Bridge Humanoid proposal

RoboCupJunior Soccer
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Hi Everyone,
I’d like to share some news with the junior community.
At Werob 24, we presented a Bridge Humanoid proposal in collaboration with Alessandra Rossi from Major Humanoid.
We’re now planning to organize a tournament as a side event during the RCJ European 2024, which will take place in Bari, Italy.
To gather feedback, we’ve summarized the key points of our proposal:
Proposal Highlights:
• Establish a bridging event for the Humanoid League over a two-year transition period.
• Teams will compete in challenges with only one robot.
• Two levels of difficulty will be available (first or second year).

Specifications by Experience Level
First-Year Teams:
• Degrees of Freedom (DOF): ≤16
• Maximum weight: 3 kg
• Maximum height: 40 cm
• Maximum of 2 cameras for ball recognition
Second-Year Teams:
• Degrees of Freedom (DOF): ≤23
• Maximum weight: 5 kg
• Maximum height: 60 cm
• Maximum of 2 cameras for ball recognition

Challenges
Entry-Level Challenges:
• Walk at least 1 meter without falling
• Track the ball while standing and walking
• Kick the ball
• Recognize the goal and attempt to kick towards it
• Dribble around a stationary opponent robot
Advanced Challenges:
• Stand up after falling
• Score a goal
• Communicate with the game controller for Start/Stop commands
• Soccer matches with 1 or 2 players

We’re looking forward to hearing your thoughts and feedback on this proposal!

Raimondo Sgrò (Italy)

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Tell me more, I’m excited to see it in action next year.

  • Do you have schools/teams signed up to do this this school year?
  • How are they being taught the skills they need?
  • Are they building robots from scratch or are there kits or maybe even a standard(-ish) platform?
  • Has this challenge been held at RCJ Italy in past years?

You could say I have the usual concerns:

  • is it not too expensive?
  • is it achievable for the kids to make robots walk robustly? Who will teach them these specialized skills?
  • is it going to be exciting enough? Will kids be able to make enough progress quickly enough to not get frustrated?
  • Will teams that are “high end” enough for this challenge not likely to want to stay in wheeled soccer to try and win a title?
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sorry for my late response

  1. Yes, I have.
  2. If you mean my team, at school, during an extracurricular course.
  3. The idea is not to allow standard kits, but you can certainly take inspiration from them.
  4. Not with these rules. We made a demo last year during the Italian competitions. As discussed at Werob, we’ve been working on this idea for some years. To get all the answers, we need to give it a try.
    5/6/7. It depends. Robotics can be more expensive, which is why commercial kits are not allowed.
    I think it will work like any other RCJ league.
  5. This initiative is intended as a bridge proposal for participants who are no longer within the junior age range.