September 2017 - RoboCup-athome

Final CFP: RoboCup@Home Domestic Standard Platform User Teams (Deadline Extended)
by Komei Sugiura 23 Sep '17

23 Sep '17

# Deadline Extended # Call for Proposals: RoboCup@Home Standard Platform User Teams * New Deadline: Oct. 7, 2017 23:59 PST * The RoboCup@Home league aims to develop service and assistive robot technology with high relevance for future personal domestic applications [ http://www.robocupathome.org/ ]. RoboCup@Home Domestic Standard Platform League (RoboCup@Home DSPL) is part of RoboCup@Home, and is a competition of standard platform robots. To participate in RoboCup@Home DSPL, you are required to have the standard platform, Toyota Human Support Robot (HSR). We invite teams of highly motivated researchers/engineers/students who will participate in RoboCup 2018 Montreal, to apply for the HSR robot. ## 0. Conditions: HSR Up to 12 user teams will be selected. The HSR will be leased as a part of Joint Research. The Joint Researcher may need to bear annual cost sharing with amount of 1.2 million Japanese Yen approximately. Depending on the option of contract, annual cost may not be charged for one year. If the user team participates in RoboCup 2018 and meets certain conditions, the same option may be applied for another year. For detailed conditions, visit [ http://www.robocupathome.org/athome-spl/hsr_condition18 ] ## 1. How to obtain a Standard Platform ## 1.1 Proposal submission Proposals should be sent to the Selection Committee as follows. The Proposals are evaluated through peer-review process. To: spl-sc(a)robocupathome.org Subject: [@Home-DSPL] (YourTeamName) Body: (Please fill in the following basic information) === 1. Team Name: 2. Country: 3. Affiliation: 4. Team Leader Name: 5. Contact information (E-mail): 6. Link to a team web site: 7. Proposal as an attachment file === ### 1.2 Additional notes on Proposals * The Proposal must be submitted in a pdf format * The size of the Proposal is limited to _6MB_ * A team can apply for only one platform. If identical Proposals are submitted to apply for both platforms, they are automatically rejected. ## 2. Deadline for Proposal submissions Oct. 7, 2017 23:59 PST (extended) ## 3. Instructions for the Website The information to be placed on the website should include the following: * Team members * Description of the approaches and information on scientific achievements * Relevant publications (last 5 years, preferably with links for download) * Relevant photos/videos that show the skills of the team * Link to repositories with software for the community (optional) * Previous participation in RoboCup (optional) ## 4. Instructions for the Proposal The Proposal must be based on the official league Team Description Paper (TDP) template. It should be in a pdf format and must contain the following information: * Description of the approach planned to be implemented on the robot * List of externally available components that are planned to be implemented - Open source software, web services, etc. * Innovative technology and scientific contribution * Focus of research/research interests * Re-usability of the system for other research groups * Applicability of the approach in the real world The Proposal should go into detail about the technical and scientific approach, but the website should be designed for a broader audience. The length of the Proposal is limited to 6 pages. Please use the same Springer LNAI format used in the RoboCup Symposium submissions. No change in margins, paragraphs and font size are allowed. http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0 You may download the template from https://github.com/RoboCupAtHome/TDPTemplate.git ## 5. Evaluation criteria The Proposals will be judged by the following criteria: * Proposal - Clarity, scientific contributions, re-usability by the league, applicability in real world * Website - Multimedia, publications from past 5 years, downloadable content, open-source software and other contributions * Relevant scientific publications * Open-source software ## 6. Contact Please send any questions to: spl-sc(a)robocupathome.org ## 7. Important notes * The suppliers are not allowed to sell, export, lease and/or ship their products to natural or legal persons and to entities and countries which are subject to international sanctions or prohibitions. Since Selection Committee cannot answer this issue, please ask the supplier directly. - The contact email address about Toyota HSR: xr-hsr-info(a)mail.toyota.co.jp * Being selected as a user team does not mean that the team is qualified to participate in RoboCup 2018 Montreal. Team qualification will be separately conducted in February 2018. * After selected as a Standard Platform user team, the team has to make an agreement with the supplier in compliance with the supplier's instructions. Best Regards, Komei Sugiura, Luca Iocchi, Caleb Rascon, Kai Chen, Sven Wachsmuth RoboCup@Home Standard Platform League Selection Committee.

