RoboCup: The Regulations for Full Set Small Size Robot League
Last modification on 30 Sept. 1997
Rules is classified into three categories;
- the environment
- robots and the team
- game process
- forbidden action of robots
The dimension and color of the field is
listed here.
- Field
- Size is 4575mm by 8220mm. Both length and width is 3 times
longer than the small league's field. The photo below is the
overview of the field.
More photos are
shown here.
- Corner
Four small panels are attached to the corner to avoid stucking
the ball.
As shown in the figure below, it should be located 200mm from
the corner for each axis. Green strips of width 30mm shall be
painted to identify the edge of the panel.
- The surface and lines
The surface of the field is covered with an urethane panel
with green short carpet. The panel is a product of Mizuwa Co. Ltd..
Line is drawn on the field for the centre line, centre circle
and the penalty area.
- Colourings
Following parts are painted in different colour:
- field is green
- wall is white
- lines drawn on the field is white
- markers on corners is green (see the photo above)
- ball is red
- goals are blue and yellow(see here)
- Goals
The width of the goal is 1500mm and the height is 500mm.
Each goal is coloured in one colour (defined in Colouring) and has
different colour from the other.
- Ball
A ball for full set small size league is yellow tennis ball.
- Wall
A wall shall be placed all around the field, except in goals. The wall
shall be painted in white. The height of the wall shall be 500mm.
- Penalty Area
Penalty area will be created in surrounding the goal of each side. It
is 675mm from the goal line, and width of 3000mm. The area is shown
by white lines with the width of 35mm.
- Lighting
The light sources will be hung over the field. The brightness of the
field will be adjusted between 1,000 and 2,000 lux.
Robot
The maximum diameter of a circular robot shall be 15cm, while the
maximum length of a rectangular robot shall be 18cm with a with a
width of 10cm. These provide for the same size of robot in terms of
surface area. This is approximately 1/10 of the length of the shorter
end of the field.
Team
A team should consists of no more than 11 robots.
Global Vision System / External Distributed Vision System
The use of a global vision system and an external distributed
vision system is permitted, not required,
to identify and track the position of robots and balls.
The rule explicitly allow the use of multiple cameras for tracking.
The use of the global vision system shall be notified at the time of register,
and detailed arrangements shall be discussed with the
RoboCup organizing committee.
- Length of the game
The games consits of the first half, break, and the second half.
Each half is 10 minutes and break is 10 minutes.
- Kick-off/Restart/Stop
For kick-off, restart, and stop of the game, the umpire will call
verbally, or by whistle, and the operator of the team can send signals
to robots or relocate by his/her own hands.
- Robot positions at kick-off/Restart
- Kick-off
All robots shall be in located in their side of the field. Only one
robot, which kick the ball, shall be in the center circle. *Restart
after the goal The restart after the goal shall adopt the same
formation as the kick-off.
- Free Kick
not defined, probably same to restart.
- Penalty Kick
not defined, probably same to restart.
- Throw-in
not defined. open probolem.
Following actions are forbidden. See small size robots' rule.
- Ball Holding
- Court Modification
- Robot Halting
- Charging(attacking other robot)
refer small size robots' rule 18
kiano@csl.sony.co.jp
Last modified: Sept 30, 1997