The idea is that remote participation is equivalent to the preliminary rounds of the in-person (and are directly comparable). So teams should build the apparatuses for the preliminary listed tests that they intend to participate in. The requirement for the video itself is as per last year (which is also the same as for qualification) - uncut quadscreen, uploaded to a timestamped video sharing site, etc…
I have other questions about remote preliminaries (Sorry for the repetition).
Do we need to prepare the pre-recorded video package by Jun 19, as the same form as last year’s online preliminaly like the following link? hector-drz_submission_sheet_rc21_submitted
(I might misunderstand that we need to attach videos and scores with TDP as same as a video qualification round of in-person teams, submitted in March.)
We will prepare the videos as same as the above link if it is required by the deadline.
Do we need maneuvering trials in video submissions by Jun 19?
The rule says “To win any Best-in-Class certificate, you need a positive, non zero score in 4 of 6
maneuvering tests.”
Is it common in the remote preliminary?
If we need to satisfy this requirement, we need to prepare at least 4 maneuvering fields.
(It seems that only DEX, MOB, or EXP videos were submitted last year.)
Is “Best-in-Class” common in remote and in-person teams, or is it separately awarded?
1: Yes, the way we will run the remote competition is logistically the same as last year, except that instead of just being manipulation, we will also have the other tests available. We are still asking for a TDP and because we are allowing teams to decide to participate right up to the last minute (June 19th), we of course must allow teams to submit their TDPs as late as possible, which is also June 19th.
2: Yes, because we are now trying to have some way to compare remote teams and in-person (preliminaries) teams, we are expanding out the set of tests.
3: The plan is to award the “Best-in-Class” awards as common between remote and in-person teams. Of course, as this is the first time we are trying to do this, we may need to be a bit flexible if the situation makes this difficult to do in a fair manner.
It is difficult for us to fully build all maneuvering fields by Jun 19, especially MAN3…
Also, detailed dimensions are not described in the rulebook.
I hope organizers to reduce the complexity of the maneuvering fields, and show assembling guidelines with dimensions.
The draft version, which only contains CAD drawings and dimensions of light-build maneuvaring fields, is already helpful for us because we need to prepare the field and videos by Jun 19.
The construction guide for the components that are new since 2019 are now available from the RoboCup website under Qualification Process → Arena Assembly Guide (direct link at Arena Assembly Guide – RoboCupRescue Robot League ).
We don’t need you to build these apparatuses exactly as in our construction guide because we realize that the dimensions of readily available wood in each country is different and if your robot is particularly light, you won’t need to build it as strong as we have (where we anticipate it needing to potentially support humans). For MAN3, if you have a lightweight robot, for instance, a couple of pieces of board to form the ramps, perhaps reinforced underneath with timber, leaned up against suitably strong tables at the correct height, along with some free-standing L-walls (perhaps then screwed into the ramps) will be sufficient.
Please let us know if this helps or if you have any further questions!
Hi Raymond,
I have a question about the construction of (MAN 2) Align Ground
Contacts: in the page 5 of “ARENA ASSEMBLY GUIDE 2022”, the apparatus is in the z-shape. However, in the page 5 of “RoboCup Rescue 2022 Draft Rulebook Part 2: Maneuvering”, the apparatus is in the straight shape. Which apparatus should we construct? If we construct the straight apparatus, how long are the rails?
Thanks for you reply! We will build the apparatuses as required.
I’m sorry that I still have one question: Are there any rules for fiducial distribution of Distributed Exploration and Mapping Tests? Will they be the same as the last year?
Just confirmed, yes the rules for distributing the fiducials is the same as last year. Of course for teams who participated last year, the fiducials should be in different positions than in the past. During the live telecon runs for teams who reach the remote telecon finals (best-in-class), we may ask teams to shift fiducials around.