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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 07 Jul '22

07 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 04 Jul '22

04 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 10 Jun '22

10 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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