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RoboCup 2023 Small Size League Call for Participation
by Carla Cosenza 24 Dec '22

24 Dec '22

Hello! The Small Size League committee is glad to invite you to participate in the RoboCup 2023! Below you can find important information about the competition and qualification. Location and dates RoboCup Bordeaux 2023 Parc des Expositions Small Size League July 4 - 9, 2023 https://2023.robocup.org/en/home/ About RoboCup RoboCup is an international scientific initiative with the goal to advance the state of the art of intelligent robots. When established in 1997, the original mission was to field a team of robots capable of winning against the human soccer World Cup champions by 2050. About the Small Size League The RoboCup Small Size League is a part of the RoboCup Research Federation focused on multi-agent coordination and control. Teams currently compete in 11 vs. 11 soccer matches (6 vs. 6 in Div. B). The robots must fit within an 18 cm diameter circle and must be no higher than 15 cm. The robots play soccer with an orange golf ball on a green carpeted field that is about 12 m long by 9 m wide. About the qualification To qualify for the competition, each team must submit a Team Description Paper and a video by January 31, 2023. More information on the qualification requirements and processes are located on the website<https://ssl.robocup.org/robocup-2023-qualification/>. Please direct all inquiries to the Small Size League Organizing Committee: rc-ssl-oc(a)lists.robocup.org<mailto:rc-ssl-oc@lists.robocup.org> Thank you! Carla Cosenza

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Information regarding RoboCup 2023, league photo and more
by Tobias Heineken 02 Oct '22

02 Oct '22

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Registrations are open for RoboCup Brazil Open
by Comunicação RoboCup 28 Jul '22

28 Jul '22

Registrations are open for RoboCup Brazil Open The event will be held in São Bernardo do Campo - São Paulo, Brazil, from october 17 to 22. Remote Participation is available in Simulation Leagues. Registrations are now open for teams all over the world.To participate, the teams must register until july 31, on the website: www.cbrobotica.org . The registration fee is US$ 170 per team or US$100 in simulation leagues. ============== Important Dates: ============== Pre-Registration Deadline: *July 31* TDP Submission: Check each league's schedule on the website or contact the league's chair by e-mail Early Registration:* September 1 to 23* Registration: *September 24 to October 9* If you have any doubt about the pre-registration or registration process, please contact organizacao(a)cbrobotica.org ======= Leagues ======= RoboCup Soccer Simulation 2D RoboCup Soccer Simulation 3D RoboCup Small Size Soccer (SSL) RoboCup Humanoid League RoboCup Standard Platform League RoboCup @Home RoboCupJunior RoboCup Brazil Flying Robots Trial League IEEE Humanoid Racing IEEE Open IEEE Standard Educational Kit IEEE Very Small Size Soccer 3x3 and 5x5 -- Patrícia Vergara Comunicação RoboCup Brasil (11) 9.8686-4993 www.robocup.org.br

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RoboCup 2022 Results
by Selina Zwerver 21 Jul '22

21 Jul '22

Hi everyone, We want to thank you all for participating in this year’s in-person RoboCup! It was amazing to see you all again, and I hope you enjoyed the event as much as we did. With this email we would like to congratulate you all with your results. We know that it hasn’t been easy to work on your robots in the past 2-3 years, but all of you made it to Bangkok and were able to play some matches! Here are the results: Division A - Tournament Rank Team 1 TIGERs Mannheim 2 ER-Force 3 RoboTeam Twente 3 RoboDragons 5 KIKS Division B - Tournament Rank Team 1 RobôCIn 2 RoboIME 3 Luhbots Soccer 4 RoboFEI 5 UBC Thunderbots 5 Ri-One 7 ITAndroids Awards Excellence award TIGERs Mannheim Best (E)TDP TIGERs Mannheim Open source award TIGERs Mannheim Black out technical challenge first pace TIGERs Mannheim Ball placement technical challenge first place RobôCIn Dribbling technical challenge first place TIGERs Mannheim Kind regards, Selina Zwerver RoboCup Small Size League | Organizing Committee

