As this year's RoboCup draws to a close, we take a look back at some of the highlights from the second half of the conference. Over the course of the weekend, the event focussed on the latter stages of the competitions, with the winners in all the different leagues decided. If you missed our round-up of the first half of RoboCup, you can catch up here. It will be a day of intense games. Time is flying when you are having fun.

This year's RoboCup kicked off on 4 July and will run until 10 July. Taking place in Bordeaux, the event will see around 2500 participants, from 45 different countries take part in competitions, training sessions, and a symposium. Find out what attendees have been up to in preparation for, and in the first half of, the event. The arenas are being prepared. Wishing all the best to Team ORIon-UTBMan as they compete at #RoboCup2023 in France!

This year, RoboCup will be taking place from 22-28 June as a fully remote event with RoboCup competitions and activities taking place all over the world. RoboCup@Work is the newest league in RoboCup, targeting the use of robots in work-related scenarios. RoboCup@Work utilizes ideas and concepts from other RoboCup competitions to tackle open research challenges in industrial and service robotics. We spoke to Asad Norouzi, a member of the executive committee, about the league, how the competition will work, and the changes they've made to the event so that it can be held virtually. The league name is RoboCup@Work and it falls under the category of RoboCup Industrial.