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Robotica 2020 - 20th Portuguese Robotics Open http://robotica2020.uac.pt/ April 15-19, 2016 Ponta Delgada, Portugal

The Portuguese Robotics Open is a RoboCup Event that aims at promoting Science and Technology among students from the 1st grade to university studies, as well among the general public, through robotic competitions.

We would like to invite you to participate in the 20th Portuguese Robotics Open which will take place during April 15-19, 2020, at Ponta Delgada, S. Miguel - Azores, Portugal.

If you are interested in participating, please pre-register your team and follow the procedure as outlined below.

== Competitions == The following competitions are offered for the 20th Portuguese Robotics Open:

Major Competitions

-- RoboCup Middle Size League -- RoboCup 2D Simulation League -- RoboCup 3D Simulation League -- Autonomous Driving Competition -- RoboCup@Factory -- Robot@Factory Lite -- FreeBots & Ocean Freebots Competition

Junior Competitions

-- RoboCup Junior OnStage -- RoboCup Junior Soccer -- RoboCup Junior Rescue (Line, Maze, Simulation) -- Robot@Factory Lite -- First Challenger -- FreeBots & Ocean Freebots Junior Competition

The rules of RoboCup competitions will be based on the RoboCup 2019 rules for each League. All competition rules are available selecting competitions from the menu at http://robotica2020.uac.pt.

== Schedule ==

Early Registration deadline: March 10th, 2020 Late registration deadline: March 17th, 2020 Portuguese Robotics Open: April 15-19th, 2020 All deadlines are 23:59 GMT.

== Registration ==

Registration is performed through the online form, available at:

http://robotica2020.uac.pt/?page_id=50&lang=en

(click at 'Access to register form' at the top of the page)

Registration Fees: - Major Leagues fee per team:

-- Until March 10th (early) - 5 team members - 260 Euros‚ -- After March 10th - 5 team members - 300 Euros‚ -- Additional team member: 50 Euros (no limit of extra members)

- Junior Leagues fee per team: -- Until March 10th (early) - 1 tutor + 4 members - 120 Euros‚ -- After March 10th - 1 tutor + 4 members - 130 Euros‚ -- Additional team member: 40 Euros‚ (limited to 2 extra members)

Scientific meeting

- SPR / IEEE members -- Until March 16th - 300 Euros‚ -- After March 16th - 350 Euros‚

- Non-Member -- Until March 16th - 350 Euros‚ -- After March 16th - 400 Euros‚

- Student -- Until March 16th - 250 Euros‚ -- After March 16th - 300 Euros‚

== Description and History == The Portuguese Robotics Open (also known as Festival Nacional de Robótica) had its 1st edition in 2001. The event has had enormous growth since the 1st edition, both in the number of teams, participants and visitors and also includes an international IEEE conference where national an international researchers present their latest work in the field of Robotics (http://icarsc2020.uac.pt/).

The 20th edition of the Portuguese Robotics Open will be held in Ponta Delgada, S. Miguel - Azores, Portugal, on April 15-19, 2020.

Ponta Delgada is situated on the beautiful island of S. Miguel, Azores. It is the largest municipality and economic capital of the Autonomous Region of the Azores. The Azores is an archipelago of nine islands on the northeast, at the Atlantic Ocean. The main touristic attractions are the whale watching and the different lakes in the large volcanic craters of Sete Cidades, Fogo and Furnas.

The airport of Ponta Delgada is very close to the city (10 minutes by car). Daily regular flights from Lisbon are from TAP - Air Portugal, SATA - Air Azores and Ryanair.

There are also direct connections to some other cities of Europe (more or less, once a week).

== Hoping to see you visiting Azores ==

The Portuguese Robotics Open is currently an initiative of Portuguese Society of Robotics.

Hoping to see you at the Portuguese Robotics Open!

Kind Regards, The Portuguese Robotics Open Organizing Committee

Manuel Silva Professor Adjunto Departamento de Engenharia Electrotécnica

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