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RoboCup article in IEEE Spectrum 07/2023

04 Jul 2023

Designing robots to best World Cup winners has inspired generations of roboticists By Peter StoneArticle available at https://spectrum.ieee.org/robocup-robot-soccer

RoboCup Autonomous Robot Manipulation Challenge

26 Feb 2023

RoboCup Autonomous Robot Manipulation Challenge (https://arm.robocup.org/) is a challenge on autonomous robot manipulation and grasping organized in two phases: 1) on-line for submitting solutions that will be tested in a simulated scenario, 2) during RoboCup 2023 in Bordeaux for the best teams to run the task in a real scenario.The challenge is supported by MathWorks, Franka Emika and P&G and the best teams will receive a grant of $5,000 for further development and research....

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION 2023 ROBOCUP RESCUE AGENT COMPETITION

21 Feb 2023

Call for Participation2023 RoboCup Rescue Agent Simulation Competitionsto be held in Bordeaux, France – July 04-10, 2023Co-located with theRoboCup 2023https://2023.robocup.orgFor complete RoboCup Rescue Agent Simulation Competitions information go to: https://rescuesim.robocup.org/2023-bordeaux-agent-cfp/IMPORTANT DATESRegistration: February 28, 2023 (23:55 UTC)Qualification: March 05, 2023

Call for Participation RoboCup 2023 Middle Size League (MSL)

17 Jan 2023

Call for ParticipationRoboCup 2023 Middle Size League (MSL)July 4 to 10, 2023 Bordeaux (France)https://2023.robocup.org/We would like to invite all MSL teams to participate in the 2023 RoboCup MSL World Championships. If you are interested to participate,please take the time to pre-register your team for the RoboCup 2023 MSL competitions. For pre-register instructions go to theMSL website at:https://msl.robocup.org/news/cfp_2023.Important DatesFebruary 28, 2023: Deadline for pre-registration...

Call for Participation RoboCup 2023 Soccer Simulation 3D League

20 Dec 2022

Call for ParticipationRoboCup 2023 Soccer Simulation 3D LeagueJuly 4 – July 9, 2023 Bordeaux (France)https://2023.robocup.org/The RoboCup Soccer Simulation 3D Competition provides a great opportunity to experiment with humanoid robots without the need for investing in robot hardware. It facilitates experimenting using different learning and optimization techniques by providing a simulated environment. Since the games are played with teams of 11 players, the league is also a very good...

Call for Participation: RoboCup 2023 Humanoid League

24 Oct 2022

RoboCup 2023 Call for Participation: Humanoid League https://humanoid.robocup.org/ July 06 - 09, 2023 Bordeaux, France The RoboCup Humanoid League invites teams to apply for participation at the RoboCup 2023 Humanoid Soccer Competition and the Humanoid Research Demonstration in Bordeaux, France. The Humanoid League will host competitions in the following categories: Humanoid Soccer CompetitionKidSize: 40 - 100cm robot height (FIFA size 1 ball)AdultSize: 130 - 200cm robot height (FIFA size 5...

Call for proposals: RCF and MathWorks Support for Research Projects 2023

24 Oct 2022

Call for proposals: RCF and MathWorks Support for Research Projects 2023 The RoboCup Federation (RCF) and MathWorks, a Global Sponsor of RoboCup, are pleased to announce this call for proposals to support research projects in RoboCup. RCF-MathWorks Support for Research Projects 2023 aims at funding robotics research projects that use MATLAB and Simulink software. The goal is to enable collaboration between RoboCup researchers and MathWorks engineers to foster progress of RoboCup and its...

Call for Proposals: RCF Project Support 2023

24 Oct 2022

Call for Proposals: RCF Project Support 2023 The RoboCup Federation (RCF) is pleased to announce this call for proposals to support activities for promoting the development of RoboCup Leagues. RCF Project Support aims at funding activities for the development of the RoboCup Leagues or the promotion of RoboCup in general. The main goal of these projects is to research and develop activities that support significant advancements of the RoboCup leagues and/or the RoboCup community which are...

Outlook for the Future - Intelligent Robots Kicked-Off in Bangkok Today

13 Jul 2022

RoboCup 2022 Bangkok, Thailand July 13 - 16, Competitions July 17, Scientific Symposium Bangkok, July 13, 2022 Outlook for the Future - Intelligent Robots Kicked-Off in Bangkok Today It is a meeting of intelligent robots and smart minds: From today until July 16th, the 25th international RoboCup will take place at the Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Center (BITEC). At this renowned world championship for intelligent robots, top scientific achievements come along with...

European RoboCupJunior 2022 in Portugal, 1-4 June 2022

01 Jun 2022

European RoboCupJunior 2022 and European RoboCup Middle Size League Championship 2022 The competition is taking place in Guimarães, Portugal, and is scheduled for June 1-4, 2022. More information on the official website: https://2022.robocupjunior.eu/ Registrations are open until 23rd May. Follow us on facebook: /europeanrobocup2022 and Instagram: @european_robocup_2022 We are looking forward to seeing you soon at European RoboCup 2022

CALL for participation on @home Education

01 Jun 2022

RoboCup@Home Education is a special education program to support new teams in the context of a simplified RoboCup@Home competition. It is oriented to help form new teams and prepare them for the main competitions. Please visit the official website for more information on: https://2022.robocupjunior.eu/leagues/others/home-education/ You can contact us via email: home_edu@2022.robocupjunior.eu VENUE Pavilhão Multiusos - Guimarães Alameda Cidade de Lisboa 481, Guimarães (Portugal) GPS:...

European RoboCup Middle Size League Championship 2022, in Portugal, 1-4 June 2022

01 Jun 2022

European RoboCup Middle Size League Championship 2022 Call for Participation https://2022.robocupjunior.eu 1 - 4 June 2022 Guimarães, Portugal (Multiusos de Guimarães - GPS: 41.43547511153526, -8.3062854116528) The registration closes *** 23 May 2022 ***. Details on the registration (fee, accommodation, rules) are available on the website. Visit us at: https://2022.robocupjunior.eu/leagues/european-msl-championship/ League Chair - Vitor Pinto (vitorpinto@fe.up.pt) ------------ Important...

RoboParty 2022: Successful In-Person Event

18 Apr 2022

Prof. Fernando Ribeiro, RoboCup Vice President, long-time RoboCup Trustee, and co-inventor and co-organizer of RoboParty announced a highly successful in-person event - the 14th edition of RoboParty. RoboParty took place from April 7th-9th, 2022, at the University of Minho in Guimarães, Portugal . This event is organized by the University of Minho (Laboratory of Automation and Robotics) and by botnroll.com (spin-off of the University of Minho). This edition had more than 400 young people with...

Call for Participation: RoboCup 2022 RoboCup@Home Education Workshop and Challenge

11 Mar 2022

=== Call for Participation: RoboCup@Home Education Workshop & Challenge 2022 === [ Venue ] Online & On-site (Thailand) [ Date ] RoboCup 2022 Bangkok July 11 ~ 17, 2022 [ Web ] https://www.robocupathomeedu.org/challenges/robocup-2022-bangkok << Supported by >> - RoboCup Federation - RoboCup 2022 LOC << Sponsors and Technical Partners >> - SoftBank Robotics - Jupiter Robot << Schedule and Rules >> - Kick-Off Webinar: March 16, 2022 - Online Classroom:...

Call for Participation: 2022 RoboCup Autonomous Robot Manipulation Challenge

04 Mar 2022

Call for Participation 2022 RoboCup Autonomous Robot Manipulation (ARM) Challenge Supported by MathWorks https://arm.robocup.org/ The RoboCup Autonomous Manipulation Challenge is live and accepting registrations for the 2022 season. This is a great opportunity to learn about robot manipulation or get a certificate to demonstrate your existing skills! Live information session on learning robotic manipulation and this competition will take place on March 15th, on the MATLAB Instagram Channel....

Call for Papers: RoboCup 2022 Symposium

22 Feb 2022

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...

Call for Participation: RoboCup 2022 Logistics League

22 Feb 2022

Call for Participation 2022 RoboCup Logistics League (RCLL) Bangkok, Thailand July 11th-17th, 2022 https://ll.robocup.org/ Important Deadlines * Pre-Registration: March 31, 2022 * TDP Submission: March 31, 2022 With both competitive and research aspects, the RoboCup Logistics League aims to demonstrate the possibilities of a future Smart Factory. With the concept of "Industry 4.0“ in mind, production steps have to be divided into actions executable by robots, thus making their automation...

Call for Participation: RoboCup 2022 Rescue Simulation Virtual Robot League

20 Jan 2022

Call for Participation RoboCup Rescue Simulation Virtual Robot Competitions 2022 Bangkok, Thailand July 11-19, 2022 https://2022.robocup.org/ https://robocup-rsvrl.github.io/ Rescue Simulation League IMPORTANT DATES Pre-Registration……………………………….: February 15, 2022 (23:55 GMT) Team Description Paper (TDP) submission..: March 21, 2022 (23:55 GMT) Qualified teams announcement…………..…: March 28, 2022 Team registration deadline…….…………..…: May 31, 2022 Camera-ready TDP submission………….….: June 8,...

