[robocup-nao] Nao GameController / Rules - Updated rules

[Çetin Meriçli]

Hi All,

Sorry for the delay. I was (and still is) quite busy with trying hard to 
obtain visas.

I've uploaded the updated rules to league website's download section ( 
http://www.tzi.de/4legged/pub/Website/Downloads/NaoRules2008.pdf ). 
Thanks Michael for writing the summary of changes. Some of the issues 
like the final version of button interface will be finalized in Suzhou.

Cheers,
Çetin

Michael Quinlan wrote On 07/10/2008 07:11 AM:
> Hi,
>   I'm including part of an email that was due to go out today regarding 
> some rules and game controller.  I'd also like to thank Çetin for 
> putting a lot of time into the rules discussion/documents even though he 
> has been experiencing some big Visa problems and might not make it to 
> China (lets hope he does !!)
>
>  I expect him to release another pdf version of the rules soon , but 
> this is the summary-
> -----
> - Goalies are not allowed to lay down (and stay laid for more than 10 
> seconds?)
>
> - Goalies cannot be called for violating the 50cm rule if they stay 
> within the own penalty box
>
> - Application of collision avoidance rules to teammates will be left to 
> the teams. If a team wants to allow their robots to get close, it will 
> be allowed (I guess it will be hard for referees to remember during the 
> game whether a team requested that or not )
>
> - If a team has a getup routine, their robots should start executing it 
> as soon as robot has fallen. If no action is taken within 10 seconds 
> (maybe even 5 seconds?), zero seconds penalty will be applied and the 
> robot will be placed at one of the following positions, whichever is 
> more of a disadvantage:
>   * the opposite side of the field with the ball, at the halfway line,
>   * 1m away from the ball.
>   * same place that the robot has fallen
>
> - We won't have any technical challenges this year
>
> - Gamecontroller will be optional. Same interface 
> (RoboCupGameControlData.h) with the Aibo division will be used. If a 
> team does not listen to the gamecontroller, the following interface must 
> be implemented:
>   * Each time the chest button is pressed for 1 seconds switches the 
> robot to the next
>     state, and alternating between penalized and playing when the state 
> playing is reached
>
>     Initial -> ready -> set -> playing -> penalized -> playing ...
>
> - The current state of the robot should be displayed on the chest led as 
> follows:
>          Initial   : Off
>     Ready     : Blue
>     Set       : Yellow
>     Playing   : Green
>     Penalized : Red
>
> - The team color and the kickoff status should be displayed throughout 
> the game as follows:
>   * The left foot led should display the team color (blue/red)
>   * The right foot led should display whether a team has kick-off or not 
> (On/Off)
>
> - The gamecontroller support is optional for this year but the led 
> interface is mandatory (here, my suggestion is to make the button 
> interface mandatory too because we may have wireless problems in the 
> field. In such case we should be able to switch among the states by 
> interacting with the robot directly)
>
> Thanks,
> Michael
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