2011 RoboCup Junior in Istanbul Turkey
This event was held from July 4th to July 10th 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey. There were four main RoboCup Junior activities, Soccer, Dance, Rescue and CoSpace. Participants were divided into Primary and Secondary School age groups. The schedule for all events can be seen on this web page.
Two Tasmanian RoboCup Junior Teams Gain World Firsts
If I can be provincial, the success of two Tasmanian teams was especially pleasing.
"RoboSquad United Antipodes" was named in a shared Secondary Dance first place along with "Cluck" from Singapore and "Pinkies" from Slovakia. They also combined with "Wildlife Explorers" from Singapore, and "Bogatech Dance" from Spain as team "Fluffy CoCo" , which was listed as one of the three SuperTeam first places along with "Prisoners" and "Smile".
"Thylacine 3" was named the "Best Novice Team" in the Primary Dance results, and then it combined with "Biodiversidade em perigo" of Portugal and "FLY" of China to form the SuperTeam "Celebration" which was listed as one of the three World Champion Primary Dance SuperTeams along with "Magic World of Animals" and "Wan Ger Can".
It was also good to see an Australian team, "Sparticles Particles", named as "Best Entertainment Value" in the Primary Dance results.
The complete RoboCup Junior Dance results can be seen by clicking here.
Primary/Secondary School Divisions
Teams consisting of participants all of whom aged 14 or under are considered to be Primary School participants, and teams consisting of participants all of whom are aged 19 or under and with at least one participant over the age of 14 are considered to be Secondary School participants. Ages will be as calculated at 1st July 2011. More information on this web page.
RoboCup Junior Soccer 2011
General information about RoboCup Junior Soccer at Istanbul, including a link to the Soccer Rules for 2011, can be found by clicking here, (or if the web site is not available, a copy of the rules current as at Feb2011 can be found by clicking here). If a comparison is needed, the 2010 Rules can be accessed by clicking here.
The results for RoboCup Junior Soccer for 2011 can be seen by clicking here.
RoboCup Junior Dance 2011
General information about RoboCup Junior Dance at Istanbul, including a link to the Dance Rules for 2011, can be found by clicking here (or if this web site is not available, a copy of the rules current as at Feb2011 can be seen by clicking here). If a comparison is needed, the 2010 rules can be accessed by clicking here.
As mentioned above, the RoboCup Junior Dance results for 2011 can be seen by clicking here.
RoboCup Junior Rescue 2011
General information about RoboCup Junior Rescue at Istanbul can be found by clicking here. This site includes links to both the Rescue A and Rescue B rules for 2011. In the 2010 World RoboCup in Singapore, Rescue B was a demonstration-only event; in Istanbul, it was a full competition event. If this web site is unavailable, copies of the rules as at Feb2011 can be obtained by clicking on Rescue A, Rescue B. If a comparison is needed, the 2010 Rules for both Rescue A and Rescue B can be accessed by clicking here.
The results for RoboCup Junior Rescue for 2011 can be seen by clicking here.
RoboCup Junior CoSpace 2011
This was a demonstration event in Istanbul. It aims to be a bridge between RoboCup Junior and the adult RoboCup Simulation Leages. It involved working with a virtual environment and then transferring results from this virtual environment into a real robot. It had two parts, Rescue Challenge and Dance Challenge. More information can be found by clicking here and here for CoSpace Dance, or clicking here and here for CoSpace Rescue.
www.DrGraeme.net - World RoboCup Junior Dance, Soccer and Rescue contacts for 2011