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TC / OC Nominations
by Carla Cosenza 13 Jul '22

13 Jul '22

Hello! As said in the Open Meeting today, we will be accepting nominations for new TC / OC members for the 2023 RoboCup. Please send us your nominations by email until the end of the day today, July 13th, 2022 (Wednesday) with your name, your team/university and a brief paragraph saying why you want to be TC / OC. Thank you very much! Carla Cosenza RoboCup Small Size League | Organizing Committee

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Fwd: RoboCup 2022 - Open Source Award Submission ER-Force
by Lukas Wegmann 11 Jul '22

11 Jul '22

Dear SSL community, as in past years, we are happy to submit our entry for the Open Source Award. You will find a list of our publications below. Framework + Simulator: This is the main software we use to develop and test our AI. It is able to - receive and process real life vision data - simulate SSL games - control robots - create game recordings and play them back ...and much more. New features since last years RoboCup include: - A new dribbling filter - Basic Git integration (i.e. show the Commit the binary is built from) Git integration into our log format will be released soon after RoboCup - Various bug fixes and small features The repository also contains our simulator, bundled as a standalone executable for usage in this years RoboCup. https://github.com/robotics-erlangen/framework Autoref This is our automatic referee, that detects the various rule infringements teams can commit during a SSL game. https://github.com/robotics-erlangen/autoref In case you have questions about our software or are just curious, feel welcome to write an email to info(a)robotics-erlangen.de Best regards Paul Bergmann ER-Force -- Robotics Erlangen e.V.

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RoboCup 2022 – Open Source Award Submission RoboTeam Twente
by Anne van Harten 10 Jul '22

10 Jul '22

Dear SSL-Community, For the first year since competing RoboTeam Twente is ready to enter for the Open Source Award. As all of our team members change (almost) in full every year we strive to have detailed and easy to understand documentation for everyone. This means that apart from all our designs we have collected all our recent how-to's, design decisions and detailed explanations into a wiki. This wiki we also use to introduce new people to our team, so we hope it can be especially helpful for newer teams and those who are looking into tips for building enough robots to transition to division A. Our wiki can be found here: https://wiki.roboteamtwente.nl/ Although the wiki also describes all previously made design in terms of hardware and software, some highlights of the changes we made this year include: - Transitioning to a modular design with hardware and electronics combined for faster repair and more extensive testing. (rationale <https://wiki.roboteamtwente.nl/technical/mechanics/design_rationale_21_22>) - A fully renewed Front Assembly, which contains our dribbler and a new dampening mechanism. (design <https://wiki.roboteamtwente.nl/technical/mechanics/robot_21_22/front_assemb…> | rationale <https://wiki.roboteamtwente.nl/technical/mechanics/design_rationale_21_22/f…> ) - Custom made space-saving solenoids for kicking and chipping which freed up quite some space in our robots. (design <https://wiki.roboteamtwente.nl/technical/mechanics/robot_21_22/solenoids> | rationale <https://wiki.roboteamtwente.nl/technical/mechanics/design_rationale_21_22/s…> ) - Newly designed path planning based on bang-bang trajectories. (rationale <https://wiki.roboteamtwente.nl/technical/ai/path>) We hope this can help other teams in their process of improving the SSL robots. If you have any questions we are more than happy to answer them, and if you find it useful we would love to hear that from you. We look forward to seeing you all at the RoboCup! Kind regards, Anne van Harten | RoboTeam Twente

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RoboCup 2022 – Open Source Award Submission TIGERs Mannheim
by Andre Ryll 08 Jul '22

