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CFP: RoboCup 2021 Worldwide - Virtual RoboCup@Work Call for Participation
by Asad Norouzi 12 Mar '21

12 Mar '21

*Apologies for duplicate messages*Call for Applications for Participation RoboCup 2021 Worldwide - RoboCup at Work https://2021.robocup.org Venue: Online --- This is a fully virtual event. Tuesday 22nd through Monday 28th June 2021 RoboCup at Work: Competing for the Factory of the Future RoboCup at Work is a league and competition in RoboCup that targets the use of robots in work-related, industrial scenarios. It aims to foster research and development that enables the use of innovative mobile robots equipped with advanced manipulators for current and future industrial applications, where robots cooperate with human workers for complex tasks ranging from manufacturing, automation, and parts handling up to general logistics. The RoboCup at Work league is characterized by an industrial appealing environment composed of industrial objects such as screws and nuts, shelves, containers, platforms of various sizes, and networked automation devices such as conveyor belts, drilling machines, and others. The actual competition tasks to be performed in the environment are defined in a set of so-called tests. Each test addresses various mobile manipulation capabilities such as grasping, transportation, precision placement, and visual servoing. The full rules of RoboCup at Work as well as further technical details are posted on the RoboCup at Work website (https://atwork.robocup.org). Participation in the Competition All teams that intend to participate in the competition have to perform the following steps: 1. Submission of qualification material, including a Team Description Paper and possibly additional material like videos or drawings 2. Final registration (qualified teams only) Qualification The qualification process serves a dual purpose: It should allow the Technical Committee to assess the safety of the robots a team intends to bring to the competition, and it should allow to rank teams according to a set of evaluation criteria in order to select the most promising teams for a competition, if not all interested teams can be permitted. The TC will select the qualified teams according to the qualification material provided by the teams. The evaluation criteria will include: - Team description paper - Relevant scientific contribution/publications - The professional quality of robot and software - Novelty of approach - Relevance to industry - Performance in previous competitions - Contribution to RoboCup at Work league, e.g. by -- Organization of events -- Provision and sharing of knowledge - Team web site Team Description Paper The Team Description Paper (TDP) is a central element of the qualification process and has to be provided by each team as part of the qualification process. The TDP should at least contain the following information in the author/title section of the paper: - Name of the team (title) - Team members (authors), including the team leader - Link to the team web site - Contact information - The body of the TDP should contain information on the following: -- focus of research/research interest -- a description of the hardware, including an image of the robot(s) -- a description of the software, esp. the functional and software architectures -- innovative technology (if any) -- reusability of the system or parts thereof -- applicability and relevance to industrial tasks -- usage of components (software or hardware) developed by other RoboCup at Work teams The team description paper should cover in detail the technical and scientific approach, while the team website should be designed for a broader audience. Both the website and the TDP have to be written in English. All TDPs must be written using the following template: https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/springer-lecture-notes-in-computer… Submission and Evaluation All applications with the qualification material must be submitted by March 19th, 2021 through the following online form: https://forms.gle/SyR4wNDmkM61G8HU8 Qualified teams will be tentatively announced by March 26th, 2021. Best Regards, The RoboCup at Work Committees

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Technical Challenges in the Virtual RoboCup2021
by work＠luhbots.de 19 Feb '21

19 Feb '21

Hi everyone, the TC committee is currently developing the rulebook for the 2021 robocup for achieving a good and fair competition for all teams. Due to a stricter timetable at the competition, because of the fact that teams are in different time zones, the TC would like to ask if any team wants to participate in the technical challenges. Currently there are two Technical Challenges defined in the rulebook: - Pick from Drawer Test - Cluttered Pick Test Please contact the TC if you want to participate at the Technical Challenges and/or want to introduce a new technical challenge until next friday 12am GMT+1 (19.02.2021). If requested, also a video based challenge would be doable (record video previously and submit). If no team requests participation for the Technical Challenges, they will be skipped at the Virtual Robocup. Best regards Maximilian Hachen TC and Teamleader luhbots

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Re: [rc-work] [robocup-logistics] [news][RoboCup 2021] 1st Call for Participation: RoboCup Logistics League 2021 (virtual)
by Wataru UEMURA 12 Feb '21

