March 28th
We would like to express our deepest sympathies for those who have been affected by the tragic Tohoku Earthquake that occurred on March 11th, and express our wishes for as fast a recovery as humanly possible. For RoboCuppers from abroad, we would like to announce that we have decided to hold RoboCup Japan Open 2011 Osaka as scheduled.

• INFORMATION

  
  
  

  • Venue

    
    
    INTEX OSAKA
    
    
    
    

  • Schedule

    
    
    May 2nd
    14:00pm to 20:00pm：Team Setup(13:00pm registration starts for players)
    
    May 3rd
    8:00am：Entry for participants,Team Setup
    10:00am：Open, 18:00pm：Close
    20:00pm：All participants leave the venue
    
    May 4th
    8:00am：Entry for participants, Team Setup
    9:30am-9:50am: Opening Ceremony (everybody attend, please)
    10:00am：Open(11:00am Junior games start), 18:00pm：Close
    20:00pm：All participants leave the venue
    *Meeting, Board of Trustee, and Work Shop scheduled
    
    May 5th
    8:00am：Entry for participants, Team Setup
    10:00am：Open, 15:30pm: All games completion
    16:00pm：Closing Ceremony（Awarding Ceremony）
    16:30pm：Be closed for the RoboCup Japan Open 2011
    All participants leave the venue (Time up in the air)
    
    *Schedule may change without notice.
    
    
  
  
  

  • Competitions
    
    Teams are required to operate own programs on the venue. We do not allow any remote participation at all.
    

    • Soccer
      • Simulation League(2D/3D)
      • Small-size Robot League, SSL-H League
      • Middle-size Robot League
      • NAO Robot League
      • Humanoid League(Kid-size/Teen-size/Adult-size)
      • Mixed Reality (Micro Robot) League
    • Rescue
      • Rescue-Simulation League
      • Rescue-Robot League
    • @Home
    • Junior
      • Soccer Challenge
      • Dance Challenge
      • Rescue Challenge
    
    
    

  • Fees

    
    
    • Senior : 15,000Yen (Faculty member), 8,000Yen (Student)
    • Junior : 4,000Yen
      
    
    
    
    

  • Registration Dates and Fees
    
    "CAUTION"
    Due dates written below are MANDATORY, we do NOT accept delay for any reason.

    
    
    • Please register by internet to japanopen2011 [at] robocup.or.jp
      Due date is Mar 19th.
      
    • After you register, the committee of each league will give a team number (example:ss-****) to the team leader by Mar 26th.
      
    • Please email the following information to japanopen2011　[at] robocup.or.jp by Mar 31st, use this format
      
      • Team Name
        
      • Country
        
      • Affiliation
        
      • # of Members(# of non-students, # of students )
        * Please let us know the number of members who will come to the competition site,NOT the total number of development members in your team.
        
      • Name of Members(Please put'*' to team leader, and put whether student or non-student for all of members)
        
      • Corresponding email
        
    • The team leader pays the registration fees to our secretariat as below by Mar 31st.
      
      • Registration Fee is only for participation in the competition of RoboCup Japan Open 2011.
        Other expence such as your round trip airfare and hotel accommodations are not included, thus your own expence.
        
      • Method of Payment
        Please make one payment including the registration fees of all the members under the name of a representative to the following account.
        Please also make sure you put your team number and team name.
        All payments must be made in JPY.
        All charges for payments are covered by the participants.
        We do NOT take any credit card to pay the registration fees.
        
      • Bank
        RESONA BANK LTD., UMEDA-KITAGUCHI BRANCH
        Address:1-1, OFUKACHO, KITA-KU, OSAKA, JAPAN
        Swift code:DIWAJPJT
        Account holder's name：ROBOCUP2011
        Savings account:1683468
        
      • Cancellation Policy
        NO refunds will be given after the payments.
        
    • Our secretariat will confirm you by email after your payments are completed.
      
  
  
  
  

  • For the Teams which require VISA
    
    "CAUTION"
    Due dates written below are MANDATORY, we do NOT accept delay for any reason.

    
    
    • Please fill out necessary information to the application form and send to committee, japanopen2011[at]robocup.or.jp by Mar.31
      
    • You are required to send an approval letter, undersigned by RoboCup committee of your countries or your University's president.
      You can send it with PDF file via Email to commitee by Mar.31.
      
    • Upon confirming of all the registrations, we will send you by EMS all documents including a letter of invitation which will be necessary for visa application.
      
    • We recommend you to handle it immediately after you receive our documents because it takes a couple of weeks to issue visa.
      
    • We are not responsible for any visa issues. If you have the following reason,we will deduct a commission and refund the rest of them.
      -When your team are not able to make it on time to issue visa.
      
  
  
  
  

  • Other Information

    
    
    
    
    • Accommodations
      
  
  
  
  

  • Contact

    
    If you have any questions, please contact to us at;
    
    japanopen2011 [at] robocup.or.jp
    
  
  
  

  • Notices

    
    
    • Due to the space of venue, the number of teams from abroad is limited.
      
    • Regarding junior teams from abroad, a recommendation letter of your own National Representative is required to participate.
      
    • Visa matters are your charge. Please refer to http://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/index.html Invitation letters will be sent after registration.
  
  
  
  Best Regards,
  
  Ken Ohashi
  JapanOpen2011 Organizing Committee