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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 05 Mar '20

05 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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CFP: RoboCup 2020 - RoboCup@Work Call for Participation
by Asad Norouzi 27 Jan '20

27 Jan '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 14th, 2020 through the following online form: https://forms.gle/1ZiXQzU7nxJfBVvR8 Qualified teams will be tentatively announced by March 6th, 2020. Best Regards, The RoboCup at Work Committees

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RoboCup Asia-Pacific (RCAP) 2019: Pre-registration Extended!
by Asad Norouzi 02 Sep '19

02 Sep '19

######################## 2nd Call for Participation ##################### The 3rd RoboCup Asia-Pacific (RCAP 2019) Competition and Symposium 6 – 10 November 2019, Competition 11 November 2019, Symposium Moscow, Russia http://www.robocupap2019.org ###################### RoboCup Asia Pacific 2019 ###################### The 3rd RoboCup Asia Pacific (RCAP) Competition and Symposium will be held in Moscow, Russia, 6-11 November 2019. This is the third official RoboCup Super Regional event in the Asia-Pacific region. *The pre-registration deadline has been extended to the 8th of September.* *Leagues* The RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2019 (RCAP 2019) competition leagues are as follows: *RoboCupSoccer:* - Humanoid Leagues - Kid Size - Small Size League - Standard Platform League *RoboCup@Home:* - RoboCup@Home Education *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 RCAP 2019 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 - RCAP RoboCup@Home Education - RCAP Junior @Home Education - RTC Cup *Participation* All teams (including RC Junior teams) are required to pre-register through the online form here: https://forms.gle/ENjvpQnFH7Gqbwmt8 The pre-registered teams are required to submit the relevant qualification materials as per the leagues requirements. Teams are requested to contact their league’s technical committee for more information about submission of qualification materials. Junior teams must take note that they should also submit a Team Description Paper (TDP). *Important dates* - Pre-Registration: 12 August – 08 September, 2019 - Announcement of qualified teams: 15 September, 2019 - Regular Registration: 16 September – 06 October, 2019 For further information please visit our official website at http://www.robocupap2019.org For inquiries please contact us via the hereunder email addresses: General Enquiries and Travel Support: rusrcap(a)gmail.com Registration, Competition, Leagues: moscow2019(a)robocupap.org Regards, RoboCup Asia-Pacific (RCAP) Office RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2019 (RCAP 2019) Organizing Committee

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RoboCup Asia-Pacific (RCAP) 2019: Call For Participation
by Asad Norouzi 15 Aug '19

15 Aug '19

######################## Call for Participation ######################### The 3rd RoboCup Asia-Pacific (RCAP 2019) Competition and Symposium 6 – 10 November 2019, Competition 11 November 2019, Symposium Moscow, Russia http://www.robocupap2019.org ###################### RoboCup Asia Pacific 2019 ###################### The 3rd RoboCup Asia Pacific (RCAP) Competition and Symposium will be held in Moscow, Russia, 6-11 November 2019. This is the third official RoboCup Super Regional event in the Asia-Pacific region. *Leagues* The RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2019 (RCAP 2019) competition leagues are as follows: *RoboCupSoccer:* - Humanoid Leagues - Kid Size - Small Size League - Standard Platform League *RoboCup@Home:* - RoboCup@Home Education *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 RCAP 2019 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 - RCAP RoboCup@Home Education - RCAP Junior @Home Education - RTC Cup *Participation* All teams (including RC Junior teams) are required to pre-register through the online form here: https://forms.gle/ENjvpQnFH7Gqbwmt8 The pre-registered teams are required to submit the relevant qualification materials as per the leagues requirements. Teams are requested to contact their league’s technical committee for more information about submission of qualification materials. Junior teams must take note that they should also submit a Team Description Paper (TDP). *Important dates* - Pre-Registration: 12 August – 01 September, 2019 - Announcement of qualified teams: 15 September, 2019 - Regular Registration: 16 September – 06 October, 2019 For further information please visit our official website at http://www.robocupap2019.org For inquiries please contact us via the hereunder email addresses: General Enquiries and Travel Support: rusrcap(a)gmail.com Registration, Competition, Leagues: moscow2019(a)robocupap.org Regards, RoboCup Asia-Pacific (RCAP) Office RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2019 (RCAP 2019) Organizing Committee

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RoboCup 2019 updated Refbox and some arena changes
by Asad Norouzi 25 Jun '19

25 Jun '19

Dear Teams! I hope that your preparations are going well! Please note that the Refbox has been updated based on the rules changes. You can test the latest version from the Github source ( https://github.com/industrial-robotics/atwork_central_factory_hub) The heights for 5cm, 10cm, and 15cm stations will be a little different in Sydney as the organizers were unable to provide the exact heights. However, the variations will still be within the ranges defined in the rulebook. There will be some minor variations in the walls heights and widths as well but these should not pose any problem for the teams. The TCs and OCs wish everyone luck and see you all soon in Sydney!! Best Regards, Asad

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Research funding opportunity
by Martinez Ramirez, Luz Maria 24 Apr '19

