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Celebrate 25 years of RoboCup Rescue Simulation - deadline July 23, 2025
by Arnoud Visser 24 Jul '25

24 Jul '25

Dear RoboCuppers, The competitions in Salvador Brazil are finished, and unfortunately 2025 was the year last RoboCup Rescue Simulation competition. This is the end of a journey that started in 2000, as described in this article: R. Sheh, S.Schwertfeger and A. Visser, "16 Years of RoboCup Rescue", KI - Künstliche Intelligenz, Volume 30, Issue 3, October 2016 http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13218-016-0444-x It would be nice to announce the end of this journey to the public with a compilation of the highlights of the developments inside the league. If you have interesting video-material, send this to me this Wednesday, which will allow me to finish the compilation on Thursday. Regards, Arnoud Visser Universiteit van Amsterdam P.S. Note the two lists of publications from the RoboCup Rescue Simulation league. If a publication is missing, now is the time to finalize this lists https://rescuesim.robocup.org/research/publications/agent-competition/ https://rescuesim.robocup.org/research/publications/virtual-robot-competiti… RoboCup has been a uniquely enduring and inspiring force in robotics and AI since its inception. For almost three decades, it has grown through the self-motivation, passion, and remarkable  dedication of you, its participants. This spirit has made RoboCup the world’s largest and most influential robotics competition. Today, we stand at a pivotal moment. The field of robotics and AI is advancing at an unprecedented pace. The emergence of a new generation of robots, AI methods, and technologies is a unique  historical opportunity. RoboCup takes this opportunity to continue to lead. Therefore, we enact changes to the RoboCup international competitions, which is our window to the world. We unite all the advancements from all soccer leagues into one united umbrella focused on humanoid robot soccer. We push the state of the art in robotics and AI by introducing  humanoid robots for general-purpose applications, including the @home, work, and rescue leagues. Let’s write the next chapter of RoboCup together! On behalf of The RoboCup Board of Trustees, Ubbo Visser (President of The RoboCup Federation) ============================ Link to news on robocup.org<https://robocup.org/news/181> Details of Changes for the International RoboCup competition  Note: Existing leagues can continue at super-regionals, opens, and community-driven events. 1. Standard Platform League and Humanoid KidSize League  The SPL and Humanoid League KidSize divisions begin an immediate merger process aiming to form a unified league by 2026 (name to be decided). Teams from across all soccer leagues will be invited to join and shape this process.  2. Small Size League, Middle Size League, and Soccer Simulation Leagues  2027 will be the final year of the international competition for the SSL, MSL, and the soccer simulation leagues, as long as we have sufficient participation. We look forward to transitioning all the scientific advancements from these leagues to humanoid robot soccer.  We welcome proposals from the community to re-imagine how these leagues may  contribute as a bridge to encourage participants from the Junior leagues to continue on with the Major leagues.  3. RoboCupRescue Simulation League The 2025 competition is the final year for RoboCupRescue Simulation as an independent league at the International event. Teams are encouraged to engage with the Rescue Robot League to explore merger concepts and combined evaluation frameworks.  4. RoboCup@Home A single, unified RoboCup@Home league takes effect immediately. The 2025 competition is the last to feature two separate sub-leagues.  5. RoboCupIndustrial The @Work and Logistics sub-leagues will create a new Smart Manufacturing League (SML), merging for the 2026 and 2027 competitions to better address emerging autonomous production and logistics challenges.

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Re: Celebrate 25 years of RoboCup Rescue Simulation - deadline July 23, 2025
by Nobuhiro Ito 21 Jul '25

21 Jul '25

Dear Arnoud, Kazunori and all, I appreciate your kindness, and we are very sorry to hear about the end of the league at RoboCup international competition. We believe that the multi-agent community of RoboCup requires challenges such as the soccer and rescue simulations. Therefore, we would like to continue our research using RRS and participate in competitions, if such competitions are held at RCAP or other regional events. Best regards, Nobuhiro > 2025/07/21 18:20、Kazunori Iwata <kazunori(a)vega.aichi-u.ac.jp>のメール: > > Dear Arnoud > (Cc: Nobuhiro) > > We are sorry to hear about the end of the Rescue Simulation International competition; we would like to continue using RRS as a critical Multi-Agent testbed. > > The following list outlines our papers related to RoboCup Rescue Simulation Agent Competition from recent years. > > > 2025 > Ryuki Yamamoto, Mihono Maruoka, Keisuke Ando, Takesh Uchitane, Naoto Mukai, Kazunori Iwata, Nobuhiro Ito, "Proposal of a Latent Information Visualization System Based on Agent Improvement Flow Analysis", 2025 18th IIAI International Congress on Advanced Applied Informatics (IIAI-AAI) 2025, pp.399-404 > > Shuntaro Fujii, Kouta Katou, Itsuki Matsunaga, Keisuke Ando, Takeshi Uchitane, Naoto Mukai, Kazunori Iwata, Nobuhiro Ito, "Design and Analysis of Experiments for the Relationship between Components of Rescue Strategies and Map Characteristics", 2025 18th IIAI International Congress on Advanced Applied Informatics (IIAI-AAI) 2025, pp. 299-302 > > Koki Yamada, Takeshi Uchitane, Kazunori Iwata, Nobuhiro Ito, "Analysis of Agent Actions on a Rescue Simulation Task Assignment Optimization Problem", 2025 18th IIAI International Congress on Advanced Applied Informatics (IIAI-AAI) 2025, pp. 283-286 > > 2024 > Keisuke Ando, Takeshi Uchitane, Naoto Mukai, Kazunori Iwata, Nobuhiro Ito, Yong Jiang, Naohiro Ishii, "Social Simulations Using Multi-agent Systems", In: Nakamura, S., Sawaki, K., Nakagawa, T. (eds) Probability and Statistical Models in Operations Research, Computer and Management Sciences. Springer Series in Reliability Engineering 2024, pp. 117-133 > https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-64597-6_7 > > > 2023 > Itsuki Matsunaga, Haruki Uehara, Ryoya Maeda, Joe Fujisawa, Hiroya Suzuki, Keisuke Ando, Takeshi Uchitane, Kazunori Iwata, Nobuhiro Ito, "Design of Task Assignments based on Ordering and Time Window Constraints for RoboCupRescue Agents", 2023 14th IIAI International Congress on Advanced Applied Informatics (IIAI-AAI) 2023, pp. 406-411 > https://doi.org/10.1109/iiai-aai59060.2023.00085 > > > 2022 > Hiroya Suzuki, Yuki Okado, Toshinari Sakai, Yuki Miyamoto, Taishun Kusaka, Takeshi Uchitane, Kazunori Iwata, Nobuhiro Ito, "Implementation of Pseudo-Communication Module for DCOP Algorithms on RRS and Improvement of Binary Max-Sum", Proc. of 12th International Conference on Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems and 23rd International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems (SCIS&ISIS), 2022 F-1-G-2 1-7 > https://doi.org/10.1109/SCISISIS55246.2022.10002148 > > 2021 > Akira Hasegawa, Yuki Miyamoto, Haruki Uehara, Takeshi Uchitane, Kazunori Iwata, Nobuhiro Ito, "A comprehensive simulation management platform for RRS on public cloud", 2021 Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Simulation for Natural Disaster Management 2021 > > > Sincerely yours, > > -- > Kazunori Iwata, Ph. D., Professor > Department of Business Administration > Aichi University > 4-60-6, Hiraike-cho, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 453-8777, JAPAN > Tel:+81-52-564-6119(Ext. 80368) > Fax:+81-52-564-6211(Main Number) > E-mail: kazunori(a)vega.aichi-u.ac.jp > > >> 2025/07/21 16:09、Arnoud Visser via RoboCup-rescue-s <robocup-rescue-s(a)lists.robocup.org>のメール: >> >> Dear RoboCuppers, >> The competitions in Salvador Brazil are finished, and unfortunately 2025 was the year last RoboCup Rescue Simulation competition. This is the end of a journey that started in 2000, as described in this article: >> R. Sheh, S.Schwertfeger and A. Visser, "16 Years of RoboCup Rescue", KI - Künstliche Intelligenz, Volume 30, Issue 3, October 2016 >> http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13218-016-0444-x >> It would be nice to announce the end of this journey to the public with a compilation of the highlights of the developments inside the league. >> If you have interesting video-material, send this to me this Wednesday, which will allow me to finish the compilation on Thursday. >> Regards, >> Arnoud Visser >> Universiteit van Amsterdam >> P.S. Note the two lists of publications from the RoboCup Rescue Simulation league. If a publication is missing, now is the time to finalize this lists >> https://rescuesim.robocup.org/research/publications/agent-competition/ >> https://rescuesim.robocup.org/research/publications/virtual-robot-competiti… >> RoboCup has been a uniquely enduring and inspiring force in robotics and AI since its inception. For almost three decades, it has grown through the self-motivation, passion, and remarkable >> dedication of you, its participants. This spirit has made RoboCup the world’s largest and most influential robotics competition. >> Today, we stand at a pivotal moment. The field of robotics and AI is advancing at an unprecedented pace. The emergence of a new generation of robots, AI methods, and technologies is a unique >> historical opportunity. RoboCup takes this opportunity to continue to lead. >> Therefore, we enact changes to the RoboCup international competitions, which is our window to the world. We unite all the advancements from all soccer leagues into one united umbrella focused on humanoid robot soccer. We push the state of the art in robotics and AI by introducing >> humanoid robots for general-purpose applications, including the @home, work, and rescue leagues. >> Let’s write the next chapter of RoboCup together! >> On behalf of The RoboCup Board of Trustees, >> Ubbo Visser >> (President of The RoboCup Federation) >> ============================ >> Link to news on robocup.org >> Details of Changes for the International RoboCup competition >> >> Note: Existing leagues can continue at super-regionals, opens, and community-driven events. >> 1. Standard Platform League and Humanoid KidSize League >> The SPL and Humanoid League KidSize divisions begin an immediate merger process aiming to form a unified league by 2026 (name to be decided). Teams from across all soccer leagues will be invited to join and shape this process. >> 2. Small Size League, Middle Size League, and Soccer Simulation Leagues >> 2027 will be the final year of the international competition for the SSL, MSL, and the soccer simulation leagues, as long as we have sufficient participation. We look forward to transitioning all the scientific advancements from these leagues to humanoid robot soccer. >> >> We welcome proposals from the community to re-imagine how these leagues may >> contribute as a bridge to encourage participants from the Junior leagues to continue on with the Major leagues. >> 3. RoboCupRescue Simulation League >> The 2025 competition is the final year for RoboCupRescue Simulation as an independent league at the International event. Teams are encouraged to engage with the Rescue Robot League to explore merger concepts and combined evaluation frameworks. >> 4. RoboCup@Home >> A single, unified RoboCup@Home league takes effect immediately. The 2025 competition is the last to feature two separate sub-leagues. >> 5. RoboCupIndustrial >> The @Work and Logistics sub-leagues will create a new Smart Manufacturing League (SML), merging for the 2026 and 2027 competitions to better address emerging autonomous production and logistics challenges. >> _______________________________________________ >> RoboCup-worldwide in RoboCup.org Mailing list >> To send a message to this list send email to robocup-worldwide(a)lists.robocup.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to robocup-worldwide-leave(a)lists.robocup.org >> _______________________________________________ >> RoboCup-rescue-s in RoboCup.org Mailing list >> To send a message to this list send email to robocup-rescue-s(a)lists.robocup.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to robocup-rescue-s-leave(a)lists.robocup.org > > > >