08 Jul '22

Dear SSL-community, as in the past years we are very happy to announce our entry for the Open Source Award. By now there is a one-stop shop to get it all: https://github.com/TIGERs-Mannheim We are doing a complete and full release of everything we have, including electronics, mechanics, and our full AI. Here is a brief description of what has changed. Mechanics: The kicker and dribbler have been slightly updated to be more robust. The dribbler now allows prolonged periods of dribbling with higher torque. The release includes the full robot mechanics. Firmware: The build system has been changed to CMake and the folder structure has been reorganized. The dribbler control algorithm now allows better current and speed control. Test and model identification methods have been cleaned up and improved. The release also includes our wireless protocol and base station firmware. Software (AI): The heart and brain of our team, the central control software "Sumatra". Of course, compatible with the simulation protocol. So you can test your AI against ours locally. Watch out for some serious dribbling moves which will make you sweat ;) In case you are missing any information or if you are just curios, contact us on Discord or write us an email. Tigertastic Greetings, TIGERs Mannheim

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Competition information
by Carla Cosenza 05 Jul '22

05 Jul '22

Dear SSL-Community, Here are a few updates for the upcoming competition: Technical Challenges With the RoboCup approaching, we would like to give an update regarding the schedule of the Technical Challenges. These will be performed on Tuesday, July 12, 2022. The precise schedule will be disclosed during the set up phase. Participating teams: Vision Blackout: TIGERs Mannheim, RoboDragons, KIKS, RobôCIn Dribbling: TIGERs Mannheim, RoboDragons, KIKS, RobôCIn Ball placement: RobôCIn, UBC Thunderbots Radio frequencies We would like teams to inform us what radio frequencies they will be using during the competition so as to not have interference between teams. Please fill out this form<https://forms.gle/SDqfPph9Cs5CL7m69> by Saturday, July 9, 2022. See you guys in Bangkok! Carla Cosenza RoboCup Small Size League | Organizing Committee

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Two weeks update
by Selina Zwerver 30 Jun '22

30 Jun '22

Dear SSL-Community, With the RoboCup being less than two weeks away, we have some final updates for you. Rules quiz In our previous emails we have informed you about the referee quiz. This quiz is designed to improve the notoriously poor quality of many of our referees. Each team needs to be able to perform the impartial roles (referee, assistant, game controller operator and vision experts) for matches where they are not playing themselves. Finishing the rules quiz correctly will be necessary for that, and only people who finish the quiz are allowed to perform the impartial roles. Please fill in the quiz before the start of the competition. The quiz additionally contains some open questions. Please try to explain as best as possible how you would handle the described situation. It is to give us an indication of how teams would act. The OC will provide the preferred course of action on the first day of the competition. The quiz can be found here <https://forms.gle/2LFrJGyZNqPbBfsr8>. A useful help would be the rule book <https://robocup-ssl.github.io/ssl-rules/sslrules.pdf>. Group drawings For Division B, we will be drawing all teams into two groups. The 7 teams that are qualified will be drawn into one group of size 4, and one group of size 3. We have assigned all teams into two sets: our four veteran teams (RoboCIN, RoboFEI, UBC Thunderbots and RoboIME) make up the upper set, and our three new teams (ITAndroids, Luhbots Soccer and Ri-one) make up the lower set. Considering there are 4 Brazilian teams, and one team from Canada, Germany and Japan each, we will not be using country-specific drawing rules. We’ve updated the ssl-grouping tool today to reflect these sets. We will be running the grouping tool with the two random seeds from https://www.random.org/integers/?mode=advanced, with the following settings: 2 Integers between 0 and 1000 with the pre-generated randomization for 1st of July. All of you can do so yourself, but we’ll publish the groups as soon as I have the seeds. Good luck with the final preparations, and see you in Bangkok! Kind regards, Selina Zwerver RoboCup Small Size League | Organizing Committee

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RoboCup International Symposium 2022 - Final Call for Research Showcases
by Maike Paetzel-Prüsmann 15 Jun '22

