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Registration Process RC2025
by David Brand 28 Apr '25

28 Apr '25

Hello, As many have perhaps already seen, the invitation mails for the registration have already been sent out. In case that your team has not received an email and has expected one, please reach out to the [SSL OC](rc-ssl-oc(a)lists.robocup.org) and we will look into it and get back to you as soon as possible. If you need to withdraw from the competition, please decline the Invitation via the button in the email and send the OC an email as well, since we are not sure whether we will be notified of the declined invitations and need to adapt the tournament schedule. Regarding the registration schedule, the deadline for the early registration is May 16th and the regular registration ends on June 13. After that comes the Late registration until June 30, in which you cannot register teams any longer and only can add additional team members. The confirmation for the paid registration as announced in the preliminary qualification email, is not needed any longer, since we were able to offer each qualified team a slot at the tournament. Nonetheless, it would be great to get notices about withdrawals rather soon, since changes to team numbers could have a rather big impact on the tournament structure and schedule. If you need an invitation letter for your visa, these will only be sent out, after you registered your team. Therefore, especially for the teams needing a visa, please register as soon as possible, so that you have enough time to acquire the needed visa. In case you want to know, whether you need a visa or not, have a look at the following document written by our three LOCs this year: https://silly-snowman-187.notion.site/Tips-for-RoboCup-2025-1760464cbae080c… In there you can also find additional information to the [RoboCup 2025](https://2025.robocup.org/) homepage regarding import regulations, accommodations and much more. In case you have any additional questions, feel free to contact the OC or our three LOC members [Pedro Pizzaro](pedro.gpizarro(a)gmail.com), [Joao Victor Aguiar](jv628911(a)gmail.com), [Joao Guilherme Oliveira Carvalho de Melo](jgocm(a)cin.ufpe.br) directly. Thank you, David (on behalf of the SSL Committees)

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Technical challenges
by Carla Cosenza 13 Apr '25

13 Apr '25

Hello! We are sorry about the delayed announcement of the technical challenges. We were trying to finish our goals and long term roadmap in order to align them but did not manage to. Due to that, we have opted for continuing one of the challenges from last year and having a DivB only challenge. Passing challenge The passing challenge from last year will be repeated. This year's rules will be the same as last year and can be found at https://robocup-ssl.github.io/technical-challenge-rules/2024-ssl-teams-vs-t…. The only difference this year will be the ranking system. In short, a team's ranking will not be determined by the total amount of passes made over all matches. It will be determined by relative strength over the opposing teams. A more detailed motivation and explanation can be found here https://github.com/emielsteerneman/passing_challenge_scoring. For any questions regarding this technical challenge, please reach out to TC member Emiel Steerneman. Obstacle avoidance challenge - DivB only 2025 is going to feature a DivB only technical challenge focussed on avoiding obstacles. To make sure that teams with faster robots do not win by default, the speed of the robots is limited to stop speed. Detailed rules are to come, but the most important points are below. * A team will control one robot at stop speed (1.5 m/s), with the objective to quickly reach the destination without touching the obstacles. * Obstacles can either be static, or also slow moving obstacles (significantly slower than the 1.5 m/s stop speed). * Expect robot-shaped, line-shaped or triangle-shaped obstacles. * The challenge will take place on half a div-B field. * To avoid pre-calculating the shortest path, the exact scenarios will be kept secret until shortly before the challenge takes place. * There will be multiple trials per scenario, and touching an obstacle ends a trial [so touching an obstacle has to be avoided at all cost]. * A (not used) example scenario will be published in May. Thank you Carla Cosenza RoboCup Small Size League | Organizing Committee

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Preliminary Results and Slot Allocation
by Carla Cosenza 18 Mar '25