Call for Participation: RoboCup 2022 RoboCup@Home (Simulation)

18 Jan 2022

Call for Participation RoboCup@Home 2022 (Simulation) July 11th–17th 2022 (Online) http://2022.robocup.org https://athome.robocup.org/ https://github.com/RoboCupAtHome/RuleBook Important dates: Feb. 13, 2022: Deadline for submission of qualification material and preregistration. (Team Description Paper, Team Video, Dockerfile, Team Website) Mar. 13, 2022: Qualification announcement To view the full Call for Participation and submission procedures, please visit: https://athome.robocup.org/

Call for Participation: RoboCup 2022 Rescue Agent Simulation League

13 Jan 2022

Call for Participation 2022 RoboCup Rescue Agent Simulation League Bangkok, Thailand July 11-19, 2022 2022.robocup.org IMPORTANT DATES Pre-Registration: February 15, 2022 (23:55 GMT) Team Description Paper (TDP) submission: February 28, 2022 (23:55 GMT) Qualified teams announcement: March 15, 2022 Camera-ready TDP submission: May 31, 2022 (23:55 GMT) Tournament dates: July 11-19, 2022 To view the full Call for Participation, please visit: https://rescuesim.robocup.org/2022-bangkok-agent-cfp/...

Call for Participation: RoboCup 2022 Soccer Simulation 3D League

10 Jan 2022

Call for Participation RoboCup 2022 Soccer Simulation 3D League July 11 – July 17, 2022 Bangkok, Thailand https://2022.robocup.org/ The RoboCup Soccer Simulation 3D Competition provides a great opportunity to experiment with humanoid robots without the need for investing in robot hardware. It facilitates experimenting using different learning and optimization techniques by providing a simulated environment. Since the games are played with teams of 11 players, the league is also a very good...

Call for Participation: RoboCup 2022 Middle Size League

04 Jan 2022

Call for Participation RoboCup 2022 Middle Size League July 11 to 17, 2022 Bangkok, Thailand https://2022.robocup.org We would like to invite all MSL teams to participate in the 2022 RoboCup MSL World Championships. If you are interested in participating, please take the time to pre-register your team for the RoboCup 2022 MSL competitions. Important dates · Deadline for pre-registration and submission of the qualification materials: March 21, 2022 · Announcement of qualified teams: March 28,...

Call for Participation: Robocup 2022 Soccer Simulation 2D League

03 Jan 2022

Call for Participation RoboCup 2022 Soccer Simulation 2D League July 11 – July 17, 2022 Bangkok, Thailand https://2022.robocup.org/ We would like to invite you to participate in the RoboCup 2022 Soccer Simulation League 2D competition, which will take place July 11 - 17 2022, in Bangkok, Thailand. If you are interested in participating, please pre-register your team, and then submit qualification materials. Please see below in detail. Important Dates -Pre-registration Deadline: Feb 1, 2022 –...

Call for Participation: RoboCup 2022 RoboCup@Work League

03 Jan 2022

Call for Applications for Participation RoboCup 2022 - RoboCup@Work https://2022.robocup.org Bangkok, Thailand Monday, July 11th through Sunday, July 17th, 2022 RoboCup at Work: Competing for the Factory of the Future RoboCup at Work is a league and competition in RoboCup that targets the use of robots in work-related, industrial scenarios. It aims to foster research and development that enables the use of innovative mobile robots equipped with advanced manipulators for current and future...

Call for proposals: RCF Project Support 2022

20 Dec 2021

Call for proposals: RCF Project Support 2022 The RoboCup Federation (RCF) is pleased to announce this call for proposals to support activities for promoting the development of RoboCup Leagues. RCF Project Support aims at funding activities for the development of the RoboCup Leagues or the promotion of RoboCup in general. The main goal of these projects is to research and develop activities that support significant advancements of the RoboCup leagues and/or the RoboCup community which are...

Call for proposals: RCF and MathWorks Support for Research Projects 2022

20 Dec 2021

Call for proposals: RCF and MathWorks Support for Research Projects 2022 The RoboCup Federation (RCF) and MathWorks, a Global Sponsor of RoboCup, are pleased to announce this call for proposals to support research projects in RoboCup. RCF-MathWorks Support for Research Projects 2022 aims at funding robotics research projects that use MATLAB and Simulink software. The goal is to enable collaboration between RoboCup researchers and MathWorks engineers to foster progress of RoboCup and its...

RoboCup 2022: Event Website

16 Dec 2021

RoboCup 2022 https://2022.robocup.org/ The competition is scheduled to be held in Bangkok, Thailand on July 11-17, 2022. More information will be posted on the event website once it is available, including a call for participants, rule book, and list of participating teams. We are looking forward to seeing you soon at RoboCup 2022!

Call for Participation: RoboCup 2022 Standard Platform League

16 Dec 2021

Call for Applications for Participation RoboCup 2022 Standard Platform League spl.robocup.org Monday 11th of July - Sunday 17th of July 2022 Bangkok, Thailand 2022.robocup.org The RoboCup 2022 SPL will host: A 5 vs. 5 team competition as the main competition of the event. A 7 vs. 7 competition. A visual referee technical challenge. A dynamic ball handling technical challenge. A video analysis and statistics open research challenge. All applications with the (pre-)qualification material must...

RoboCup Humanoid League Virtual Competition: First Games on December 19, 2021

15 Dec 2021

The members of the RoboCup Humanoid League Organizing Committee and Technical Committeeinvite you to the HL-Virtual Season. Teams will compete in a virtual tournament. The first games will stream on Sunday Dec 19th, here: https://www.twitch.tv/robocuphumanoidfielda * More information -> humanoid.robocup.org/ *

Call for Participation: RoboCup 2022 Small Size League

13 Dec 2021

Call for Participation RoboCupSoccer Small Size League RoboCup Bangkok 2022 July 11 - 17, 2022 https://ssl.robocup.org/robocup-2022-qualification/ About the Small Size League The RoboCup Small Size League is a part of the RoboCup 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...

Call for Participation: RoboCup 2022 Humanoid League

17 Nov 2021

Call for Participation RoboCup 2022 RoboCup Humanoid League Soccer Competition https://humanoid.robocup.org July 11 - 17, 2022, Bangkok, Thailand https://humanoid.robocup.org/hl-2022/ Important: This Call for Participation concerns the Humanoid Soccer Competition and the Humanoid Research Demonstration. A separate call may be published for the Humanoid Open Competition. =========================================================== The RoboCup Humanoid League invites teams to apply for...

Call for Participation: RoboCup Humanoid League Virtual Season

17 Nov 2021

Call for Participation RoboCup Humanoid League Virtual Season https://humanoid.robocup.org/hl-vs2022/ December 17th 2021 to April 30th, 2022 =========================================================== The RoboCup Humanoid League is inviting interested teams to apply for participation in the Humanoid League Virtual Season. The Humanoid League will host competitions in the following categories: * KidSize: 40 – 100cm robot height (FIFA size 1 ball) * AdultSize: 130 – 200cm robot height (FIFA...

RoboCup President, Prof. Peter Stone on FlashForward Podcast: "ROBOTS: Will Robots Ever Defeat Human Athletes?"

10 Nov 2021

RoboCup President, Prof. Peter Stone was interviewed during the November 10th, 2021, FlashForwardpodcast, "ROBOTS: Will Robots Ever Defeat Human Athletes?" Tune in to episode here: https://www.flashforwardpod.com/2021/11/10/robots-will-robots-ever-defeat-human-athletes/ (Prof. Stone's segment begins 19 minutes into the podcast.)

First Call for Participation: RoboCup 2022 RoboCup@Home

03 Nov 2021

First Call for Participation RoboCup@Home 2022 (DSPL · OPL · SSPL) Summer 2022 (Bangkok, Thailand) https://athome.robocup.org/ https://github.com/RoboCupAtHome/RuleBook Important dates: Oct. 31, 2021 Publication of the Call for Participation Nov. 28, 2021 Deadline for submission of qualification material. (Team Description Paper, Team Video, Team Website). Jan. 10, 2022 Qualification announcement Jan. 30, 2022 Deadline for Participation Confirmation The RoboCup@Home league aims to develop...

BBC News: Can football-playing robots beat the World Cup winners by 2050?

27 Sep 2021

BBC News article, "Can football-playing robots beat the World Cup winners by 2050?" by Bernd Debusmann Jr, highlights RoboCup - our goals and contributions and includes an interview with RoboCup President, Prof. Peter Stone: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-58662246

Call for participation: RoboCup Rescue German Open 2021 – DRZ Edition (Sep 26-30, 2021)

03 Jul 2021

Call for participation: RoboCup Rescue German Open 2021 – DRZ Edition Dear RoboCup Rescue Robot League Teams, We are happy to announce the upcoming RoboCup German Open 2021 Rescue Robot League Competition – DRZ Edition. The rescue robotics competition is based on the 2019 Rules of the RoboCup Rescue Robot League, which are expected to form the basis of the 2022 Rules as well, and complemented by tasks derived from firefighter missions. It will be held as part of the First DRZ Rescue Robotics...

