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[RC-Humanoid League Virtual Season] Workshops and next games
by Alessandra Rossi 25 Mar '22

25 Mar '22

Dear Robocuppers, The first round of games for RC-HL virtual season just ended. We streamed the last game of the Round Robin phase last Sunday (20 March). We will now enter in the Quarterfinals, which they will be streamed on April 3rd starting at 10am (CEST time). The Semi-Final and Final will be streamed on April 17th from the joint event German Open Replacement Event (GORE) organised by SPL and Humanoid League which takes place in Hamburg (Germany) from 12.04. to 17.04.22. At the end of the games, RC-HL virtual season organisers will hold a three days event on April 28-30, 2022 focused on exploring the sim2real transfer topic. It will be a great opportunity for both exploring future collaborations between different leagues, and sharing knowledge and experiences of applying realistic computational resources and scenario to the virtual competition, and the other way around. We welcome proposals for half hour workshops. More info on how to submit your proposal are here -> https://humanoid.robocup.org/hl-vs2022/rc-hl-virtual-season-workshops/call-… Looking forward to receive your valuable inputs and contributions. Best regards, Alessandra On behalf of the RC-HL virtual organisation committee More info on our website: https://humanoid.robocup.org/hl-vs2022 We will be streaming all of our games on Twitch Field A For checking the time zone differences, you can use websites such as worldtimebuddy Dr. Alessandra Rossi Assistant Professor PRISCA research lab Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

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RoboCup International Symposium 2022 - 2nd Call for Satellite Events
by Maike Paetzel-Prüsmann 21 Mar '22

21 Mar '22

* 2nd Call for Satellite Events * RoboCup International Symposium 2022 https://2022.robocup.org/symposium-call-for-satellite-events/ Submission of proposals: 3 April 2022 Notification to authors: 25 April 2022 Satellite Events: 17 or 18 July 2022 (RoboCup 2022: 11-17 July 2022) =========================================================== We invite you to organize a satellite event for the 25th RoboCup International Symposium, which will be held on 17 July 2022, in conjunction with RoboCup 2022 (11 July to 17 July 2022) in a hybrid setting. The RoboCup symposium is an annual event in which innovative, original research with relevance to areas of robotics and artificial intelligence is presented. The Symposium Program Co-Chairs would like to facilitate the organization of satellite workshops, focus groups, roundtable discussions, and other events that are related to RoboCup itself or the general aim of the RoboCup Symposium. This includes league-specific discussions about rules and/or roadmaps, shared infrastructure projects between leagues, as well as scientific workshops focusing on a particular research topic, among others. League committee members, as well as teams or individuals from RoboCup leagues participating in the Symposium, are invited to submit their proposals. The organizers of a satellite event are free to propose events between 2 and 8 hours in length to be held during or a day after the RoboCup Symposium (17 or 18 July) in a fully virtual, hybrid, or fully local format. IMPORTANT DATES =============== Submission of satellite events: 3 April 2022 Notification to authors: 25 April 2022 Satellite Events: 17 or 18 July 2022 (RoboCup 2022: 11-17 July 2022) SUBMISSION AND PROCEEDINGS ========================== Proposals will be evaluated by the Symposium Program Co-Chairs based on their thematic relevance to the RoboCup Symposium as well as their proposed schedule and required resources. Satellite events will not be included in the RoboCup Symposium proceedings. Proposals should be formatted following the LNAI author guidelines [0] and must be electronically submitted through the EasyChair electronic submission system [1]. Please follow the LaTeX template created by us by either downloading the template file [2] or by creating a private copy of this Overleaf template [3]. Submissions are limited to a 4-page extended abstract, excluding references. Each submission must include the following sections: * Name of the satellite event * A description of the format (e.g., discussion group, workshop, tutorial, invited talks, ...) and intended length of the event * Prefered date and time of the event (17 or 18; morning or afternoon, or the whole day [no lunch will be provided unless it’s on the 17th]) * A description of the content and aim of the satellite event * Names and contacts of all members of the organizing committee/group with one clearly marked person as the corresponding member of the organizing committee * The intended audience and the number of participants expected * Any resources required to organize the workshop After the acceptance of their proposal, organizers are expected to create a short description of their event as well as a website providing further information which will both be linked from the RoboCup symposium page on the RoboCup 2022 website. Organizers of accepted proposals for satellite events will receive a location for their event as well as other required resources (e.g., a projector), if possible. Apart from this, the organizers are responsible for organizing their event independent of the RoboCup Symposium. PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS ================== Maike Paetzel-Prüsmann, University of Potsdam, Germany Nuno Lau, University of Aveiro, Portugal Thanapat Wanichanon, Mahidol University, Thailand Amy Eguchi, University of California San Diego, USA CONTACT ======= robocupsymposium2022(a)easychair.org [0] https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu… [1] https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=robocupsymposium2022 [2] https://2022.robocup.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Symposium-Satellite-Eve… [3] https://de.overleaf.com/read/gqspxdtvpwsn