18 Mar '25

Hello! We are happy to announce that we have finished going over peer reviews and have submitted the preliminary qualification results. Each team should have received an email from an OC member with their results and we will soon publish them on our website. We also are happy with the overall quality of the TDPs and ETDPs we have seen this year! Regarding which teams have been granted slots in this year's RoboCup, all teams should know their slot situation from their qualification email. Slots have been assigned regardless of qualification status, however teams that have been conditionally qualified and fail to resubmit improved materials will lose their slots on or before April 15th. As stated in previous emails, we have allocated 4 slots in Division B for random selection, in order to guarantee the participation of new teams. The four randomly selected teams were: Sysmic Robotics, TritonBots FC, TurtleRabbit and Project Neon. For teams that have qualified and have been given a slot, we will send out registration codes as soon as possible. Starting from that date, teams will have 4 weeks to send us confirmation of the team registration payment. Failure to do so will result in the team losing its slot and a team on the waitlist being called to fill that spot. If your team is aware that you will not be able to make it, please reach out to the Organizing Committee as soon as possible so that we can call another team. After that, every team that is contacted because a slot has been open will have 3 weeks to provide the confirmation of the team registration payment. We are aware that this will add complexity to the qualification process but we do have more teams wanting to join than are physically possible in the venue. We will do our best to communicate with everyone and expect your collaboration too. Thank you, Carla Cosenza RoboCup Small Size League | Organizing Committee

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RoboCup 2025 Small Size League – Rule Updates
by Lucas Cavalcanti 23 Feb '25

23 Feb '25

Hello SSL! Based on feedback from RoboCup 2024, we update the Small Size League rules <https://ssl.robocup.org/rules/> the following rule changes take effect for RoboCup 2025: 🔹 Timeout Rule Update (Details <https://robocup-ssl.github.io/ssl-rules/sslrules-diff.html#_timeouts>) - Robots touched during a timeout must exit the field and re-enter via the substitution area. 🔹 Robot Hull Color Requirement (Details <https://robocup-ssl.github.io/ssl-rules/sslrules-diff.html#_hull_color_of_r…> ) - Teams must have interchangeable bright and dark robot hulls. - Hulls must cover at least 6 cm of the robot's height, be non-reflective, and not interfere with the colors of the vision system. 🔹 Robot Too Close to Opponent Defense Area (Details <https://robocup-ssl.github.io/ssl-rules/sslrules-diff.html#_robot_too_close…> ) - If a team commits this foul twice while the game is stopped or during a Free Kick, the game is halted immediately. - Both fouls count toward the foul limit. — RoboCup Soccer Small Size League Committee

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Peer Reviews have been sent!
by Carla Cosenza 16 Feb '25

16 Feb '25

Hello! We have defined the peer reviews and sent out an email through the CMT tool to announce its opening! Please remember that you must submit the reviews through the tool and using the email that you received the review email from the tool. Please remember that peer reviews are due on March 4th, anywhere on Earth. Failing to submit your reviews on time will result in disqualification. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to the OCs. Best regards, Carla Cosenza RoboCup Small Size League | Organizing Committee

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[RoboCup SSL] 2025 Qualification Video TritonBots FC
by Raymond Rada 12 Feb '25

12 Feb '25

Dear all, Here is a link to our qualification video below: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dX9MjNjK_A-GmBK_ELF-zYO38qwvRm0L/view?usp=… -TritonBots FC

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2025 Qualification Video The Bots
by The Bots SSL Robocup Team 12 Feb '25

12 Feb '25

Dear all, Here is a link to our qualification video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcGLN71XSoM Hope to see you all in Salvador this summer! - The Bots

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2025 Qualification Video TurtleRabbit
by Oliver Obst 12 Feb '25

12 Feb '25

Dear all, You can find our 2025 Qualification video on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwcZnn1_Tug Cheers Oliver -- Oliver Obst, Associate Professor Director, Centre for Research in Mathematics and Data Science Western Sydney University http://oliver.obst.eu/

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2025 Qualification Video Sysmic Robotics
by Sysmic Robotics 12 Feb '25

12 Feb '25

Dear SSL community, On behalf of Sysmic Robotics team, we would like to share our 2025 qualification video Sysmic Robotics Qualification Video for RoboCup 2025<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhjHTE2yhE4> [https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dhjHTE2yhE4/maxresdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCIAKENAF8q…]<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhjHTE2yhE4> Sysmic Robotics Qualification Video for RoboCup 2025<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhjHTE2yhE4> Qualification video for the upcoming 2025 RoboCop. www.youtube.com See all of you! Kind regards, Sysmic Robotics Iniciativa Estudiantil Casa Central Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María Valparaíso, Chile

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2025 Qualification Video Project Neon
by Marcus vinicius 12 Feb '25

12 Feb '25

Video link: https://youtu.be/wK9Bb8D2YhA

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