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
HumanoidStandard platformMiddle sizeSmall sizeSimulation
RoboCupRescue
Robot rescueRescue simulation
RoboCup@Home
This league comprises: Open platform, Domestic standard platform, and Social standard platform
RoboCupIndustrial
RoboCup@WorkLogisticsArm Challenge
RoboCupJunior
SoccerOnstageRescue

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.