12 Feb '21

Dear all, On Wed, 10 Feb 2021 11:47:36 +0000 "Eltester, Niklas Sebastian" <eltester(a)fh-aachen.de> wrote: > The main competition will be played on mock-up machines and on a 5x5m2 field. Mock-up machines can be assembled by the teams, according to the specifications found in the rulebook. > We have split up the full RCLL game into 5 challenges which represent the main difficulties of the normal game, but can be executed on a smaller scale: > > 1. Navigation Challenge, navigating through a given set of waypoints > 2. Exploration Challenge, finding and correctly identifying production machines > 3. Grasping Challenge, robust workpiece manipulation > 5. Markerless Detection, detecting and labeling a machine without the usual AR-Tags At JapanOpen 2020, Logistics League Technical Entry Challenge was be held. The rule of it is similar as above challenges (but not same). I uploaded the videos of its competition at YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8q_p6ft93ph8899IUDv9yyTd1snGKiLJ These movies show full games which include setup phase. In this time, time for setup phase is not 2 or 5 minutes but no limited, because there is no participants at the venue, and at the venue students in Ryukoku University work as the staff in order to control the robots. Now I make the digest version which does not include the setup phase and so on. And after that I will add the English message to them because we use only Japanese. Best Regards, Wataru. ==================== Wataru UEMURA Ryukoku University http://friede.elec.ryukoku.ac.jp/~wataru ====================

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[RoboCup 2021] [URGENT] RoboCup@Work TC/OC
by Asad Norouzi 21 Jan '21

21 Jan '21

Dear RoboCup@Work, As discussed in the online team leaders meeting yesterday, we should form our TC/OC committee immediately. Please complete the form from the link below to submit your nomination to join RoboCup@Work 2021 TC or OC. https://forms.gle/cEaotMRKxh8xoTHG8 We have been reminded last night that we must provide the new rules and plans for the virtual event by the end of January so that the Federation would have enough time to prepare accordingly. Therefore, we are really short on time, and we appreciate your quick response to the form. We would like to receive the nominations by Friday, January 22. We will finalize the nominations over the weekend and hopefully, we can kick off the discussions by next Monday. Let's try to release the rules by the end of January!! Below are the responsibilities of TCs and OCs: Technical Committee: Participate in rules discussion, finalize the changes and release the rulebook, oversee the competition integrity and adherence to the rules. Organizing Committee: Participate in rules discussion (optional), schedule the competitions, plan the infrastructure and logistics, oversee the smoothness of the competition, collect and manage the competition results from the referees. Let us know if you had any questions. Best regards, Asad & Sebastian

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RoboCup 2021 - RoboCup@Work
by Asad Norouzi 09 Jan '21

09 Jan '21

Dear RoboCup@Work Teams, Happy New Year! We would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a great and healthy 2021. It is now confirmed that RoboCup 2021 in Bordeaux has been canceled. The RoboCup Federation has informed us that there will not be a physical RoboCup 2021, but there will be a virtual RoboCup 2021! Although we feel very unfortunate that we will not be able to gather with our Robots in 2021, we are very excited about the virtual event. In fact, we are confident that we will have a successful competition as we have already held a virtual event during vRCAP 2021. We are counting on every team to come together and help make it a remarkable event. The preliminary plan is to hold the competition within every team's arena (lab) where the robot's performance is broadcasted with at least two cameras. Prior to each round, the participating team will explain the task that the robot will be completing. The points are awarded based on the initial presentation and the robot's actual performance. We plan to run the competition in three days with two runs per day. The above is just a draft plan, details and confirmed settings will be reflected in the league's rulebook soon. Before we decide about the arena details, we need to know how many teams are planning to participate and their available space and arena materials. As such, we would like to ask all teams to fill in a survey form by clicking the link below: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VfaiseoMvR9VC2ploCl3p6jdPUuQIVMtVO1… We also would like all team leaders and team members (optional) to participate in a virtual meeting to discuss vRoboCup 2021 in more detail. Therefore, please fill in your availability in the Doodle link below so we can try to choose a date that would be convenient to most of us. https://doodle.com/poll/338vmw74yrnheizz?utm_source=poll&utm_medium=link Please respond to the survey and Doodle as soon as possible. Feel free to reach out to me or Sebastian if you had any questions/concerns. Best regards, Asad & Sebastian

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Virtual RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2020 (VRCAP 2020): 2nd Call for Participation
by Asad Norouzi 19 Aug '20