RoboCup teams up with UBTECH on Robotic Research and Education

28 Jun 2021

RoboCup teams up with UBTECH on Robotic Research and EducationPromoting AI and robotic development to better human life Tokyo/Shenzhen-June 28- The RoboCup Federation and UBTECH Robotics have formed a strategic partnership, aiming at highest-quality AI and robotic research and education as well as respective worldwide visibility. Both organizations share the goal of intelligent robots serving and supporting humans in various challenging tasks both at home and at work. To achieve that goal,...

AIhub: Interview with Asad Norouzi, RoboCup@Work League

22 Jun 2021

AIhub spoke to Asad Norouzi, RoboCup@Work Executive committee member about the league, how the competition will work, and the changes they’ve made to the event so that it can be held virtually.https://aihub.org/2021/06/22/robocupwork-league-interview-with-asad-norouzi/

AIhub: Interview with Marco Simões , RoboCup 3d Simulation League

21 Jun 2021

RoboCup Executive Committee member, Marco Simões tells AIhub about the 3D Soccer Simulation League, how the competition will work, and how they strive to advance research every year. https://aihub.org/2021/06/16/robocup-3d-simulation-league-interview-with-marco-simoes/

AIhub: Interview with Maike Paetzel-Prüsmann, RoboCup Humanoid League

21 Jun 2021

Maike Paetzel-Prüsmann, who serves on the RoboCup Humanoid League Executive and Organizing Committees spoke to AIhub about the league, how the competition usually works in the physical environment, and the changes they’ve made to the event so that it can be held virtually.https://aihub.org/2021/06/21/robocup-humanoid-league-interview-with-maike-paetzel-prusmann/

AIhub: Interview with Sebastian Eltester, RoboCup Logistics League

21 Jun 2021

RoboCup Logistics League Organizing Committee Member, Sebastian Eltester, spoke to AIhub about the league, how the competition will work, and the changes they’ve made to the event so that it can be held virtually. https://aihub.org/2021/06/09/robocup-logistics-league-interview-with-sebastian-eltester/

2nd RoboCup Asia-Pacific (RCAP) Tianjin Invitational Tournament

20 Jun 2021

The 2nd RoboCup Asia-Pacific (RCAP) Tianjin Invitational Tournament was successfully held in Tianjin, China, May 19-22, 2021. We welcome you to enjoy the event highlights.

RoboCup President, Dr. Peter Stone: "RoboCup and Its Role in the History and Future of AI"

18 Jun 2021

In a Sony AI new blog post, "RoboCup and Its Role in the History and Future of AI," by Dr. Peter Stone, Executive Director of Sony AI America, President of RoboCup, Professor at The University of Texas at Austin, as well as Director of Texas Robotics. Dr. Stone reflects on the 25-year history of RoboCup and the impact it has had on AI and robotics. Blog post available here: https://ai.sony/blog/blog-006/

A Message from RoboCup President: RoboCup 2021 - Starting in 2 weeks!

08 Jun 2021

Dear RoboCup community, I'm writing to share my excitement about RoboCup 2021, which will officially begin in just two weeks! (some leagues may start even sooner) Many of you reading this message have been hard at work helping with the organization, and even more of you have been hard at work preparing your teams. As of now there are more than 300 teams registered, and about 1500 participants! As you know, this year's RoboCup will be very different than in the past. But I'm very encouraged by...

A Message from RoboCup President: RoboCup 2021

17 May 2021

RoboCup 2021 WorldwideJune 22-28, 2021https://2021.robocup.org/A message from RoboCup President, Prof. Peter Stone about hosting RoboCup 2021 as a fully remote event online, in cooperation with Underline Science Inc. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/underline-science-inc_join-peter-stone-at-robocup-2021-powered-activi...

DeepMind Football Analytics Project

14 May 2021

Professor Karl Tuyls, a former RoboCup participant and local chair of the 2D simulation league (2013), recently published an article along with his colleagues at DeepMind called "Game Plan: What AI can do for Football, and What Football can do for AI" in the Journal of AI Research: https://www.jair.org/index.php/jair/article/view/12505 Their project is described in a recent blog post:...

AIhub Awarded Charity Status

15 Apr 2021

AIhub – leading organizations form new charity to advance public understanding of artificial intelligenceOne year from their official launch, and with support from leading international AI organizations, including the RoboCup Federation, AIhub has announced that The Association for the Understanding of Artificial Intelligence, which manages AIhub.org, has recently been awarded charity status in the UK. Full Press...

Call for Additional Participants: RoboCup Worldwide 2021 Standard Platform League

12 Apr 2021

Call for Additional Participants RoboCup 2021 Standard Platform League spl.robocup.org 22nd June through 28th June 2021 (Virtual) 2021.robocup.orgThe SoccerSPL2021 competition will be held virtually, and features 4 technical challenges, that a divided into local and remote challenges: In the local challenges, teams compete in their own institutes on a suitable soccer field. Teams must demonstrate technical proficiency in the local challenges, such as passing and team co-ordination. Teams are...

RoboCup 2021 WorldWide: Registration Open

01 Apr 2021

Registration for RoboCup 2021 Worldwide is now open!RoboCup 2021 Worldwide is a fully remote event. All teams must pre-qualify through one of our Major or Junior Leagues.Registration for attendance to the RoboCup 2021 Symposium is open to the public.For more information about this event, please visit: https://2021.robocup.org/All Calls for Participation from our Leagues are here: https://2021.robocup.org/participants/call-for-participationRoboCup 2021 Symposium Call for Papers:...

RoboCup Soccer Simulation 3D Tutorial Sessions

26 Mar 2021

RoboCup Soccer Simulation 3D Tutorial SessionsThe RoboCup 3D Soccer Simulation TC and OC are promoting a set of Tutorial Sessions to show step by step how a new team can start working in the RoboCup Simulation 3D competition. The tutorials include the complete simulator setup, useful tools for development and debug, and base teams’ source code.Check the schedule and join our forum or mailing list to receive the links to the presentations:...

Call for Participation: RoboCup Virtual Robot Manipulation Challenge 2021

23 Mar 2021

RoboCup Virtual Robot Manipulation Challenge 2021 Online, starting on April 6th, Finals during RoboCup 2021 - June 22-28, 2021 Call for Participation https://2021.robocup.org/robot-manipulation RoboCup Federation and MathWorks invite all RoboCuppers and researchers interested in robot manipulation to join the first "RoboCup Virtual Robot Manipulation Challenge" that will be performed on-line, using a simulated environment, with the finals running during RoboCup 2021. For more information,...

Call for Participation: RoboCup Worldwide 2021 Rescue Simulation Virtual Robot League

16 Mar 2021

Call for Participation RoboCup Worldwide 2021 Rescue Simulation Virtual Robot Competition Online June 22-28, 2021https://2021.robocup.orgIf you are interested in participating, please take the time to pre-register your team for the RoboCup 2021 Virtual Robot Competition as soon as possible, so that we can inform you about the latest developments. The current plan is to give the teams remote access to a competition platform by using a cloud computing service. To know the scale of the cloud...

Call for Participation: RoboCup Worldwide 2021 RoboCup@Work League

15 Mar 2021

Call for Applications for ParticipationRoboCup Worldwide 2021 -RoboCupat Workhttps://2021.robocup.orgVenue: Online --- This is a fully virtual event.Tuesday 22nd through Monday 28th June2021RoboCupat Work: Competing for the Factory of the FutureAll teams that intend to participate in the competition have to perform the following steps:Submission of qualification material, including a Team Description Paper and possibly additional material like videos or drawingsFinal registration (qualified...

RoboCup@Home Education Online Challenge 2021

15 Mar 2021

Call for ParticipationRoboCup@Home Education Online Challenge 2021 June 24-28, 2021 https://www.robocupathomeedu.org/challenges/online-challenge-2021 * Kick-off webinar (overview of online challenge event): March 24, 2021 *Supported byRoboCup Federation RoboCup 2021 LOC Sponsors and Technical Partners SoftBank Robotics MathWorksJupiter Robot Schedule and Rules Online Classroom: March 24 ~ May 2021 Technical Awards Challenge: May 24, 2021 Online Challenge: June 24-28, 2021 (RoboCup week) -...

Call for Participation: RoboCup Worldwide 2021 Middle Size League

04 Mar 2021

Call for ParticipationRoboCup Worldwide 2021 Middle Size LeagueJune 22 to 28, 2021https://2021.robocup.orgWe would like to invite all MSL teams to participate in the 2021 RoboCup MSL World Championships (Virtual). If you are interested to participate please take the time to pre-register your team for the RoboCup 2021 (Virtual) MSL competitions.Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, RoboCup 2021 (Virtual) will be a distributed, remote event. As such, for the Middle Size League, the remote competitions...

Call for Participation: RoboCup Worldwide 2021 Rescue Agent Simulation League

01 Mar 2021

Call for Participation2021 RoboCup Worldwide Rescue Agent Simulation CompetitionOnline - June 22-28, 2021https://2021.robocup.orgWe are glad to invite you to participate inthe RoboCup Rescue Agent Simulation competition 2021. For the full Call for Participation, please visit: https://rescuesim.robocup.org/2021-online-agent-cfp/ONLINE COMPETITION===================Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, RoboCup 2021 WorldCup will take place as a distributed remote event on June 22 - 28, 2021. The 2021...