15 Jun '22

* Final Call for Research Showcases* The 25th RoboCup International Symposium https://2022.robocup.org/ Submission of abstracts: 20 June 2022 Notification to authors: 24 June 2022 RoboCup Symposium: 17 July 2022 (RoboCup 2022: 11-17 July 2022) =========================================================== The RoboCup symposium is an annual event in which innovative, original research with relevance to areas of robotics and artificial intelligence is presented. This year, we are inviting the submission of poster proposals to facilitate scientific discussions about ongoing projects and late-breaking results during the RoboCup 2022 Symposium. This call is specifically for poster presentations to showcase teams’ ongoing work and/or the latest results relevant to the RoboCup community. The Symposium Program Co-Chairs would like to promote exciting conversations during the coffee break over posters, discussing scientific results, finding other research groups with similar interests, and strengthening connections between different teams as well as RoboCup leagues. Any team, research group, or individual is welcome to propose a poster presentation with the content relevant to the RoboCup community. To ensure this and to group posters into the poster sessions, we ask everyone interested in such poster presentations to submit a proposal with the title and short abstract of max 250 words by June 20th (using the Research Showcase Track). IMPORTANT DATES =============== Submission of poster abstracts (Research Showcase Track): 20 June 2022 Notification to authors: 24 June 2022 Upload of poster pdfs for website (optionally): 8 July RoboCup Symposium: 17 July 2022 (RoboCup 2022: 11-17 July 2022) SUBMISSION AND PROCEEDINGS ========================== Abstracts will be evaluated by the Symposium Program Co-Chairs based on their thematic relevance to the RoboCup Symposium. Poster abstracts will not be included in the RoboCup Symposium proceedings. Proposals should be 250 words in plain text and must be submitted through the EasyChair electronic submission system: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=robocupsymposium2022 POSTER FORMAT ============== Posters presented at the Symposium should be in A0 portrait format. Presenters will receive a poster board as well as material for attaching the posters from the organizers. Please note that the Symposium Co-Chairs will not be able to assist with printing posters in Bangkok, so please bring your printed poster with you to the 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

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June 2022 Update
by Tobias Heineken 11 Jun '22

11 Jun '22

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RoboCup International Symposium 2022 - Call for Research Showcases
by Maike Paetzel-Prüsmann 03 Jun '22

03 Jun '22

* Call for Research Showcases* The 25th RoboCup International Symposium https://2022.robocup.org/ Submission of abstracts: 20 June 2022 Notification to authors: 24 June 2022 RoboCup Symposium: 17 July 2022 (RoboCup 2022: 11-17 July 2022) =========================================================== The RoboCup symposium is an annual event in which innovative, original research with relevance to areas of robotics and artificial intelligence is presented. This year, we are inviting the submission of poster proposals to facilitate scientific discussions about ongoing projects and late-breaking results during the RoboCup 2022 Symposium. This call is specifically for poster presentations to showcase teams’ ongoing work and/or the latest results relevant to the RoboCup community. The Symposium Program Co-Chairs would like to promote exciting conversations during the coffee break over posters, discussing scientific results, finding other research groups with similar interests, and strengthening connections between different teams as well as RoboCup leagues. Any team, research group, or individual is welcome to propose a poster presentation with the content relevant to the RoboCup community. To ensure this and to group posters into the poster sessions, we ask everyone interested in such poster presentations to submit a proposal with the title and short abstract of max 250 words by June 20th (using the Research Showcase Track). IMPORTANT DATES =============== Submission of poster abstracts (Research Showcase Track): 20 June 2022 Notification to authors: 24 June 2022 Upload of poster pdfs for website (optionally): 8 July RoboCup Symposium: 17 July 2022 (RoboCup 2022: 11-17 July 2022) SUBMISSION AND PROCEEDINGS ========================== Abstracts will be evaluated by the Symposium Program Co-Chairs based on their thematic relevance to the RoboCup Symposium. Poster abstracts will not be included in the RoboCup Symposium proceedings. Proposals should be 250 words in plain text and must be submitted through the EasyChair electronic submission system: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=robocupsymposium2022 POSTER FORMAT ============== Posters presented at the Symposium should be in A0 portrait format. Presenters will receive a poster board as well as material for attaching the posters from the organizers. Please note that the Symposium Co-Chairs will not be able to assist with printing posters in Bangkok, so please bring your printed poster with you to the 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