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Inquiry About TDP Acceptance and Guidance in Virtual Participation
by Rokkash Sahaya Shaanal Veda 10 May '25

10 May '25

Respected Dr. Helal, We are Team 3Rakshak, willing to participate in the RoboCup Rescue Agent Simulation Competition. We are writing to confirm whether our Team Description Paper has been accepted. Also, we have received emails from the organisation to register for the upcoming Competition, but it includes the process for participation in Salvador, Brazil. But we heard we could also participate virtually this year, and we want to participate remotely from India. Could you help us in clarifying the process for the same? Thanking you in Anticipation. Yours Sincerely, R. Shaanal, On behalf of the 3Rakshak Team, International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, India

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Subject: Inquiry Regarding TDP Resubmission - AIT-Rescue
by 鈴木　涼介 28 Apr '25

28 Apr '25

Dear Dr. Helal, We hope this email finds you well. We are writing to you today regarding the Team Description Paper (TDP) that our team, AIT-Rescue, submitted for the RoboCup Rescue Simulation League. Since submitting the TDP, we have worked on further refining the English translation to ensure clarity and accuracy. We believe a more polished version would better represent our work. We would be grateful if you would allow us the opportunity to resubmit our TDP with these improvements to the English text. Please be assured that the core technical content remains the same; the changes are focused solely on enhancing the language and presentation. Could you please let us know if resubmitting the TDP at this stage is permissible? Thank you very much for your time and consideration. We look forward to hearing from you. Best regards, --- Ryosuke Suzuki On behalf of Team AIT-Rescue Aichi Institute of Technology, Japan Mail：omni0348(a)maslab.aitech.ac.jp<mailto:omni0348@maslab.aitech.ac.jp> b24710bb(a)aitech.ac.jp<mailto:b24710bb@aitech.ac.jp>

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Subject: Inquiry Regarding TDP Resubmission - AIT-Rescue
by 鈴木　涼介 25 Apr '25

25 Apr '25

Dear Dr. Helal, We hope this email finds you well. We are writing to you today regarding the Team Description Paper (TDP) that our team, AIT-Rescue, submitted for the RoboCup Rescue Simulation League. Since submitting the TDP, we have worked on further refining the English translation to ensure clarity and accuracy. We believe a more polished version would better represent our work. We would be grateful if you would allow us the opportunity to resubmit our TDP with these improvements to the English text. Please be assured that the core technical content remains the same; the changes are focused solely on enhancing the language and presentation. Could you please let us know if resubmitting the TDP at this stage is permissible? Thank you very much for your time and consideration. We look forward to hearing from you. Best regards, --- Ryosuke Suzuki On behalf of Team AIT-Rescue Aichi Institute of Technology, Japan

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[Reminder] RoboCup 2025 Rescue Agent Simulation Competition - Call for Participation
by Farshid Faraji 08 Feb '25

08 Feb '25

Call for Participation 2025 RoboCup Rescue Agent Simulation Competitions to be held in Salvador, Brazil – July 15-21, 2025 Co-located with the RoboCup 2025 https://2025.robocup.org IMPORTANT DATES Registration……………………............……..: February 20, 2025 (23:55 UTC) Acceptance Notification……………….……..: February 25, 2025 TDP submission……………………………….: April 15, 2025 (23:55 UTC) Reviewed TDP submission…………….....…: May 04, 2025 Camera-ready TDP submission……............: June 04, 2025 Tournament dates………..............………….: July 15-21, 2025 AGENT SIMULATION COMPETITION This initiative focuses on promoting the use of Artificial Intelligence to support teamwork coordination and decision-making of ground rescue teams in a post-disaster urban setting. It maintains a computer simulation platform that can realistically represent natural disaster scenarios where Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) plans can be assessed. This platform is a comprehensive artificial simulation environment that can be used as a testbed to the effectiveness of coordination strategies of USAR teams, coalition formations of heterogeneous teams, rescue plans to explore large-scale environments with limited set of resources to search for survivors, disaster response public policies, among others. The RoboCup Rescue Agent Simulation Competition involves primarily evaluating the performance of teams of agents in regards to their distributed coordination and planning algorithms for rescuing civilians in a city after an earthquake. The goal is evaluating the effectiveness of Ambulance Team, Police Force, and Fire Brigade agents on rescuing civilians in earthquake scenarios. Here are some of the challenges that can be tackled in this competition: - Decision Making Algorithms - Task Allocation Methods - Multi-Agent Coordination and Team Formation Methods - Path Finding - Search Algorithms ADF Java: - Documentation: Java ADF manual: https://roborescue.github.io/adf-sample-agent-java/ - Quick Start Example in Java: https://github.com/roborescue/adf-sample-agent-java Python (New): - Adf-core-python documentation: https://roborescue.github.io/adf-core-python/ - Quick Start Example in Python: https://github.com/adf-python/adf-sample-agent-python - You can reuse JAVA ADF modules in ADF python. We encourage all the teams to develop their new modules using Python ADF Docker: - Repository: roborescue/rcrs-docker ( https://github.com/roborescue/rcrs-docker) - Using docker is optional for teams that wish to have an environment that is already setup for development INFRASTRUCTURE COMPETITION The Infrastructure competition involves the presentation of tools or simulators related to disaster management issues already developed by the participating team. The aim is to evaluate possible enhancements and expansions of the RoboCup Rescue Simulation League environment (both the agent simulator and frameworks and the virtual robot platform) based on the new ideas and concepts proposed in these tools and simulators. The evaluation will be done by a panel of experts and the winner chosen according to a set of factors related to the technical aspects of the tool or simulator and the presentation. The winner tool will be selected for further integration with the simulation platform.The participation in the Infrastructure competition requires the submission of a detailed Team Description Paper (TDP) describing the tool or simulator. In addition to the submission of the TDP, teams interested in participating in the Infrastructure competition must release their source code as an open-source project PRIOR to July 1, 2025. Participant teams should address topics including, but not limited to - Improvements to the Virtual Robot Simulator - Improvements to the Agent Development Framework - Increase the number of participants on the RoboCup Rescue league - Provide agent development kits that render easy the participation of newcomers - Integrate the Agent and Virtual Robot competitions - Improve the RoboCup Rescue sub-simulators REGISTRATION Teams must register via the submission system available at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcrs2025 no later than February 15, 2025 (23:55 UTC). This registration requires only teams to fill the “Title” field and the name, institution, and contact information of all team members. The “Title” field should be “Agent_[TeamName]” to participate in the Agent Competition and “Infrastructure_[TeamName]” for the infrastructure competition, where [TeamName] should be replaced by the name of the team. Teams are not requested to submit a TDP for registering to participate in the 2025 RoboCup Agent Competition. Registered teams will be accepted to participate in the competition based on a first-come first-serve basis constrained by the allowed number of teams per country. We encourage teams to develop their code using the new RCRS Core Python in order to take advantage of state-of-the-art Machine Learning tools and algorithms, such as SciKit, TensorFlow, PyTorch, among others. Qualified teams have to submit their TDP by April 15, 2025 (23:55 UTC), otherwise the team will be disqualified. Qualified teams will be allowed to participate remotely. GETTING STARTED GUIDE Here are some pointers to get started with the agents development TDP SUBMISSION Accepted teams must submit a Team Description Paper (TDP) (in English) describing the strategy and recent advancements implemented in the team. The TDP is limited to 16 pages and must be electronically submitted as PDF through the submission system available at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcrs2025 no later than April 15, 2025 (23:55 UTC). The TDP file name has to be “Agent_[TeamName]” for the Agent Competition, where [TeamName] is the name of the team submitting the TDP. This format should be also used in the “Title” field in the submission system https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcrs2025. Teams should prepare their Agent Competition TDP based on the templates available at https://github.com/roborescue/rcrs-templates. All TDPs will be peer-reviewed by at least two PC members. The suggestions of the reviewers will be released on May 04, 2025 and they should be incorporated into the camera-ready version of the TDP. The camera-ready version should be uploaded to EasyChair no later than June 04, 2025. * Previous TDPs can be found in the Participating Teams links https://rescuesim.robocup.org/past-events/past-competitions/ * If you have any questions please reach out to rcrs2025(a)easychair.org RULES Please read the Agent Simulation Competition Rules document available at 2025 RoboCup Rescue Simulation for further details. ABOUT ROBOCUP RESCUE AGENT SIMULATION LEAGUE Natural disasters are major adverse events that cause large-scale economic, human, and environmental losses. They are usually difficult to predict and even more challenging to prevent from happening. These characteristics demand disaster management strategies to be in place to mitigate damaging consequences after a natural disaster.The mission of the RoboCup Rescue Agent Simulation League is to promote research and development in the socially significant domain of natural disaster with focus on multiagent teamwork coordination and decision support systems. The effective implementation of this mission is translated into three main objectives. First, the league aims to provide a simulator able to realistically represent natural disaster scenarios where response rescue plans can be assessed. Second, it aims to define evaluation benchmarks for response plans elaborated by policy-makers. Finally, it aims to promote research and development by organizing competitions to stimulate the exchange of ideas and experience between researchers and practitioners. These aims are designed to help in the development of more sophisticated and formalized response plans to effectively respond to natural disasters and reduce the negative impacts on society. Best Regards Farshid Faraji on behalf of RoboCup Rescue Simulation League

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RoboCup 2025 Rescue Agent Simulation Competition - Call for Participation
by Dina Helal 02 Feb '25

