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.apphttps://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