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<font size="6"><b>The League of Robot Runners Competition</b></font>
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<div><b><font size="4">1. Introduction</font></b><br>
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<div style="text-align:left">A team of robots works
together to complete errands. They fulfill orders,
sort mail, and navigate all tricky grid environments.<b>
YOUR JOB is to compute collision-free paths for the
team. </b>Get the robots to where they’re going as
efficiently as possible so they complete as many
errands as possible. Use any tool you like: ML, RL,
OR, Heuristic Search. Anything goes if you think hard
enough. But don’t think too long; the clock is always
ticking!<br>
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<div style="text-align:left">Simplified versions of
such problems appear in the research literature
under the name Multi-Agent Path Finding,
Multi-Robot Path Planning, and many others. In
this competition, we bridge the gap between
academia and industry by identifying the core
combinatorial challenges that make these problems
difficult to solve in practice. Participation is
open to individuals and teams of individuals from
any discipline and background and from any
geographic location. Participating in the
competition means not only demonstrating your
skills against the best in the field but also
contributing to the establishment of new
benchmarks and algorithmic baselines. You'll have
the chance to make a tangible impact on the
progression of the research field, with the
possibility of your innovative solutions being
adopted by the wider community. Moreover, your
involvement will help increase attention to this
critical problem and contribute to the growth of
our community.</div>
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<div style="text-align:left"><font size="4"><b>2.
Financial prizes are available for distinguished
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<li><font size="2"><b>Best overall: 5,000 USD</b></font></li>
<li> <font size="2"><b>Fast Mover: 2,500 USD</b></font>
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<li><font size="2"><b>Line Honor: 2,500 USD</b></font></li>
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<p>Other notable performances (2nd, 3rd place in
each category) will be recognized with a
certificate. Register and submit your
implementation before the submission deadline to
be eligible! To lower participation costs, we also
have a limited number of <b><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_2piTMu4qzzTq7aPcsqQjcV12Edxb1bAWJ-Z8RXGHQA/viewform?edit_requested=true__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!vpNRJvplFb8_4ZBCb0G5CxY2uj8SkWdOl2VUqXRIXa5Y0PpmFBYiq_pAtIA_N3cis6hij4KzdC1H-kRm$" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">training
awards</a></b>. Distributed according to
merit, these awards come in the form of AWS
credits (up to $1000 USD), which can be used to
help with the offline development of computational
models.</p>
<p><font size="4"><b>3. Important dates</b></font></p>
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<li><b><font size="2">Warm-up round: July 13 -
August 18</font></b></li>
<li><b><font size="2">Main round: August 19 -
November 30</font></b></li>
<li><b><font size="2">Results Announcement: December
20<br>
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<div style="text-align:left">For more information,
please visit our website: <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.leagueofrobotrunners.org/__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!vpNRJvplFb8_4ZBCb0G5CxY2uj8SkWdOl2VUqXRIXa5Y0PpmFBYiq_pAtIA_N3cis6hij4KzdBDLn1Q-$" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.leagueofrobotrunners.org/</a>
or join our discord channel: <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://discord.gg/CEYT4g4raR__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!vpNRJvplFb8_4ZBCb0G5CxY2uj8SkWdOl2VUqXRIXa5Y0PpmFBYiq_pAtIA_N3cis6hij4KzdI8K928O$" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://discord.gg/CEYT4g4raR</a>!</div>
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Sven Koenig
Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
University of Southern California
idm-lab.org</pre>
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