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Figure 6. The 3D-printed trophies for winning teams.
2021, our ultimate goal remains successful
physical deployments. Additional
open challenges include
designing (efficient and affordable)
robots with more agile bipedal locomotion,
and the problem known as
grounded language learning [9], a form
of embodied cognition concerned with
associating concrete sensory perceptions
and behavioral primitives with
relevant natural language tokens.
Grounded language learning is particularly
relevant to RoboCup@Home,
where robots need to interact with
users through spoken language.
In summary, we expect that all of the
effort dedicated to preparing and running
RoboCup 2021 will have long-lasting
benefits. RoboCup teams will have
more opportunities to participate in
robotics competitions, and the whole AI
and robotics scientific community will
have better tools for benchmarking and
the evaluation of new, innovative algorithms.
The 2022 RoboCup competition
is planned for July 2022 in Bangkok,
Thailand, and the 2023 competition will
be held a year later in Bordeaux, France.
We hope to see you there!
Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank the
more than 2,000 participants in RoboCup
2021, who are the lifeblood of our community.
We especially thank all the members
of the OC (https://2021.robocup
.org/organization), the RoboCup trustees,
the executive committee members,
the league TC members, and the OC
members of the leagues.
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