[robocup-worldwide] MathWorks news

[Peter Stone]

Dear RoboCup participants,


MathWorks is a global sponsor of the RoboCup Federation.  Sebastian Castro
asked me to forward this news from them, that may be of interest to you.


Best Regards,


    Peter Stone

    Vice President, RoboCup Federation


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We have some exciting news from MathWorks.



*1.       **Visit the new MATLAB and Simulink Robotics Arena page
<https://www.mathworks.com/academia/student-competitions/roboticsarena.html>*

We have released a video series for all robotics and unmanned systems
student competitions. New uploads and blog posts
<https://blogs.mathworks.com/racing-lounge/category/robotics/> will be
shared on our Facebook group
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/RoboticsArena/>.



*2.       *
*MATLAB R2017b is now available! *If your team already has a license, *download
R2017b here <https://www.mathworks.com/downloads/>*.

Otherwise, have your advisor or team leader request a complimentary license
for your RoboCup
<https://www.mathworks.com/academia/student-competitions/robocup.html> or
RoboCupJunior
<https://www.mathworks.com/academia/student-competitions/robocup-junior.html>
team.

New capabilities include:

o    *Text Analytics Toolbox*
<https://www.mathworks.com/products/text-analytics.html>* (NEW in R2017b):*
Use MATLAB for processing, analyzing, and visualizing text data

o    *GPU Coder* <https://www.mathworks.com/products/gpu-coder.html>* (NEW
in R2017b):* Generate optimized CUDA code from MATLAB, including neural
networks, to speed up code or deploy to NVIDIA GPUs

o    *Automated Driving System Toolbox*
<https://www.mathworks.com/products/automated-driving.html>* (NEW in
R2017a, just added for RoboCup):* Perform ground truth labeling, sensor
fusion, object detection and classification with machine learning, and more

o    *Machine learning updates* including more deep learning functionality
<https://www.mathworks.com/products/neural-network/whatsnew.html> and semantic
image segmentation
<https://www.mathworks.com/help/vision/ug/semantic-segmentation-basics.html>



*3.       **Find us at RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2017*
We will be attending the *RoboCup Asia-Pacific (RCAP)
<http://www.robocup-ap2017.org>* event from December 12-18. Looking forward
to talking to teams and offering our support.



*4.       *
*Read our article
<http://www.embedded-computing.com/dev-tools-and-os/competitions-prepare-students-for-changing-technology-landscapes>
on how competitions like RoboCup are shaping future engineers  *

Best,



*Sebastian Castro*

Education Technical Evangelist – Student Competitions



[image: msra]
<https://www.mathworks.com/academia/student-competitions/roboticsarena.html>



Join the MATLAB and Simulink Robotics Arena : Video Series
<https://www.mathworks.com/RoboticsArena> | Facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/RoboticsArena/>

Sign up for complimentary training : Computer Vision
<https://www.mathworks.com/academia/student-competitions/computer-vision-training.html>
| Physical Modeling
<https://www.mathworks.com/academia/student-competitions/physical-modeling-training.html>
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