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[RoboCup@Home 2018] Call for Participation
by Mauricio Matamoros 23 Sep '17

23 Sep '17

Call for Participation RoboCup@Home Open Platform League 2018 July 25 - July 30, 2018 (Montreal, Canada) http://www.robocup2018.org http://www.robocupathome.org/ https://github.com/RoboCupAtHome/RuleBook *Note:* The qualification procedure for RoboCup@Home 2018 will be differentiated for the three sub-leagues (OPL, DSPL, SSPL) to better accommodate different organization needs. For each call please visit http://www.robocupathome.org/. The Open Platform League of RoboCup@Home may issue up to two Calls for Participation. In the first CFP, held in 2017, up to 12 teams may be selected and must send a participation confirmation before February 25th, 2018. When not all 12 qualified teams confirms their attendance, a second CFP will be issued. All teams applying in the second CFP will be considered as confirmed in case of qualify. Non-attending confirmed teams will be banned from @Home (all Leagues) for 3 years. --------------------------------------------- RoboCup is an international scientific initiative with the goal to advance the state of the art of intelligent robots through competitions (RoboCup@Home, RoboCup Soccer, RoboCup Rescue, RoboCup@Work and RoboCup Junior). The RoboCup@Home league aims to develop service and assistive robot technology with high relevance for future personal domestic applications. It is the largest international annual competition for autonomous service robots and is part of the RoboCup initiative. A set of benchmark tests is used to evaluate the robots' abilities and performance in a realistic home environment setting. Focus lies on the following domains but is not limited to: Human-Robot-Interaction and Cooperation, Navigation and Mapping in dynamic environments, Computer Vision and Object Recognition under natural light conditions, Object Manipulation, Adaptive Behaviors, Behavior Integration, Ambient Intelligence, Standardization and System Integration. This message describes the preregistration and qualification procedure for RoboCup@Home League 2018. Important dates: Sept. 22, 2017 Publication of the Call for Participation Oct. 15, 2017 Deadline for Intention of Participation Nov. 5, 2017 Deadline for submission of qualification material and preregistration. (Team Description Paper, Team Video, Team Website). Mar. 26, 2017 Qualification announcement Feb. 25, 2018 Deadline for Participation Confirmation The qualification procedure consists of the following two steps: Step 1) Intention of Participation (strongly recommended) The team sends an email to the Organizing Committee (oc(a)robocupathome.org) to indicate your intention to participate in the RoboCup@Home 2018 event, including the following basic information: Team Name: League: Open Platform League Country: Affiliation: Team Leader Name: Contact information (E-mail): Web site: Only one team leader can be specified per team. The e-mail subject should be: [@Home2018-Participation] (YourTeamName) Please check the email is encoded in UTF-8 using only the ISO-8859-1 character set. ***** Deadline: Sunday, 15th Oct. 2017 23:59 GMT ****** Step 2) Qualification Material Submission (mandatory) The team ***MUST*** send an email to the Organizing Committee ( oc(a)robocupathome.org) to participate in the qualification process for the RoboCup@Home 2018 event. Please fill in the following information: Team Name: League: Open Platform League Country: Affiliation: Team Leader Name: Contact information (E-mail): Rank in local tournaments: Link to a team video: Link to a team web site devoted to their efforts: Team Description Paper (TDP) attached to the email based on the official template. The e-mail subject should be: [@Home2018-Participation] (YourTeamName) Considerations: - Only one platform can be specified per team. - Only one team leader can be specified per team. - Only one contact email can be specified per team. - All the publications and software to be evaluated for qualification ***MUST*** be in the team's website. - The email must be encoded in UTF-8 using only the ISO-8859-1 character set. ***** Deadline: Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017 23:59 GMT ****** Step 3) Participation confirmation (mandatory) All qualified teams ***MUST*** send an email to the Organizing Committee ( oc(a)robocupathome.org) to confirm (or cancel) their participation in the RoboCup@Home 2018 event. Confirming attendance implies that the team has sufficient resources to register commits to attend to the event. To confirm participation, please fill in the following information: Team Name: League: Open Platform League Country: Hereby [Team Name] of [Country] confirms/revokes its