Call for proposals: RCF and MathWorks Support for Research Projects 2023
The RoboCup Federation (RCF) and MathWorks, a Global Sponsor of RoboCup,
are pleased to announce this call for proposals to support research
projects in RoboCup.
RCF-MathWorks Support for Research Projects 2023 aims at funding
robotics research projects that use MATLAB and Simulink software. The
goal is to enable collaboration between RoboCup researchers and
MathWorks engineers to foster progress of RoboCup and its leagues.
The RoboCup Federation and MathWorks hosted a webinar to discuss the
details of the call, describe expected results and MathWorks tools,
showcase previously sponsored projects, and answer questions. Link to
the webinar: https://youtu.be/znZSFBWAWhg
For more info or clarification on the details of this call, please
contact info(a)robocup.org
Proposal Requirements
Proposals in this category must meet *ALL* of the following requirements:
1. Work must be associated with one or more of the research topics
listed below.
2. Work must primarily utilize MathWorks software such as MATLAB,
Simulink, Stateflow, and other add-on products. Preference may be given
if using one or more of the development methods listed below.
3. Project team will be assigned MathWorks contacts, and must arrange
and participate in at least 3 progress check-in meetings with them
during the course of the project. The team is encouraged to reach out to
their MathWorks contacts whenever they have questions.
4. Final deliverables shall be posted publicly after review by MathWorks
contacts.
Research Topics
1. Navigation and Planning
a. Motion planning and collidion avoidance for manipulators and
mobile Robots
b. Motion planning and collision avoidance for humanoid robots
2. Perception and Sensor Fusion
a. Object detection and tracking
b. Lidar and vision-based SLAM
c. Point cloud processing
d. Sensor fusion for pose estimation and localization
3. Control Systems
a. Control of humanoid robots
b. Hybrid systems and behavior
c. Multi-agent systems
d. Robot manipulation and grasping
4. Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)
a. Natural language processing
b. Signal and audio processing
5. Applied Learning-Based Techniques
• For any of the above topics (Navigation, Perception, Controls, HRI)
Development Methods
1. Development tools
a. User interfaces and Web applications
b. Hardware initialization and calibration tools
2. Modeling and simulation
a. Model-based design of software components
b. Physical system simulation and design
c. Behavior modeling: finite-state machines, behavior trees, etc.
d. Multi-agent simulation
3. Embedded systems
a. Implementation to reduce memory, power consumption, etc.
b. Targeting microcontrollers, FPGAs, and GPUs
c. Real-time and hardware-in-the-loop simulation
4. Interfaces to standard platforms
a. Robots, e.g., Toyota, SoftBank, FESTO
b. Software frameworks, e.g., ROS
Support
Support will be given as a gift between 5,000 and 10,000 USD depending
on quantity and quality of accepted proposals in this category.
Teams will be notified of the exact amount awarded upon their proposal
being accepted. Funding will be provided directly by RCF after the
RoboCup Symposium 2023 if the research and deliverables are completed in
a satisfactory manner.
Submission
A single PDF file should be submitted through the easychair system
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcfsupport2023 under the
Category: RCF and MathWorks Support for Research Projects 2023
The proposal (MAX 6 pages) must include:
1. description of the project,
2. motivations and goals,
3. intended use of MATLAB and/or Simulink software,
4. benefits for RoboCup and for the RoboCup League (not for a single or
a few teams),
5. implementation plan and budget.
Evaluation
Application materials will be evaluated by a committee of RoboCup
Trustees and MathWorks engineers. The evaluation of the proposals will
be based on (i) the quality of the proposed research; (ii) the research
contributions of the applicants, particularly in relation to RoboCup;
(iii) the usage of MATLAB and/or Simulink software; and (iv) the impact
of the proposed plan on the advancement and visibility of RoboCup.
A limited number of awards is expected to be assigned.
