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**** Call for Participation *****
IROS2022 Interactive Service Robot Competition in Cyberspace
October 24 to 25, 2022 (Hybrid: Kyoto, JAPAN / Online)
https://sites.google.com/view/robocup-athome-sim/competition-at-iros2022
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This competition evaluates how well intelligent robots can engage in
natural and friendly communication with users and achieve various
support behaviors in daily-life environments. The competition is
designed based on the SIGVerse simulator, which enables robots to make
embodied and social interactions in virtual reality (VR) environments.
Competitors submit their software of service robots on AWS (Amazon Web
Service). Human test subjects in the real space interact with a robot
in the virtual space to evaluate the interactive support ability. One
of the competition tasks is a Vision-Language Navigation task to be
solved by a human. In other words, the robot needs to explain clearly
to the human how to get to the destination, and the competition
setting aims to connect the XAI and HRI research. Furthermore, by
discussing and examining the fusion and interface between robotics and
the metaverse, digital twin, and cyber-physical systems that have been
attracting attention in recent years, we believe that this event will
provide a valuable opportunity to explore the direction of further
development in robotics research.
*** Competition website:
https://iros2022.org/program/competition/#toggle-id-2https://sites.google.com/view/robocup-athome-sim/competition-at-iros2022
*** Important dates:
Aug. 10, 2022 Deadline for submission of qualification material
Aug. 24, 2022 Qualification announcement
Oct. 24-25,2022 Competition
*** Rulebook (tentaive):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Jor8UZXW6xFtBZmMvmZmJlUWtryMW7rQ/view
*** Qualification Material Submission (mandatory):
The team MUST send an email to the organizers
(robocup.at.home.simulation[at]gmail.com) to participate in the
qualification process for the competition. Due to the space limitation
of the competition venue, the organizers will select excellent teams
that have enough skill and knowledge to develop interactive service
robots. The number of team members may be limited depending on the
available space.
Please fill in the following information and attach a Team Description
Paper (TDP):
- Team Name:
- Country:
- Affiliation:
- Participation style: on-site or virtual (remote)
- Number of team members:
- Team Leader Name:
- Contact information (E-mail):
- Link to a team website:
- Rank in previous competitions:
- Link to a team video (optional):
Important notes:
Only one team leader can be specified per team.
Only one contact email can be specified per team.
*** Instructions for TDP:
Team Description Paper (TDP) is a scientific paper, detailing
information on the technical and scientific approach of the team’s
research, while also including the following:
- Group’s research focus and interests.
- Innovative technology and scientific contribution
- Brief, general description of the system when solving a task
- Brief, compact list of the 3rd party robot’s software (e.g. include
MoveIt/YOLO)
Maximum length is 8 pages (including figures and citations). Please
use a free format and limit yourself to 8 pages. The language for the
TDP, its graphics, tables, images, and all
additional content must be English. Content in other languages must be
translated.
*** Selection criteria
Qualification materials will be judged by the following criteria:
- Team description paper (clarity, scientific contributions,
- re-usability by the HRI community, applicability in both virtual/real worlds)
- 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
- Performance in previous related competitions (optional)
- Team Video (optional)
*** Registration:
Participants who come to Kyoto/Japan need to register for the IROS
conference. https://iros2022.org/registrationvisa/registration/
If you prefer to participate remotely, the registration fee will not
be required.
This competition will be held jointly with RoboCup Japan Open 2022.
The qualified teams are recommended to register for the RoboCup Japan
Open. The teams that have never participated in the RoboCup Japan Open
before are FREE OF CHARGE. Registration for the RoboCup Japan Open
will be announced on the competition website.
*** SIGVerse - software platform for the virtual space:
All the tasks in the competition will be performed based on the
SIGVerse platform. Please check the details of the SIGVerse system at
http://www.sigverse.org/wiki/en/. This is an open-source platform
distributed at Github https://github.com/RoboCupatHomeSim including
sample programs (template source codes) of each task. Tutorials and
install documents are included in the above Rulebook.
With kind regards, and looking forward to see your team in IROS2022,
Organizers:
Tetsunari Inamura, National Institute of Informatics, Japan
Yoshiaki Mizuchi, Tamagawa University, Japan
Please feel free to email to inamura(a)nii.ac.jp if you have any questions.
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Tetsunari Inamura (Associate Professor)
National Institute of Informatics, JAPAN
The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, JAPAN
TEL : +81-3-4212-2518 FAX : +81-3-4212-2035
URL : http://researchmap.jp/inamura/?lang=english
Email : inamura(a)nii.ac.jp
Registrations are open for RoboCup Brazil Open
The event will be held in São Bernardo do Campo - São Paulo, Brazil, from
october 17 to 22. Remote Participation is available in Simulation Leagues.
Registrations are now open for teams all over the world.To participate,
the teams must register until july 31, on the website: www.cbrobotica.org .
The registration fee is US$ 170 per team or US$100 in simulation leagues.
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Important Dates:
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Pre-Registration Deadline: *July 31*
TDP Submission: Check each league's schedule on the website or contact the
league's chair by e-mail
Early Registration:* September 1 to 23*
Registration:
*September 24 to October 9*
If you have any doubt about the pre-registration or registration process,
please contact organizacao(a)cbrobotica.org
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Leagues
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RoboCup Soccer Simulation 3D
RoboCup Small Size Soccer (SSL)
RoboCup Humanoid League
RoboCup Standard Platform League
RoboCup @Home
RoboCupJunior
RoboCup Brazil Flying Robots Trial League
IEEE Humanoid Racing
IEEE Open
IEEE Standard Educational Kit
IEEE Very Small Size Soccer 3x3 and 5x5
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