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[RC-Humanoid League Virtual Season] Call for Workshop proposals on sim2real transfer
by Alessandra Rossi 14 Mar '22

14 Mar '22

Dear RoboCuppers, The Technical and Virtual Organising committees of the Humanoid League invite proposals for Workshops that will be held as part of the Humanoid League Virtual Season on April, 28-30, 2022. The event will be fully online and free of attendance. The theme of this three-days event is sim2real transfer. In particular, we want to teams the opportunity to share their knowledge and experiences of applying realistic computational resources and scenario to the virtual competition, and the other way around. A second aim is too have a specific roundtable to talk about possible ideas for collaboration between the 3Dsim and the Humanoid League. However, inputs and contributions from different leagues are valuable and appreciated. The event will be organised through different time-zones to allow the participations from all over the world. Detailed schedule of the event will be posted on the website of the Humanoid League email and social media. Website: https://humanoid.robocup.org/ Twitter: @HumanoidLRC IMPORTANT DATES Proposal Submission deadline: April 8, 2022 (AoE) Workshop days: April, 28-30, 2022. HOW TO SUBMIT We are welcoming workshop proposals related to the sim2real topic from teams of the different RC leagues. Each workshop will be of half hour. Teams can submit more than one proposal, but they need to provide separate submissions. Prospective workshop organisers are invited to submit a proposal in a PDF format via https://cloud.robocup.org/s/CrqjiD3DdscRKcg Proposals should include the following information: • Workshop title • Short description of topic and objective of the workshop • Organisers names, email and affiliation For any questions and further information about the Workshop proposal and the event, please email rc-hl-tc <AT> lists.robocup.org or rc-hl-oc <AT> lists.robocup.org Alessandra On behalf of the Humanoid League TC and V-OC committees Dr. Alessandra Rossi Assistant Professor PRISCA research lab Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

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[RC-Humanoid League Virtual Season] Next game day on March 6th, 2022 at 10:00 (CET)
by Alessandra Rossi 05 Mar '22

05 Mar '22

Dear RoboCuppers, We are coming back with a new games day on Sunday March 6th! Games will be streamed on Twitch Field A and commented by OCs and teams' members for getting insights on the games, the simulation, robots and software developed by the teams. Have a look at the website for more information about the games, including previous games, scores, and so on. For checking the time zone differences, you can use websites such as worldtimebuddy Kind regards, Alessandra Dr. Alessandra Rossi Assistant Professor PRISCA research lab Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

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RoboCup International Symposium 2022 - Call for Satellite Events
by Maike Paetzel-Prüsmann 24 Feb '22