Deadlines
Submission Deadline: November 30th, 2022
Notification: December 18th, 2022
Completion of the action: Preliminary work expected to be presented
during the RoboCup 2023 Research Symposium, and official content
publication by October 2023
Exceptions to this rule must be submitted for approval to the evaluation
committee.
** For more information about the call for projects, please contact:
info [at] robocup.org **
Call for proposals: RCF Project Support 2023
The RoboCup Federation (RCF) is pleased to announce this call for
proposals to support activities for promoting the development of RoboCup
Leagues.
RCF Project Support aims at funding activities for the development of
the RoboCup Leagues or the promotion of RoboCup in general. The main
goal of these projects is to research and develop activities that
support significant advancements of the RoboCup leagues and/or the
RoboCup community which are difficult to achieve otherwise. This
includes support for short-term visits for a collaboration between teams
(e.g. joint team development, integration of research agendas) and/or
RoboCup camps on special or novel topics.
This year the RCF particularly encourages proposals in the following areas:
● Human-Robot-Interaction (HRI), any type interaction of a human with
a robot within one of the RoboCup leagues
● Low-Cost Standard Robots, any ideas to lower the entry bar to a
RoboCup league or to allow to scale the number of robots in a team
● Unified Game Controllers, development of game controllers that can
be shared between RoboCup leagues easily and with minor re-configuration
● Data Sets from Competitions, any concept for automated collecting
and annotating data (i.e. ground truth) from competitions in order to
support statistical analysis or machine learning
Support
Support will be provided in the form of reimbursement upon receipts of
direct expenses (e.g., hardware devices or costs for organization of
events) or of a grant for the applicants. In case of hardware
acquisition, it must be specified how the league (e.g. other teams) will
benefit from this hardware.
A detailed list of expenses must be described in the proposal. Funds
from RCF are limited, partial funding may be also considered.
Submission
A single PDF file should be submitted through the easychair system
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcfsupport2023 under the
Category: Projects for League Developments
The proposal (MAX 4 pages) must include:
1. description of the project,
2. motivations and goals,
3. benefits for RoboCup and RoboCup leagues (not for a single or a few
teams),
4. implementation plan and budget.
Evaluation
Application materials will be evaluated by a committee of RoboCup
Trustees or RoboCup Exec members. The evaluation of the proposals will
be based on (i) the quality of the proposed research; (ii) the research
contributions of the applicants, particularly in relation to RoboCup;
and (iii) the impact of the proposed plan on the advancement and
visibility of RoboCup (e.g. high ranked publications).
A limited number of awards is expected to be assigned.
Deadlines
Submission Deadline: November 30th, 2022
Notification: December 18th, 2022
Completion of the project: Preliminary work expected to be presented
during the RoboCup Symposium 2023, the project needs to be finished by
end of 2023 and a final report submitted by January 2024.
Exceptions to this rule must be submitted for approval to the evaluation
committee.
Call for Participation
RoboCup 2023 Soccer Simulation 2D League
July 4 – July 10, 2023
Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
https://2023.robocup.org/
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Greetings,
We invite you to participate in the RoboCup 2022 Soccer Simulation League
2D competition, which will take place July 4- 10, 2023, in Bordeaux,
Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
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To view the full Call for Participation document, please visit:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/13-VFRA1dDpzZlPVcHX42XT6_82X4hR0BmNqlRQ4…
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If you are interested in participating, please pre-register your team and
submit qualification materials.
Pre-registration Deadline: *February 1st – 23:59 UTC*
- Submit information via *the online form*
- https://forms.gle/tKyVA2YXQGLZgt1T7 .
Qualification Materials Submission Deadline: *February 28th – 23:59 UTC*
- Submit* TDP, Log* *files *via the online form
- https://forms.gle/iKaMDVXemxZZiope9
Qualification Notification: *March 14th – 23:59 UTC*
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If you have any questions, please send an email to the email address in the
documentation.
Best Regards,
Omid Amini, Hidehisa Akiyama
RoboCup2023 Soccer Simulation 2D League Organizing Committee