[socios-spr] Fwd: [robocup-athome] [RoboCup@Home2017] First Call for Participation

Segunda-Feira, 9 de Janeiro de 2017 - 08:21:19 WET

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> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> From: Mauricio Matamoros <J.M.Matamoros  tudelft.nl>
> Subject: [robocup-athome] [RoboCup  Home2017] First Call for Participation
> Date: 4 de janeiro de 2017, 23:14:47 WET
> To: undisclosed-recipients:;
> 
> Call for Participation
> RoboCup 2017 RoboCup  Home League
> July 25 - 30, 2017 (Nagoya, Japan)
> http://www.robocup2017.org
> http://www.robocupathome.org
> http://wiki.robocup.org/wiki/@Home_League/
> 
> 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 Behaviours, Behaviour
> Integration, Ambient Intelligence, Standardization and System Integration.
> 
> The RoboCup  Home league is itegrated by three sub-leagues officially
> referred as
> 
>   - Domestic Standard Platform sub-league (Toyota HSR)
>   - Social Standard Platform sub-league (Aldebaran/Softbank Pepper)
>   - Open Platform sub-league
> 
> 
> This message describes the preregistration and qualification procedure for
> RoboCup  Home League 2017.
> Important dates:
> 
> Feb 5, 2017 Intention of Participation
> Mar 12, 2017 Preregistration and Deadline for qualification material
>                        (Team Description Paper, Team Video, Team Website,
> Information in @Home Wiki).
> Mar 26, 2017 Qualification announcement
> 
> The qualification procedure consists of the following two steps:
> 
> 
> *Step 1) Intention of Participation (strongly recommended)*
> 
> The team sends an email to the Oranizing Committee <oc  robocupathome.org> to
> indicate your intention to participate in the RoboCup  Home 2017 event,
> including the following basic information:
> 
> Team Name:
> Sub-league:
> Platform:
> Country:
> Affiliation:
> Team Leader Name:
> Contact information (E-mail):
> Web site:
> 
> 
> Only one platform can be specified per team.
> 
> The e-mail subject should be: [@Home2017-Participation] (YourTeamName)
> 
> Please check the email is encoded in UTF-8 using only the ISO-8859-1
> character set.
> 
> ***** Deadline: Sunday, 5th Feb. 2017 23:59 GMT ******
> 
> 
> 
> *Step 2) Qualification Material Submission (mandatory)*
> 
> The team ***MUST*** send an email to the Oranizing Committee <
> oc  robocupathome.org> to participate in the qualification process for the
> RoboCup  Home 2017 event. Please fill in the following information:
> 
> Team Name:
> Sub-league:
> Country:
> Affiliation:
> Team Leader Name:
> Contact information (E-mail):
> 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: [@Home2017-Qualification] (YourTeamName)
> 
> Considerations:
> 
>   - Only one platform 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.
> 
> 
> *Important Notice: * As platforms are independent, you must send an
> application email for each platform you want to compete in, specifying
> different team names in each. Qualification Material (e.g. video and TDP)
> must match the robot to qualify.
> 
> ***** Deadline: Sunday, Mar. 12, 2017 23:59 GMT ******
> 
> 
> 
> Instructions for the Team Video
> ===========================
> 
> As a proof of running hardware, each team has to provide a qualification
> video. As a minimum requirement for qualification, we consider showing the
> robot(s) successfully solving at least one test of the current or last
> year's rulebook.
> 
> *[Standard Platforms Only]* The robot shown in the video must not be
> altered or modified in any way.
> 
> 
> 
> 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
>   - Photo(s) of the robot
>   - Focus of research/research interests
>   - Re-usability of the system for other research groups
>   - Applicability of the robot in the real world
>   - Brief, compact list of the 3rd party robot's software (e.g. ROS vision
>   should be included, but not OpenCV).
>   - *[Open Platform Only] *Brief, compact description of the robot's
>   hardware.
>   - *[Standard Platforms Only] *Specify all external computing devices, if
>   any.
> 
> 
> 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>.
> 
> 
> 
> 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
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 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)
>   - 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/RoboC
> upAtHome/RuleBook
> 
> 
> 
> With kind regards, and looking forward to see your team in Nagoya,
> The 2017 RoboCup  Home Organizing and Technical Committees
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Rodrigo Ventura
Institute for Systems and Robotics
Instituto Superior Técnico
Lisbon, Portugal
http://users.isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/~yoda