02 Feb '25

*Call for Participation* *2025 RoboCup Rescue Agent Simulation Competitions* *to be held in Salvador, Brazil – July 15-21, 2025* *Co-located with the* *RoboCup 2025* *https://2025.robocup.org* *IMPORTANT DATES* Registration………………………..................…..: February 20, 2025 (23:55 UTC) Acceptance Notification……………………..: February 25, 2025 TDP submission……………………………….....: April 15, 2025 (23:55 UTC) Reviewed TDP submission…………….....…: May 04, 2025 Camera-ready TDP submission…….........: June 04, 2025 Tournament dates…………………..................: July 15-21, 2025 *AGENT SIMULATION COMPETITION* This initiative focuses on promoting the use of Artificial Intelligence to support teamwork coordination and decision-making of ground rescue teams in a post-disaster urban setting. It maintains a computer simulation platform that can realistically represent natural disaster scenarios where Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) plans can be assessed. This platform is a comprehensive artificial simulation environment that can be used as a testbed to the effectiveness of coordination strategies of USAR teams, coalition formations of heterogeneous teams, rescue plans to explore large-scale environments with limited set of resources to search for survivors, disaster response public policies, among others. The RoboCup Rescue Agent Simulation Competition involves primarily evaluating the performance of teams of agents in regards to their distributed coordination and planning algorithms for rescuing civilians in a city after an earthquake. The goal is evaluating the effectiveness of Ambulance Team, Police Force, and Fire Brigade agents on rescuing civilians in earthquake scenarios. Here are some of the challenges that can be tackled in this competition: * Decision Making Algorithms * Task Allocation Methods * Multi-Agent Coordination and Team Formation Methods * Path Finding * Search Algorithms *ADF Java: - Documentation: Java ADF manual: https://roborescue.github.io/adf-sample-agent-java/ - Quick Start Example in Java: https://github.com/roborescue/adf-sample-agent-java *Python (New): - Adf-core-python documentation: https://roborescue.github.io/adf-core-python/ - Quick Start Example in Python: https://github.com/adf-python/adf-sample-agent-python - *You can reuse JAVA ADF modules in ADF python. We encourage all the teams to develop their new modules using Python ADF* *Docker: - Repository: roborescue/rcrs-docker https://github.com/roborescue/rcrs-docker - Using docker is optional for teams that wish to have an environment that is already setup for development *INFRASTRUCTURE COMPETITION* The Infrastructure competition involves the presentation of tools or simulators related to disaster management issues already developed by the participating team. The aim is to evaluate possible enhancements and expansions of the RoboCup Rescue Simulation League environment (both the agent simulator and frameworks and the virtual robot platform) based on the new ideas and concepts proposed in these tools and simulators. The evaluation will be done by a panel of experts and the winner chosen according to a set of factors related to the technical aspects of the tool or simulator and the presentation. The winner tool will be selected for further integration with the simulation platform. The participation in the Infrastructure competition requires the submission of a detailed Team Description Paper (TDP) describing the tool or simulator. In addition to the submission of the TDP, teams interested in participating in the Infrastructure competition must release their source code as an open-source project *PRIOR to July 1, 2025*. Participant teams should address topics including, but not limited to * Improvements to the Virtual Robot Simulator * Improvements to the Agent Development Framework * Increase the number of participants on the RoboCup Rescue league * Provide agent development kits that render easy the participation of newcomers * Integrate the Agent and Virtual Robot competitions * Improve the RoboCup Rescue sub-simulators *REGISTRATION* Teams must register via the submission system available at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcrs2025 no later than February 15, 2025 (23:55 UTC). This registration requires only teams to fill the “Title” field and the name, institution, and contact information of all team members. The “Title” field should be “Agent_[TeamName]” to participate in the Agent Competition and “Infrastructure_[TeamName]” for the infrastructure competition, where [TeamName] should be replaced by the name of the team. Teams are not requested to submit a TDP for registering to participate in the 2025 RoboCup Agent Competition. Registered teams will be accepted to participate in the competition based on a first-come first-serve basis constrained by the allowed number of teams per country. We encourage teams to develop their code using the new RCRS Core Python in order to take advantage of state-of-the-art Machine Learning tools and algorithms, such as SciKit, TensorFlow, PyTorch, among others. *Qualified teams have to submit their TDP by April 15, 2025 (23:55 UTC), otherwise the team will be disqualified. Qualified teams will be allowed to participate remotely.* *GETTING STARTED GUIDE* Here are some pointers to get started with the agents development *TDP SUBMISSION* Accepted teams must submit a Team Description Paper (TDP) (in English) describing the strategy and recent advancements implemented in the team. The TDP is limited to 16 pages and must be electronically submitted as PDF through the submission system available at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcrs2025 no later than April 15, 2025 (23:55 UTC). The TDP file name has to be “Agent_[TeamName]” for the Agent Competition, where [TeamName] is the name of the team submitting the TDP. This format should be also used in the “Title” field in the submission system https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcrs2025. Teams should prepare their Agent Competition TDP based on the templates available at https://github.com/roborescue/rcrs-templates. All TDPs will be peer-reviewed by at least two PC members. The suggestions of the reviewers will be released on May 04, 2025 and they should be incorporated into the camera-ready version of the TDP. The camera-ready version should be uploaded to EasyChair no later than June 04, 2025. * Previous TDPs can be found in the Participating Teams links https://rescuesim.robocup.org/past-events/past-competitions/ * If you have any questions, please reach out to rcrs2025(a)easychair.org *RULES* Please read the Agent Simulation Competition Rules document available at 2025 RoboCup Rescue Simulation for further details. *ABOUT ROBOCUP RESCUE AGENT SIMULATION LEAGUE* Natural disasters are major adverse events that cause large-scale economic, human, and environmental losses. They are usually difficult to predict and even more challenging to prevent from happening. These characteristics demand disaster management strategies to be in place to mitigate damaging consequences after a natural disaster. The mission of the RoboCup Rescue Agent Simulation League is to promote research and development in the socially significant domain of natural disaster with focus on multiagent teamwork coordination and decision support systems. The effective implementation of this mission is translated into three main objectives. First, the league aims to provide a simulator able to realistically represent natural disaster scenarios where response rescue plans can be assessed. Second, it aims to define evaluation benchmarks for response plans elaborated by policy-makers. Finally, it aims to promote research and development by organizing competitions to stimulate the exchange of ideas and experience between researchers and practitioners. These aims are designed to help in the development of more sophisticated and formalized response plans to effectively respond to natural disasters and reduce the negative impacts on society. Best Regards, Dina Helal on behalf of RoboCup Rescue Simulation League

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RoboCup Early Visa Invitation Letters
by 2024＠robocup.org 08 Apr '24

08 Apr '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 2024 Rescue Agent Simulation Competition - Call for Participation
by Farshid Faraji 28 Jan '24

28 Jan '24

Call for Participation 2024 RoboCup Rescue Agent Simulation Competitions to be held in Eindhoven, Netherlands – July 15-21, 2024 https://rescuesim.robocup.org/2024-eindhoven-agent-cfp/ Co-located with the RoboCup 2024 https://2024.robocup.org IMPORTANT DATES Registration…………………………..: February 15, 2024 (23:55 UTC) Acceptance Notification…………………………..: February 20, 2024 TDP submission…………………….: April 15, 2024 (23:55 UTC) Reviewed TDP submission……: May 04, 2024, June 15, 2024 Camera-ready TDP submission.: June 04, 2024 July 1, 2024 Tournament dates………………….: July 15-21, 2024 AGENT SIMULATION COMPETITION This initiative focuses on promoting the use of Artificial Intelligence to support teamwork coordination and decision-making of ground rescue teams in a post-disaster urban setting. It maintains a computer simulation platform that can realistically represent natural disaster scenarios where Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) plans can be assessed. This platform is a comprehensive artificial simulation environment that can be used as a testbed to the effectiveness of coordination strategies of USAR teams, coalition formations of heterogeneous teams, rescue plans to explore large-scale environments with limited set of resources to search for survivors, disaster response public policies, among others. The RoboCup Rescue Agent Simulation Competition involves primarily evaluating the performance of teams of agents in regards to their distributed coordination and planning algorithms for rescuing civilians in a city after an earthquake. The goal is evaluating the effectiveness of Ambulance Team, Police Force, and Fire Brigade agents on rescuing civilians in earthquake scenarios. Here are some of the challenges that can be tackled in this competition: - Decision Making Algorithms - Task Allocation Methods - Multi-Agent Coordination and Team Formation Methods - Path Finding - Search Algorithms GETTING STARTED GUIDE Here are some pointers to get started with the agents development ADF Java: - Repository: roborescue/adf-sample-agent-java: RoboCup Rescue Agent Development Framework Sample Agent Java (github.com) - Documentation: Java ADF manual Python: - Repository: roborescue/rcrs-core-python (github.com) - Repository: roborescue/rcrs-sample-agent-python (github.com) Docker: - Repository: roborescue/rcrs-docker (github.com) - Using docker is optional for teams that wish to have an environment that is already setup for development INFRASTRUCTURE COMPETITION The Infrastructure competition involves the presentation of tools or simulators related to disaster management issues already developed by the participating team. The aim is to evaluate possible enhancements and expansions of the RoboCup Rescue Simulation League environment (both the agent simulator and frameworks and the virtual robot platform) based on the new ideas and concepts proposed in these tools and simulators. The evaluation will be done by a panel of experts and the winner chosen according to a set of factors related to the technical aspects of the tool or simulator and the presentation. The winner tool will be selected for further integration with the simulation platform. The participation in the Infrastructure competition requires the submission of a detailed Team Description Paper (TDP) describing the tool or simulator. In addition to the submission of the TDP, teams interested in participating in the Infrastructure competition must release their source code as an open-source project PRIOR to July 1, 2024. Participant teams should address topics including, but not limited to - Improvements to the Virtual Robot Simulator - Improvements to the Agent Development Framework - Increase the number of participants on the RoboCup Rescue league - Provide agent development kits that render easy the participation of newcomers - Integrate the Agent and Virtual Robot competitions - Improve the RoboCup Rescue sub-simulators REGISTRATION Teams must register via the submission system available at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rsl2024 no later than February 15, 2024 (23:55 UTC). This registration requires only teams to fill the “Title” field and the name, institution, and contact information of all team members. The “Title” field should be “Agent_[TeamName]” to participate in the Agent Competition and “Infrastructure_[TeamName]” for the infrastructure competition, where [TeamName] should be replaced by the name of the team. Teams are not requested to submit a TDP for registering to participate in the 2024 RoboCup Agent Competition. Registered teams will be accepted to participate in the competition based on a first-come first-serve basis constrained by the allowed number of teams per country. We encourage teams to develop their code using the new RCRS Core Python in order to take advantage of state-of-the-art Machine Learning tools and algorithms, such as SciKit, TensorFlow, PyTorch, among others. Qualified teams have to submit their TDP by April 15, 2024 (23:55 UTC), otherwise the team will be disqualified. TDP SUBMISSION Accepted teams must submit a Team Description Paper (TDP) (in English) describing the strategy and recent advancements implemented in the team. The TDP is limited to 16 pages and must be electronically submitted as PDF through the submission system available at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rsl2024 no later than April 15, 2024 (23:55 UTC). The TDP file name has to be “Agent_[TeamName]” for the Agent Competition, where [TeamName] is the name of the team submitting the TDP. This format should be also used in the “Title” field in the submission system https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rsl2024. Teams should prepare their Agent Competition TDP based on the templates available at https://github.com/roborescue/rcrs-templates. All TDPs will be peer-reviewed by at least two PC members. The suggestions of the reviewers will be released on May 04, 2024 and they should be incorporated into the camera-ready version of the TDP. The camera-ready version should be uploaded to EasyChair no later than June 04, 2024. * Previous TDPs can be found in the Participating Teams links https://rescuesim.robocup.org/past-events/past-competitions/ * If you have any questions please reach out to rsl2024(a)easychair.org RULES Please read the Agent Simulation Competition Rules document available at 2024 RoboCup Rescue Simulation for further details. ABOUT ROBOCUP RESCUE AGENT SIMULATION LEAGUE Natural disasters are major adverse events that cause large-scale economic, human, and environmental losses. They are usually difficult to predict and even more challenging to prevent from happening. These characteristics demand disaster management strategies to be in place to mitigate damaging consequences after a natural disaster. The mission of the RoboCup Rescue Agent Simulation League is to promote research and development in the socially significant domain of natural disaster with focus on multiagent teamwork coordination and decision support systems. The effective implementation of this mission is translated into three main objectives. First, the league aims to provide a simulator able to realistically represent natural disaster scenarios where response rescue plans can be assessed. Second, it aims to define evaluation benchmarks for response plans elaborated by policy-makers. Finally, it aims to promote research and development by organizing competitions to stimulate the exchange of ideas and experience between researchers and practitioners. These aims are designed to help in the development of more sophisticated and formalized response plans to effectively respond to natural disasters and reduce the negative impacts on society. Best Regards, Farshid Faraji on behalf of RoboCup Rescue Simulation League