24 Feb '22

* Call for Satellite Events * RoboCup International Symposium 2022 https://2022.robocup.org/symposium-call-for-satellite-events/ Submission of proposals: 3 April 2022 Notification to authors: 25 April 2022 Satellite Events: 17 or 18 July 2022 (RoboCup 2022: 11-17 July 2022) =========================================================== We invite you to organize a satellite event for the 25th RoboCup International Symposium, which will be held on 17 July 2022, in conjunction with RoboCup 2022 (11 July to 17 July 2022) in a hybrid setting. The RoboCup symposium is an annual event in which innovative, original research with relevance to areas of robotics and artificial intelligence is presented. The Symposium Program Co-Chairs would like to facilitate the organization of satellite workshops, focus groups, roundtable discussions, and other events that are related to RoboCup itself or the general aim of the RoboCup Symposium. This includes league-specific discussions about rules and/or roadmaps, shared infrastructure projects between leagues, as well as scientific workshops focusing on a particular research topic, among others. League committee members, as well as teams or individuals from RoboCup leagues participating in the Symposium, are invited to submit their proposals. The organizers of a satellite event are free to propose events between 2 and 8 hours in length to be held during or a day after the RoboCup Symposium (17 or 18 July) in a fully virtual, hybrid, or fully local format. IMPORTANT DATES =============== Submission of satellite events: 3 April 2022 Notification to authors: 25 April 2022 Satellite Events: 17 or 18 July 2022 (RoboCup 2022: 11-17 July 2022) SUBMISSION AND PROCEEDINGS ========================== Proposals will be evaluated by the Symposium Program Co-Chairs based on their thematic relevance to the RoboCup Symposium as well as their proposed schedule and required resources. Satellite events will not be included in the RoboCup Symposium proceedings. Proposals should be formatted following the LNAI author guidelines [0] and must be electronically submitted through the EasyChair electronic submission system [1]. Please follow the LaTeX template created by us by either downloading the template file [2] or by creating a private copy of this Overleaf template [3]. Submissions are limited to a 4-page extended abstract, excluding references. Each submission must include the following sections: * Name of the satellite event * A description of the format (e.g., discussion group, workshop, tutorial, invited talks, ...) and intended length of the event * Prefered date and time of the event (17 or 18; morning or afternoon, or the whole day [no lunch will be provided unless it’s on the 17th]) * A description of the content and aim of the satellite event * Names and contacts of all members of the organizing committee/group with one clearly marked person as the corresponding member of the organizing committee * The intended audience and the number of participants expected * Any resources required to organize the workshop After the acceptance of their proposal, organizers are expected to create a short description of their event as well as a website providing further information which will both be linked from the RoboCup symposium page on the RoboCup 2022 website. Organizers of accepted proposals for satellite events will receive a location for their event as well as other required resources (e.g., a projector), if possible. Apart from this, the organizers are responsible for organizing their event independent of the RoboCup Symposium. PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS ================== Maike Paetzel-Prüsmann, University of Potsdam, Germany Nuno Lau, University of Aveiro, Portugal Thanapat Wanichanon, Mahidol University, Thailand Amy Eguchi, University of California San Diego, USA CONTACT ======= robocupsymposium2022(a)easychair.org [0] https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu… [1] https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=robocupsymposium2022 [2] https://2022.robocup.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Symposium-Satellite-Eve… [3] https://de.overleaf.com/read/gqspxdtvpwsn

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[RC-Humanoid League Virtual Season] Next game day on Feb 20, 2022 at 15:00 (CET)
by Alessandra Rossi 17 Feb '22

17 Feb '22

Dear RoboCuppers, We are coming back with a new day of super interesting games on Sunday Feb 20! Grab popcorns, a beer or a warm coffee and join us in enjoying the thrill of RoboCup by sitting in your comfy place! Games will be streamed on Twitch Field A and commented by OCs and teams' members for getting insights on the games, the simulation, robots and software developed by the teams. Have a look at the website for more information about the games, including previous games, scores, and so on. For checking the time zone differences, you can use websites such as worldtimebuddy Best regards, Alessandra Dr. Alessandra Rossi Assistant Professor PRISCA research lab Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

