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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Dear RoboCup SSL members, greetings<BR><BR>This year in Istanbul, we will have two technical challenges and one demonstration, which ain at bringing new ideas and innovations into the Small Size League. <U>The challenge rules and full descriptions are in the league's wiki</U>, and are also summarized below. </FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">We <STRONG>strongly encourage all teams to participate</STRONG> and help to advance the league. Please notice the Mixed match and demo participation require teams to confirm participation. </FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The committees also would like to stress the importance of preparing the team's software for the challenges in advance, as to avoid last minute issues and prejudice other teams. The committees recognize the short notice of the announcement and will be at the disposal of the teams to answer any question that may be of help in the preparation.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Arial>=== 2011 TECHNICAL CHALLENGES ====</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">1 – DYNAMIC NAVIGATION CHALLENGE:</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The aim of this technical challenge, originally created for the IranOpen2011, is to examine the ability of robots to safely navigate in a dynamic environment. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size=2>The challenge consists of 6 robots acting as obstacles, two stationary and four moving back and forth along two straight lines on the field. The <FONT color=#000000><SPAN style="COLOR: red"><FONT color=#000000>approximate</FONT></SPAN> p</FONT>ositions and trajectories are shown in the wiki, but be mindful that the a<FONT color=#000000>cutal positions may vary</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Rules: </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">1.1) The maximum number of participating robots is limited to 3.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">1.2) The participating robots must navigate between the two stationary obstacles as shown in pictures.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">1.3) Whenever a robot touches an obstacle or its teammate, it will receive a penalty of -1.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">1.4) Each successful navigation course scores, for each robot, +1.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: red"><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">1.5) Robots who completethe course carrying the ball score +3.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">1.6) The duration of the challenge is 2 minutes.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">2 – MIXED TEAM CHALLENGE</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">This is a full match between mixed teams, each composed of <STRONG>five</STRONG> robots originating from two different SSL teams. One of the SSL teams must provide three robots and the other must provide two. Each robot will be controlled by its originating SSL team own software stack.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">2.1) Teams who want to participate in this challenge must <STRONG>confirm</STRONG> its intention to the OC until <STRONG>June 20th</STRONG>. The OC also urges teams who want to participate to try to adjust their software before the match.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">2.2) All SSL rules will apply normally;</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">2.3) The mixed team can swap which of the originating teams provides three and which provides two robots;</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">2.4) SSL Teams composing the mixed teams will be luck drawn, randomly, at the date of the competition; </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">2.5) The duration of the match will be defined at the competition venue</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">DEMONSTRATION OF LARGE FIELD (for mixed team challenge participants only)</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">A mixed match, similar to the Mixed Match Challenge, between 6 to 8 robots on each side, where each SSL Team will provide half of the robots for the mixed team. The field of play will consist of two official SSL-Fields joined as one, with SSL-Vision operating with four cameras.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">D.1) Teams who want to participate in this challenge must <STRONG>confirm </STRONG>its intention to the OC until <STRONG>June 20th</STRONG>. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">D.2) All rules of the Mixed Team Challenge apply</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Best regards to all,<BR>Angelo Gurzoni Jr<BR><BR>On behalf of the SSL Organizing Committee for Istanbul 2011<BR><BR> </FONT></P></DIV></DIV></div></body></html>