attendance to the RoboCup@Home Open Platform League. The e-mail subject should be: [@Home2018-Confirmation] (YourTeamName) *Remark:* Qualified teams who miss the participation confirmation will be disqualified automatically. ***** Deadline: Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018 23:59 GMT ****** Instructions for the Team Video =========================== In order to proof a running hardware, each team has to provide a qualification video. As a minimum requirement for qualification, the video must show the robot(s) successfully solving a task involving the integration of at least 5 different abilities, such as: environmental reasoning, high-level task planning, human-robot interaction, localization, manipulation, object recognition, people recognition, etc. Is strongly advised to show at least one Stage 2 test of the current or last year's rulebook. *Remarks:* - The shown task execution must look continuous, smooth, and robust. - When speeding-up video, the speed factor must be indicated. - The language spoken and shown in the video must be English. When using any other languages, translations must be included. - We strongly suggest upload videos to Youtube. - Videos sent will be uploaded/displayed in the league's youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/channel/UChkdCpT0xrFMMt-_N8wSVew/playlists" <http://www.youtube.com/channel/UChkdCpT0xrFMMt-_N8wSVew/playlists> *Copyright note:*When sending videos for qualification, teams implicitly grant permission to RoboCup @Home and the RoboCup Federation to copy, modify, distribute, upload, publish, and use the multimedia material to promote the event and the league as we find convenient. Instructions for the TDP ======================== The TDP is an 8-pages long scientific paper, detailing information on the technical and scientific approach of the team's research, while including also the following: - Innovative technology and scientific contribution - Focus of research/research interests - Re-usability of the system for other research groups - Applicability of the robot in the real world - Photo(s) of the robot (in annex). - Brief, compact list of the 3rd party robot's software (e.g. ROS vision should be included, but not OpenCV. In annex). - Brief, compact description of the robot's hardware (in annex). - Brief, compact description of all external computing devices, if any (in annex). For the TDP, please use the Springer LNAI format <http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0> used in the RoboCup Symposium submissions and limit yourself to 8 pages without altering margins or spacing. You may download a template for the TDP from here <https://github.com/RoboCupAtHome/TDPTemplate>. *Remark: *The language for the TDP, its graphics, tables, images, and all additional content must be English. Content in other languages must be translated. Instructions for the Web site ========================== While the TDP goes into detail about the technical and scientific approach of the team's research, the website should be designed for a broader audience, including: - Photos of the robot(s) - Videos of the robot(s) - Description of the approaches and information on scientific achievements - Relevant publications (last 5 years, preferably available to download) - Link to repositories with software for the community - Team members - Previous participation in RoboCup - Participation and rankings in local RoboCup tournaments Evaluation criteria: ================= Qualification materials will be judged by the following criteria: - Team description paper (clarity, scientific contributions, re-usability by the league, applicability in real world) - Qualification Video (navigation, human-robot interaction, people/object recognition, object manipulation and new features) - Performance in local tournaments and previous competitions. - Website (multimedia, publications from last 5 years, downloadable content, open-source software and other contributions) - Relevant Scientific contribution/publications (downloadable papers and open-source software) - Novelty of approach (what you do is new for @Home) We encourage teams to produce self-explicative videos for a general audience where complex tasks are solved. For Team Description Papers focus on the scientific contribution and avoid brief descriptions of the overall system. *Note to experienced competitors:* Major changes are being done in the rulebook. You may download the latest version from: https://github.com/ RoboCupAtHome/RuleBook. With kind regards, and looking forward to see your team in Nagoya, The 2018 RoboCup@Home Organizing and Technical Committees

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Fwd: RCAP 2017 Urgent Issue #1
by Dr. KANJANAPAN SUKVICHAI 22 Sep '17

