[robocup-athome] Results of rulebook discussion

David Gossow dgossow at uni-koblenz.de
Sat Mar 27 02:15:30 PDT 2010


Dear Fariborz,

we're working on getting the rulebook ready for a pre-release on monday.

Regards,
David

Fariborz Mahmoudi (PhD) schrieb:
> 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 <mailto:dgossow at uni-koblenz.de>
>     *To:* robocup-athome at lists.robocup.org
>     <mailto: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 <mailto: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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David Gossow
Universität Koblenz-Landau, ICV
Universitätsstr. 1
56070 Koblenz
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