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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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Call for participation
by freedom 30 Aug '17

30 Aug '17

Hi, I am a sutdent from China , we have a wish to enter the competition.Please tell us how to participate in this competition.If you have a PDF for participation, please send to me.Thank you very much!

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Participation on Survey on ROS Collaboration and Package Reuse (10 min approx.)
by Luz Martinez 24 Aug '17

24 Aug '17

Hi, As part of my thesis, I’m studying the phenomenon of package reuse within the ROS community and the way that the community collaborates. To have a deeper insight on these topics, I designed a survey and *your participation is extremely valuable*. To *take the survey* go to: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ROSPkgReuse This information may be relevant for you: 1. It should take *10 minutes approximately* 2. Answers are confidential and will be treated anonymously 3. A summary of the results will be sent if you are interested* 4. *Three Amazon Gift Cards* will be raffled* among participants 5. The *deadline* to answer is *Friday 18th*. I would be grateful If you could *forward this e-mail with your colleagues* and other people with any degree of experience using ROS. Thanks in advance, Pablo Estefó <pestefo(a)dcc.uchile.cl> *: *You e-mail will be requested at the end of the survey to send the summary of the results and to be able to deliver the gift card to the raffle winners. It will not affect our confidentiality and anonymity policy on use of the data.*

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how to Call for Participation
by freedom 22 Aug '17

22 Aug '17

Hi, I am a sutdent from China , we have a wish to enter the competition.Please tell us how to participate in this competition.If you have a PDF for participation, please send to me.Thank you very much!

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RoboCup Asia Pacific 2017 - Call for Participation
by Asad Norouzi 11 Aug '17

11 Aug '17

******************** Apologies for duplicate messages *********************** ########################### Call for Participation ########################## The 1st RoboCup Asia Pacific Competitions 12-17 December 2017, Competitions 18 December 2017, Symposium Bangkok, Thailand http://www.robocup-ap2017.org ########################## RoboCup Asia Pacific 2017 ######################## The 1st RoboCup Asia Pacific (RCAP) competitions and symposium will be held in Bangkok, Thailand, 12-18 December 2017. This is the first official RoboCup Super Regional event in the Asia Pacific region. The RoboCup Asia Pacific 2017 competitions leagues are as follows: RoboCupSoccer: - Humanoid Kid Size - Humanoid Teen Size - Humanoid Adult Size - Middle Size - Small Size - Standard Platform - Soccer 3D Simulation - Soccer 2D Simulation RoboCupRescue: - Rescue Robot - Rescue Simulation Agent - Rescue Simulation Virtual Robot RoboCup@Home: - RoboCup@Home Open Platform - RoboCup@Home Social Standard Platform - RoboCup@Home Domestic Standard Platform RoboCupIndustrial: - RoboCup@Work - RoboCup Logistics RoboCupJunior: - Junior Soccer Lightweight Primary - Junior Soccer Lightweight Secondary - Junior Soccer Open - Junior Rescue Line - Junior Rescue Maze - Junior CoSpace Primary - Junior CoSpace Secondary - Junior OnStage Primary - Junior OnStage Secondary The RoboCup Asia Pacific (RCAP) Challenges: The RoboCup Asia Pacific 2017 Organizing Committee will be organizing RCAP Industry Sponsored Leagues and RCAP Challenges (e.g. Healthcare Challenge, UAV Challenge, CoSpace Challenge, etc). Details will be announced shortly. Participation: 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. Google Form: https://goo.gl/forms/WGeNfdddf3mbGqAj1 If Google is not available in your region, please complete the attached PDF Form and submit it to registration(a)robocupap.org. Important dates: Pre-Registration: 10 August - 10 September, 2017 Submission of qualification materials: 10 August - 10 September, 2017 Announcement of qualified teams: 18 September, 2017 Early Registration: 18 September - 27 October, 2017 Regular Registration: 28 October - 10 November, 2017 Late Registration: 11 November - 08 December, 2017 *No team registration will be accepted after 10 November 2017 For further information please visit our official website at http://www.robocup-ap2017.org For inquiries please contact us via the hereunder email addresses: General Inquiries: info(a)robocup-ap2017.org Registration, Competitions, Leagues: registration(a)robocupap.org Thank You! Regards, RoboCup Asia Pacific Office RoboCup Asia Pacific 2017 Organizing Committee

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Call for Participation: RoboCup@Home 2018 Social Standard Platform
by Luca Iocchi 09 Aug '17

09 Aug '17

================================================================== Call for Participation: RoboCup@Home Social Standard Platform League 2018 ================================================================== The second RoboCup@Home Social Standard Platform League (RoboCup@Home SSPL) competition, with SoftBank Pepper robots as standard platform, will be held at RoboCup 2018 in Montreal, Canada. Teams willing to participate in RoboCup@Home SSPL 2018 must submit the qualification material as described in http://www.robocupathome.org/cfp-sspl-2018 This qualification process is valid for all teams, including new teams that already have a Pepper robot and new teams that want to purchase a Pepper robot with the RoboCup conditions. Deadline for submission of qualification material ***October 15, 2017*** Best regards, Luca Iocchi (on behalf of the SPL Selection Committee)

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RoboCup@Home 2018: Calls for participation
by Luca Iocchi 09 Aug '17

09 Aug '17

Dear RoboCup@Home teams, please notice that the qualification procedures for RoboCup@Home 2018 will be differentiated among the three sub-leagues. Some deadlines for submitting the qualification material will be anticipated with respect to past years. All the calls will be published in this page and announced through public mailing lists. http://www.robocupathome.org/call-for-participation Best regards, RoboCup@Home Execs/TC/OC and RCF Trustees in charge of RoboCup@Home

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