Call for Participation: RoboCup Worldwide 2021Soccer Simulation 2D League

01 Mar 2021

Call for ParticipationRoboCup Worldwide 2021 Soccer Simulation 2D LeagueJune 22 - June 28, 2021 (online)https://2021.robocup.org/We would like to invite you to participate in the RoboCup 2021 Soccer Simulation League 2D competition, which will take place June 22 - 28 2021, as a remote worldwide event. If you are interested in participating, please submit qualification materials first. Please see below in detail.Important Dates- May 2, 2021 - 23:59 UTC: Qualification Materials Submission...

Call for Participation: RoboCup Worldwide 2021 Humanoid League

16 Feb 2021

Call for ParticipationRoboCup Worldwide 2021 Humanoid LeagueJune 22-28, 2021https://2021.robocup.org/The RoboCup Humanoid League is inviting interested teams to apply for participation in the RoboCup 2021 Virtual Humanoid League competitions. The Humanoid League will host competitions in the following categories: Virtual Humanoid Soccer Competition (HSC)KidSize: 40 – 100cm robot height (FIFA size 1 ball)AdultSize: 100 – 200cm robot height (FIFA size 5 ball)Virtual Humanoid Research...

Call for Participation: RoboCup Worldwide 2021 Logistics League

10 Feb 2021

Call for Participation RoboCup Worldwide 2021 Logistics League (RCLL) June 22-28, 2021 https://ll.robocup.org/Important DeadlinesPre-Registration: TBD, 2021TDP Submission: TBD, 2021ABOUT RCLL With both competitive and research aspects, the RoboCup Logistics League aims to demonstrate the possibilities of a future Smart Factory. With the concept of Industry 4.0 in mind, production steps have to be divided into actions executable by robots, thus making their automation possible. These actions...

Call for Participation: RoboCup Worldwide 2021 RoboCup@Home League

10 Feb 2021

Call for ParticipationRoboCup@Home Worldwide 2021 (DSPL · OPL · SSPL) June 22 – June 28, 2021 (Online) https://2021.robocup.org// https://athome.robocup.org/ https://github.com/RoboCupAtHome/RuleBookRoboCup is an international scientific initiative with the goal to advance the state of the art of intelligent robots through competitions (RoboCup@Home, RoboCup Soccer, RoboCup Rescue, RoboCup@Work and RoboCup Junior). The RoboCup@Home Virtual competition aims to develop service and assistive...

Upcoming MathWorks Webinars for Students

09 Feb 2021

RoboCup Global Sponsor, MathWorks will host two upcoming robotics webinars for students. Please see the information and links below. Simulate and Deploy Robot Behavior using MATLAB and Simulink for Student Projects In this webinar, we will provide an overview of how to use MATLAB and Simulink for programing robot’s behaviour relevant to robotic student competitions and projects. We will begin by understanding how to represent a robot’s behavior as state machines. We then will proceed to...

Call for Participation: RoboCup Worldwide 2021 3D Soccer Simulation League

04 Feb 2021

Call for Participation RoboCup Worldwide 2021 3D Soccer Simulation League June 22 – June 28, 2021https://2021.robocup.org/ The RoboCup Soccer Simulation 3D Competition provides a great opportunity to experiment with humanoid robots without the need for investing in robot hardware. It facilitates experimenting using different learning and optimization techniques by providing a simulated environment. Since the games are played with teams of 11 players, the league is also a very good environment...

CFP: RoboCup Symposium 2021

02 Feb 2021

RoboCup International Symposium 2021The 24th RoboCup International Symposium will be held in conjunction with RoboCup 2021 in a purely online setting, from 22 June to 28 June 2021. 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...

Call for Participation: RoboCup Worldwide 2021 Small-Size League

15 Jan 2021

Call for ParticipationRoboCup Worldwide 2021 Small Size LeagueJune 22 - 28, 2020https://2021.robocup.orgAbout 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...

RoboCup@Home 2022 - First Call for Participation

11 Jan 2021

First Call for Participation RoboCup@Home 2022 (DSPL · OPL · SSPL) Summer 2022 (Bangkok, Thailand) he RoboCup@Home league aims to develop service and assistive robot technology with high relevance for future personal domestic applications. It is the largest international annual competition for autonomous service robots and is part of the RoboCup initiative. A set of benchmark tests is used to evaluate the robots’ abilities and performance in a realistic home environment setting. Focus lies on...

RoboCup@Home 2022: First Call for Participation

11 Jan 2021

First Call for Participation RoboCup@Home 2022 (DSPL · OPL · SSPL) Summer 2022 (Bangkok, Thailand) The RoboCup@Home league aims to develop service and assistive robot technology with high relevance for future personal domestic applications. It is the largest international annual competition for autonomous service robots and is part of the RoboCup initiative. A set of benchmark tests is used to evaluate the robots’ abilities and performance in a realistic home environment setting. Focus lies...

Call for proposals: RCF-MathWorks Support for Research Projects 2021

23 Dec 2020

Call for proposals: RCF and MathWorks Support for Research Projects 2021 Deadline: January 31st, 2021 and MathWorks-RCF Funded RoboCup Projects Webinar January 14th, 12pm Eastern US Time========================================================================The RoboCup Federation (RCF) and MathWorks, a Global Sponsor of RoboCup, are pleased to announce this call for proposals to support research projects in RoboCup.RCF-MathWorks Support for Research Projects 2021 aims at funding robotics...

Call for participation: RoboCup German Open 2020 Rescue Robot League Competition - DRZ Edition

04 Oct 2020

Dear RoboCup Rescue Robot League Teams,We are happy to announce the upcoming RoboCup German Open 2020 Rescue Robot League Competition - DRZ Edition. The rescue robotics competition is based on the Rules of the RoboCup Rescue Robot League and complemented by tasks derived from firefighter missions. It will be held as part of the First DRZ Rescue Robotics Days in Dortmund, Germany, from November 8 to November 12, 2020. Dortmund is about 2.5 h by train from Frankfurt International Airport and...

Gerhard K. Kraetzschmar Memorial Symposium and SciRoc Camp

18 Sep 2020

Gerhard K. Kraetzschmar Memorial Symposium and SciRoc Camp Dates: 21 - 25 SEPTEMBER 2020 Location: Virtual Website: https://sites.google.com/view/sciroc-camp-gkk-symposium/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Gerhard K. Kraetzschmar Memorial Symposium and the SciRoc Camp will be held from Monday, 21 September to Friday, 25 September, 2020. The symposium is a week long summit of robotics talks to commemorate the life of Prof. Dr. Gerhard K....

RoboCup President, Prof. Peter Stone will Speak at Youth AI Speaker Series on September 3, 2020

27 Aug 2020

Prof. Peter Stone, a top expert in machine learning, multiagent systems, and robotics, will speak at Youth AI Speaker Series on September 3. Prof. Stone will talk about intelligent agents such as robot soccer players and autonomous vehicles. Prof. Stone is the founder and director of the Learning Agents Research Group (LARG) at UT Austin. He plays a leading role in the field of autonomous robotics, as the chair of Texas Robotics, President of the International RoboCup Federation, and having...

RoboCup Rescue 2020 and 2021 in Germany: Call for Expression of Interest

19 Aug 2020

A Message to RoboCup Rescue Robot League Teams from the RoboCup German Open Rescue League:We are happy to announce two upcoming rescue robotics events in Germany and kindly ask you to express your interest in participation in either one of these eventsby August 25, 2020. Your timely reply will greatly facilitate planning of the events. 1) November 2020 A rescue robotics competition based on the Rules of the RoboCup Rescue Robot League and complemented by tasks derived from fire fighter...

The 3rd European RoboCupJunior 2021

04 Aug 2020

The 3rd European RoboCupJunior 2021 will take place on 19-22 May 2021, in Guimarães, Portugal. http://2020.robocupjunior.eu/

Virtual RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2020

31 Jul 2020

Virtual RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2020 (Virtual RCAP 2020) 8-12 October 2020 https://2020.robocupap.org/ Call for Participation: https://2020.robocupap.org/call-for-participation-virtual-rcap-2020/Registration: https://2020.robocupap.org/registrationRegular Registration - August 1 - 21, 2020Late Registration - August 22 - 28, 2020

New schedule for the 24th edition of RoboCup in June 2021

27 Mar 2020

The RoboCup Federation and the University of Bordeaux, on behalf of the local organising committee, announce the postponement of the 24th edition of RoboCup in France to now be held from June 22 to 28, 2021. The current situation linked to the COVID-19 led the organising committee to postpone the event for a year and thus make it possible to host the biggest robotics and artificial intelligence competition in the best possible conditions in France. The joint events planned for this occasion,...

Statement from RoboCup Federation and Bordeaux RoboCup LOC: Corona Virus (COVID-19)

04 Mar 2020

** Updated March 20, 2020 **Dear RoboCuppers,We understand that many of you may be wondering whether and how the global health situation caused by the Corona virus (COVID-19) will affect RoboCup 2020. The RoboCup Federation and the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) in Bordeaux are in close contact, monitoring the situation and investigating options for postponing the event in Bordeaux until 2021. An announcement will be made before the end of March by email, on our website, and on social...