22 Sep '17

-------- Original Message -------- SUBJECT: RCAP 2017 Urgent Issue #1 DATE: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 12:44:10 +0700 FROM: RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2017 Coordinator TO: Asad Norouzi , Jiayao Shen , adam.jacoff(a)nist.gov, Raymond Sheh , Farshid Faraji , rxiong(a)iipc.zju.edu.cn, Seyed Ehsan Marjani Bajestani , 武村泰範 , liufei , Kunikazu Kobayashi , soroush sadeghnejad , Keita Ono , Songpol Ongwattanakul , sakol(a)bartlab.org, Saqib(a)bartlab.org, prabhas.c(a)chula.ac.th, fengkpsc(a)ku.ac.th, spruitti(a)me.psu.ac.th, surat.k(a)chula.ac.th, pasan.kulvanit(a)gmail.com, fengcrm(a)ku.ac.th CC: Jackrit Suthakorn , Changjiu Zhou Dear RCAP 2017 Chair, Organizing Committee, Technical committee and Local Organizing Committee members, This following information is significant, please kindly send this email to team leaders and circulate around your league. We do appreciate your help and Thank you very much. Respectfully, RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2017 Coordinator HOW TO PATICIPATION ALL TEAMS (INCLUDING JUNIOR TEAMS) ARE REQUIRED TO PRE-REGISTER THROUGH THE ONLINE FORM AVAILABLE BELOW. The pre-registered teams should then submit the relevant qualification materials as per the leagues requirements via Google Form: https://goo.gl/forms/WGeNfdddf3mbGqAj1 [1]. If the Google is not accessible in your region, please fill up the attached PDF form (Major Form, Junior Form) and email it to registration(a)robocupap.org [2] IMPORTANT DATES PRE-REGISTRATION: 10 AUGUST - 25 SEPTEMBER, 2017 SUBMISSION OF QUALIFICATION MATERIALS: 10 AUGUST - 25 SEPTEMBER, 2017 Announcement of qualified teams: 2 October, 2017 Early Registration: 2 October - 27 October, 2017 Regular Registration: 28 October - 10 November, 2017 Late Registration: 11 November - 8 December, 2017 No team registration will be accepted after 10 November 2017 -- CONTACT US ------------------------------------------------------------ Preedipat Sattayasoonthorn (AMMARIE) RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2017 Coordinator email: rcap2017coordinator(a)robocup-ap2017.org [3] official website: www.robocup-ap2017.org [4] official RCAP website: www.robocupap.org [5] ------------------------------------------------------------ Center for Biomedical and Robotics Technology (BART LAB) Faculty of Engineering, Mahidol University, Thailand preedipat(a)robocup-ap2017.org [6] | preedipat(a)bartlab.org [7] | preedipat.sat(a)gmail.com [8] Tel. +66-2-889-2138 Ext. 6446 Mob. +66-81-617-7501 -- Dr. KANJANAPAN SUKVICHAI RoboCitizen Laboratory. Dept. of Electrical Engineering. Kasetsart University. Links: ------ [1] https://goo.gl/forms/WGeNfdddf3mbGqAj1 [2] mailto:registration@robocupap.org [3] mailto:rcap2017coordinator@robocup-ap2017.org [4] http://www.robocup-ap2017.org [5] http://www.robocupap.org [6] mailto:preedipat.sat@gmail.com [7] mailto:preedipat@bartlab.org [8] mailto:preedipat.sat@gmail.com

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Fwd: RoboCup German Open 2018: 27-29 April 2018: SAVE THE DATE!
by Sven Wachsmuth 20 Sep '17

