RoboCup 2007 Atlanta Newsletter #4

Less than 3 weeks to go! This newsletter contains very important information for RoboCup participants. Please read it carefully.

Topics in this newsletter:

Our next newsletter will provide details on travel from the airport to check in and registration.

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Venues and Schedule

There are four venues for RoboCup 2007. They are all located on or near the Georgia Tech campus. They are all walking distance from each other, but we will also have special buses running throughout the day to connect them.

The Georgia Tech Campus Recreation Center (CRC) is the main robot venue. The CRC is located next to west campus housing where senior teams have rooms. TSRB is the main venue for simulation events and the Nanogram Demonstration. The Georgia Tech Student Center will host Junior Dance and Junior Rescue (Junior Soccer will be in the CRC). The
4LL and Microsoft Challenge will be held in the Fox Theatre during the preliminary rounds (July 1-6). They relocate from the Fox to the CRC for the finals.

Draft schedules for the overall event, and arranged per league are available here:

http://www.robocup-us.org/schedule-detailed.html
http://www.robocup-us.org/schedule-league.html

Detailed maps are here:

http://www.robocup-us.org/lodging.html

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Hotels and Campus Housing

Registration for campus housing is CLOSED. Please be advised that if you are staying on campus, your badge (credential) will indicate this. For security and safety we request that you wear your badge at all times.

If you don't have a room reservation, NOW is the time to get one. We have been advised by the Indigo Hotel that they still have rooms. We recommend Indigo because it is a quite attractive hotel at a low price, and it is located across the street from the Fox Theatre. Be sure to ask for the RoboCup rate of $105.

http://www.midtownatlantahotel.com

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Are you Registered Correctly?

Registration is now closed. Please make sure you and your team are registered correctly. You can check your
registration here:

http://www.georgiarobotics.com/robocup/teams/

We will keep this site up only briefly, and it is secured with a password to protect private information:

atlanta
registration

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Shipping Robots and Equipment

We have set up a receiving center at Georgia Tech for the express purpose of receiving robots and other equipment
for RoboCup 2007.

All costs for shipping to Georgia Tech, and then back to your university must be handled by you. When you arrange
shipping to Atlanta, please also arrange for shipping back to your university.

We accept responsibility for your equipment when it arrives at Georgia Tech. Your crates will be delivered to the
appropriate venue when that venue opens. After the competition we will transport the crates back to our receiving center to be picked up by the shipping companies.

Detailed instructions are at the page below. Please follow the instructions carefully:

http://www.robocup-us.org/transportationandshipping.html

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Share Your Pictures!

We have set up a website for sharing photos of RoboCup 2007. We invite all participants and spectators to post their
photos there. Start now by showing us pictures of your home university.

There are some photos now of the venues:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/robocup

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Do you Need 220V?

We will provide standard US power outlets at paddock areas. Standard US power is 110 V AC at 60 Hz. Some leagues and
teams have asked about 220 or 240 V AC power. It is difficult (and expensive) to anticipate who will need which
type, so we request you purchase an appropriate converter at the store below, and have the converter shipped to your
team at Georgia Tech:

http://www.voltageconverters.com/voltage_converters.html

Use the following address:

Your Name / RoboCup 07 XXXXXX League
College of Computing
888 Hemphill Avenue NW
Atlanta, GA 30318
USA

Shipping takes two days from the supplier.

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We are able to host RoboCup 2007 Atlanta thanks to the generosity of:

KUKA Robotics
Microsoft
CITIZEN
Lockheed Martin
Georgia Tech

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