24 Apr '19

Dear @Work teams, RobMoSys’s main goal is to create and consolidate an EU Digital Industrial Platform for Robotics to establish a common methodology for model-based software development, improve tools and foster interoperability by model interchange and composability. The Open Calls for Contributions to RobMoSys is one of the means implemented to achieve this goal. During the course of RobMoSys project runtime, a new Open Call will offer you the possibility to contribute to the RobMoSys ecosystem with great research funding opportunities. The second RobMoSys Open Call is scheduled to close on May 7th, 2019. (extended deadline!) The selected projects will be ready to start in autumn 2019. A budget of 2,55 Mio € is available for cascaded funding. More information in https://robmosys.eu/open-call-2/. "Get involved NOW! in the RobMoSys Community Forum: discourse.robmosys.eu" Luz Martínez Technische Universität München Department of Informatics VI Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Embedded Systems Schleißheimer Str. 90a 85748 Garching bei München Germany Telefon | Phone: +49 89 289-18071 Office: 0.018 http://www6.in.tum.de/

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Re: [rc-work] Alternative to YouBot
by Alex Moriarty 28 Mar '19

28 Mar '19

I made a change to the RuleBook in 2017, after seeing the Toyota HSR in RoboCup Japan as part of the RoboCup@Home TC/OC. https://github.com/robocup-at-work/rulebook/pull/23 At the time, I did a quick search for "off-the-shelf" robots which were available, and found: 1. Fetch Robotics: Fetch 2. Toyota HSR 3. PAL Robotics TIAGo 4. Robotnik RB-1 DISCLOSURE: at the time of changing the rules, I did not work for any of these companies, now I do, which is how I've ranked the list. Another platform, which is too large for robocup@work, is the Kinova Movo, but worth mentioning because it's dual arm, and has a tone of space for adding/upgrading computers. The rule change was discussed at the time, that we were preemptively just selecting a larger size constraint, to prevent losing any interested teams, but that the rules could be updated in the future if needed to. The main limitation now, is that all of the existing teams which have YouBots, which have very restricted arm range, and therefore the shelves and platform heights will continue to be small until they're changed over. There may be other options now: https://robots.ieee.org/ *Alexander Moriarty | * *Sr Robotics EngineerOpen Source Community Manager* *Fetch Robotics, Inc.* 2811 Orchard Parkway <https://maps.google.com/?q=2811+Orchard+Parkway+San+Jose,+CA+95134&entry=gm…> San Jose, CA 95134 <https://maps.google.com/?q=2811+Orchard+Parkway+San+Jose,+CA+95134&entry=gm…> amoriarty(a)fetchrobotics.com Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/fetchrobotics> | Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/fetchrobotics> | LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandermoriarty/> On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 5:43 PM Alexander Moriarty < alexander.moriarty(a)brsu.de> wrote: > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > B.CS. Alexander Moriarty > Research Staff > > Bonn-Aachen International Center for Information Technology B-IT > Dahlmannstraße 2, 53113 Bonn, Germany > www.b-it-center.de > > Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University > Department of Computer Science > Grantham-Allee 20, 53757 Sankt Augustin, Germany > www.inf.h-brs.de > > > Email: alexander.moriarty(a)brsu.de > Web: http://mas-group.inf.h-brs.de > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Kaupp, Tobias <tobias.kaupp(a)fhws.de> > Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2019 at 14:52 > Subject: [rc-work] Alternative to YouBot > To: rc-work(a)lists.robocup.org <rc-work(a)lists.robocup.org> > > > Hi Robocup@Work people, > > > > I’m considering to start a new team in the RoboCupIndustrial league, > either Logistics or @Work. > > > > I read that the Kuka YouBot was discontinued a while ago. Are there any > off-the-shelf alternatives which fulfil the rule book requirements? Or do > people need to build their own robot in the future? > > > > Thanks for your help! > > > > Regards, Tobias > > > > _____________________________________________ > > > [image: cid:image001.png@01D3E068.ED1F04D0] > > *Prof. Dr. Tobias Kaupp* > Digital Production and Robotics > > > > 📞 +49 9721 940-8597 > ✉️ tobias.kaupp(a)fhws.de > > > > Raum 12.E.05 > > > > Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften > > Würzburg-Schweinfurt > > Fakultät Elektrotechnik > > > > Ignaz-Schön-Str. 11 > 97421 Schweinfurt > > > > www.fhws.de > > http://facebook.fhws.de > > > * _____________________________________________* > > > _______________________________________________ > rc-work mailing list > rc-work(a)lists.robocup.org > http://lists.robocup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rc-work >

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Alternative to YouBot
by Kaupp, Tobias 22 Mar '19

22 Mar '19

Hi Robocup@Work people, I’m considering to start a new team in the RoboCupIndustrial league, either Logistics or @Work. I read that the Kuka YouBot was discontinued a while ago. Are there any off-the-shelf alternatives which fulfil the rule book requirements? Or do people need to build their own robot in the future? Thanks for your help! Regards, Tobias _____________________________________________ [cid:image001.png@01D3E068.ED1F04D0] Prof. Dr. Tobias Kaupp Digital Production and Robotics 📞 +49 9721 940-8597 ✉️ tobias.kaupp(a)fhws.de<mailto:tobias.kaupp@fhws.de> Raum 12.E.05 Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften Würzburg-Schweinfurt Fakultät Elektrotechnik Ignaz-Schön-Str. 11 97421 Schweinfurt www.fhws.de<http://www.fhws.de/> http://facebook.fhws.de<http://facebook.fhws.de/> _____________________________________________

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