19 Aug '20

##################### 2nd Call for Participation ################### The Virtual RoboCup Asia-Pacific (VRCAP 2020) Competition 8 – 12 October 2020 ONLINE 2020.robocupap.org ################ Virtual RoboCup Asia Pacific 2020 ################ The Virtual RoboCup Asia-Pacific (VRCAP) Competition will be held online, 8-12 October 2020. *Leagues* The Virtual RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2020 (VRCAP 2020) competition leagues are as follows: *RoboCupSoccer:* - Soccer 2D Simulation *RoboCup@Home:* - RoboCup@Home Simulation (TBC) *RoboCupRescue:* - Rescue Simulation (TBC) *RoboCupIndustrial:* - RoboCup@Work *RoboCupJunior:* - Soccer - Lightweight Primary - Lightweight Secondary - Open - Rescue - Rescue Line Primary - Rescue Line Secondary - Rescue Maze Primary - Rescue Maze Secondary - Rescue Simulation Primary - Rescue Simulation Secondary - OnStage - Preliminary Primary - Preliminary Secondary - Advanced Secondary *RoboCup Asia Pacific (RCAP) Challenges* The VRCAP 2020 Organizing Committee will be organizing RCAP Industry Sponsored Leagues and RCAP Challenges. The RCAP Challenges will be as follows: - RCAP CoSpace Grand Prix Challenge - RCAP CoSpace Rescue Challenge - RCAP Junior Humanoid *Participation* All teams (including RC Junior teams) are required to register through the online registration form here: http://2020.robocupap.org/registration *Important dates* - Regular Registration: 01 - 21 August 2020 - Late Registration: 22 - 28 August 2020 For more information please visit our official website at http://2020.robocupap.org/ For inquiries please contact us via the hereunder email addresses: General Enquiries: office(a)robocupap.org Registration: registration(a)robocupap.org Regards, RoboCup Asia-Pacific (RCAP) Office Virtual RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2020 (VRCAP 2020) Organizing Committee

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Virtual RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2020 (VRCAP 2020): Call for Participation
by Asad Norouzi 30 Jul '20

30 Jul '20

####################### Call for Participation ##################### The Virtual RoboCup Asia-Pacific (VRCAP 2020) Competition 8 – 12 October 2020 ONLINE 2020.robocupap.org ################ Virtual RoboCup Asia Pacific 2020 ################ The Virtual RoboCup Asia-Pacific (VRCAP) Competition will be held online, 8-12 October 2020. *Leagues* The Virtual RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2020 (VRCAP 2020) competition leagues are as follows: *RoboCupSoccer:* - Soccer 2D Simulation *RoboCup@Home:* - RoboCup@Home Simulation (TBC) *RoboCupRescue:* - Rescue Simulation (TBC) *RoboCupIndustrial:* - RoboCup@Work *RoboCupJunior:* - Soccer - Lightweight Primary - Lightweight Secondary - Open - Rescue - Rescue Line Primary - Rescue Line Secondary - Rescue Maze Primary - Rescue Maze Secondary - Rescue Simulation Primary - Rescue Simulation Secondary - OnStage - Preliminary Primary - Preliminary Secondary - Advanced Secondary *RoboCup Asia Pacific (RCAP) Challenges* The VRCAP 2020 Organizing Committee will be organizing RCAP Industry Sponsored Leagues and RCAP Challenges. The RCAP Challenges will be as follows: - RCAP CoSpace Grand Prix Challenge - RCAP CoSpace Rescue Challenge - RCAP Junior Humanoid *Participation* All teams (including RC Junior teams) are required to register through the online registration form here: http://2020.robocupap.org/registration *Important dates* - Regular Registration: 01 - 21 August 2020 - Late Registration: 22 - 28 August 2020 For more information please visit our official website at http://2020.robocupap.org/ For inquiries please contact us via the hereunder email addresses: General Enquiries: office(a)robocupap.org Registration: registration(a)robocupap.org Regards, RoboCup Asia-Pacific (RCAP) Office Virtual RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2020 (VRCAP 2020) Organizing Committee

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Call for participation - RoboCup Industrial at the RoboCup Asia Pacific 2020
by Wataru UEMURA 29 Jun '20

29 Jun '20

Dear all, I'm sorry to send the information about RoboCup Asia Pacific 2020. Pre-Registration is already opened. Please see our website for the details. https://robocupap2020.org/eng/registration.html Asia Pacific 2020 will have RoboCupIndustrial both RoboCup@Work and RoboCupLogistics. Of course I think the COVID-19 will become big affect to this event. The committee including local organizing committee will discuss the postpone. But the meeting date is about June. And the deadline of the pre-registration is 25th May. I think it is difficult to make the decision for the participation without the schedule information. But please fill in the registration form before the deadline. Please contact me if you have any questions or comments. P.S. World Robot Summit, which was planned as the simultaneous holding, was already postponed. I need some new referees for WRS, so I will give you the request as the referees after decision about the new schedule, If you are interested in WRS referees, please contact me. https://worldrobotsummit.org/en/wrs2020/challenge/industrial/assembly.html Best Regards, Wataru. ==================== Wataru UEMURA Ryukoku University http://friede.elec.ryukoku.ac.jp/~wataru ====================

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IMPORTANT Qualification Announcement for RoboCup 2020
by Asad Norouzi 04 Mar '20

