[robocup-athome] Results of rulebook discussion

[Fariborz Mahmoudi (PhD)]

Dear David,

Thanks for your and all TCs' efforts for making clear the rulebook. As we are going to perform this new rulebook in Iranopen competitions in next few days, please let me know publishing date of the new release of rulebook with mentioned modifications.

Regards,
Fariborz

 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: David Gossow 
  To: robocup-athome at lists.robocup.org 
  Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 9:07 PM
  Subject: [robocup-athome] Results of rulebook discussion


  Hi all,

  I've compiled a list of the changes we will make to the rules due to the 
  suggestions made in the mailing list.

  More details on "General Purpose Service Robot" are currently worked 
  out. We hope to finish that work soon and will publish the final 
  rulebook as soon as possible.

  Regards,
  David


  RIPS:

  * The setup of the scenario will be ready 1 day before the test. No 
  major changes will be made to it during that period.
  * The poster session takes place in the scenario.
  * The evaluation of posters will be done by the other team leaders. 
  Every team leader has to fill out a score sheet, giving from 0-10 points 
  for the overall quality of the poster of each team.
  * During the robot inspection, the TC will ask the robot to move. The 
  robot should then start moving, for example heading for the exit. While 
  the robot is moving, the tc will push the emergency stop. If the robot 
  does not stop immediately, it does not meet the minimum requirements and 
  thus is not qualified for the competition.

  Follow me:

  * The time is very short if we require the robots to not move 
  dangerously fast and want to cover a larger distance. On the other hand, 
  we could have e.g. 3 teams running in parallel. Thus, we will extend 
  this test to 8 minutes.

  Go Get It:

  * Driving over the objects on the floor is not allowed, except for minor 
  collisions.
  * To all locations in the scenario, there will always be some path for 
  reaching it, without any object blocking it.
  * The team chooses 10 objects it can manipulate, the referee chooses 4 
  of these as known objects.
  * The object identified does not have to be the same as the one grasped.
  * If the robot tries to grasping one of the unkown objects, the team can 
  not receive points for grasping and bringing a correct one afterwards.
  * Multiple tries to grasp objects are allowed, as long if all of them 
  are from the list of known objects.

  (Enhanced) Who is who:

  * The robot may ask a person to look at it for identification when 
  standing next to him/her. However, if there is no person, it receives 
  the penalty for incorrect human detection.
  * The drinks do not have to be handed over to the user. Putting them on 
  the ground or asking the user to grab them from some kind of tray is 
  allowed.

  GPSR

  * The commands are given by a team member. He/she has to recite the 
  exact sentence which is given to the team.

  Shopping mall:

  * All objects are from the list of predefined objects for this team.
  * The TC will assure that there are reasonable conditions. However, 
  there is no guarantee on how the scenario will look like regarding 
  spacing, lighting conditions etc. There could be customers in the shop.
  * Tijn will contact the according persons beforehand to clarify how far 
  the supermarket is away, how we can get the robots there etc.
  * There is only one type of object from the list in each shelf. There 
  can be many objects objects of that type, e.g. a row of soup cans of the 
  same type as the one that has to be grabbbed.
  * There will be at least one object of the correct type which is 
  positioned such that it can be manipulated.
  * There will be 4 locations
  * The robot has to get 3 objects
  * The operator is a team member
  * The operator is allowed to point at the object which can be 
  manipulated from a distance of at least 50cm. There is no constraint on 
  what kind of pointing gesture to use, e.g. it can be by pointing with a 
  finger or by just looking at it.

  General rules:

  * There will be 20 predefined objects
  * The rulebook will include a concrete list of the names used in the 
  competition
  * There should be a general rule stating that there is a minimum 
  distance of e.g. 5cm between objects in all the tests.

  Organization:

  * There will be one team leader meeting at the beginning of the 
  competition, no discussion about the rules after that.
  * Next year's TC should contain a woman, to have someone with another 
  perspective on things

  Registration form:

  The form has to be filled out by all teams. All forms will be compiled 
  in some folder and used by the referees during the competition.

  It contains the following items:

  * Team name
  * Team leader
  * Name of first robot
  * Name of second robot
  * List of 10 manipulable objects
  * Range of possible manipulation heights
  * Copy of the full "Safety first" statement
  * "I have read and fully understood the "Safety First" statement and 
  agree to it. Furthermore, I agree to obey the rules in the official 
  RoboCup at Home rulebook."
  * Signature of team leader

  -- 
  David Gossow
  Universität Koblenz-Landau, ICV
  Universitätsstr. 1
  56070 Koblenz
  http://robots.uni-koblenz.de

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