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<div class="m_-6458617313163977901m_7402186622077934173WordSection1"><p><span style="color:black">Here is the latest news from <b>MathWorks</b>: a Global Sponsor of RoboCup.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#ed7d31">MATLAB Release 2018b is Now Available!</span><span style="color:black"><br>
</span></b>As part of our support for RoboCup, you now have access to the <a href="https://www.mathworks.com/solutions/deep-learning/features.html" target="_blank">
latest MATLAB and Simulink product features</a>.<span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="color:black">If your team already has a license, <a href="https://www.mathworks.com/downloads/" target="_blank">
download R2018b here</a>. Else, request a complimentary license for your <a href="https://www.mathworks.com/academia/student-competitions/robocup.html" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#0563c1">RoboCup</span></a> or <a href="https://www.mathworks.com/academia/student-competitions/robocup-junior.html" target="_blank">
RoboCupJunior</a> team.<br>
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New capabilities include:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#44546a">Deep Learning <br>
</span></b><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/help/deeplearning/ref/deepnetworkdesigner-app.html" target="_blank">Deep Network Designer app</a> – graphically create and edit deep neural networks<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#44546a">
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</span></b><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/solutions/deep-learning/models.html" target="_blank">Pretrained networks and import/export to other deep learning frameworks</a><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#44546a">
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</span></b><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/help/vision/deep-learning-semantic-segmentation-and-detection.html" target="_blank">Computer vision</a> – Image and video labeling, semantic segmentation, and object detector training
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<a href="https://www.mathworks.com/hardware-support/nvidia-tegra.html" target="_blank">Automated deployment to NVIDIA GPU platform</a>s, including Jetson and DRIVE<u></u><u></u></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#44546a">Robotics  <br>
</span></b><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/help/robotics/ref/slammapbuilder-app.html" target="_blank">SLAM Map Builder app</a> – load recorded lidar and odometry data to build 2D maps using SLAM
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<a href="https://www.mathworks.com/help/robotics/release-notes.html" target="_blank">Simulink ROS enhancements</a> – read rosbag logfiles, inverse kinematics, ROS services, and ROS time model pacing
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<a href="https://www.mathworks.com/products/sensor-fusion-and-tracking.html" target="_blank">Sensor Fusion and Tracking Toolbox</a><br>
<a href="https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/66586-mobile-robotics-simulation-toolbox" target="_blank">Mobile Robotics Simulation Toolbox 2.0</a> – Not an official toolbox, but something we just redesigned to simulate multi-robot environments!<u></u><u></u></p>
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… and more!<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-top:12.0pt;vertical-align:middle"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#ed7d31">RoboCup 2018 Highlights<br>
</span></b>This year in Montreal, we collaborated with RoboCup organizers on 2 educational events!<u></u><u></u></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#44546a">RoboCup@Home Education Challenge <br>
</span></b>Used MATLAB, ROS, and TurtleBot 2 to teach newcomers service robotics so they may one day participate in RoboCup@Home Major Leagues<br>
[<a href="https://blogs.mathworks.com/racing-lounge/2018/08/15/robocup-athome-education-2018/" target="_blank">Read our blog</a>] [<a href="http://www.robocupathomeedu.org/learn" target="_blank">Access open-source materials</a>]<br>
Thanks to Professors Jeffrey Tan, Luca Iocchi, Yoshinobu Hagiwara, Kanjanapan Sukvichai, and more!<u></u><u></u></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#44546a">Machine Learning to the Rescue: RoboCupRescue Agent Simulation Workshop<br>
</span></b>Used MATLAB and Statistics and Machine Learning Toolbox to connect to Java based RoboCupRescue Agent Development Framework (ADF)<br>
[<a href="https://blogs.mathworks.com/racing-lounge/2018/07/04/machine-learning-to-the-rescue/" target="_blank">Read our blog</a>] [<a href="https://github.com/IntelligentRoboticsLab/Joint-Rescue-Forces/wiki" target="_blank">Access open-source materials</a>]<br>
Thanks to Professors Arnoud Visser and Luis Gustavo Nardin!<u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-top:12.0pt;vertical-align:middle"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#ed7d31">RoboCup in The Winner’s Circle<br>
</span></b><span style="color:black">In our <a href="https://www.mathworks.com/academia/superstar-students.html#robotics" target="_blank">
Winner’s Circle page</a>, we feature award-winning competition teams that have used MATLAB and Simulink as part of their design. This year, we had a record-breaking 4 participants from RoboCup. Please join me in congratulating:</span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#ed7d31"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;vertical-align:middle"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#44546a">NimbRo – University of Bonn</span></b><span style="color:black"><br>
<i>1^st place – Main Competition, Drop-In Challenge, and Technical Challenge
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RoboCup Humanoid AdultSize – RoboCup 2018<u></u><u></u></i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;vertical-align:middle"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#44546a">Nalanda – ROBOMOD; Genesis Global School</span></b><span style="color:black"><br>
<i>1^st place – High School<br>
RoboCup@Home Education Challenge – RoboCup 2018<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;vertical-align:middle"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#44546a">Evolution Bots – Werner-von-Siemens-Schule</span></b><span style="color:black"><br>
<i>2^nd place – OnStage Secondary – RoboCup German Open 2018<br>
2^nd place – OnStage Advanced – European RoboCupJunior Championship 2018<u></u><u></u></i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;vertical-align:middle"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#44546a">AutonOHM – Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm</span></b><span style="color:black"><br>
<i>1^st place – RoboCupRescue + RoboCup@Work – RoboCup German Open 2018
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1^st place – RoboCup@Work – RoboCup 2018</i></span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#44546a"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p style="margin-top:12.0pt;vertical-align:middle"><span style="color:black">Hope to see more of you in our next update!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="vertical-align:middle"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#ed7d31">Talk to Us!</span></b><span style="color:black"><br>
If you have any questions, reach us at <a href="mailto:roboticsarena@mathworks.com" target="_blank">
roboticsarena@mathworks.com</a> or on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/RoboticsArena/" target="_blank">
Facebook</a>.<b><u></u><u></u></b></span></p>
<p><span style="color:black">Sincerely,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#44546a">Sebastian Castro<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#3b3838">Education Technical Evangelist – Student Competitions<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#3b3838">The MathWorks, Inc.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/academia/student-competitions/roboticsarena.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img style="width:3.525in;height:.55in" id="m_-6458617313163977901m_7402186622077934173Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:1661cb18e87692e331" alt="msra" width="338" height="53" border="0"></span></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#3b3838">Join the MATLAB and Simulink Robotics Arena :
<a href="https://www.mathworks.com/RoboticsArena" target="_blank">Video Series</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/RoboticsArena/" target="_blank">
Facebook</a> | <a href="https://blogs.mathworks.com/racing-lounge/category/robotics/" target="_blank">
Blog</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#3b3838">Sign up for complimentary training :
<a href="https://www.mathworks.com/academia/student-competitions/computer-vision-training.html" target="_blank">
Computer Vision</a> | <a href="https://www.mathworks.com/academia/student-competitions/physical-modeling-training.html" target="_blank">
Physical Modeling</a> | <i>Code Generation coming soon!</i><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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