04 Mar '20

Dear RoboCup@Work Teams, We are pleased to announce the qualified teams for the RoboCup@Work league of RoboCup 2020! It was great news for our community to see a number of new teams joining our league. The qualification process this year was very difficult given the increase in the number of teams and also trying to make room for new teams to join our league. Therefore, please read the following details very carefully. We decided to qualify teams in two categories: 1) Qualified 2) Conditionally Qualified The qualified teams will receive the registration code shortly and can proceed with registering their team for RoboCup 2020! The conditionally qualified teams will have to send an additional qualification video showing that their robot is able to autonomously navigate an arena. Below is the list of QUALIFIED teams in alphabetical order: 1. AutonOHM 2. b-it-bots 3. CRT 4. LUHbots 5. MRL@WORK 6. RED 7. Robo-Erectus@Work 8. RoboHub Eindhoven 9. Team robOTTO 10. YRA Below is the list of CONDITIONALLY QUALIFIED teams in alphabetical order: 1. ARC - 218 2. Democritus Industrial Robotics 3. Nutnappers 4. TUF_bots 5. TYROLICS We have not set any hard deadline for the 5 conditionally qualified teams to submit a video of their robot autonomously navigating an arena. However, these teams should pay attention to RoboCup 2020 registration deadlines and provide us with their video so they would be able to register in time for early registration or regular registration. Please send your video to this email address. We expect a link to view/download the video. Please do not send your file as attachment. The 10 qualified teams will receive an email within the next few days that contains the registration code. The email will be sent to the email address provided in the pre-registration form. If you think that your team's name should have been in either of the above lists, please contact us immediately. If you have any question/doubt about the additional qualification video, please contact us immediately. Thank you to all teams for your great efforts so far. We look forward to seeing all 15 teams in RoboCup 2020. Regards, RoboCup@Work EXEC Committee

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EXTENDED DEADLINE: RoboCup 2020 - RoboCup@Work Call for Participation
by Asad Norouzi 18 Feb '20

18 Feb '20

*Apologies for duplicate messages*Call for Applications for Participation RoboCup 2020 - RoboCup at Work https://2020.robocup.org Bordeaux, France Tuesday 23rd through Monday 29th June 2020 RoboCup at Work: Competing for the Factory of the Future RoboCup at Work is a league and competition in RoboCup that targets the use of robots in work-related, industrial scenarios. It aims to foster research and development that enables the use of innovative mobile robots equipped with advanced manipulators for current and future industrial applications, where robots cooperate with human workers for complex tasks ranging from manufacturing, automation, and parts handling up to general logistics. The RoboCup at Work league is characterized by an industrial appealing environment composed of industrial objects such as screws and nuts, shelves, containers, platforms of various sizes and networked automation devices such as conveyor belts, drilling machines, and others. The actual competition tasks to be performed in the environment are defined in a set of so-called tests. Each test addresses various mobile manipulation capabilities such as grasping, transportation, precision placement, and visual servoing. The full rules of RoboCup at Work as well as further technical details are posted on the RoboCup at Work website. Participation in the Competition All teams that intend to participate in the competition have to perform the following steps: 1. Submission of qualification material, including a Team Description Paper and possibly additional material like videos or drawings 2. Final registration (qualified teams only) Qualification The qualification process serves a dual purpose: It should allow the Technical Committee to assess the safety of the robots a team intends to bring to a competition, and it should allow to rank teams according to a set of evaluation criteria in order to select the most promising teams for a competition, if not all interested teams can be permitted. The TC will select the qualified teams according to the qualification material provided by the teams. The evaluation criteria will include: - Team description paper - Relevant scientific contribution/publications - The professional quality of robot and software - Novelty of approach - Relevance to industry - Performance in previous competitions - Contribution to RoboCup at Work league, e.g. by -- Organization of events -- Provision and sharing of knowledge - Team web site Team Description Paper The Team Description Paper (TDP) is a central element of the qualification process and has to be provided by each team as part of the qualification process. The TDP should at least contain the following information in the author/title section of the paper: - Name of the team (title) - Team members (authors), including the team leader - Link to the team web site - Contact information - The body of the TDP should contain information on the following: -- focus of research/research interest -- a description of the hardware, including an image of the robot(s) -- a description of the software, esp. the functional and software architectures -- innovative technology (if any) -- reusability of the system or parts thereof -- applicability and relevance to industrial tasks -- usage of components (software or hardware) developed by other RoboCup at Work teams The team description paper should cover in detail the technical and scientific approach, while the team web site should be designed for a broader audience. Both the web site and the TDP have to be written in English. All TDPs must be written using the following template: https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/springer-lecture-notes-in-computer… Submission and Evaluation All applications with the qualification material must be submitted by February 23rd, 2020 through the following online form: https://forms.gle/1ZiXQzU7nxJfBVvR8 Qualified teams will be tentatively announced by March 13th, 2020. Best Regards, The RoboCup at Work Committees

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