AIhub.org - Leading organizations join forces to improve understanding of Artificial Intelligence

19 Feb 2020

Leading academic organizations in Artificial Intelligence (AI) have teamed up to support a new non-profit association, the Association for the Understanding of Artificial Intelligence, aimed at connecting the AI community to the world. Their website, AIhub.org, hosts daily updates about the latest news, opinions, tutorials, and events in artificial intelligence. All information is produced by those working directly in the field, without filter or intermediary. By providing free, high-quality...

RoboCup 2020 RoboCup@Home Education Challenge: Call for Participation

17 Feb 2020

RoboCup 2020 RoboCup@Home Education Challenge Call for Participation June 23 ~ 29, 2020 Parc des Expositions de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France https://www.robocupathomeedu.org/The RoboCup@Home Education Challenge is an educational competition platform to cultivate beginner teams for RoboCup@Home challenges and service robot development. The purpose of the Education Challenge is to open the participation for everyone, not limited to technical university students, but also inexperienced high...

2020 National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductee: Prof. Raffaello D'Andrea, Advisor of Four-Time World Champion Robot Soccer Team

13 Feb 2020

We would like to once again congratulate Prof. Raffaello D'Andrea, co-founder of the systems engineering program at Cornell University and the faculty advisor and system architect of the four-time world champion Cornell robot soccer team, as well as his Kiva Systems (now Amazon Robotics) colleagues for their induction into the 2020 National Inventors Hall of Fame for their invention: Mobile Robotic Material Handling for Order Fulfillment. For more information about Prof. D'Andrea and this...

European RoboCupJunior 2020 - @Home Educational League

13 Feb 2020

RoboCup@Home Educational@3rd European RoboCupJunior 2020May 21 ~ 24, 2020 Guimarães, Portugal http://2020.robocupjunior.eu/RoboCup@Home Educational is a special education program for providing support for new teams in the context of a simplified RoboCup@Home competition. It is oriented to help to form new teams and to prepare them for the main competitions. AIM RoboCup@Home Educational is an educational initiative that promotes educational efforts to promote access to modern technologies such...

RoboCup 2020 Bordeaux

12 Feb 2020

RoboCup 2020 Bordeaux, France June 23-29, 2020 Parc des Expositions https://2020.robocup.org/en/home/Information about RoboCup 2020 Bordeaux, France, is now available on the event web site.

RoboCup 2020 Humanoid Research Demonstration: Call for Participation

29 Jan 2020

Call for Participation RoboCup 2020 Humanoid Research Demonstration https://humanoid.robocup.org/ Bordeaux, France June 23rd to June 29th, 2020 https://2020.robocup.org/ Researchers are invited to submit their demonstrations independently of whether they participate in the RoboCup competitions, symposium or have a RoboCup team. Contributions will be evaluated for scientific and technical excellence. The submission system is now open and all qualification material must be submitted online at...

RoboCup 2020 RoboCup@Work: Call for Participation

29 Jan 2020

Call for Participation RoboCup 2020 RoboCup at Work https://atwork.robocup.org/Bordeaux, France 23rd-29th June 2020 https://2020.robocup.orgRoboCup at Work: Competing for the Factory of the Future All applications with the qualification material must be submitted by February 14th, 2020 through the following online form: https://forms.gle/1ZiXQzU7nxJfBVvR8

24th Annual RoboCup International Symposium 2020: Call for Submissions

29 Jan 2020

24th Annual RoboCup International Symposium 2020The 24th Annual RoboCup International Symposium will be held in conjunction with RoboCup 2020 at the Bordeaux Exhibition Centre, France. 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...

RoboCup 2020 Visiting Fellow Program - 2nd Call for Participation - Due Feb. 1

22 Jan 2020

** The following call is for people currently outside of the RoboCup community. ** RoboCup Visiting Fellows Program - Feb. 1st Ever since 1997, The RoboCup Federation has been holding annual international research competitions and symposia in an effort to push the state of the art in robotics, artificial intelligence, and related fields. The community remains healthy and vibrant, with students, postdocs, professors, and industry professionals meeting each year to compete and share their...

RoboCup 2020 Rescue Agent Simulation League: Call for Participation

09 Jan 2020

Call for Participation RoboCup 2020 Rescue Agent Simulation Leaguehttps://rescuesim.robocup.org/robocup-2020/ Bordeaux, FranceJune 23-29, 2020 https://2020.robocup.org/IMPORTANT DATES Pre-Registration……………………………....: February 22, 2020 (23:55 GMT) Team Description Paper (TDP) submission.: February 29, 2020 (23:55 GMT) Qualified teams announcement…………..…: March 10, 2020 Camera-ready TDP submission………….….: May 31, 2020 (23:55 GMT)

Prof. Raffaello D'Andrea Inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame

08 Jan 2020

Our congratulations to Prof. Raffaello D'Andrea for being inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF) for his invention of Mobile Robotic Material Handling for Order Fulfillment! NIHF News Release: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/national-inventors-hall-of-fame-announces-2020-inductees-at...

RoboCup 2020 2D Soccer Simulation League: Call for Participation

02 Jan 2020

RoboCup 2020 Soccer Simulation 2D LeagueCall for ParticipationJune 25 – June 28, 2020 Bordeaux, France https://2020.robocup.org/Important Dates:- Pre-registration Deadline: March 1, 2020 (Sunday) – 23:59 UTC- Qualification Materials Submission Deadline: March 15, 2020 (Sunday) – 23:59 UTC- Qualification Notification: March 30, 2020The full Call for Participation can be found at http://bit.ly/rc2020ssim2dcfp

RoboCup 2020 Small Size League: Call for Participation

02 Jan 2020

RoboCup 2020 Small Size League Call for Participation June 23 - 29, 2020 Bordeaux, France https://2020.robocup.orgTo qualify for the competition, each team must submit a Team Description Paper and a video by January 21, 2020. More information on the qualification requirements and processes are located at: https://ssl.robocup.org/robocup-2020-qualification/

RoboCup 2020 Rescue Simulation Virtual Robot Competition: Call for Participation

29 Dec 2019

RoboCup2020 Rescue Simulation Virtual Robot CompetitionCall for ParticipationJune23-June28,2020 Bordeaux, Francehttps://2020.robocup.org https://rescuesim.robocup.org/Deadline for the intention ofparticipationto Virtual Robot Competition:January 25,2020 *Deadline for qualification material Virtual Robot Competition:March 15,2020Team qualification notification:March 30,2020* If you are interested in participating in the competition, please send an email beforeJanuary25,2020, to...

RoboCup 2020 Logistics League: Call for Participation

19 Dec 2019

RoboCup 2020 Industrial Logistics League https://ll.robocup.org/Call for Participation 25th - 28th June 2020 Bordeaux, France https://2020.robocup.org/For the full Call for Participation, please visit: https://ll.robocup.org/2020-2/robocup-internationalDeadline: February 28, 2020

RoboCup 2020 Standard Platform League: Call for Participation

14 Dec 2019

RoboCup 2020 Standard Platform League Call for Participation https://spl.robocup.org/23rd - 29th June 2020 Bordeaux, France https://2020.robocup.org/All applications with the (pre-)qualification material must be submitted by 22nd of January 2020, by email to rc-spl-tc@lists.robocup.org. For the full Call for Participation, please visit: https://spl.robocup.org/call-for-participation-2020/

RoboCup 2020 3D Soccer Simulation League: Call for Participation

02 Dec 2019

RoboCup 2020 Soccer Simulation 3D League Call for Participation June 23 – June 29, 2020 Bordeaux, France https://2020.robocup.org/We would like to invite you to participate in the RoboCup 2020 Soccer Simulation League 3D competition. Important Dates: Feb 10, 2020 (23:59 AoE): Team Qualification Materials Submission DeadlineFeb 22, 2020: Qualified Teams Announcement Jun 23 – 29: Competition RoboCup Soccer Simulation League 3D web site: https://ssim.robocup.org/3d-simulation/Rules can be found...

RoboCup Visiting Fellows Program - Call for Applications - Due Feb. 1

02 Dec 2019

RoboCup Visiting Fellows Program - Feb. 1st Ever since 1997, The RoboCup Federation has been holding annual international research competitions and symposia in an effort to push the state of the art in robotics, artificial intelligence, and related fields. The community remains healthy and vibrant, with students, postdocs, professors, and industry professionals meeting each year to compete and share their knowledge in a wide range of research competitions. Based on the beliefs that 1) RoboCup...

RoboCup 2020 Middle Size League: Call for Participation

29 Nov 2019

RoboCup 2020Middle Size League Call for Participation June 23 to 29, 2020 Bordeaux, Francehttps://2020.robocup.orgWe would like to invite all MSL teams to participate in the 2020 RoboCup MSL World Championships. If you are interested in participating, please take the time to pre-register your team for the RoboCup 2020 MSL competitions.For the full Call for Participation, please visit: https://msl.robocup.org/news/cfp_2020

RoboCup 2020 Humanoid League: Call for Participation

23 Nov 2019

RoboCup 2020 Humanoid Soccer League Call for Participation Bordeaux, France June 23rd to June 29th, 2020 https://humanoid.robocup.org/ Submission System now open! https://submission.robocuphumanoid.org Important: This Call for Participation concerns the Humanoid Soccer Competition. Separate Calls will be published for the Humanoid Open Competition and the Humanoid Research Demonstration later this year. Deadline for submission: December 2nd, 2019 Announcement of qualified teams: January...

