# ROSCon 2020: Postponed to 2021

**URL:** <https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/roscon-2020-postponed-to-2021/14170>\
**Category:** ROS General\
**Tags:** event, roscon\
**Created:** [May 19, 2020, 8:53am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/roscon-2020-postponed-to-2021/14170 "2020-05-19T08:53:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![hyang5](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.openrobotics.org/hyang5/32/5667_2.png) [@hyang5](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/hyang5)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 11:16pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/roscon-2020-postponed-to-2021/14170/21 "2020-06-17T23:16:42Z")

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Thanks for the update, @tfoote, fullly understand this hard decision given the COVID-19 pandemic.  
Look forward to ROSCon 2021.

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**Author:** ![mkhansen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.openrobotics.org/mkhansen/32/3748_2.png) [@mkhansen](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/mkhansen)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 11:17pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/roscon-2020-postponed-to-2021/14170/22 "2020-06-17T23:17:28Z")

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@smac - you had me at battle-bots! Sign me up! 🙂 🤖 ⚡ 🚀 🤯

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**Author:** ![tomoyafujita](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.openrobotics.org/tomoyafujita/32/6097_2.png) [@tomoyafujita](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/tomoyafujita)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 12:43am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/roscon-2020-postponed-to-2021/14170/23 "2020-06-18T00:43:50Z")

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thanks @gerkey @tfoote and Open Robotics, I’m looking forward to ROSCon2021 😁

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**Author:** ![felixvd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.openrobotics.org/felixvd/32/2279_2.png) [@felixvd](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/felixvd)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 1:02am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/roscon-2020-postponed-to-2021/14170/24 "2020-06-18T01:02:13Z")

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Would love to see a virtual event. Seems fitting considering how much online streaming and participation has been a part of ROSCon.

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**Author:** ![gbiggs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.openrobotics.org/gbiggs/32/30361_2.png) [@gbiggs](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/gbiggs)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 3:56am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/roscon-2020-postponed-to-2021/14170/25 "2020-06-18T03:56:16Z")

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> [@smac](#):
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> Literally gazebo battlebots

Bonus points for exploiting corner cases in the physics simulation to make the [Kraken](https://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/Deep_Space_Kraken) eat the opponent’s robot!

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**Author:** ![Albert\_Leng](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.openrobotics.org/albert_leng/32/6675_2.png) [@Albert\_Leng](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Albert_Leng)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 4:07am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/roscon-2020-postponed-to-2021/14170/26 "2020-06-18T04:07:58Z")

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I’d like to attend a virtual event given the current circumstances and logistical constraints.

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**Author:** ![SidFaber](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.openrobotics.org/sidfaber/32/4778_2.png) [@SidFaber](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/SidFaber)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 1:39pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/roscon-2020-postponed-to-2021/14170/27 "2020-06-18T13:39:00Z")

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My robot’s all in favor of and willing to help with an online ROS Foxy CTF!

![robot-ctf-med](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/ros/original/2X/e/e6ffa32cb50c860490921a2c07fc475392c21b78.gif)

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**Author:** ![Pyo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.openrobotics.org/pyo/32/15617_2.png) [@Pyo](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Pyo)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 10:25pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/roscon-2020-postponed-to-2021/14170/28 "2020-06-18T22:25:39Z")

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Thank you for the update! Since I have been participating steadily since ROSCon2014, I was very excited and expected about this ROSCon2020. Although the ROSCon2020 was postponed to next year, I think this is a very brave decision. I deeply sympathized with the decision of the ROSCon executive committee, and I hope that next year’s ROSCon will be mere fun, bigger, and more people will be together!

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**Author:** ![adamsj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.openrobotics.org/adamsj/32/4932_2.png) [@adamsj](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/adamsj)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 6:29pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/roscon-2020-postponed-to-2021/14170/29 "2020-06-19T18:29:56Z")

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> [@smac](#):
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> - Literally gazebo battlebots

This sounds fun. Maybe a plugin to create damage by removing pieces of you robot as you play and get hit?

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**Author:** ![Katherine\_Scott](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.openrobotics.org/katherine_scott/32/4434_2.png) [@Katherine\_Scott](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Katherine_Scott)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 8:39pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/roscon-2020-postponed-to-2021/14170/30 "2020-06-19T20:39:56Z")

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This gif is getting stolen. Also +1 for CTF!

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