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RoboCup International Symposium 2022 - Final Call for Satellite Events
by Maike Paetzel-Prüsmann 01 Apr '22

01 Apr '22

* Final 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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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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March 2022 Update
by Tobias Heineken 11 Mar '22

11 Mar '22

Dear SSL-CommunityAs it’s approximately 4 months until the competition starts, we wanted to share some information on this year's competition and qualification process. Short summary: Preliminary Team Qualification is public, (self-)plagiarism is not allowed in TDPs, and failing to review properly can result in disqualification starting with next year.There’s still no definitive reply by the LOC regarding venue and or additional requirements. I will share any information with you as soon as I get it.All teams that submitted qualification material should have a result for the Preliminary Team Qualification by now. If not, please check your submitted contact email or get in touch with the OC via our mailing list. There are fewer division A teams competing than we hoped. While we do not have a final solution for this yet, division A teams should prepare their AI to be able to play against division B teams. While we will look for ways to use both physical fields and to facilitate as many division A matches as possible, playing a tournament with just 5 teams seems not very appealing to us. There were two major issues regarding the TDPs I wanted to address: 1. Plagiarism We decided to take a hard stance on plagiarism this year. Plagiarism is not accepted in scientific publications, and should not be accepted for our TDPs. This is also true for your own TDP from previous years. Except for a narrow exception regarding introducing the SSL, your team and your previous results, there should not be any sentence or figure just copied from your previous TDPs. You can cite your TDP for a very important sentence or figure, or you can use your previous TDP as a reference to build on and write a very short summary. But there should not be sections or figures just copied from your last paper. Remember that TDPs are supposed to be useful to other teams. Repeating yourself by copying your old work wastes your readers time if they already read your previous TDP. It is not the OCs job to cut out the copied parts and judge if the remaining parts are still more than the mandated minimum of pages. It is the team's job to avoid any plagiarism. Also remember that you are supposed to talk about newthings. You should not even be tempted to copy your previous years content because by definition that content cannot be new. If you cannot say anything new regarding a specific part of your system, do not mention it at all. There is only one exception: If your already published work is important for one of the issues you did change, cite it if you want to share your change. 2. Bamberger Hörnchen To assess the quality of our review-process, I invented my new team, called ‘Bamberger Hörnchen’ and created a TDP for them. They participated in the normal review process (so three teams had to review their TDP, and I got their reviews for my TDP, and I wrote the reviews they had to do). However, the team does not exist (and one reviewer correctly identified the missing qualification video, which made me very happy :) ), so it was not put on the official list. We’ll share the TDP on our qualification webpage soon, accompanied by a short explanation of its major issues that should have been raised during review. While two reviewers correctly identified at least parts of the problem with the paper, the third did not. There will be no further action this year, but it is plausible that we might do something like this again to make sure teams take reviewing seriously. Remember that the OC has the power to disqualify teams in the future for not properly reviewing your peers. If you are scared to criticize the team in the public questions, you can always use the comment to TC/OC to mention critical defects with the TDP in private. And remember reviews are anonymous, so the team you are criticizing is not going to know who said it. (And yes, I did implement the software I talked about in the Bamberger Hörnchen TDP. At least the software, the rest would have been too expensive for my taste.) That’s all for now,Tobias HeinekenOC for Robocup 2022 Thailand

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RoboCup International Symposium 2022 - Call for Papers
by Nuno Lau 03 Mar '22