RoboCup@Home 2020: First Call for Participation

04 Oct 2019

RoboCup 2020 Call for Participation: RoboCup@Home Bordeaux, France June 23 – June 29, 2020 https://athome.robocup.org/2020-cfp1-all/The RoboCup@Home Committeehas decided to extendthe deadline for the First Call for Participation from the 27th of October 2019 at 23:59 GMT to the 3rd of November 2019 at 23:59 GMT.

RoboCup Rescue Simulation League Members Meet with INSARAG

03 Sep 2019

Executive and Technical Committee Members of the RoboCup Rescue Simulation League met with members of the International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG) in Geneva, Switzerland at the Palace of Nations:https://www.insarag.org/45-en/global-structures/global-news/746-insarag-meeting-with-robocup

theScore: Robots are coming for all of our sports - the only question is when

28 Aug 2019

theScore publishes "Robots are coming for all of our sports - the only question is when" by Nick Faris, featuring Peter Stone, President of the RoboCup Federation:https://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/1806003/robots-are-coming-for-all-of-our-sports-the-only-question-is-when

MathWorks Blog: Keeping Up with Robotics Trends Through RoboCup

31 Jul 2019

We are pleased to share the following blog post about RoboCup 2019, from our Global Sponsor, MathWorks: https://blogs.mathworks.com/racing-lounge/2019/07/31/robotics-trends-in-robocup-2019/

Prof. Gerhard Kraetzschmar

25 Jul 2019

We are deeply saddened to report that Prof. Gerhard Kraetzschmar passed away on July 24, 2019. Gerhard was a regular participant in RoboCup since the very early years of our organization. He was a trustee of the RoboCup Federation starting in 2005, and served as Vice President from 2009 until 2016. In 2016, he served as General Chair of RoboCup in Leipzig, Germany. His contributions to RoboCup over the years were substantial and numerous. Gerhard was a dear friend to many of us in our...

RoboCup Live!

07 Jul 2019

You can now see RoboCup events live, as well as recordings of past events, at www.robocup.live

AIhub has been launched!

14 Jun 2019

AIhub is a new non-profit dedicated to improving the understanding of artificial intelligence through the creation and dissemination of free high-quality information. Website: http://aihub.orgSocial media: twitter - @aihuborg | facebook - https://www.facebook.com/aihuborg Learn more about how you can contribute blog posts, podcasts, and videos, here: https://aihub.org/contribute/AIhub is supported by the leading scientific organizations, namely AAAI, IMLS, NeurIPS, IJCAI/AIJ, ACM SIGAI,...

Successful Robotics Portuguese Open 2019

25 May 2019

The Robotics Portuguese Open (PRO-2019) took place between April 24th and 28th at Gondomar, Porto. This competition, annually organized since 2001 always in different cities, provides an excellent stage for promoting some of the best technology transfer and research results both from Portuguese and international robotic entities and schools. On the junior side, the PRO-2019 acts also as a pre-qualification tournament for the RoboCup world event (OnStage; ALL TOGETHER, Search&Rescue,...

European RoboCup Junior Competion in Hannover

15 Mar 2019

European RoboCupJunior Competition Hannover Fair June 21-23, 2019 https://rcj2019.eu/

RoboCup 2019 Sydney Newsletter #1

01 Mar 2019

View Newsletter #1 from the RoboCup 2019 Sydney Local Organizing Committee here: https://mailchi.mp/98e1905f6d7c/au-revoir-montreal-gday-sydney?e=053ee29b90

Call for Participation RoboCup 2019: Rescue Simulation League

13 Feb 2019

Call for Participation RoboCup 2019Rescue Agent Simulation CompetitionsInternational Convention Centre,Sydney, Australia -- July 2-8, 2019https://rescuesim.robocup.org/2019-sydney-agent-cfp/IMPORTANT DATES ================= Pre-Registration................................................: February 15, 2019 (23:59 UTC) Team Description Paper (TDP) submission.: March 1, 2019 (23:59 UTC) Qualified teams announcement......................: March 15, 2019 Camera-ready TDP...

Call for Participation RoboCup 2019: RoboCup@Work

13 Feb 2019

Call for Applications for ParticipationRoboCup 2019 - RoboCup at WorkSydney, AustraliaTuesday 2nd through Monday 8th July 2019RoboCup at Work: Competing for the Factory of the FutureAll applications with the qualification material must be submitted by February 15th, 2019 through the following online form:https://goo.gl/forms/xIQkh8g8npeDyKir2

Call for Participation RoboCup 2019: Small Size League

22 Jan 2019

Call for Participation - RoboCup 2019Small Size LeagueSydney, Australia - July 2 - 8, 20192019.robocup.orgQualification requirements, which include writing a Team Description Paper and producing a demonstration video are detailed on the league web site.Submissions are required by January 29th, 2019.

RoboCup Visiting Fellows Program - 2nd Call for Applications - Due Feb. 15

20 Jan 2019

RoboCup Visiting Fellows Program - 2nd Call for Applications - Due Feb. 15 Ever since 1997, The RoboCup Federation has been holding annual international research competitions and symposia in an effort to push the state of the art in robotics, artificial intelligence, and related fields. The community remains healthy and vibrant, with students, postdocs, professors, and industry professionals meeting each year to compete and share their knowledge in a wide range of research competitions. Based...

Call for Participation RoboCup 2019: Rescue Robot League

16 Jan 2019

Call for Participation - RoboCup 2019 RoboCup Rescue Robot League July 2 - July 8, 2019 (Sydney, Australia) Important dates: * January 31, 2019 – Team Participation Form (mandatory for all teams) are due: https://tinyurl.com/robocup2019 * February 28, 2019 – Team Description Paper (TDP) upload on easychair (mandatory for all teams). * March 15, 2019 – 1st Round of qualified teams announced.Please observe the announcements made on the RoboCup Rescue facebook channel:...

RoboCup Visiting Fellows Program - Call for Applications - Due February 15th

02 Jan 2019

RoboCup Visiting Fellows Program - Call for Applications - Due Feb. 15 Ever since 1997, The RoboCup Federation has been holding annual international research competitions and symposia in an effort to push the state of the art in robotics, artificial intelligence, and related fields. The community remains healthy and vibrant, with students, postdocs, professors, and industry professionals meeting each year to compete and share their knowledge in a wide range of research competitions. Based on...

Call for Participation RoboCup 2019: Middle Size League

12 Dec 2018

Call for ParticipationRoboCup 2019 Middle Size LeagueJuly 2 to 8, 2019 Sydney, Australia https://2019.robocup.orgDeadline for pre-registration and submission of the qualification materials: January 31, 2019 · Announcement of qualified teams: February 28, 2019Contact:rc-msl-oc@lists.robocup.org liufei [at] caa.org.cn

Call for Participation RoboCup 2019: Standard Platform League

28 Nov 2018

Call for Applications for Participation RoboCup 2019 Standard Platform League spl.robocup.org 2nd July - 8th July 2019 Sydney, Australia www.robocup2019.org All applications with the (pre-)qualification material must be submitted by 15th of January 2019, by email to rc-spl-tc@lists.robocup.org.For more information: http://spl.robocup.org/call-for-participation-2019/

RoboCup in Bleacher Report: "How Close Are We to Having Robots as Managers in the Premier League?"

25 Nov 2018

RoboCup is mentioned in this Bleacher Report article with quotes from the RCF President, Prof. Daniel Polani and RCF President Elect, Prof. Peter Stone.https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2806980-how-close-are-we-to-having-robo

Call for Participation: RoboCup 2019 RoboCup@Home League

30 Oct 2018

First Call for Participation RoboCup@Home 2019 (DSPL · OPL · SSPL) http://www.robocupathome.org/call-for-participation/cfp1-all-2019 RoboCup 2019 July 02 - July 08, 2019 (Sydney, Australia) http://www.robocup2019.org http://www.robocupathome.org/ https://github.com/RoboCupAtHome/RuleBook Important dates: Sept. 15, 2018 Publication of the Call for Participation Sept. 30, 2018 Deadline for Intention of Participation Oct. 28, 2018 Deadline for submission of qualification material and...

Call for Participation: RoboCup 2019 Soccer Simulation 2D League

30 Oct 2018

Call for Participation RoboCup Soccer Simulation 2D League RoboCup 2019 July 02 - July 08, 2019 (Sydney, Australia) http://www.robocup2019.org Schedule: Team Pre-Registration Deadline: December 9, 2018 - 23:59 UTC Materials Submission Deadline: January 9, 2019 - 23:59 UTC Qualification Notification: January 22, 2019 Contact for submissions: nader.zare88 [at] gmail.com and Morteza.Noohpisheh [at] gmail.com

Call for Participation: RoboCup 2019 Humanoid League

02 Oct 2018

RoboCup 2019 Call for ParticipationRoboCup 2019 Humanoid League http://www.robocuphumanoid.org July 2nd to July 8th, 2019 (Sydney, Australia) https://2019.robocup.org/ The RoboCup Humanoid League is inviting interested teams to apply for participation at the RoboCup 2019 competition in Sydney, Australia. The humanoid league will host competitions in three classes: * KidSize: 40 - 90cm robot height (FIFA size 1 ball) * TeenSize: 80 - 140cm robot height (FIFA size 3 ball; maximum weight 20kg) *...

