This second-stage proposal, accepted for RoboCup Federation support in 2020, continued the work begun in 2018: building an open-source Rescue Simulation platform that gives RoboCupJunior teams a low-cost, software-only path toward the Major leagues and university-based research.
With the first version of the platform already developed in collaboration with the Major Rescue Simulation executives, Stage 2 shifted the focus to the Junior community itself — bringing Junior Rescue members into the development of the simulation engine and the preliminary competition rules, so the people the league is built for help build it.
The concrete goal was a set of demonstration games at RoboCup 2020 in Bordeaux, with the involved Junior members helping organize the event, run the matches, and gather feedback to improve both the platform and the teaching materials for future years. The request covered $5,000 in travel support for three Junior contributors.
The mission stayed the same as Stage 1: bridge the gap between Junior and Major, lower the financial barrier to entry, and let teams that cannot travel still compete internationally — while keeping the platform simple enough for a first-year team and deep enough for research-grade work.