Robocup

Required Items for Proposal of RoboCup Annual Event (RoboCup-20XX)

A proposer of RoboCup annual event shall prepare a proposal document that includes the following items:

• Dates
  • dates of competitions, symposiums, and preparation
    • which days and hours participants can enter the venue?
    • which days and hours visitors can enter the venue?
  • relation with schedules to other conferences and events
    • major conferences on robotics, artificial intelligence and multi-agents
    • large sports events (Olympics and World Cups) and festivals
• Locations and Venues
  • transportation
    • ease of reaching the venue city
    • plan to handle custom issues to transport robots
    • plan to handle immigration of participants

• possible issues on visa
• accommodation
  • list of hotels and dormitories
    • especially for juniors
• tentative floor plans for leagues and symposiums
  • enough spaces?
  • easy to transport among leagues
• Financial Plan
  • budget plan
  • support from local and national governments
    • certification letters
  • list of sponsors
    • confirmed
    • candidates
• Organization
  • legal entity that will sign the contract with the RoboCup Federation.
    • The person who signs the contract must be responsible to finance.
  • people who have experience organizing big RoboCup-related events, for example, Open events must be involved
  • committees, committee members, and their experiences in RoboCup and organizing events
• Potential impact on country / region in research and education
  • existing RoboCup activities (major, junior)

Each proposal must be submitted by February 15, year N-2 (roughly two and a half years prior to the proposed event). The proposal will be carefully evaluated and voted on by the Board of Trustee of the RoboCup Federation.

For information about previous RoboCup events:

http://www.robocup.org/2010/10/past-events/

Helpful Statistical Information

Participating Countries (2012)

Argentina, Australia, Austria
Bangladesh, Brazil, British Indian Ocean Territory
Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia
Egypt
France
Germany, Greece
Hong Kong
India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy
Japan
Macao, Mexico
Netherlands
Pakistan, Portugal
Romania, Russian Federation
Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, S Africa, S Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey
United Kingdom, United States

Number of Teams per League (2012)

Festo Logistics Demo 9
Humanoid League 31
Middle Size League 6
Rescue Robot League 13
Rescue Simulation League 15
RoboCup@Home League 18
RoboCup@Work League 4
Small Size League 20
Soccer Simulation League 34
Standard Platform League 24
Junior Dance League 42
Junior Rescue League 86
Junior Soccer League 79

Number of Participants per League (2012)

Festo Logistics Demo 147
Humanoid League 205
Middle Size League 205
Rescue Robot League 56
Rescue Simulation League 95
RoboCup@Home League 64
Small Size League 154
Soccer Simulation League 144
Standard Platform League 94
Junior Dance League 329
Junior Rescue League 424
Junior Soccer League 439