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Agent Simulation ROS Option
by Wimer, Bailey 04 Apr '23

04 Apr '23

Hello, this is Bailey Wimer, the Agent Simulation Team (ATR_Paprika) leader from Kent State University. Is there an option to use ROS for the RRSL Agent competition? Please let me know if this is a possibility. Thank you for your time. Best, Bailey

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Confirmation of Participation Format
by Rescue Ri-one 29 Mar '23

29 Mar '23

Hello. This is Takuto Ikegami. I am the team leader of a rescue team from Ritsumeikan University. We have a question about the participation format for RCRS2023. Which will the competition be held in-person, online, or both? I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you. -- -Takuto Ikegami

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Some questions about registration from CSU students
by 708872115＠qq.com 27 Feb '23

27 Feb '23

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Call for Participation RoboCup 2023 Rescue Agent Simulation League
by Farshid Faraji 08 Feb '23

08 Feb '23

*Call for Participation* *2023 RoboCup Rescue Agent Simulation Competition* *to be held* *Bordeaux - July 04-10, 2023* *https://rescuesim.robocup.org/2023-bordeaux-agent-cfp/ <https://rescuesim.robocup.org/2023-bordeaux-agent-cfp/>* *Co-located with the* *RoboCup 2023* *https://2023.robocup.org/ <https://2023.robocup.org/>* *~ ~ ~* IMPORTANT DATES =============== Registration................: February 28, 2023 (23:55 UTC) Qualification...............: March 05, 2023 TDP submission..............: April 15, 2023 (23:55 UTC) Reviewed TDP submissions....: May 04, 2023 Camera-ready TDP submission.: June 04, 2023 Tournament dates............: July 04-10, 2023 MAJOR CHANGES ============= 1. This year we do not request the TDP submission for the qualification process. Teams that are registered will be qualified to participate in the competition. Qualified teams have to submit their TDP by April 15, 2023 (23:55 UTC), otherwise the team will be disqualified. 2. We encourage teams to develop their code using the new RCRS Core Python ( https://github.com/roborescue/rcrs-core-python) in order to take advantage of state-of-the-art Machine Learning tools and algorithms, such as SciKit, TensorFlow, PyTorch, among others. AGENT SIMULATION COMPETITION ============================ This initiative focuses on promoting the use of Artificial Intelligence to support teamwork coordination and decision-making of ground rescue teams in a post-disaster urban setting. It maintains a computer simulation platform that can realistically represent natural disaster scenarios where Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) plans can be assessed. This platform is a comprehensive artificial simulation environment that can be used as a testbed to the effectiveness of coordination strategies of USAR teams, coalition formations of heterogeneous teams, rescue plans to explore large-scale environments with limited set of resources to search for survivors, disaster response public policies, among others. The RoboCup Rescue Agent Simulation Competition involves primarily evaluating the performance of teams of agents in regards to their distributed coordination and planning algorithms for rescuing civilians in a city after an earthquake. The goal is evaluating the effectiveness of Ambulance Team, Police Force, and Fire Brigade agents on rescuing civilians in earthquake scenarios. Here are some of the challenges that can be tackled in this competition: * Decision Making Algorithms * Task Allocation Methods * Multi-Agent Coordination and Team Formation Methods * Path Finding * Search Algorithms GETTING STARTED =============== Here are some pointers to get started with the agents development * ADF Java: - Repository: roborescue/adf-sample-agent-java: RoboCup Rescue Agent Development Framework Sample Agent Java (github.com) - Documentation: Java ADF manual * Python: - Repository: roborescue/rcrs-core-python (github.com) - Repository: roborescue/rcrs-sample-agent-python (github.com) * Docker: - Repository: roborescue/rcrs-docker (github.com) - Using docker is optional for teams that wish to have an environment that is already setup for development INFRASTRUCTURE COMPETITION ========================== The Infrastructure competition involves the presentation of tools or simulators related to disaster management issues already developed by the participating team. The aim is to evaluate possible enhancements and expansions of the RoboCup Rescue Simulation League environment (both the agent simulator and frameworks and the virtual robot platform) based on the new ideas and concepts proposed in these tools and simulators. The evaluation will be done by a panel of experts and the winner chosen according to a set of factors related to the technical aspects of the tool or simulator and the presentation. The winner tool will be selected for further integration with the simulation platform. The participation on Infrastructure competition requires the submission of a detailed Team Description Paper (TDP) describing the tool or simulator. In addition to the submission of the TDP, teams interested in participating on the Infrastructure competition must release their source code as an open-source project PRIOR to July 1, 2023. Participant teams should address topics including, but not limited to * Improvements to the Virtual Robot Simulator * Improvements to the Agent Development Framework * Increase the number of participants on the RoboCup Rescue league * Provide agent development kits that render easy the participation of newcomers * Integrate the Agent and Virtual Robot competitions * Improve the RoboCup Rescue sub-simulators REGISTRATION ============ Teams must register via the submission system available at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcrs2023 no later than February 28, 2023 (23:55 UTC). This registration requires only teams to fill the "Title" field and the name, institution, and contact information of all team members. The "Title" field should be "Agent_[TeamName]" to participate in the Agent Competition and "Infrastructure_[TeamName]" for the infrastructure competition, where [TeamName] should be replaced by the name of the team. QUALIFICATION ============= Teams will be qualified based on a first-come first-serve basis constrained by the allowed number of teams per country. Qualified teams have to submit their TDP by April 15, 2023 (23:55 UTC), otherwise the team will be disqualified. TDP SUBMISSION ============== Qualified teams must submit a Team Description Paper (TDP) (in English) describing the strategy and recent advancements implemented in the team. The TDP is limited to 16 pages and must be electronically submitted as PDF through the submission system available at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcrs2023 no later than April 15, 2023 (23:55 UTC). The TDP file name has to be "Agent_[TeamName]" for the Agent Competition, where [TeamName] is the name of the team submitting the TDP. This format should be also used in the "Title" field in the submission system https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcrs2023. Teams should prepare their Agent Competition TDP based on the templates available at https://github.com/roborescue/rcrs-templates. All TDPs will be peer-reviewed by at least two PC members. The suggestions of the reviewers will be released on May 04, 2023 and they should be incorporated into the camera-ready version of the TDP. The camera-ready version should be uploaded to EasyChair no later than June 04, 2023. * Previous TDPs can be found in the Participating Teams links https://rescuesim.robocup.org/past-events/past-competitions/ * If you have any questions please reach out to rcrs2023(a)easychair.org RULES ===== Please read the Agent Simulation Competition Rules document available at https://rescuesim.robocup.org/upcoming-events/2023-bordeaux-robocup/. ABOUT ROBOCUP RESCUE AGENT SIMULATION LEAGUE ============================================ Natural disasters are major adverse events that cause large-scale economic, human, and environmental losses. They are usually difficult to predict and even more challenging to prevent from happening. These characteristics demand disaster management strategies to be in place to mitigate damaging consequences after a natural disaster. The mission of the RoboCup Rescue Agent Simulation League is to promote research and development in the socially significant domain of natural disaster with focus on multiagent teamwork coordination and decision support systems. The effective implementation of this mission is translated into three main objectives. First, the league aims to provide a simulator able to realistically represent natural disaster scenarios where response rescue plans can be assessed. Second, it aims to define evaluation benchmarks for response plans elaborated by policy-makers. Finally, it aims to promote research and development by organizing competitions to stimulate the exchange of ideas and experience between researchers and practitioners. These aims are designed to help in the development of more sophisticated and formalized response plans to effectively respond to natural disasters and reduce the negative impacts on society. Hope to see you in Bordeaux Best Regards, RoboCup Rescue Simulation League

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Keynote Talk and Tutorial material - 2022 Workshop on AI and Simulation for Natural Disaster Management
by Luis Gustavo NARDIN 25 Jul '22

25 Jul '22

Dear, On July 17, we held the 2022 Workshop on AI and Simulation for Natural Disaster Management. The Keynote Talk and Tutorial material is available at [ https://rescuesim.robocup.org/past-events/workshops/2022-workshop/2022-work… | https://rescuesim.robocup.org/past-events/workshops/2022-workshop/2022-work… ] . If you have any questions, you can contact the presenters directly (see email below) or send a message in this mailing list. We will be glad to assist you. Nobuhiro Ito [ mailto:n-ito@aitech.ac.jp | n-ito(a)aitech.ac.jp ] Luis Gustavo Nardin [ mailto:gnardin@emse.fr | gnardin(a)emse.fr ] Dinal Helal [ mailto:dina.e.helal@gmail.com | dina.e.helal(a)gmail.com ] Farshid Faraji [ mailto:faraji.farshid@gmail.com | faraji.farshid(a)gmail.com ] Kind Regards, Luis Gustavo Nardin

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Tutorial Participation - 2022 Workshop on AI and Simulation for Natural Disaster Management
by Luis Gustavo NARDIN 10 Jul '22

