org/?page_id=2998 We hope to see you at RoboCup 2024! Best regards, RoboCup 2024 Organisation 2024(a)robocup.org <mailto:2024@robocup.org>

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RoboCup SPL Call for Applications for Participation 2024
by Stefan Seering 15 Dec '23

15 Dec '23

Call for Applications for Participation RoboCup 2024 Standard Platform League spl.robocup.org <https://spl.robocup.org/> Monday 15th July through Monday 22th July 2024 Eindhoven, The Netherlands 2024.robocup.org <https://2024.robocup.org> RoboCup <https://www.robocup.org/> is an international initiative that fosters research and education in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence through a variety of competitions (RoboCupSoccer, RoboCupRescue, RoboCup@Home, RoboCupIndustrial, RoboCupJunior) involving mostly multi-robot systems. RoboCupSoccer currently includes a number of different robot soccer leagues that focus on different research challenges. *The Standard Platform League (SPL)* is characterized by all the teams using an identical robot platform. Participating researchers focus on algorithmic development for fully autonomous robots in the main competition and operation of robots with shared autonomy in technical challenges. The SPL robot soccer team competition games at RoboCup 2024 will be played between teams of fully autonomous NAO robots. Participating teams may use V6, V5 or older versions of the NAO humanoid robot manufactured by Aldebaran <https://www.aldebaran.com/en/nao>. Teams should be able to play on a randomly assigned field within one hour. The RoboCup 2024 SPL will host: * A soccer team competition as the main competition of the event. * A shared autonomy technical challenge. The soccer team competition will consist of a number of games that is similar to recent years for most teams. The draft rule book for 2024 will be released by 15th of December 2023 on the downloads page <https://spl.robocup.org/downloads/#2024>. The league operates two divisions: Champions Cup (CC) and Challenge Shield (CS). Teams in the Champions Cup division will compete in matches with up to 7 robots per team. Teams in the Challenge Shield division will compete in matches with up to 5 robots per team. The teams participating in the team competition should also compete in the additional technical challenge. The Technical challenge for 2024 is the shared autonomy challenge. This technical challenge requires participants to develop a mixed team that consists of one human-operated Nao robot and one fully autonomous Nao with the objective of exploring how humans and robots can cooperate in soccer. Teams are encouraged to improve their skills in these challenges so that aspects of these challenges can be included in the main competition in future years. More details regarding technical challenges will be given in the rule book <https://spl.robocup.org/downloads/#2024>. Joining the League The league is always ready to welcome new teams. If you are considering joining: the league has prepared information for you <https://spl.robocup.org/joining-robocup-spl/> to support you in your first steps. We encourage you to contact the organizing committees and other teams if you have questions. To assist in adoption of NAO V6 robots, source code examples and documentation regarding V6 robots were published on the SPL website <https://spl.robocup.org/v6-support/>. One can also find example code for V6 robots in the code released by participating teams. If you need access to the RoboCup NAOqi Image and the specific documentation, please write an email (mentioning your team affiliation and plans) to rc-spl-tc(a)lists.robocup.org. Qualification All interested teams that are not pre-qualified must apply by sending an email to the Technical Committee (see below). A valid application must contain: 1. *Team Description Paper:* See below. The TDP must be *attached as PDF file* to the email. 2. *Preference to compete in the Champions Cup or Challenge Shield:* State whether you prefer to compete in CC or CS. If you prefer to compete in CS, please state if you would accept an assignment to CC to balance the competition. 3. *Video presentation:* Include a link to a video (maximum 5 minutes long, uploaded on the team’s web site or on some video server) that demonstrates the status of the team. The organizing committees use the video to determine the readiness of the team to compete effectively, and hence should focus on the team’s ability to play soccer. Teams who did not participate in the team competition at RoboCup 2023 *must* include footage of at least one robot attempting to kick off and score (this footage must be captured as a single wide shot with no cuts). If robots from multiple teams are active in the footage (e.g., game footage), please include a textual overlay or additional document denoting which robots belong to the applying team for every scene. Videos of simulation contributions will also be accepted, but only when a real robot is unavailable. Preference will be given to teams that use real robots to show soccer skills in their video. 4. *Robot purchase plans:* State how many NAO robots your team plans to buy this year. Pre-Qualification Teams that reached the quarter-finals or finished in the top 5 of the technical challenges at RoboCup 2023 will be pre-qualified for RoboCup 2024, if they submit a valid application as detailed below. The following teams can make use of pre-qualification: * BadgerBots * Bembelbots * B-Human * Dutch Nao Team * HTWK Robots * HULKs * Nao Devils * NomadZ * RoboEireann * rUNSWift * R-ZWEI KICKERS * SPQR Team A valid application for pre-qualified teams must contain: 1. *Team Description Paper:* See below. The TDP must be *attached as PDF file* to the email. 2. *Preference to compete in the Champions Cup or Challenge Shield:* State whether you prefer to compete in CC or CS. If you prefer to compete in CS, please state if you would accept an assignment to CC to balance the competition. 