TC Meeting March 03, 2022

RoboCup Minutes
#1
  • Attending: Alessandra, Reinhard, Reinaldo, Maike, Jasper, Jacky (for the last part)
  • Missing: Ludovic

Updates

  • General

    • Sanctions against Russion research institutions
      * Azer withdrew from the Technical Committee, his access to all resources has been removed
      * Starkit has withdrawn from the HL-VS and the RoboCup competition

  • March Newsletter

    • Final draft of the rules open for comments
    • Save the date for HL-VS Workshop

  • RCF-Funded-Projects

    • News about projects being funded? - No, the decision has not been announced

  • Virtual Season

    • Short update after five game days being played and the withdrawl of Starkit
      • Starkit is counted out of the standing
      • Bit-Bots and MRL are offered to play a game against each other outside the standing
      • The remaining games are now planned
    • Play-Off have been announced - the final day will be live-streamed from GORE
      • More viewers from SPL
    • We have the workshop coming up April 28th,29th,30th
      • 3 days with 3 hours each, differing in time slot
      • Marcos from 3D sim will give an invited talk about 3D sim
      • There will be some talks by participating teams as well as open workshops that can be suggested by the teams

  • RoboCup 2022 organization

    • Trustee decision
      • not yet decided
    • Any more communication with the LOC? - Especially do we have news on the number of fields?!
      • not yet
    • Final list of accepted teams
      • KidSize:
        • Already accepted: 4 (as Starkit withdrew)
        • Open after second rounds of revision: 10
        • Open with first round of reviews: 1
      • AdultSize
        • Already accepted: 1
        • Open after second round of reviews: 3

  • Rule Updates

    • Final draft of rule book was published on March 1st

  • Updates to the RoadMap

    • Software challenge
    • Whistle recognition
    • Drop of support for mitcom

  • Junior/Major Bridging event

    • Current state of the initiative
    • Might be a good idea for a satellite event?
      • during the competition rather than during the symposium

  • Reinhard has open position for Ethics in Robotics in Sim, 100%, looking for submissions, Phd or Postdoc