RoboCup 2018 Newsletter #3

12 Jun 2018

The RoboCup 2018 Montreal LOC released Newsletter #3. Please view the below attachment for important information about the event.

RoboCup 2018 Activity Schedule

12 Jun 2018

The RoboCup 2018 Montreal LOC has released the Activity Schedule. Please review the document below for more information.

RoboCup 2018 Newsletter #2

13 May 2018

Newsletter #2 from the RoboCup 2018 Local Organizing Committee in Montreal. Please note the important tips included about VISA applications and invitation letters.

RoboCup 2018 Newsletter #1

11 Mar 2018

The RoboCup 2018 Montreal LOC released Newsletter #1. Please view the below attachment for important information.

Call for Papers: RoboCup International Symposium 2018

25 Feb 2018

RoboCup International Symposium 2018 Call for Papers The 22nd Annual RoboCup International Symposium will be held in conjunction with RoboCup 2018. * Submission of full papers: March 31, 2018* Notification to authors: May 5, 2018* Submission of camera-ready copies: May 19, 2018* RoboCup 2018 Symposium: 22 June 2018 The proceedings of the RoboCup International Symposium are published and archived within the Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) series. Submitted...

Call for Participation: RoboCup 2018 Logistics League

29 Jan 2018

RoboCup 2018 Call for Participation RoboCup Logistics League An application driven league inspired by the industrial scenario of a smart factory http://www.robocup-logistics.org/ June 16th to June 22nd, 2018 (Montreal, Canada) http://www.robocup2018.org/ The RoboCup Logistics League is inviting interested teams to apply for participation at the RoboCup 2018 competition in Montreal, Canada. Detailed information about participation, please refer to :...

Call for Participation: RoboCup 2018 Humanoid League

08 Jan 2018

RoboCup 2018 Call for Participation Humanoid League http://www.robocuphumanoid.org June 16th to June 22nd, 2018 (Montreal, Canada) http://www.robocup2018.org/ The RoboCup Humanoid League is inviting interested teams to apply for participation at the RoboCup 2018 competition in Montreal, Canada. The Humanoid League will host competitions in three classes: * KidSize: 40 – 90cm robot height (FIFA size 1 ball) * TeenSize: 80 – 140cm robot height (FIFA size 3 ball; maximum weight 20kg) *...

Call for Participation: RoboCup 2018 RoboCup@Work League

08 Jan 2018

Call for Participation RoboCup 2018 RoboCup at Work http://robocup2018.org/Montreal, Canada Saturday, 16th - Friday, 22nd June 2018 RoboCup at Work: Competing for the Factory of the Future All applications with the qualification material must be submitted byJanuary 31st, 2018 through the following online form:https://goo.gl/forms/Mf7hxnbvD7bpwoRr2Qualification decisions will be announced by February 15th, 2018.

Call for Participation: RoboCup 2018 Rescue Agent Simulation League

08 Jan 2018

Call for Participation 2018 RoboCup Rescue Agent Simulation League http://rescuesim.robocup.org/RoboCup 2018 http://www.robocup2018.orgMontréal, CanadaJune 16-22, 2018The 2018 RoboCup Rescue Agent Simulation League Tournament is composed of three competitions:* Agent Simulation* Infrastructure* Technical ChallengeThe Call for Participation is published: http://rescuesim.robocup.org/2018-montreal/2018-montreal-cfp/Team Description Paper (TDP) submission: February 10, 2018 (23:59 UTC)Qualified...

Call for Participation: RoboCup 2018 Soccer Simulation 3D League

08 Jan 2018

Call for Participation RoboCup 2018 Soccer Simulation 3D League Juny 16 - June 21, 2018 (Montreal, Canada) http://robocup2018.com/Team Pre-Registration Deadline: Jan 20, 2018 (23:59 AoE) Team Qualification Materials Submission Deadline: Feb 5, 2018 (23:59 AoE) Qualified Teams Announcement: Feb 19, 2018 All teams who wish to qualify need to pre-register before the deadline (see above). To pre-register, send an E-Mail to robocup2018.3d.oc@gmail.com with the subject '2018 3DSim Pre-registration...

Call for Participation: RoboCup 2018 Middle Size League

08 Jan 2018

Call for Participation RoboCup 2018 Middle Size League June 17 to 22, 2018 (Montreal, Canada) http://www.robocup2018.org/ We would like to invite all MSL teams to participate in the 2018 RoboCup MSL World Championships. If you are interested to participate please take the time to pre-register your team for the RoboCup 2018 MSL competitions. (Email: rc-msl-oc@lists.robocup.org)Deadline for pre-registration and submission of the qualification materials: February 12, 2018 Announcement of...

IROS 2017 RoboCup Best Paper Award

29 Sep 2017

Congratulations to the recipients of the#IROS2017 RoboCup Best Paper Award! Hafez Farazi and Sven Behnke "Online Visual Robot Tracking and Identification using Deep LSTM Networks" http://www.ais.uni-bonn.de/papers/IROS_2017_Farazi.pdf

Call for Participation: RoboCup German Open 2018

25 Sep 2017

RoboCup German Open 2018 Call for Participation https://robocupgermanopen.de 27 - 29 April 2018 MESSE MAGDEBURG, Germany The RoboCup German Open 2018 will be the 16th open RoboCup competition held in Germany. The event will take place in Magdeburg at MESSE MAGDEBURG. The registration opens *** 15 October 2017 *** . The registration deadline is *** 15 December 2017 *** for international Major teams and *** 30 November 2017 *** for German Junior teams. Please contact...

RoboCup@Home 2018 Call for Participation

23 Sep 2017

RoboCup@Home 2018 Calls for Participation for the three sub-leagues: Open Platform, Domestic Standard Platform (Toyota HSR) and Social Standard Platform (SoftBank Pepper) have been published in http://www.robocupathome.org/call-for-participation

RoboCup 2017 Nagoya Live stream

27 Jul 2017

Enjoy live stream from RoboCup 2017 in Nagoya Japan.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggwuKFfxbx4

call for proposal: RoboCup Design Award

26 May 2017

Dear all participants of RoboCup-2017,We are grad to announce that we organize the following RoboCup Design Award this year as follow:RoboCup Design Award----------------------------------------------------------------------RoboCup holds up the ultimate goal:"By the middle of the 21st century, a team of fully autonomous humanoid robotsoccer players shall win a soccer game, complyingwith the official rules of FIFA, against the winner of the most recent WorldCup"This goal includes the mission...

RoboCup Videos

17 May 2017

New RoboCup videos highlight 20 years of robot competitions spanning soccer, rescue, @home, and industrialhttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEfaZULTeP_-bqFvCLBWnOvFAgkHTWbWC

Sven Behnke's NimbRo team wins MBZIRC2017

18 Mar 2017

TheNimbRo team from the University of Bonn, Germany, lead by Sven Behnke, a long time RoboCup'er and currently a RoboCup Trustee,has won theMBZIRC2017 Grand Challenge, as well as Challenge 2, being third in Challenges 1 and 2.MBZIRC is a new robotcompetition organised by the Khalifa University, from the UAE, which had its first edition this year, consisting of three Challenges involving outdoor single and multi-quadcopter teams, as well as a mobile manipulator, and a Grand Challenge combining...

Registration for RoboCup 2017 is Open

15 Mar 2017

Registration for RoboCup 2017 is now open. For qualified teams, please wait to receive your registration code from the organizers of your league before attempting to register. For more information about RoboCup 2017 registration, please visit:http://www.robocup2017.org/eng/regsitration.html For invitation letters, please anticipate a 1-2 week waiting period after registration and payment are complete to receive letters via post.

RoboCup 2017 RoboCup Logistics League - Call for Participation

07 Mar 2017

Call for Participation RoboCup - 2017 RoboCup Industrial Logistics League (RCLL) July 25 - July 30, 2017 (Nagoya, Japan) http://www.robocup2017.org Submit your Intention of Participation to robocup-logistics-oc@lists.kbsg.rwth-aachen.de by April 15, 2017. The template you will find on: http://www.robocup-logistics.org/call-for-participation Please send your Qualification Material to robocup-logistics-oc@lists.kbsg.rwth-aachen.de by May 15, 2017. The template for the Qualification Material you...

RoboParty'2017

02 Mar 2017

The 11th edition of RoboParty'2017 held last 2-4 March at University of Minho in Guimarães, Portugal, was once again very successful. Organized by University of Minho andbotnroll.com, it hosted about 500 youngsters in 120 registered teams. Each team built his own robot from scratch, guided by professional, soldered the electronic components on the PCB, programmed it, and participated on three different challenges.All of this was carried out within a relaxed environment, full of fair-play,...