3. *Robot purchase plans:* State how many NAO robots your team plans to buy this year. If a joint 2023 team splits, only one team can be pre-qualified for 2024 (please indicate which one). Team Description Paper Both regular and pre-qualified teams must submit a team description paper (TDP) attached as PDF file to their application email. For the TDP to be considered, it must: * be formatted according to the *Springer LNCS author guidelines <https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…>*. * be no longer than *8 pages* (including references). * be structured in the following *sections with the specified headings*: 1. *Team Information:* o team name (the one true spelling, considering capitalization, spaces, hyphens, etc.) o team leader(s) o team contact email address o team website URL (if available) o country of origin o university/company affiliation(s) of the team 2. *Code Usage:* Acknowledge the team’s use of any other team’s code (1) previously from 2019 to present and (2) anticipated at RoboCup 2024. If code is used from other teams, is this code integrated into a code base that is mainly designed by the applying team? If the applying team does not use any other team’s code, state so. For further details, please have a look into the rule book, section A.1 <https://spl.robocup.org/downloads/#2024>. 3. *Own Contribution:* Describe in detail the ‘research publishable’ significant advancements the applying team has made and is going to use at RoboCup 2024, in accordance with the rule book, section A.1 <https://spl.robocup.org/downloads/#2024>. 4. *Past History:* provide game results in RoboCup Open competitions as well as main RoboCup competitions from 2020 onward. Include opponents and game scores from each competition in a table. State if the team plans to participate in any RoboCup Open competitions or friendlies prior to RoboCup 2024. 5. *Impact:* What is the impact of the team’s participation and research in RoboCup on (1) the SPL, (2) the team’s university/community? 6. *Other:* Present any other information that you believe supports your application. Please note that the TDP is not a peer-reviewed publication and will not appear in any collection apart from the RoboCup TDP archive <https://tdp.robocup.org>. Qualification for Regional Opens Only Teams may also submit a short intent to participate in a regional open if they do not wish to participate in the 2024 RoboCup competition. Although teams may participate in regional opens without submitting this intent to participate, teams who submit an intent to participate and become qualified may be eligible for future special robot pricing. Special robot pricing for teams competing in RoboCup Events are still being discussed. Updates about special prices will be announced as soon as offers and conditions are finalized. Teams must submit the following information by 15th of February 2024: (1) The team name, leader(s), and the university/company affiliation(s) of the team and (2) a short statement describing the status/progress of the team. A link to a short video showing robot soccer behaviours and/or game play (using robots or in simulation) may be included if available. Submission and Evaluation All applications with the (pre-)qualification material must be submitted by *15th of February 2024*, by email to rc-spl-tc(a)lists.robocup.org. Please use a subject matching the pattern *RoboCup 2024 Application <team name>*. Applications must not be sent to personal SPL TC/OC email addresses and must not contain video attachments. By submitting your application, you grant the SPL committees the rights to publish the TDP and application video / code release link. Note that applying serves as a statement of commitment to participate in the RoboCup 2024 SPL. If you have doubts regarding the ability of your team to participate (due to funding, visas, etc.), please apply by the deadline but note this in your application email. Declining to participate in any competition after the official early registration period has opened may negatively affect future applications (the later you decline, the worse it will affect future applications). Teams are encouraged to consider joint participation. Joint proposals will be judged on combined merit. Applications will be evaluated by criteria which include: 1. Potential to play competitive games at RoboCup 2024 (demonstrated ability to play soccer, previous results, etc.) 2. Contributions (and potential contributions) to league (code releases/papers, active in organization, developing own code, etc.) 3. Diversity (region, team make-up, unique characteristics, etc.) Since 2023 the competition rules require all teams to release the source code for novel contributions. This ensures that all teams can learn from good solutions and all teams are driven to make improvements each year. More details regarding code releases will be given in the rule book <https://spl.robocup.org/downloads/#2024>. All teams can expect to be required to publish a contribution. The form will be similar to the releases required of pre-qualified teams as stated in the 2023 rulebook. As part of the application phase teams will be assigned into the CC and CS divisions. Assignments will be judged based on previous performance and application material. The organizing committees will do their best to honor teams' preferences. However, the necessity might arise to assign teams into divisions against their preference. All teams applying for CC are expected to be able to compete in CS. Teams will be notified during the application phase if they are assigned into a division against their preference Qualification decisions, including alternate lists, will be announced by 1st of March 2024. Robot Acquisition Teams who submit an intent to participate and become qualified will be eligible for potential future special robot pricing. Special robot pricing for team competing in RoboCup Events are still being discussed. Updates about special prices will be announced if offers and conditions are finalized. /RoboCup 2024 Standard Platform League Technical and Organizing Committees/