03 Mar '22

Dear RoboCuppers, Please consider submitting your paper to this year's symposium! Call for papers RoboCup International Symposium 2022 https://2022.robocup.org/symposium-call-for-papers/ 17 July 2022 Bangkok, Thailand (hybrid setting) The 25th RoboCup International Symposium will be held on 17 July 2022, in conjunction with RoboCup 2022 (11 July to 17 July 2022) in a hybrid setting. We call for submissions of papers reporting innovative, original research with relevance to areas of robotics and artificial intelligence as listed below. Within the described scope of topics, we also encourage submissions of high-quality overview articles, papers describing real-world research, and papers reporting theoretical results. Researchers are invited to submit their work independently of whether they participate in the RoboCup competitions or have a RoboCup team. The symposium is planned to be held in person in Bangkok, Thailand, with remote participation options for both presenters and attendees. In addition to the regular track with regular research papers, there is the development track encouraging reports on innovative hardware developments, software frameworks, and open-source releases of software components. A review of papers describing these contributions will be based on technical aspects and benefits to the practice of communities working in the above fields in general and RoboCup in particular. IMPORTANT DATES Submission of full papers: 17 April 2022 Notification to authors: 5 June 2022 Submission of camera-ready copies: 26 June 2022 RoboCup Symposium 2022: 17 July 2022 (RoboCup on 11-17 July 2022) SUBMISSION AND PROCEEDINGS All papers will be peer-reviewed and evaluated by members of the senior program committee. The proceedings of the RoboCup International Symposium will be published and archived within the Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNCS/LNAI) series by Springer-Verlag after the conference. Papers should be formatted following the LNAI author guidelines (https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…) and must be electronically submitted through the EasyChair electronic submission system (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=robocupsymposium2022). Submissions are limited to 12 pages including references. Springer’s proceedings LaTeX templates are also available in Overleaf: https://de.overleaf.com/latex/templates/springer-lecture-notes-in-computer-… TOPICS Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Robot Hardware and Software - mobile robotics - humanoid robotics - sensors and actuators - embedded and mobile devices - robot construction and new materials - robot system integration - robot software architectures - robot programming environments and languages - real-time and concurrent programming - robot simulators - sim2real learning * Perception and Action - 3D perception - distributed sensor integration - sensor noise filtering - real-time image processing and pattern recognition - motion and sensor models - sensory-motor control - robot kinematics and dynamics - high-dimensional motion control * Robot Cognition and Learning - world modelling and knowledge representation - learning from demonstration and imitation - localisation, navigation, and mapping - planning and reasoning - decision making under uncertainty - neural systems and deep learning - complex motor skill acquisition - reinforcement learning and optimisation - motion and sensor model learning * Human-Robot Interaction - robot social intelligence - fluency of interaction - speech synthesis and natural language generation - natural language recognition - explainable robot behaviours - emotion recognition and reaction - understanding human intent and behaviour - safety, security and dependability - enabling humans to predict robot behaviour * Multi-Robot Systems - team coordination methods - communication protocols - learning and adaptive systems - teamwork and heterogeneous agents - dynamic resource allocation - adjustable autonomy * Education and Edutainment - robotics and artificial intelligence education - educational robotics - robot kits and programming tools - robotic entertainment * Applications and Benchmarking - search and rescue robots - robot surveillance - service and social robots - robots at home, at work and in public spaces - robots in the real world - performance metrics - human-robot interaction DEVELOPMENT TRACK To encourage open-source release of hardware and software systems, the RoboCup International Symposium has included a development track in recent years. In 2021, we expand the scope of this track to include datasets and benchmarks. We encourage the submission of papers describing open-source hardware and software, tools and frameworks that facilitate development of robotics hardware and software, datasets that enable new robotic capabilities, as well as benchmarks that establish reproducible test beds and performance metrics to advance research. If applicable, contributions to the special track should include evidence of the released system or dataset, and highlight past, ongoing, and/or potential future impacts on the RoboCup community. A review of these contributions will be based on technical merit and benefits to the RoboCup community and the research topics listed above. 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 CONTACT robocupsymposium2022(a)easychair.org<mailto:robocupsymposium2022@easychair.org>