RoboCup 2017 Newsletter #1

15 Feb 2017

Newsletter #1 from the Local Organizing Committee of RoboCup 2017, Nagoya.

RoboCup 2017 RoboCup Rescue Robot League - Call for Participation

15 Feb 2017

Call for Participation RoboCup - 2017 RoboCup Rescue Robot League July 25 - July 30, 2017 (Nagoya, Japan) http://www.robocup2017.orgSubmit Team Description Paper Template to rescue.robot.league@nist.gov by Mar 12, 2017. Announcement of first round of qualified teams on Mar 26, 2017. Please see use the Team Description Paper (TDP) Template for 2017 on facebook.https://www.facebook.com/groups/robocuprescue/ http://wiki.robocup.org/Robot_League

RoboCup Logistics League: Fawkes Domain Release

08 Feb 2017

Fawkes Domain Release for the RoboCup Logistics League: https://www.fawkesrobotics.org/projects/rcll2016-release/

RoboCup 2017 RoboCup Rescue Agent Simulation League Tournament - Call for Participation

31 Jan 2017

2017 RoboCup Rescue Agent Simulation League Tournament Call for ParticipationNagoya International Exhibition Hall,Nagoya, Japan -- July 25-30, 2017 http://roborescue.sourceforge.net/web/2017/cfp.htmlCo-located with RoboCup 2017 http://www.robocup2017.orgTeam pre-registration deadline is March 01, 2017 (23:59 UTC). Team qualification material submission deadline is March 10, 2017 (23:59 UTC). Qualified teams will be announced by March 25, 2017.

RoboCup 2017 RoboCup@Work - Call for Participation

26 Jan 2017

Call for Applications for Participation RoboCup 2017 RoboCup@Work http://www.robocup2017.org/eng/index.html Nagoya, Japan Thursday 27th through Sunday 30th July 2017 RoboCup@Work: Competing for the Factory of the Future Qualification material must be submitted by February 15th, 2017. Qualification decisions will be announced by February 28th, 2017. http://www.robocupatwork.org/

RoboCup International Symposium 2017

23 Jan 2017

RoboCup International Symposium 2017Call for Papers OVERVIEW The 21st Annual RoboCup International Symposium will be held in conjunction with RoboCup 2017. The Symposium is a primary venue for presentation and discussion of scientific contributions to a variety of research areas related to all RoboCup divisions (RoboCup Soccer, RoboCup Rescue, RoboCup at Home, RoboCup at Work, and RoboCup Junior). Its scope includes, but is not restricted to, research and educational activities in robotics...

RoboCup 2017 Soccer 2D Simulation League - Call for Participation

22 Jan 2017

RoboCup 2017 Soccer Simulation League - 2D Simulation CompetitionCall for Participationhttp://www.robocup.org/leagues/24Team Pre-Registration Deadline: February 26, 2017 (Sunday) - 23:59 UTCMaterials Submission Deadline: March 12, 2017 (Sunday) - 23:59 UTCQualification Notification: March 28, 2017 (Tuesday)

RoboCup 2017 Rescue Virtual Robot - Call for Participation

22 Jan 2017

RoboCup 2017 Rescue Virtual Robot CompetitionCall for Participationhttp://wiki.robocup.org/Rescue_Simulation_League--------------------------------------------------------------------- Deadline for intention of participation to Virtual Robot Competition: February 15, 2017- Deadline for qualification material Virtual Robot Competition: March 30, 2017- Team qualification notification: April 10, 2017- Early registration period: March 28 - May 31, 2017

RoboCup 2017 RoboCup@Home - Call for Participation

22 Jan 2017

RoboCup 2017 RoboCup@HomeCall for Participationwww.robocupathome.orgSub-leagues:- Domestic Standard Platform (Toyota HSR)- Social Standard Platform (SoftBank Robotics Pepper)- Open Platform-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Feb 5, 2017 Intention of ParticipationMar 12, 2017 Preregistration and Deadline for qualification material (Team Description Paper, Team Video, Team Website,Information in @Home Wiki).Mar 26, 2017 Qualification announcement

RoboCup 2017 Middle Size League - Call for participation

20 Dec 2016

RoboCup 2017 Middle Size League http://wiki.robocup.org/wiki/Middle_Size_League Nagoya, Japan Tuesday 25th July through Monday 31st July 2017 The MSL League would like to invite all MSL teams to participate in the 2017 RoboCup MSL World Championships. Deadline for pre-registration and submission of the qualification materials: January 31, 2017 More information at http://wiki.robocup.org/Middle_Size_League

RoboCup 2017 Standard Platform League - Call for participation

02 Nov 2016

RoboCup 2017 Standard Platform Leaguewww.tzi.de/spl/Nagoya, JapanTuesday 25th July through Monday 31st July 2017Call for Applications for Participation (deadline Thursday 1 December 2016)More information at www.tzi.de/spl/

RoboCup 2017 Humanoid League - Call for Participation

27 Oct 2016

RoboCup 2017 Humanoid League http://www.robocuphumanoid.orgJuly 27th to July 30th, 2017 (Nagoya, Japan) The RoboCup humanoid league is inviting interested teams to apply for participation at the RoboCup 2017 competition in Nagoya, Japan. Deadline for submission: December 14th, 2016 ***NEW***More information at http://www.robocuphumanoid.org

German Open 2017

24 Oct 2016

RoboCup German Open 2017 http://www.robocupgermanopen.de 5 - 7 May 2017 MESSE MAGDEBURG, Germany The registration for international RoboCup Major Teams is now open. Please visit https://robocupgermanopen.de/en/major/teaminfos.

Call for Proposals: RoboCup@Home Standard Platform User Teams

20 Oct 2016

RoboCup@Home 2017http://www.robocupathome.org/The RoboCup Federation selected Toyota Human Support Robot (HSR) and Softbank Robotics Pepper as the Standard Platforms for RoboCup@Home. We invite user teams that plan to participate in RoboCup-2017 Nagoya to apply for the Standard Platforms. More information at http://www.robocupathome.org/athome-spl

Toyota and Softbank Robotics are selected for @Home Standard Platform

15 Jul 2016

RoboCup Federation selected Toyota’s HSR and Softbank Robotics’s Pepper as the standard platforms for RoboCup@Home. The first competitions using these platforms will be held at RoboCup-2017 Nagoya, in addition to the established competition, which continues to be open for general robot platforms.

A great RoboCup 2016 just finished

06 Jul 2016

The 20th Edition of RoboCup International competitions is just over and it was a great success.Many thanks to the General Chair Prof. Gerhard Kraetzschmar, the Associate Chairs Prof. Oskar von Stryk and Dr. Ansgar Bredenfeld and all the local organizers and volunteers.Congratulations to all the participating teams and to the winners in the different leagues. Enjoy the trailer realized by LOC.

RoboCup Supports Robotics Education Worldwide

24 Jun 2016

RoboParty is an educational robotics event, where youngsters learn hands-on how to build a mobile and autonomous robot from scratch (electronics, mechanics, programming), guided by professionals, in a relaxed environment with ludic/sports activities. In the end, the participants keep the robot for themselves to continue their learning process and for participating in robotics events, like RoboCup or other national/regional competitions. The Trustees of the RoboCup Federation consider...

RoboCup 2016 Preview by KUKA

20 Jun 2016

RoboCup 2016 Preview – Please Join Us There! by KUKA

2016 RoboCup HARTING Open Source Prize

20 May 2016

The First International HARTING Open Source Prize. The award will be presented at RoboCup 2016, in Leipzig. For more information, please review the attached document.

RoboCup Design Award

24 Apr 2016

RoboCup holds up the ultimate goal: By the middle of the 21st century, a team of fully autonomous humanoid robot soccer players shall win a soccer game, complying with the official rules of FIFA, against the winner of the most recent World CupThis goal includes the mission to foster science and technologies for evolving industries and for advancing societies. 2050 is not too far in the future. In order to reinforce relations between robots and the public, we need to think again about the...

RoboCup Russian Regional Committee Established

03 Apr 2016

The RoboCup Federation has approved the recent proposal for establishingRoboCup Russian Regional Committeeand extends best wishes and a warm welcome to the new committee!

MathWorks will sponsor the 2016 RoboCup Competition

08 Jan 2016

MathWorks is pleased to announce that they will sponsor the 2016 RoboCup Competition. All student teams are eligible to receive complimentary access to MATLAB and Simulink. Advantages of this license include: -Ability to download the software on to your own laptop Access to products including, but not limited to: Computer Vision System Toolbox, Control System Toolbox, DSP System Toolbox, MATLAB Coder, Optimization Toolbox, Simulink Control Design, Stateflow, and many others Ability to...

Amazon Picking Challenge at RoboCup 2016

19 Dec 2015

Amazon Robotics is pleased to announce the second edition of ourmanipulation contest to be held at RoboCup at the end of June 2016 inLeipzig, Germany (http://www.robocup2016.org/). Every day, Amazon is able to quickly pick, pack and ship millions of itemsto customers from a network of fulfillment centers all over the globe. Thiswouldn’t be possible without leveraging cutting-edge advances in technology.Amazon Robotics reduces the time employees spend walking the fulfillmentcenter floor by...