Thank you a lot for all your remarks and your careful attention to details. I will use line numbers based on the same version to answer your comments and questions.
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General
- 27-34: Regional modification of the law
- It is not necessary to remove it I think and it might be an advantage for
organization of regional RoboCup competitions
- It is not necessary to remove it I think and it might be an advantage for
- 359-360: Gaze angle
- I agree that it could be clarified, moreover, H_top could be introduced
sooner (around 335)
- I agree that it could be clarified, moreover, H_top could be introduced
- 389-390: Magnetometer in software
- Currently, the rules states that if there is any doubt, code must be
available to referees. If the use of the magnetometer is optional and
disabled in the software and there is another satisfying solution to break
the symetry of the field, rules do not state that this is a problem.
- Currently, the rules states that if there is any doubt, code must be
- 451: Solid shape
- It might be explained more properly, we will discuss that
- 712: Scoring from the respective half of the field
- My understanding: projection of the center of the ball should be on the
appropriate side of the field
- My understanding: projection of the center of the ball should be on the
- 27-34: Regional modification of the law
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Free kicks
- 812-813: Direct free kick in penalty area
- I personally agree
- 895: Scoring from an indirect free kick
- I don’t think so, the 10 seconds allow the robots from the other team to
touch the ball, but it has no impact on being allowed to score a goal
directly.
- I don’t think so, the 10 seconds allow the robots from the other team to
- 904-908: Free-kick procedure
- Check with game controller
- 928: Ball in play after free-kick
- I guess we could modify it like that (related to line 949-950)
- 946: Free-kick from inside the penalty area
- Agreed
- 949: Touching ball with hands after free-kick
- Agreed
- 949-950: Touching the ball twice during free-kick
- Currently rule states that the ball is in play once the kicker touched the
ball, it can touch it twice before it moved 20 cm. If we change line 928,
then we would have to update this as well.
- Currently rule states that the ball is in play once the kicker touched the
- 953: replacing “handles” by “touches”
- There is already the notion of ‘deliberately’ which is unsuited for
robots, I think that handles highlights the difference with lines 949-950.
- There is already the notion of ‘deliberately’ which is unsuited for
- 988: Position of penalty kicks
- I think we discussed the rule you proposed back in Nagoya, I agree that it
makes more sense.
- I think we discussed the rule you proposed back in Nagoya, I agree that it
- 812-813: Direct free kick in penalty area
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Throw-in, goal kicks and corner kicks
- 1061, 1119, 1166: Continuing play instead of restarting
- Agreed
- 1065: scoring from a throw-in
- Agreed
- 1130, 1178: Replacing the ball after goal-kick + corner-kick
- I think that current formulation is satisfying enough since placement of
the ball is always up to the referee and depend on the position of robots,
thereis no need to overspecify it.
- I think that current formulation is satisfying enough since placement of
- 1061, 1119, 1166: Continuing play instead of restarting
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Penalty kicks procedure
- 1258-1263: Balancing player numbers during penalty-shootouts
- I agree, those lines should be suspended
- 1258-1263: Balancing player numbers during penalty-shootouts
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Section 2
- 1383: Touching a robot in Adult-size
- Agreed
- 1397: 10 goals limits
- This rule has been removed and has also been removed from the game
controller. Maybe we should consider removing this line.
- This rule has been removed and has also been removed from the game
- 1401: Kicking the ball to reach their respective opponent’s goal
- I think we can let interpretation of this rule up to referees, they can
judge if there it makes sense to add extra-time based on the game. It is
better than to come up with arbitrary criteria which might be unsuited.
- I think we can let interpretation of this rule up to referees, they can
- 1455: Manual placement of striker robot during dropped ball
- I agree with your comment, it needs to be fixed.
- 1470: Update of free-kick procedure
- I will look into it
- 1507-1509: Exchange of field-player and goalie
- Agreed, it seems to be the same sentence twice
- 1513: Service time
- Agreed. In order to favor robustness, I would even like to increase the
service time to 2 minutes.
- Agreed. In order to favor robustness, I would even like to increase the
- 1520: Buttons for Illegal Attack/Illegal defense
- Agreed, I will push an issue on the GameController repository
- 1568: Drop-in drawings announcements
- It should be announce sooner if possible but there are no expected rule
changes.
- It should be announce sooner if possible but there are no expected rule
- 1600-1602: Ranking drop-in teams
- I agree that it needs clarifications, it will be discussed.
- 1673: Issues regarding rule compliance of other robots
- There are no problems about team markers. If teams agree on color 1 hour
before, they can show the robot with the markers. If they can’t
agree… they have to show both colors. Of course if the opponent makes
changes on the robot design or on the markers, it is possible to
complain. The main idea is to remove this part from the referees and to
let teams handle robot inspection on their own.
- There are no problems about team markers. If teams agree on color 1 hour
- 1383: Touching a robot in Adult-size
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Section 3
- 1776: Metric for push-recovery
- Yes this was agreed, rules will be changed
- 1776: Metric for push-recovery
I will try to implement the modifications I agreed on during the next few days.