The following rules are provisional and valid for all competition tracks.
In addition to these general rules and the information available in the benchmarking protocols, each track can amend and adopt specific rules and assessment.
Teams can include individuals from one or more institutions, and individuals from academia and industry are equally welcome to participate.
One person can only participate in one team
Each team cannot have more than 5 members (including the team leader).
Teams can participate in one or multiple tracks.
The RGMC organizers are not allowed to participate in the competition.
Teams must register using the online forms, or via email, and nominate a contact person. The registration includes, but is not limited to, a one to two-page description about the team, names of team members, their affiliations and contacts, who the team leader is, which tracks the team will focus on, and a brief description of the team's technology, robotic systems, and sensor systems.
A complete robotic system should be used.
All tasks should be performed autonomously without any human input.
Teleoperation is NOT allowed.
Teams are expected to bring, mount, and use their own setup.
Teams can use the robotic arms that will be made available by the sponsors on site, if declared and approved.
Teams will be ranked individually for each track based on previously defined performance measures and scores.
Prizes will be awarded for each track based on the corresponding leaderboard.
Teams can win multiple awards if they rank in the first positions of multiple tracks.