20 Sep '17

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: RoboCup German Open 2018: 27-29 April 2018: SAVE THE DATE! Datum: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 08:32:41 +0200 Von: Ansgar Bredenfeld <ansgar.bredenfeld(a)dr-bredenfeld.de> Organisation: Dr. Bredenfeld UG An: RoboCup German Open 2017 <info(a)robocupgermanopen.de> Dear leader of a RoboCup German Open 2017 team, we are happy to announce, that the announcement of the 16th RoboCup German Open 2018 is now available. Please visit https://robocupgermanopen.de/en/major/teaminfos. The registration opens on 15 October 2017. The registration deadline is 15 December 2017. We hope to meet all of you again in Magdeburg. Best regards, Ansgar (on behalf of the Major OC) --------------------------------------------------------------------- RoboCup German Open 2018 Call for Participation https://robocupgermanopen.de 27 - 29 April 2018 MESSE MAGDEBURG, Germany The RoboCup German Open 2018 will be the 16th open RoboCup competition held in Germany. The event will take place in Magdeburg at MESSE MAGDEBURG. -- RoboCup Major Leagues (international teams) ---------------------- Competitions are offered in the following leagues: - RoboCupSoccer Standard Platform League - RoboCupSoccer Humanoid League (Kid-Size) - RoboCupRescue Robot League - RoboCup@Home League - RoboCupIndustrial Logistics League - RoboCupIndustrial RoboCup@Work League The registration opens *** 15 October 2017 ***. The registration deadline is *** 15 December 2017 ***. Visit https://robocupgermanopen.de to register your RoboCup Major League team. Details on the registration (fee, accommodation, rules) are available on the web site. Booking of blocked accommodation with special rates is possible after your registration. The Major Leagues Organising Committee: - Thomas Röfer (Standard Platform League) - Reinhard Gerndt (Humanoid League) - Johannes Pellenz (Rescue Robot League) - Sven Wachsmuth, Raphael Memmetsheimer (RoboCup@Home League) - Ulrich Karras (Logistics League) - Sebastian Zug (RoboCup@Work League) -- RoboCup Junior ---------------------------------------------------- The German RoboCup Junior qualification for RoboCup 2018 is performed in two steps. German teams qualify in seven local tournaments in Bad Zwischenahn, Berlin, Hamburg, Hannover, Mannheim, Sankt Augustin and Vöhringen for the final of the 18th German RoboCup Junior Championship which is held within the RoboCup German Open 2018. The best Junior teams will qualify for RoboCup 2018 in Canada. -- Important dates -------------------------------------------------- 15.09.2017 Publication of Call for Participation 15.10.2017 Registration opens 15.12.2017 Registration deadline RoboCup Major teams 15.02.2018 Registration deadline team members with names 15.04.2018 Registration fee due 25.04.2018 Set-up day Major League teams 26.04.2018 Set-up day Major League teams 27.04.2018 Competition day (open to public) 28.04.2018 Competition day (open to public) 29.04.2018 Competition day, finals (open to public) Please contact info(a)robocupgermanopen.de for any questions. See you all again at the 16th RoboCup German Open 2018! Best regards, Ansgar Bredenfeld (Chair RoboCup German Open) RoboCup German Open is organized on behalf of the German RoboCup Committee by Landeshauptstadt Magdeburg and Dr. Bredenfeld UG. --- Diese E-Mail wurde von Avast Antivirus-Software auf Viren geprüft. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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RoboCup Asia Pacific 2017: 2nd Call for Participation
by Asad Norouzi 08 Sep '17

08 Sep '17

===== Apologies for duplicate messages ===== ========== Call for Participation ========== The 1st RoboCup Asia Pacific Competition 12-17 December 2017, Competition 18 December 2017, Symposium Bangkok, Thailand http://www.robocup-ap2017.org ========= RoboCup Asia Pacific 2017 ========= Please find attached the second version of the RCAP 2017 newsletter attached. The deadlines have been extended as follows: Pre-registration: 10 August - 25 September, 2017 Submission of qualification materials: 10 August - 25 September, 2017 Announcement of qualified teams: 29 September 2017 Early Registration: 2 October - 27 October, 2017 Regular Registration: 28 October - 10 November, 2017 Late Registration: 11 November - 08 December, 2017 Please visit the official website for more information. You can contact us via registration(a)robocupap.org. Best Regards, RoboCup Asia Pacific Office RoboCup Asia Pacific 2017 Organizing Committee

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