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HTWK Robots Vision Release
by Nao-Team HTWK 11 Dec '23

11 Dec '23

Dear RoboCup SPL Teams, At https://github.com/NaoHTWK/HTWKVision you can find the release of our vision as used during the RoboCup 2023 competition. Best regards HTWK Robots.

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Rohow 2023 - Call for Participation
by Patrick Göttsch 06 Nov '23

06 Nov '23

Dear fellow RoboCup teams, After four years COVID-related hiatus, we are happy to announce that the 10th Robotic Hamburg Open Workshop (RoHOW) 2023 will again take place in-person at the Hamburg University of Technology! The event will take place from 2023-12-01 to 2023-12-03. The idea of the RoHOW is pretty simple: Sharing ideas in workshops and discussions or just hanging out together with a cool drink. We will have a full size field as well as couches, tables, large monitors, separate rooms for workshops, as well as food and drinks. Topics for talks, workshops, and discussion rounds are contributed by you and scheduled during the event. We already opened the scheduling tool at https://mopad.rohow.de/. Feel free to enter your topics there now. You will have to create a new account there to add topics. If you don't see your team name, let us know. You can find the location, schedule, and more at https://rohow.de/ After you decide to participate, please register until 2023-11-13 ;) Send us an email hulks(a)tuhh.de including your team name and number of participants so we can plan team zones, etc. As always, there is no participation fee. There are still some uncertainties? Just write us an email. The same applies to ideas, criticism and whatever else comes to your mind. See you at RoHOW 2023, Team HULKs

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B-Human's Video Analysis App development version
by Thomas Röfer 04 Nov '23

04 Nov '23

Dear RoboCuppers! The team B-Human announces that we updated our Video Analysis App at: https://github.com/bhuman/VideoAnalysis The 2023 version is still work in progress, so we added it to the new branch "devel". The branch "main" still only contains last year's version. The main changes in comparison to last year's version are: - Uses Python 3.10 - Requires YOLOv5 7.0.0 or above - Distinguishes 10 different team colors - Reads new GameController log format - Accepts more than one video per half - Supports timeouts - Uses GoPro telemetry stream to initialize extrinsic camera calibration - Computes average localization error (with GameController3 logs) - Has scalable user interface Parts of the documentation have not been updated yet, in particular about training the network. We will also publish the dataset soon that was used to train the network. It now uses images from 17 games instead of just the 7 that were used last year. Game videos and GameController logs are linked at https://github.com/bhuman/SPLGames . Have fun :-) Team B-Human

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Call for Interest of Participation RoboCup GermanOpen 2024
by Patrick Göttsch 03 Nov '23

03 Nov '23

Dear RoboCup teams, for the 17.04.2024 - 20.04.2024 the GermanOpen are planned in Kassel, Germany. For further planning and discussions with the organisers I would like to collect your interest to participate in the RoboCup GermanOpen 2024. Please send an email to patick.goettsch(a)tuhh.de with the following information until the 17th of November: Your team name, the number of team members interested in participating in the GermanOpen, the number of robots you might bring, and how sure you are that you will participate. Thank you very much, Best regards, Patrick

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