10 Jul '22

2022 Workshop on AI and Simulation for Natural Disaster Management Online Mode -- July 17, 2022 Co-located with the RoboCup Symposium 2022 https://2022.robocup.org DESCRIPTION =========== The intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and simulation may contribute to the advance of natural disaster management. AI and simulation models and tools, however, have to embed the required features and capabilities of this domain application in order to support in real-world disaster scenarios. Hence, the collaboration with field experts and policy-makers in the natural disaster domain becomes essential. TUTORIALS ========= Hands-on activities to introduce and consolidate the participant's knowledge and skills with the Rescue Simulation platforms. The planned tutorials are: - Introduction to Rescue Simulation (2 hours) This tutorial will endow the participants with basic understanding of the structure and dynamic aspects of the Rescue Simulator and Simulation code. The tutorial also will cover more practical aspects: * Simulator installation and configuration * Simulation executions * Simple Rescue Agent Team code modification - Implementing Rescue Team using Python (2 hours) This tutorial will introduce the new Python API developed to interact with the Rescue Simulator. The tutorial will detail the communication protocol between the Rescue Simulator with the Rescue Agent Team and guide the participants through a step-by-step process to develop a Rescue Agent Team using the Python API via incremental assignments. - Unraveling ADF Framework The Agent Development Framework (ADF) is a modular and flexible framework that enables the development of Rescue Agent Teams for the Rescue Simulator. This tutorial will details the structure and propose incremental assignments to help participants grap the dynamics of the framework. The tutorial will also guide the participants through the installation and configuration of the framework. Please register in these Tutorials via the link https://forms.gle/EjdSdk4pSgGHFSU87. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ==================== - Luis Gustavo Nardin, École des Mines de Saint-Étienne, France - Dina Helal, Microsoft, Ireland - Farshid Faraji, Islamic Azad University of Bonab, Iran - Seyed M. R. Modarasi, Sorbonne University Paris Nord, France

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Call for Participation - 2022 Workshop on AI and Simulation for Natural Disaster Management
by Luis Gustavo NARDIN 14 Jun '22

14 Jun '22

2022 Workshop on AI and Simulation for Natural Disaster Management Hybrid Mode -- July 17, 2022 https://rescuesim.robocup.org/upcoming-events/2022-workshop/ Co-located with the RoboCup Symposium 2022 [ https://2022.robocup.org/ | https://2022.robocup.org ] TUTORIALS ========= Hands-on activities to introduce and consolidate the participant's knowledge and skills with the Rescue Simulation platforms. The planned tutorials are: - Introduction to Rescue Simulation (2 hours) This tutorial will endow the participants with basic understanding of the structure and dynamic aspects of the Rescue Simulator and Simulation code. The tutorial also will cover more practical aspects: * Simulator installation and configuration * Simulation executions * Simple Rescue Agent Team code modification - Implementing Rescue Team using Python (2 hours) This tutorial will introduce the new Python API developed to interact with the Rescue Simulator. The tutorial will detail the communication protocol between the Rescue Simulator with the Rescue Agent Team and guide the participants through a step-by-step process to develop a Rescue Agent Team using the Python API via incremental assignments. - Unraveling ADF Framework The Agent Development Framework (ADF) is a modular and flexible framework that enables the development of Rescue Agent Teams for the Rescue Simulator. This tutorial will details the structure and propose incremental assignments to help participants grap the dynamics of the framework. The tutorial will also guide the participants through the installation and configuration of the framework. Please register in these Tutorials via the link [ https://forms.gle/EjdSdk4pSgGHFSU87 | https://forms.gle/EjdSdk4pSgGHFSU87 ] . DESCRIPTION ============ The intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and simulation may contribute to the advance of natural disaster management. AI and simulation models and tools, however, have to embed the required features and capabilities of this domain application in order to support in real-world disaster scenarios. Hence, the collaboration with field experts and policy-makers in the natural disaster domain becomes essential. The workshop aims to gather together and build a community of researchers, disaster responders, and policy-makers interested in developing and applying AI and simulation techniques for natural disaster management. The workshop is relevant because it will help to create a bridge between technology experts and disaster management practitioners aligning their understand, interpretation, and expectations of each other enabling an environment for the exchange of ideas. The workshop will be structured as a mix of - Invited talks - Technical/Research presentations - Tutorials ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ==================== - Luis Gustavo Nardin, École des Mines de Saint-Étienne, France - Dina Helal, Microsoft, Ireland - Farshid Faraji, Islamic Azad University of Bonab, Iran - Seyed M. R. Modarasi, Sorbonne University Paris Nord, France

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Call for Presentation - 2022 Workshop on AI and Simulation for Natural Disaster Management
by Luis Gustavo NARDIN 14 Jun '22

14 Jun '22

2022 Workshop on AI and Simulation for Natural Disaster Management Hybrid Mode -- July 17, 2022 Co-located with the RoboCup Symposium 2022 [ https://2022.robocup.org/ | https://2022.robocup.org ] TECHNICAL/RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS ================================ Presentation Proposals must be submitted by filling in the form at [ https://forms.gle/CrWdVYDLa4YAD7je6 | https://forms.gle/CrWdVYDLa4YAD7je6 ] Presentations will have a 20 minute slot, including a 15 minutes presentation and 5 minutes for questions. IMPORTANT DATES ================ Presentation Proposal Submission.: June 30, 2022 Acceptance Notification..........: July 4, 2022 DESCRIPTION ============ The intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and simulation may contribute to the advance of natural disaster management. AI and simulation models and tools, however, have to embed the required features and capabilities of this domain application in order to support in real-world disaster scenarios. Hence, the collaboration with field experts and policy-makers in the natural disaster domain becomes essential. The workshop aims to gather together and build a community of researchers, disaster responders, and policy-makers interested in developing and applying AI and simulation techniques for natural disaster management. The workshop is relevant because it will help to create a bridge between technology experts and disaster management practitioners aligning their understand, interpretation, and expectations of each other enabling an environment for the exchange of ideas. The workshop will be structured as a mix of - Invited talks - Technical/Research presentations - Tutorials The topics of interest (but not limited to) are: - Artificial intelligence and machine learning for disaster management - Application of simulation on disaster management - Coordination, collaboration and decision support technologies and systems for disaster management - Intelligent forecasting applications or systems for early detection - Prediction and early warning systems - Case studies and tools development for disease prediction, propagation and control - Open source data and space-based resources to support disaster management - Spread of Infectious Disease (e.g., COVID19) - Flooding - Tsunami - Geological Disasters and Earthquakes - Multi-hazard Risk Assessment, Communication - Critical Infrastructure ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ====================== - Luis Gustavo Nardin, École des Mines de Saint-Étienne, France - Dina Helal, Microsoft, Ireland - Farshid Faraji, Islamic Azad University of Bonab, Iran - Seyed M. R. Modarasi, Sorbonne University Paris Nord, France

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An extension on RRS & RRS-ADF for DCOP algorithms
by Nobuhiro Ito 02 Mar '22

02 Mar '22

Dear Rescuers, We will announce the extension program for DCOP algorithms to you again because it is appeared in our open source code of the official website as follows: - The open source code of the RRS official web https://rescuesim.robocup.org/resources/open-source-code/ - DCOP in RCRS (RRS) https://github.com/uiiaoo/dcop.rrs-adf - The document for DCOP extension https://github.com/uiiaoo/dcop.rrs-adf/wiki/Introduction - TDP for the extension https://cdn.robocup.org/rsim/public/competitions/2019-RSL/info/infra/rsl19-… It has been prized as the infrastructure award in RoboCup2019. I guess that my students announced after the event. But we will announce it again. I hope that it will be a convenient extension for your research. Best regards, ITO Nobuhiro, AIT-Rescue

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[robocup-rescue-s] Reminder: CFP RoboCup Rescue Agent Simulation competition 2022
by Dina Helal 14 Feb '22

14 Feb '22

Call for Participation 2022 RoboCup Rescue Agent Simulation Competitions to be held in Bangkok, Thailand — July 11-19, 2022 2022 RoboCup Rescue Simulation <https://rescuesim.robocup.org/upcoming-events/2022-bangkok-rescue-simulatio…> RoboCup 2022 https://2022.robocup.org IMPORTANT DATES Pre-Registration……………………………......: February 15, 2022 (23:55 GMT) Team Description Paper (TDP) submission…: February 28, 2022 (23:55 GMT) Qualified teams announcement…………..…..: March 15, 2022 Camera-ready TDP submission………….……: May 31, 2022 (23:55 GMT) Tournament dates………………………..……..: July 11-19, 2022 WAIVER OF THE TEAM FEE FOR NEW TEAMS The RoboCup Federation is pleased to introduce a waiver of the team fee for the 2022 international RoboCup competition for NEW teams in the major leagues. A NEW team is defined as a team all of whose team members have never participated in an annual international RoboCup competition. The waiver concerns only the team fee and does not imply any waiver of fees for team members. NEW FEATURES IN THE SIMULATOR Teams can now choose to implement their agents in Java or Python Python repo: roborescue/rcrs-sample-agent-python (github.com) <https://github.com/roborescue/rcrs-sample-agent-python> AGENT SIMULATION COMPETITION This initiative focuses on promoting the use of Artificial Intelligence to support teamwork coordination and decision-making of ground rescue teams in a post-disaster urban setting. It maintains a computer simulation platform that can realistically represent natural disaster scenarios where Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) plans can be assessed. This platform is a comprehensive artificial simulation environment that can be used as a testbed to the effectiveness of coordination strategies of USAR teams, coalition formations of heterogeneous teams, rescue plans to explore large-scale environments with limited set of resources to search for survivors, disaster response public policies, among others. The RoboCup Rescue Agent Simulation Competition involves primarily evaluating the performance of teams of agents in regards to their distributed coordination and planning algorithms for rescuing civilians in a city after an earthquake. The goal is evaluating the effectiveness of Ambulance Team, Police Force, and Fire Brigade agents on rescuing civilians in earthquake scenarios. Here are some of the challenges that can be tackled in this competition: - Decision Making Algorithms - Task Allocation Methods - Multi-Agent Coordination and Team Formation Methods - Path Finding - Search Algorithms GETTING STARTED GUIDE Here are some pointers to get started with the agents development - ADF Java: - Repository: roborescue/adf-sample-agent-java: RoboCup Rescue Agent Development Framework Sample Agent Java (github.com) <https://github.com/roborescue/adf-sample-agent-java> - Documentation: Java ADF manual <https://github.com/roborescue/adf-sample-agent-java/blob/master/docs/manual…> - [NEW] Python: - Repository: roborescue/rcrs-sample-agent-python (github.com) <https://github.com/roborescue/rcrs-sample-agent-python> - [NEW] Docker: - Repository: roborescue/rcrs-docker (github.com) <https://github.com/roborescue/rcrs-docker> - Using docker is optional for teams that wish to have an environment that is already setup for development INFRASTRUCTURE COMPETITION The Infrastructure competition involves the presentation of tools or simulators related to disaster management issues already developed by the participating team. The aim is to evaluate possible enhancements and expansions of the RoboCup Rescue Simulation League environment (both the agent simulator and frameworks and the virtual robot platform) based on the new ideas and concepts proposed in these tools and simulators. The evaluation will be done by a panel of experts and the winner chosen according to a set of factors related to the technical aspects of the tool or simulator and the presentation. The winner tool will be selected for further integration with the simulation platform. The participation on Infrastructure competition requires the submission of a detailed Team Description Paper (TDP) describing the tool or simulator. In addition to the submission of the TDP, teams interested in participating on the Infrastructure competition must release their source code as an open-source project PRIOR to July 2, 2022. Participant teams should address topics including, but not limited to - Improvements to the Virtual Robot Simulator - Improvements to the Agent Development Framework - Increase the number of participants on the RoboCup Rescue league - Provide agent development kits that render easy the participation of newcomers - Integrate the Agent and Virtual Robot competitions - Improve the RoboCup Rescue sub-simulators PRE-REGISTRATION Teams must register via the submission system available at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcrs2022 no later than February 15, 2022 (23:55 UTC). This pre-registration requires only teams to fill the "Title" field and the name, institution, and contact information of all team members. The "Title" field should be "Agent_[TeamName]" to participate in the Agent Competition and “Infrastructure_[TeamName]” for the infrastructure competition, where [TeamName] should be replaced by the name of the team. The pre-registration does not imply that the team will be evaluated to participate in the competition, please see section QUALIFICATION below for further information. QUALIFICATION Teams must submit a Team Description Paper (TDP) (in English) describing the strategy and recent advancements implemented in the team. The TDP is limited to 16 pages and must be electronically submitted as PDF through the submission system available at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcrs2022 no later than February 28, 2022 (23:55 UTC). The TDP file name has to be "Agent_[TeamName]" for the Agent Competition, where [TeamName] is the name of the team submitting the TDP. This format should be also used in the "Title" field in the submission system https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcrs2022. Teams should prepare their Agent Competition TDP based on the templates available at https://github.com/roborescue/rcrs-templates . (overleaf link) All TDPs will be peer-reviewed by at least two PC members. The evaluation criteria of contributions will be based on originality, quality, clarity, and its relevance to the league's aims. The suggestions of the reviewers should be incorporated into an improved version (i.e., Camera-Ready version) of the TDP. The camera-ready version should be uploaded to EasyChair no later than May 31, 2022. - The previous TDPs are accessible here: https://robocup-rescue.github.io/team_description_papers/ - Qualification results will be announced on March 15, 2022. - If you have any questions please reach out to rcrs2022(a)easychair.org RULES Please read the Agent Simulation Competition Rules document available at 2022 RoboCup Rescue Simulation <https://rescuesim.robocup.org/upcoming-events/2022-bangkok-rescue-simulatio…> for further details. ABOUT ROBOCUP RESCUE AGENT SIMULATION LEAGUE Natural disasters are major adverse events that cause large-scale economic, human, and environmental losses. They are usually difficult to predict and even more challenging to prevent from happening. These characteristics demand disaster management strategies to be in place to mitigate damaging consequences after a natural disaster. The mission of the RoboCup Rescue Agent Simulation League is to promote research and development in the socially significant domain of natural disaster with focus on multiagent teamwork coordination and decision support systems. The effective implementation of this mission is translated into three main objectives. First, the league aims to provide a simulator able to realistically represent natural disaster scenarios where response rescue plans can be assessed. Second, it aims to define evaluation benchmarks for response plans elaborated by policy-makers. Finally, it aims to promote research and development by organizing competitions to stimulate the exchange of ideas and experience between researchers and practitioners. These aims are designed to help in the development of more sophisticated and formalized response plans to effectively respond to natural disasters and reduce the negative impacts on society.

