RoboCup Autonomous Robot Manipulation Challenge

Pre-register through this form

Participants are tasked with completing a recycling task with a robot manipulator in a dynamic environment. Robot manipulation and grasping are important skills for most robotic applications. This challenge aims to provide a leveled playing field for RoboCup participants and student teams to research and demonstrate their skills regarding manipulation perception and control in a simulated environment and later transport those algorithms to commercial robots. Teams will implement perception and control algorithms in MATLAB and Simulink to grasp and manipulate bottles, cans, and detergent pouches within a table to classify them into two bins. Points are awarded based on the performance of the algorithm in new environments.

Finalists will be invited to RoboCup 2023 to participate in person programming a real-robot set-up featuring a Franka Emika robot. Even if you are uncertain about participation, feel free to pre-register to obtain more information about the challenge and to stay involved in this initiative in the future. Note that Pre-registration is not a commitment to actual participation and final registration.

Registration

All teams must pre-register using this form.

• 1. Teams may register whether they currently participate in a RoboCup league or not with no fees for the virtual qualification round. Some fees will be necessary to register for the RoboCup finals if a team qualifies within the top 4.

• Registration deadline: April 30th, 2023

• Questions about registration?  Email: diane@robocup.org or roboticsarena@mathworks.com

Submission

• Participating teams will complete a submission form providing links to their code/files and a video of their algorithm in action.

Additional Information

• MathWorks support for RoboCup (Complimentary MATLAB licenses)

• Templates for RoboCup Virtual Robot Manipulation Challenge

• Questions about MATLAB and Simulink? Email: roboticsarena@mathworks.com

• F.A.Q.