RCAP COSPACE AUTONOMOUS DRIVING

In RCAP CoSpace Autonomous Driving Challenge, teams are required to program autonomous vehicles to navigate through a smart city in both real and virtual environments (CoSpace).

The RCAP CoSpace Autonomous Driving Challenge focuses on path planning.

1. Team Size
  • Number of members per team: 2 – 4
2. Team Members
  • RCAP CoSpace Autonomous Driving, U12
    • All members are aged between 7 and 12.
  • RCAP CoSpace Autonomous Driving, U19
    • At least one member in the team is 13 or above.
    • All members are 19 or below.
3. Rules
  • CoSpace Autonomous Driving, U12 Rule 2024
  • CoSpace Autonomous Driving, U19 Rule 2024
  • Note:
    • Both the U12 and U19 age groups in the CoSpace Auto-Driving League require teams to bring their own real robots and compete in both real and virtual environments. In RCAP 2024, teams can use either the VRBOT-Q1 or the VRBOT-C6. To ensure fair competition, we have grouped them into two sub-categories. Both sub-categories follow the same rules but have separate awards.
  • Age Groups & Categories:
    • U12 Age Group:
      • Category A:
        • Real robot: VRBOT-Q1 (orange robot, with 6 IR sensors)
        • Rules: CoSpace Autonomous Driving, U12 Rule 2024
      • Category B:
        • Real Robot: VRBOT-C6 (blue robot, with 7 IR sensors)
        • Rules: CoSpace Autonomous Driving, U12 Rule 2024
    • U19 Age Group:
      • Category A:
        • Real Robot: VRBOT-Q1 (orange robot, with 6 IR sensors)
        • Rules: CoSpace Autonomous Driving, U19 Rule 2024
      • Category B:
        • Real Robot: VRBOT-C6 (blue robot, with 7 IR sensors)
        • Rules: CoSpace Autonomous Driving, U19 Rule 2024
4. Timeline
  • Pre-registration: 5 August – 31 August 22 September 2024
  • Announcement of qualification: 9 25 September 2024
  • Final submission and registration fee payment : 10 – 30 September 2024
  • Late submission and payment (after 1 October 2024)
    • No team registration is allowed.
    • Late registration fee = 1.5 X regular registration fee
5. Registration Fee (CoSpace Leagues)
Regular Registration (10 – 30 Sept 2024)Late Registration (After 1 Oct 2024)
TeamUSD 160.00Not Allowed
MentorUSD 160.00USD 240.00
StudentUSD 160.00USD 240.00
Any additional adult membersUSD 160.00USD 240.00
  • Parents or other mentors need to register as Junior Parent/Chaperone for permission to enter the site at any time, to be admitted to certain restricted areas, and to participate in social events.
6. How To Participate

Any team interested in participating in RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2024 (RCAP 2024) must successfully pass the league specific qualification process.

  • If the team is qualified through the RoboCup/RCAP regional selection event,  it will be automatically qualified to compete in the RCAP 2024.
  • If the team is not qualified via the RoboCup/RCAP regional selection event, please submit the team qualification documents for evaluation by the RCAP Technical Committee.
  • Qualification documents are as follows.
7. Registration Process
  • All teams intend to participate in RCAP 2024 are required to complete the pre-registration
  • Qualified teams will be notified on 25 September 2024
  • Qualified teams need to complete the registration fee payment and the final submission.
8. Pre-Registration
  • Steps for pre-registration: 
    • 1 – Download the COSPACE-Pre-Registration.xlsx
    • 2 – Fill up the pre-registration form.
    • 3 – If the team does not qualify via the RoboCup/RCAP regional selection event, please prepare the qualification materials according to their participating category.
    • 4 – Complete the PRE-REGISTRATION before 31 August 22 September 2024.
9. RCAP 2024 Final Submission:

Steps for final submission:

  • 1 – Make a copy of the prove of payment
  • 2 – Prepare one team photo
  • 3 – Prepare qualification document not yet submitted during pre-registration
  • 4 – Complete the FINAL-REGISTRATION before 30 September 2024
  • Kindly note:
    • All Team Description Paper (TDP) and Learning Journal will be evaluated by the RCAP Technical Committee. Awards will be given to outstanding teams. We encourage all teams to submit the TDP and Learning Journal according their categories.
    • Completing the final submission before 30 Sept will help you avoid the high registration fee.
    • Registration confirmation will be issued to all participating teams once the registration is completed.
10. RCAP Influencer Award

The RCAP Influencer Award will be presented to the teams whose presentation videos receive the highest evaluation in their respective category on the RCAP Academy Official YouTube channel.

11. Contact: 

      CoSpace@robocupap.org