This year, RoboCup will be held in Salvador, Brazil, from 15–21 July. The event will see around 3000 participants, from 300-400 different teams take part in competitions, training sessions, and a symposium. You can see the schedule for the week here.

The leagues and their competitions

The league competitions will take place on 17-20 July. You can find out more about the different leagues at these links:

• RoboCupSoccer
  • Humanoid
  • Standard platform
  • Middle size
  • Small size
  • Simulation
• RoboCupRescue
  • Robot rescue
  • Rescue simulation
• RoboCup@Home
  • This league comprises: Open platform, Domestic standard platform, and Social standard platform
• RoboCupIndustrial
  • RoboCup@Work
  • Logistics
  • Arm Challenge
• RoboCupJunior
  • Soccer
  • Onstage
  • Rescue

Demo

This year will see a new demo at the event – the Flying Robots Demo. Find out more here.

Symposium

The RoboCup symposium will take place on 21 July. The programme can be found here.

There will be one keynote talk:

• Iolanda Leite, Robots (Still) Need Humans in the Loop

Find out more at the event website.

We are publishing a series of interviews with representatives from the various RoboCup Leagues. You can find all of the content so far here.