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2022 Call for Nominations for Silvia Coradeschi and Gerhard K. Kraetzschmar Awards
by Arnoud Visser 02 Feb '22

02 Feb '22

2022 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<https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefens…>), for a young female RoboCup student, with distinguishing research and the “Gerhard Kraetzschmar RoboCup Distinguished Service Award” in 2021 (https://www.robocup.org/gkk_award<https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefens…>), 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 2022 Awards. The award recipients, to be named at RoboCup 2022 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 2022. 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 for the “Silvia Coradeschi Award”, the student's professor should send a nominating email to April Foster <april.robocup(a)gmail.com<mailto:april.robocup@gmail.com>>, by May 1st, 2022. The email must include a letter of recommendation that addresses both criteria. An additional letter of recommendation from a RoboCup community member not affiliated with the student’s team is recommended (but not required) to support the nomination. 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”, send a nominating email to April Foster <april.robocup(a)gmail.com<mailto:april.robocup@gmail.com>> by May 1st, 2022. 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 are required to support the nomination. Please attach all letters of recommendation to the nomination email.

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Register to Pre-RoboCup 2022
by Farshid Faraji 27 Jan '22

27 Jan '22

Dear RoboCupers We would like to invite you to “Pre-RoboCup” event which will be held on 27-29 January 2022. The organization team will hold the Pre-RoboCup event where the main objective is not only to promote but also to be the starting point for our RoboCup 2022 event on 11-17 July 2022. In this event, the introduction, updated rule and regulations of each league as well as technical talks will be presented. Please kindly confirm your participation by fill out this registration form. For more detailed information regarding the event, please visit our website at https://2022.robocup.org/pre-robocup. Thank you for your interest. We look forward to seeing you at Pre-RoboCup 2022. Friday January 28, 2022 TimeSession 1Session 2Session 3 7:00 – 8:00 PM (GMT+7) – RoboCupSoccer Small Size – RoboCupRescue Robot – RoboCup@Home Education 8:00 – 9:00 PM (GMT+7) – RoboCupSoccer Humanoid – RoboCup@Home Social Standard Platform – RoboCupJunior Soccer 9:00 – 10:00 PM (GMT+7) – RoboCupIndustrial Logistics – RoboCupRescue Simulation RoboCup 2022 Organizing Team

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[robocup-worldwide] CFP: RoboCup Rescue Agent Simulation competition 2022
by Dina Helal 12 Jan '22

12 Jan '22

Call for Participation 2022 RoboCup Rescue Agent Simulation Competitions to be held in Bangkok, Thailand — July 11-19, 2022 2022 RoboCup Rescue Simulation <https://rescuesim.robocup.org/upcoming-events/2022-bangkok-rescue-simulatio…> RoboCup 2022 https://2022.robocup.org IMPORTANT DATES Pre-Registration……………………………......: February 15, 2022 (23:55 GMT) Team Description Paper (TDP) submission…: February 28, 2022 (23:55 GMT) Qualified teams announcement…………..…..: March 15, 2022 Camera-ready TDP submission………….……: May 31, 2022 (23:55 GMT) Tournament dates………………………..……..: July 11-19, 2022 WAIVER OF THE TEAM FEE FOR NEW TEAMS The RoboCup Federation is pleased to introduce a waiver of the team fee for the 2022 international RoboCup competition for NEW teams in the major leagues. A NEW team is defined as a team all of whose team members have never participated in an annual international RoboCup competition. The waiver concerns only the team fee and does not imply any waiver of fees for team members. NEW FEATURES IN THE SIMULATOR Teams can now choose to implement their agents in Java or Python Python repo: roborescue/rcrs-sample-agent-python (github.com) <https://github.com/roborescue/rcrs-sample-agent-python> AGENT SIMULATION COMPETITION This initiative focuses on promoting the use of Artificial Intelligence to support teamwork coordination and decision-making of ground rescue teams in a post-disaster urban setting. It maintains a computer simulation platform that can realistically represent natural disaster scenarios where Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) plans can be assessed. This platform is a comprehensive artificial simulation environment that can be used as a testbed to the effectiveness of coordination strategies of USAR teams, coalition formations of heterogeneous teams, rescue plans to explore large-scale environments with limited set of resources to search for survivors, disaster response public policies, among others. The RoboCup Rescue Agent Simulation Competition involves primarily evaluating the performance of teams of agents in regards to their distributed coordination and planning algorithms for rescuing civilians in a city after an earthquake. The goal is evaluating the effectiveness of Ambulance Team, Police Force, and Fire Brigade agents on rescuing civilians in earthquake scenarios. Here are some of the challenges that can be tackled in this competition: - Decision Making Algorithms - Task Allocation Methods - Multi-Agent Coordination and Team Formation Methods - Path Finding - Search Algorithms GETTING STARTED GUIDE Here are some pointers to get started with the agents development - ADF Java: - Repository: roborescue/adf-sample-agent-java: RoboCup Rescue Agent Development Framework Sample Agent Java (github.com) <https://github.com/roborescue/adf-sample-agent-java> - Documentation: Java ADF manual <https://github.com/roborescue/adf-sample-agent-java/blob/master/docs/manual…> - [NEW] Python: - Repository: roborescue/rcrs-sample-agent-python (github.com) <https://github.com/roborescue/rcrs-sample-agent-python> - [NEW] Docker: - Repository: roborescue/rcrs-docker (github.com) <https://github.com/roborescue/rcrs-docker> - Using docker is optional for teams that wish to have an environment that is already setup for development INFRASTRUCTURE COMPETITION The Infrastructure competition involves the presentation of tools or simulators related to disaster management issues already developed by the participating team. The aim is to evaluate possible enhancements and expansions of the RoboCup Rescue Simulation League environment (both the agent simulator and frameworks and the virtual robot platform) based on the new ideas and concepts proposed in these tools and simulators. The evaluation will be done by a panel of experts and the winner chosen according to a set of factors related to the technical aspects of the tool or simulator and the presentation. The winner tool will be selected for further integration with the simulation platform. The participation on Infrastructure competition requires the submission of a detailed Team Description Paper (TDP) describing the tool or simulator. In addition to the submission of the TDP, teams interested in participating on the Infrastructure competition must release their source code as an open-source project PRIOR to July 2, 2022. Participant teams should address topics including, but not limited to - Improvements to the Virtual Robot Simulator - Improvements to the Agent Development Framework - Increase the number of participants on the RoboCup Rescue league - Provide agent development kits that render easy the participation of newcomers - Integrate the Agent and Virtual Robot competitions - Improve the RoboCup Rescue sub-simulators PRE-REGISTRATION Teams must register via the submission system available at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcrs2022 no later than February 15, 2022 (23:55 UTC). This pre-registration requires only teams to fill the "Title" field and the name, institution, and contact information of all team members. The "Title" field should be "Agent_[TeamName]" to participate in the Agent Competition and “Infrastructure_[TeamName]” for the infrastructure competition, where [TeamName] should be replaced by the name of the team. The pre-registration does not imply that the team will be evaluated to participate in the competition, please see section QUALIFICATION below for further information. QUALIFICATION Teams must submit a Team Description Paper (TDP) (in English) describing the strategy and recent advancements implemented in the team. The TDP is limited to 16 pages and must be electronically submitted as PDF through the submission system available at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcrs2022 no later than February 28, 2022 (23:55 UTC). The TDP file name has to be "Agent_[TeamName]" for the Agent Competition, where [TeamName] is the name of the team submitting the TDP. This format should be also used in the "Title" field in the submission system https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcrs2022. Teams should prepare their Agent Competition TDP based on the templates available at https://github.com/roborescue/rcrs-templates . (overleaf link) All TDPs will be peer-reviewed by at least two PC members. The evaluation criteria of contributions will be based on originality, quality, clarity, and its relevance to the league's aims. The suggestions of the reviewers should be incorporated into an improved version (i.e., Camera-Ready version) of the TDP. The camera-ready version should be uploaded to EasyChair no later than May 31, 2022. - The previous TDPs are accessible here: https://robocup-rescue.github.io/team_description_papers/ - Qualification results will be announced on March 15, 2022. - If you have any questions please reach out to rcrs2022(a)easychair.org RULES Please read the Agent Simulation Competition Rules document available at 2022 RoboCup Rescue Simulation <https://rescuesim.robocup.org/upcoming-events/2022-bangkok-rescue-simulatio…> for further details. ABOUT ROBOCUP RESCUE AGENT SIMULATION LEAGUE Natural disasters are major adverse events that cause large-scale economic, human, and environmental losses. They are usually difficult to predict and even more challenging to prevent from happening. These characteristics demand disaster management strategies to be in place to mitigate damaging consequences after a natural disaster. The mission of the RoboCup Rescue Agent Simulation League is to promote research and development in the socially significant domain of natural disaster with focus on multiagent teamwork coordination and decision support systems. The effective implementation of this mission is translated into three main objectives. First, the league aims to provide a simulator able to realistically represent natural disaster scenarios where response rescue plans can be assessed. Second, it aims to define evaluation benchmarks for response plans elaborated by policy-makers. Finally, it aims to promote research and development by organizing competitions to stimulate the exchange of ideas and experience between researchers and practitioners. These aims are designed to help in the development of more sophisticated and formalized response plans to effectively respond to natural disasters and reduce the negative impacts on society.