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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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Peer Review
by Carla Cosenza 08 Feb '22

08 Feb '22

Hello Small Size League! We would like to inform you that peer reviews are now available in the conference tool. A message has been sent to the email declared in the participation intent or the email used to upload the (E)TPD in the conference tool (please also check your spam for this message). The review should be sent in the conference tool using that email. We would like to remind you that this year, our requirements for the papers have changed and so have the review questions, so please do pay close attention. The deadline for submitting these reviews is February 22, 2022. Please reach out to the committee for any questions. Best regards, Carla Cosenza RoboCup Small Size League | Organizing Committee

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Omid
by Omid Robotics 04 Feb '22

04 Feb '22

Hi, The qualification video is available on the link below: https://youtu.be/jM3-xt21Ies Best Regards, [image: image.png] *Mohammad Hossein Zolfaghari Abir* Omid Robotics Team | Shahed University, Tehran, Iran Mobile: +98 921 240 64 80 omidrobotics.ir <http://omidrobotics.ir>

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2022 Qualification Video <ITAndroids>
by Arthur Rodrigues 03 Feb '22

03 Feb '22

Hi, We uploaded our RoboCup SSL 2022 qualification video on our YouTube channel, available on the link below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmfY504GEac Team name: ITAndroids Preferred division: B Country: Brazil University: Aeronautics Institute of Technology Regards, ITAndroids - SSL team

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2022 Qualification Video <RoboDragons>
by im213002＠cis.aichi-pu.ac.jp 02 Feb '22

02 Feb '22

Dear SSL members, CC: OC members The link below is the RoboCup SSL 2022 qualification video https://youtu.be/8uPPiWFi-CY Team Name RoboDragons Country Japan University Aichi Prefectural University Main contact name and email Yuta Ando ssl.robodragons(a)gmail.com, robodragons_rc-soccer-ssl(a)googlegroups.com Best regards, Yuta Ando

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Fw: 2022 Participation Intent <RoboDragons>
by im213002＠cis.aichi-pu.ac.jp 02 Feb '22

02 Feb '22

________________________________________ 差出人: 安藤　祐太 <im213002(a)cis.aichi-pu.ac.jp> 送信日時: 2022年1月31日 14:50 宛先: rc-ssl-oc(a)lists.robocup.org CC: robodragons_rc-soccer-ssl(a)googlegroups.com; ssl.robodragons(a)gmail.com 件名: 2022 Participation Intent <RoboDragons> Dear OC members, RoboDragons Participation Intent for RocoCup 2022 Soccer SSL is as follows: Team Name RoboDragons Country Japan University Aichi Prefectural University Main contact name and email Yuta Ando ssl.robodragons(a)gmail.com, robodragons_rc-soccer-ssl(a)googlegroups.com Website https://robodragons.github.io/ Preferred Division (A or B) (More Information) Division A Short rationale for the preferred division The reason is that we want to evaluate our AI and controllers in the more advanced division. Best regards, Yuta Ando (Team Leader, RoboDragons)

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2022 Qualification Video Tritons RCSC
by Hector Montenegro 02 Feb '22

02 Feb '22

https://youtu.be/EmnlAbZ6JDM ------------------------- *Hector Montenegro* Electrical Engineering University of California, San Diego

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2022 Qualification Video UBC Thunderbots
by UBC Thunderbots 02 Feb '22

02 Feb '22

Hello all! We have uploaded our RoboCup SSL 2022 qualification video on our YouTube channel, available at the link below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGVXKz3490w Team name: UBC Thunderbots Preferred division: B Country: Canada University: University of British Columbia Warm Regards, UBC Thunderbots --- *UBC Thunderbots* Faculty of Applied Science The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus robocup(a)ece.ubc.ca | http://ubcthunderbots.ca/

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