RCAP COSPACE RESCUE FIRSTSTEPS

Teams are required to develop strategies for both real and virtual autonomous robots to navigate, search and collect different objects in the virtual environments.

RCAP CoSpace Rescue Challenge (RSC) – FirstSteps is an intro league which is designed for students without robotics and coding experience.

1. Team Size
  • Number of members per team: 2 – 4
3. Sub-Leagues
  • RCAP CoSpace Rescue, FirstSteps U12
    • All members are aged between 7 and 12.
  • RCAP CoSpace Rescue, FirstSteps U19
    • At least one member in the team is 13 or above.
    • All members are 19 or below.
3. Rules
  • RCAP CoSpace Rescue FirstSteps, U12 | Rule 2025
  • RCAP CoSpace Rescue FirstSteps, U19 | Rule 2025
4. Registration Timeline
5. Registration Fee (RCAP Leagues)
  • Refer to Registration Fee
  • Parents or other mentors need to register as Junior Parent/Chaperone for permission to enter the site at any time, to be admitted to certain restricted areas, and to participate in social events.
6. How To Participate

Any team interested in participating in RCAP-QDI 2025 must successfully pass the league specific qualification process.

  • If the team is qualified through the RoboCup/RCAP regional selection event,  it will be automatically qualified to compete in the RCAP-QDI 2025.
  • If the team is not qualified via the RoboCup/RCAP regional selection event, please submit the team qualification documents for evaluation by the RCAP Technical Committee.
  • Qualification documents are as follows.
7. Registration Process
  • All teams intend to participate in RCAP-QDI 2025 are required to complete the pre-registration
  • Qualified teams will be notified on 27 July 2025
  • Qualified teams need to complete the registration fee payment and the final submission.
8. Pre-Registration
  • Steps for pre-registration:
    • 1 – Download the EDUCATION-Pre-Registration.xlsx
    • 2 – Fill up the pre-registration form.
    • 3 – If the team does not qualify via the RoboCup/RCAP regional selection event, please prepare the qualification materials according to their participating category.
    • 4 – Complete the PRE-REGISTRATION before 27 July 2025.
9. RCAP-QDI 2025 Final Submission:

Steps for final submission:

  • 1 – Make a copy of the prove of payment
  • 2 – Prepare one team photo
  • 3 – Prepare qualification document not yet submitted during pre-registration
  • 4 – Complete the FINAL-REGISTRATION before 4 Auguest 2025.
  • Kindly note:
    • All Team Description Paper (TDP) and Learning Journal will be evaluated by the RCAP Technical Committee. Awards will be given to outstanding teams. We encourage all teams to submit the TDP and Learning Journal according their categories.
    • Completing the final submission before 4 Auguest will help you avoid the high registration fee.
    • Registration confirmation will be issued to all participating teams once the registration is completed.
10. RCAP Influencer Award

The RCAP Influencer Award will be presented to the teams whose presentation videos receive the highest evaluation in their respective category on the RCAP Academy Official YouTube channel.

11. Awards: 

      Participation and award certificates will be presented. No trophies

12. Contact:

CoSpace@robocupap.org