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α-Release of ROS2 RCSS3D Agent from ROS Sports
by Kenji Brameld 03 Feb '22

03 Feb '22

Hi 3D Soccer Simulation Teams, This is Kenji from ROS Sports, we are pleased to announce that a ROS2 agent interface to the RoboCup 3D Soccer Simulator <https://rcss3d-agent.readthedocs.io/en/latest/> is now in an alpha release stage! [image: :partying_face:] The motivation behind the ROS2 interface for the Rcss3d Agent is to ease the entry-barrier for the 3d simulation league, and allow the simulator to be reused for other leagues in RoboCup. GIFs are worth a thousand words. It's this easy to interact with an agent in the simulator! [image: image.png] *Sending velocity commands to the head joints* [image: image.png] *Reading the Force Sensors on the feet and the Accelerometer* The rcss3d_agent <https://github.com/ros-sports/rcss3d_agent> package provides: - A general ROS2 library that handles the network connection and parsing/packing of data into the format that the simulator understands (s-expressions) - A basic node that provides a ROS2 pub/sub interface to the library For 3D simulation teams, the basic node is probably all you need. Teams from other leagues such as the humanoid league or SPL, can use the general library to implement their own pub/sub layer to convert the simulator-specific msgs to their own msgs of choice. *Why should you use this package *over continuing to use your own implementation? - *Reduce codebase size and maintenance cost**. Who doesn't like reducing the maintenance cost of their codebase?* - *Encourages contributions to outside the 3d simulation league domain. ** For example, why can't an inverse kinematics library developed in 3d-sim be reused in all Nao applications?* We are actively looking for teams to work with and test out the packages. Please let us know if your team may be interested in working together. Thanks, Kenji Brameld (ijnek)

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Fwd: [RoboCup-exec] 2022 Call for Nominations for Silvia Coradeschi and Gerhard K. Kraetzschmar Awards
by Marco Simões 02 Feb '22

02 Feb '22

FYI Sorry for any duplicates. ---------- Forwarded message --------- De: April Foster <april.robocup(a)gmail.com> Date: ter., 1 de fev. de 2022 às 14:02 Subject: [RoboCup-exec] 2022 Call for Nominations for Silvia Coradeschi and Gerhard K. Kraetzschmar Awards To: <robocup-exec(a)lists.robocup.org> Dear RoboCup Executive Committee Members, Below please find the 2022 Call for Nominations for the Silvia Coradeschi and Gerhard K. Kraetzschmar Awards. Thank you. Best, April ----- *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://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.robocup.org_silvia…>), 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://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.robocup.org_gkk-5F…>), 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 <april.robocup(a)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 <april.robocup(a)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. _______________________________________________ RoboCup-exec mailing list RoboCup-exec(a)lists.robocup.org https://lists.robocup.org/listinfo/robocup-exec -- Marco Antonio Costa Simões Nucleo de Arquitetura de Computadores e Sistemas Operacionais - ACSO - http://www.acso.uneb.br Bahia Robotics Team - http://www.acso.uneb.br/bahiart Departamento de Ciências Exatas e da Terra - Campus I Universidade do Estado da Bahia - UNEB Mestre em Ciência da Computação - UFPE

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[RC-Humanoid League Virtual Season] Next game day on Jan 23 starting at 3pm (CET)
by Alessandra Rossi 02 Feb '22

02 Feb '22

Dear Robocuppers, Next game day of the RC-Humanoid League Virtual Season will be on on Jan 23 starting at 3pm (CET). Games will be streaming on Twitch Field A in the following order: 1 Bit-Bots vs NUbots 3:00 pm CET 2 Starkit vs UTRA 3:30 pm CET 3 MRL-HSL vs ITAndroids 4:00 pm CET 4 CIT Brains vs 01. RFC Berlin 4:30 pm CET Have a look at the website for more information about the games, including previous games, scores, and so on. https://humanoid.robocup.org/hl-vs2022/humanoid-league-virtual-season-2021-… For checking the time zone differences, you can use websites such as worldtimebuddy Best regards, Alessandra Dr. Alessandra Rossi Assistant Professor PRISCA research lab Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

