Call for Participation RoboCup Rescue German Open 2022 – DRZ Edition **Registration deadline extended to April 6th, 2022.** *The remaining slots will be filled on a first-come, first-serve basis.*

Dear RoboCup Rescue Robot League Teams,

We are happy to announce the upcoming RoboCup German Open 2022 Rescue Robot League Competition – DRZ Edition. The rescue robotics competition is based on Rules of the RoboCup Rescue Robot League and is complemented by tasks derived from firefighter missions. Artificial limited network capabilities will be part of the competition this year.

Dortmund is about 2.5 h by train from Frankfurt International Airport and 1.5 h by train from Duesseldorf International Airport.

Dates: - Registration: Until *April 6th*, 2022 - Acceptance notification: April 8th, 2022 - Setup days: Sunday, May 8th and Monday, May 9th, 2022 - Competitions: Tuesday, May 10th and Wednesday, May 11th, 2022 - Finals: Thursday, May 12th, 2022

The competition will be hosted by the non-profit German Rescue Robotics Center (DRZ), https://www.rescuerobotics.eu, in its large and well equipped testing facility. The event will be organized by DRZ together with RoboCup Rescue representatives of the German RoboCup regional committee. A registration fee will be required for participation. More information including the rules are available at https://rettungsrobotik.de/robocup-german-open-2022-rescue-robot-league-27-3...

The event will only be open to participants, organizers and press. Daily media coverage as well as live streaming of the finals is being considered for the public. We are excited about this opportunity for the RoboCup Rescue Robot League and would be happy to meet as many of you as possible on this occasion in Dortmund!

The maximum number of teams and participants is limited. We already have a couple of interested teams, but we can accommodate a few more teams at the competition. Teams will be registered on a first-come, first-serve basis.

If you want to participate, we kindly ask you to register by April 6st, 2022 by sending an email to: info[a]rettungsrobotik.de (and CC johannes.pellenz[a]gmail.com and stefan.may[a]th-nuernberg.de) Please send the team name, your country, your affiliation, the number of team members (including the team leader), full contact information (name, email, phone number and address) of the team leader.

If there are any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Kind regards, Johannes Pellenz and Stefan May RoboCup German Open Rescue League