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Call for Papers: Autonomous Robots and Multirobot Systems (ARMS) Workshop @AAMAS 2022
by Francesco Amigoni 07 Jan '22

07 Jan '22

(Sorry for multiple postings.) *** CALL FOR PAPERS *** Autonomous Robots and Multirobot Systems (ARMS) Workshop 2022 *** Paper submission deadline: March 1, 2022 *** A full-day workshop to be held as part of AAMAS2022 and to accompany the Area of Interest — Robotics May 9-10, 2022 - FULLY VIRTUAL EVENT Website: https://u.cs.biu.ac.il/~agmon/arms2022/ AAMAS Website: https://aamas2022-conference.auckland.ac.nz *** Fast-track review process for AAMAS extended abstracts, below *** Important Dates ------------ Paper submission deadline: March 1, 2022 Notification of acceptance: April 1, 2022 Submission of camera-ready version: end of April, 2022 Overview ------------ Robots are agents, too. Indeed, AAMAS researchers are sometimes inspired by robots, sometimes use robots in motivating examples, and sometimes make contributions to robotics. Both practical and analytical techniques in AAMAS influence, and are being influenced by, research into autonomous robots and multi-robot systems. Areas of particular recent cross-fertilization include (but are not limited to): - market-based methods for coalition formation and task allocation - machine learning in single- and multi-robot (agent) settings - human-robot interaction - multi-robot teamwork - single- and multi-robot path planning - human-robot (agent) teamwork - game-theoretic coordination - analysis of large-scale multi-robot systems and swarms - decision-theoretic single- and multi-robot (agent) planning - imitation and learning by demonstration/example Despite the rich cross-fertilization between AAMAS and robotics research areas, roboticists and agents researchers have only few opportunities to meet and interact. The Area of Interest – Robotics at AAMAS (formerly, Robotics Track) is one such opportunity. The goal of the workshop is to extend and widen this opportunity, by offering a forum where researchers in this field of study can interact and present promising innovative research directions and new results with the goal of discussing and comparing ideas and approaches. The workshop is coordinated and associated with the AAMAS Area of Interest – Robotics to fast-track all papers accepted as extended abstracts at the main conference into the ARMS workshop. Submissions and Publication ----------------------------------- The submission website is https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=arms2022 Contributions are sought in all areas of robotics, in particular as related to autonomous agents research, but not necessarily so. Theoretical papers are welcome, as long as they clearly address challenges in robotics. Empirical studies should ideally present experiments with real robots, though physical simulation studies are also acceptable. Papers that focus on mechanical aspects and low-level control should make an effort to relate to the agents community. We particularly welcome papers with accompanying demos of real robots, which can come as recorded videos (please use YouTube or general-purpose repositories to share the video if it is ready at submission time) or as live demos from the authors' labs during the workshop. Submissions should follow Springer's LNCS format (see http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html for instructions, or directly download the LaTeX style file: ftp://ftp.springernature.com/cs-proceeding/llncs/llncs2e.zip). Papers should not exceed 20 pages in length. Papers will be reviewed by at least 2 reviewers. Criteria for selection of papers will include: originality, readability, relevance to workshop themes, soundness, and overall quality. Papers do not have to be anonymized: We do not follow a double-blind review process. Also this year, there will not be archival proceedings, but papers will be made available to the workshop participants. Fast-Track Review Process --------------------------------- As part of our close coordination with the AAMAS Area of Interest — Robotics, we offer a fast-track review process to papers that have been accepted as extended abstracts ("short papers”) to the AAMAS conference, in the topic of Area of Interest — Robotics or with a robotics keyword. For such papers, please include the original AAMAS paper number with the submission. Organizing Committee ---------------------------- Noa Agmon Bar Ilan University, Israel Francesco Amigoni Politecnico di Milano, Italy Joydeep Biswas University of Texas at Austin, USA Alessandro Farinelli University of Verona, Italy Maria Gini University of Minneapolis, USA Gal Kaminka Bar Ilan University, Israel Pedro Lima Lisbon Technical University, Portugal Mohan Sridharan University of Birmingham, UK The contact organizers are Noa Agmon (agmon(a)cs.biu.ac.il) and Francesco Amigoni (francesco.amigoni(a)polimi.it). --------------------------------------------------------- Francesco Amigoni Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Laboratory Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria Politecnico di Milano Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 I-20133 Milano (MI), Italy Voice: +39 02 2399-3475 Email: francesco.amigoni(a)polimi.it Web: https://amigoni.faculty.polimi.it ---------------------------------------------------------

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Survey about Fire in the Competition Scenarios
by Farshid Faraji 31 Dec '21

31 Dec '21

Dear RoboCup Rescue Teams and developers Please take one minute to complete this survey, which will help with our future planning. This survey aims to gather Rescue Agent Simulation teams and developers feedback concerning the use of fires in the scenarios for the RoboCup Rescue Simulation League (RSL) competitions. Extinguishing fire was one of the challenges of the RSL competitions until 2020, but fires had been removed from the scenarios of the 2021 competitions. The committee members would like to hear what you think about scenarios with NO FIRE based on your experience in the 2021 competitions. To participate in this survey, please fill-up the form on this link: https://cloud.robocup.org/apps/forms/rrik64zkQw6oiLST Best Regards, Farshid Faraji On behalf of RoboCup Rescue Simulation Committee members

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Re: [RoboCup-rescue-s] Understanding RCRS software package
by Yuki Okado 15 Nov '21

15 Nov '21

Dear James Here are some sites that may be helpful in developing RRS. This site is a Google translation of a Japanese tutorial on RRS for beginners. https://maslab-aitech-ac-jp.translate.goog/rcrs-tutorial2021/?_x_tr_sl=ja&_… This is a tutorial on how to set up the simulation system with AWS that will be used in RoboCup Asia Pacific 2021. https://maslab.aitech.ac.jp/codimd/s/Q-TsAp87r If you have any questions, please feel free to send me at this email address. Best Regards. 2021年11月13日(土) 17:20 Yuki Okado <haido7562088ak47(a)gmail.com>: > Dear James > > Here are some sites that may be helpful in developing RRS. > This site is a Google translation of a Japanese tutorial on RRS for > beginners. > > https://maslab-aitech-ac-jp.translate.goog/rcrs-tutorial2021/?_x_tr_sl=ja&_… > This is a tutorial on how to set up the simulation system with AWS that > will be used in RoboCup Asia Pacific 2021. > https://maslab.aitech.ac.jp/codimd/s/Q-TsAp87r > If you have any questions, please feel free to send me at this email > address. > > Best Regards. > > 2021年11月8日(月) 0:26 Luis Gustavo Nardin via RoboCup-rescue-s < > robocup-rescue-s(a)lists.robocup.org>: > >> Dear James, >> >> Follow some further information complementing Shunki's answers to your >> questions. >> >> The idea behide the ADF Framework is to provide a module agent >> architecture to the Rescue Simulation that you can be used as the basis to >> implement your own team by replacing only the modules you want to focus >> your implementation. Previously, each team had to implement all modules to >> compete like PathPlanning, Target Decision, Clustering, etc. It was a very >> laborious task, so we released (Thanks to the Japanese research group) the >> ADF allowing teams to implement only the module they were interested and >> reuse the other modules from the sample implementation or from another >> team. You can find more information about the ADF implementation and design >> at >> >> Takami, S., Takayanagi, K., Jaishy, S., Ito, N. & Iwata, K. (2017). >> Design of agent development framework for RoboCupRescue Simulation. In R. >> Lee (Eds.), *Computational Science/Intelligence and Applied Informatics* >> (Vol. 726, pp. 185-199). Cham: Springer. >> >> available open source at https://files.tkms.jp/ijsi-adf2018.pdf. >> >> The ADF Framework is divided into 2 repositories. The rcrs-adf-core >> repository contains the abstract and interface classes defining the >> structure of the ADF framewrok, while the rcrs-adf-sample repository >> contains a sample implementation of the ADF and the implementation of a >> team. An example of an agent team code resides in the rcrs-adf-sample >> repository under the src/adf/test_team folder. >> >> The agents' behaviors are defined in the Tactics package >> (src/adf/sample/tactics folder). The tactics define the sequence of steps >> the agent take to perform their task, i.e., FireBrigade - Rescue Civilian, >> Ambulance Team - Transport Civilian to Refuge, and Police Force - Clean the >> roads. These sequence of steps are defined through method calls to the >> other classes like TargetAllocator, BuildingDetector, etc... The latter are >> the ones you should implement for your team, see >> src/adf/test_team/module/AStarPathPlanning, src/adf/test_team/module/complex/center/TestAmbulanceTargetAllocator >> and src/adf/test_team/module/complex/self/TestBuildingDetector. The link >> between the implementation in the src/adf/test_team package and the tactics >> is done via a configuration file config/module_sample.cfg. In this config >> file, you point which classes should be used to perform the task of each >> module of the ADF. So, you can change the module's configuration to point >> to your module's implementation and keep the others the same. >> >> *IMPORTANT:* Note that the config/launch.cfg file is the configuration >> file that points to the module's config file. The default configuration on >> the GitHub repository points to the config/module_sample.cfg, but you can >> change it to point to another modules' configuration file if you do not >> want to change the module_sample.cfg. For example, you can create a copy of >> the module_sample.cfg and name it module_myteam.cfg, then you can replace >> the following line in the launch.cfg >> >> FROM adf.agent.moduleconfig.file: config/module_sample.cfg >> TO adf.agent.moduleconfig.file: config/module_myteam.cfg >> >> *NOTE:* There is a typo in the ADF Manual, the directory is not >> src/adf/sample/extraction, but src/adf/sample/extaction. >> >> Kind Regards, >> >> On Sat, Nov 6, 2021 at 3:03 PM James KDH via RoboCup-rescue-s < >> robocup-rescue-s(a)lists.robocup.org> wrote: >> >>> Hello, I am completely new to this RCRS league and I only have a basic >>> familiarity with Java. I have read through the documentation given in the >>> website but I have the following questions: >>> >>> According to the documentation ... >>> >>> src/adf/sample/centralized >>> - source codes for central agents. This is the type of agent whose only >>> interaction with the world is through radio communication. There are three >>> types of central agents: Ambulance Centers, Fire Stations and Police >>> Office, and they are represented as buildings in the simulation server. >>> >>> src/adf/sample/extraction >>> - codes of combining actions described in the directory below. >>> >>> src/adf/sample/module >>> - concrete codes of algorithms, e.g., path planning, clustering, target >>> detection, etc. The directory contains two directories: >>> • src/adf/sample/module/algorithm >>> • src/adf/sample/module/complex >>> >>> My main questions are where is the source code for each of the >>> individual Agents implemented? And what does src/adf/sample/extraction is >>> supposed to be specifically? I have looked through a couple of past RCRS >>> participant's source codes but I still couldn't get a good idea. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> _______________________________________________ >>> RoboCup-rescue-s mailing list >>> RoboCup-rescue-s(a)lists.robocup.org >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> RoboCup-rescue-s mailing list >> RoboCup-rescue-s(a)lists.robocup.org >> > > > -- > ─────────────────────────────────────────────── > 愛知工業大学大学院経営情報科学研究科博士前期課程経営情報科学専攻 > Department of Information Science, > Aichi Institute of Technology, Japan > 岡戸優樹 / OKADO YUKI > TEL: 090-8130-7219 > Email: b20708bb(a)aitech.ac.jp <pg23(a)maslab.aitech.ac.jp> > ─────────────────────────────────────────────── > -- ─────────────────────────────────────────────── 愛知工業大学大学院経営情報科学研究科博士前期課程経営情報科学専攻 Department of Information Science, Aichi Institute of Technology, Japan 岡戸優樹 / OKADO YUKI TEL: 090-8130-7219 Email: b20708bb(a)aitech.ac.jp <pg23(a)maslab.aitech.ac.jp> ───────────────────────────────────────────────