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RoboCup 2022 Participation Survey
by Marco Simões 21 Jan '22

21 Jan '22

Hi, The RoboCup 2022 LOC asked all teams who are planning to participate in RoboCup 2022 to answer the following survey to investigate the possible challenges and requirements of event participants. *Teams should complete the survey online by January 31, 2022*. https://forms.gle/Y2d2xH34fTuZUAQe7 ** For teams located in countries without access to Google Forms, please complete the below plain text survey or the attached excel file and email it to April <april.robocup(a)gmail.com> *by January 29, 2022*.** Best Regards, Marco ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Participation Survey for RoboCup 2022, Bangkok, Thailand Dear All, We would hereby invite you to complete the participation survey for RoboCup 2022, Bangkok, Thailand. This survey aims to explore the possible challenges and requirements of participants in the event, which will be held in 11-17 July 2022 at Bangkok, Thailand. According to the covid-19 pandemic situation, Thailand is gearing up for a return to normalcy by easing some travel restrictions and quarantine requirements and allowing normal tourists to enter the country. In addition, the government has now introduced sandbox programs allowing fully vaccinated travelers from 63 low-risk countries to enter the country without quarantine. For more specific information on situation and arrival requirements, please kindly visit our website on https://2022.robocup.org/. We appreciate the time you have taken to complete the participation survey for RoboCup 2022, Bangkok, Thailand. We are hoping and looking forward to seeing you at the event. RoboCup 2022 Organizing Team ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Required ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Section 1: Team Information* Please fill out the form below for each of your teams. *(1) Team Name*: * *(2) Name of Team Representative*:* *(3) Lastname of Team Representative *: * *(4) Contact E-mail *: * *(5) Country *: * *(6) Team's Institution *: * *(7) The league that the team will complete in (Please fill out one survey for every league your team will complete in) *: * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Section 2: RoboCup Participation* *(1) Have your team ever attended a RoboCup event? (YES/NO) *:* *(2) We know that the world situation can change quickly. But based on your current knowledge of the situation and future perspectives in Thailand, in your country, and your team. Do you currently plan to attend RoboCup 2022 in July, Bangkok, Thailand? (YES/ Maybe/ NO)*: * *(3) If your answer was NO or Maybe in the last question, could you please explain what led you to choose such an answer?:* *(4) For teams intending to participate in RoboCup 2022 in Thailand, how do you rate the likelihood that your team will be able to actually. (More likely/ Neutral/ Less likely):* *(5) What reasons might prevent you from actually traveling to RoboCup 2022? (Pandemic situation, Home country situation, Thailand situation, Traveling conditions, etc.) You can answer more than one): * *(6) If you travel to Thailand, how many people on the team are expected traveling to Thailand? *:* *(7) If you end up not being able to travel to Thailand, would your team be interested in participating in a virtual event of some sort? (YES/NO):* *(8) Please explain your answer for the last question:* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Section 3: What is your concern about participating in the event?* *(1) Covid-19 Pandemic:* *(2) Technical:* *(3) Visa Issue:* *(4) Others:* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ We appreciate the time you have taken to complete the participation survey for RoboCup 2022, Bangkok, Thailand. We are hoping and looking forward to seeing you at the event. For more information, please visit our website on “ https://2022.robocup.org/” -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Marco Antonio Costa Simões Nucleo de Arquitetura de Computadores e Sistemas Operacionais - ACSO - http://www.acso.uneb.br Bahia Robotics Team - http://www.acso.uneb.br/bahiart Departamento de Ciências Exatas e da Terra - Campus I Universidade do Estado da Bahia - UNEB Mestre em Ciência da Computação - UFPE

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