In RoboCup MSL teams of five fully autonomous robots play soccer with a regular size FIFA soccer ball.Teams are free to design their own hardware but all sensors have to be on-board and there is a maximum size and weight for the robots. The research focus is on mechatronics design, control and multi-agent cooperation at plan and perception levels.
1. League Website
- RoboCupSoccer – Middle Size League (MSL)
2. Schedule
- 5 November 2022 (Saturday): MSL Team Leader Meeting
- 12 November 2022 (Saturday): Zoom testing for all MSL participating teams
- 19 November 2022 (Saturday): Cooperation Challenge
- 20 November 2022 (Sunday): Open Challenge (Demo)
3. MSL Challenges (Online)
- Cooperation Challenge
The match will take the form of a show of skill at each team’s laboratory, and will be monitored by the judges and other teams online. This challenge will use the existing rules of the RoboCup MSL game. Therefore, the basic rules of RoboCup MSL, such as the size of the robot, the size of the ball, how to dribble, make goals, etc. as far as possible continue to be carried out according to regulations of RoboCup MSL. The details of the challenge rules will be published later.
- Open Challenge
The open challenge is to provide an open scene for all participating teams engaged in multi-robot cooperation research to test the cooperation effect. The game task is to use two or three robots to “encircle” the ball from the midline to the goal. The competition field is the same as that of the MSL Cooperation Challenge, and there are two obstacles on the field. The shape, volume and weight of the robot are not limited. The robot must send the ball to the goal in the form of “encirclement”, that is, the robot can only touch the ball and cannot use any device or structure to control the ball. Each team has 3 times for this challenge, and the final result is the one with best results.
The robots of participating teams must have the following characteristics:
- Full autonomy
- Multi-robot cooperation
- Positioning in a structured environment
Rules:
- The starting position of the ball is in the middle circle designated by the referee.
- There are two obstacles on the court, and the location is designated by the referee.
- When the ball is encircled into in the goal, stop timing.
- Each time the robots touch the obstacles, it will increase the total time by 5%.
- If the ball goes out of the boundary or stays in place for more than 30 seconds, the challenge is over.
4. Documents to be submitted when registering online by 30 October 2022
- Team Photo
- Consent form
5. Registration and payment
- Click HERE for registration
6. Influncer Award
- RCAP 2022 participating teams whose presentation videos are featured on the RCAP Academy Official YouTube Channel (www.youtube.com/RCAPacademy) are eligible for the RCAP Influencer Award.
7. Contact
- registration@robocupap.org