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Understanding RCRS software package
by James KDH 07 Nov '21

07 Nov '21

Hello, I am completely new to this RCRS league and I only have a basic familiarity with Java. I have read through the documentation given in the website but I have the following questions: According to the documentation ... src/adf/sample/centralized - source codes for central agents. This is the type of agent whose only interaction with the world is through radio communication. There are three types of central agents: Ambulance Centers, Fire Stations and Police Office, and they are represented as buildings in the simulation server. src/adf/sample/extraction - codes of combining actions described in the directory below. src/adf/sample/module - concrete codes of algorithms, e.g., path planning, clustering, target detection, etc. The directory contains two directories: • src/adf/sample/module/algorithm • src/adf/sample/module/complex My main questions are where is the source code for each of the individual Agents implemented? And what does src/adf/sample/extraction is supposed to be specifically? I have looked through a couple of past RCRS participant's source codes but I still couldn't get a good idea. Thanks!

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[CFP] Oct 1, International Rescue Robotics Symposium (last call for participation)
by Arnoud Visser 22 Sep '21

22 Sep '21

The German Rescue Robotics Center (DRZ) invites participants to the International Symposium on the Current State and Challenges for Intelligent Robotic Assistance in Disaster Response When: 1 Oct 2021, 13:00-16:30 (CET) Where: Online and onsite in Dortmund, Germany What: Invited talks by leading researchers and practitioners and a round table discussion The symposium will highlight the current status and future challenges in intelligent ground and aerial robotic systems assisting in disaster response from the perspectives of research, development, training, and application. Confirmed speakers: * Emanuele Gissi, Italian Fire and Rescue Service * Adam Jacoff, NIST, USA * Jean-Paul Monet, Bouches-du-Rhone Fire Department * Robin Murphy, Texas A&M University, USA * Tomas Svoboda, Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic * Satoshi Tadokoro, Tohoku University, Japan We welcome a broad audience, including first responders, industry, academia and general public. For more details and updates on the program and to register (free of charge) please visit the website: https://rettungsrobotik.de/en/symposium<https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Frettungsr…> The International Symposium Rescue Robotics is part of the Rescue Robotics Days 2021: https://rettungsrobotik.de/en/rettungsrobotiktage/<https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Frettungsr…> Ivana Kruijff-Korbayova and Oskar von Stryk (Symposium Co-Chairs) ----- Ing. Ivana Kruijff-Korbayova, Ph.D. Senior researcher Talking Robots Group Multilinguality and Language Technology Lab DFKI, Saarbrücken Campus Building 3.1 Stuhlsatzenhausweg 3 D-66123 Saarbrücken, Germany Tel.: +49(0)681-85775.5356 http://www.dfki.de/~ivana/<https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dfki.d…> http://www.dfki.de/mlt/<https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dfki.d…> - ----- Ing. Ivana Kruijff-Korbayova, Ph.D. Senior researcher Talking Robots Group Multilinguality and Language Technology Lab DFKI, Saarbrücken Campus Building 3.1 Stuhlsatzenhausweg 3 D-66123 Saarbrücken, Germany Tel.: +49(0)681-85775.5356 http://www.dfki.de/~ivana/<https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dfki.d…> http://www.dfki.de/mlt/<https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dfki.d…> ----------------------------------------------------- Deutsches Forschungszentrum fuer Kuenstliche Intelligenz GmbH Firmensitz: Trippstadter Strasse 122, D-67663 Kaiserslautern Geschaeftsfuehrung: Prof. Dr. Antonio Krüger (Vorsitzende) Helmut Ditzer Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: Dr.-Ing. Gabriël Clemens Amtsgericht Kaiserslautern, HRB 2313 ----------------------------------------------------- ________________________________ Unsubscribe: HRI-ANNOUNCEMENT-signoff-request(a)LISTSERV.ACM.ORG If you don't already have a password for the LISTSERV.ACM.ORG server, we recommend that you create one now. A LISTSERV password is linked to your email address and can be used to access the web interface and all the lists to which you are subscribed on the LISTSERV.ACM.ORG server. To create a password, visit: https://LISTSERV.ACM.ORG/SCRIPTS/WA-ACMLPX.CGI?GETPW1 Once you have created a password, you can log in and view or change your subscription settings at: https://LISTSERV.ACM.ORG/SCRIPTS/WA-ACMLPX.CGI?SUBED1=HRI-ANNOUNCEMENT

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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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Call for participations, RCAP2021 Aichi
by Nobuhiro Ito 04 Aug '21

04 Aug '21

Dear RoboCuppers, We are pleased to announce that RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2021 will be held by competition in person and remote on November 25 - 29, 2021, as follows: * Call for participation: https://2021.robocupap.org/eng/participation.html (Pre-registration deadline: 8/15 (in person), 9/15 (in remote)) ++ You can use the TDP which you don't fill in pre-registration.++ When you pre-register to rcap2021, you need the TDP, which you can download on the web. * Official Web: https://2021.robocupap.org/eng/index.html In the agent competition of the rescue simulation league, we will follow the rule of RoboCup2021. Best regards, ITO Nobuhiro

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Participation to the Workshop on AI and Simulation for Natural Disaster Management
by RoboCup Rescue Simulation 29 Jun '21

29 Jun '21

[Apologies for the cross-posting] Dear, We invite you to participate in the 2021 Workshop on AI and Simulation for Natural Disaster Management that will be held Online on *July 1st, 2021*. The participation is *free of charge*. You can find further information about the Workshop Programme and instructions to connect to the workshop at https://rescuesim.robocup.org/2021-workshop/2021-workshop-schedule/. *IMPORTANT:* Notice that the scheduled time is in UTC time standard (e.g., Japan UTC+9, Iran UTC+4.5, Netherlands UTC+2, Ireland UTC+1, Brazil UTC-3). Please let us know if you have any questions. Kind Regards, RoboCup Rescue Simulation League

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OC/TC Election
by Luis Gustavo Nardin 24 Jun '21

24 Jun '21

Dear RoboCup Rescuers, This year, we have 1 OC and 1 TC member term expiring for the RoboCup Rescue Agent Simulation League. We would like to invite anyone interested in becoming OC or TC to send us an email. We will have the election Saturday morning in our Team Leaders' Meeting. Thank you, RoboCup Rescue Agent Simulation League

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Keynote speakers symposium
by Arnoud Visser 21 Jun '21

21 Jun '21

Dear all, as you may have seen, is the schedule of keynote speakers now distributed over several days. I personally can recomment the keynote of Prof. Dieter Fox on Wednesday June 23 (14:00-15:00 UTC) https://2021.robocup.org/symposium [https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/JvTZvdRmYXidXpq15HGIOWlmBxoY1yKqR5CX0_Oam…]<https://2021.robocup.org/symposium> RoboCup 2021 - Symposium<https://2021.robocup.org/symposium> Overview The 24th RoboCup International Symposium will be held in conjunction with RoboCup 2021 in a purely online setting, from 22 June to 28 June 2021. The symposium will feature contributed papers reporting innovative, original research with relevance to areas of robotics and artificial 2021.robocup.org On Friday, one of the keynote speakers of the previous RoboCup symposium gives a keynote on another venue (Intelligent Autonomous Systems conference). If you missed Peter Corke presentation on the RoboCup 2019, I can recomment also his presentation (see the attached public program) on Friday June 25 (5:00-5:40 UTC) https://www.ias-16.com/#plenary Finally, next week there will also be the workshop organized by our league (2021 Workshop on AI and Simulation for Natural Disaster Management). This workshop will on Thursday July 1st (9:00-12:00 UTC): https://rescuesim.robocup.org/2021-workshop/2021-workshop-schedule/ Hope to see you all there! Regards, Arnoud Visser

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[Email From New List] Migrating robocup-rescue-s
by Ali Modaresi 07 Jun '21

07 Jun '21

Dear robocup-rescue-s subscribers, RoboCup IT Team has been migrating the mailing lists which are still 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-rescue-s(a)*lists.robocup.org* <robocup-rescue-s(a)lists.robocup.org> The old address is not working anymore, 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/robocup-rescue-s 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/robocup-rescue-s Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions. Best regards, Ali Modaresi

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