[socios-spr] Call for participation: FreeBots-2017 scientific competition (Robotica 2017, April 26-20, 2017, Coimbra, Portugal)

[Rodrigo Ventura]

***** CALL FOR PARTICIPATION :: FREEBOTS-2017 SCIENTIFIC COMPETITION *****

Robotica 2017, April 26-20, 2017, Coimbra, Portugal
collocated with the IEEE 2017 International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (ICARSC 2017)

Robot scientific competitions are a growing trend at an European level in the past few years (RoCKIn, euRathlon, ERL). However, most of them tend to constrain participation to a specific application domain. The FREEBOTS competition aims at challenging the international community of R&D to present their latest research results in the form of an *open* technical presentation and public demonstrations.

Participation must involve real, terrestrial, airborne or aquatic robots - mobile or not, multiple or single. Teams are assessed by a panel of experts in the field of robotics with regards to technical and scientific achievement, potential application of demonstrated robots, quality and success of the presentation and its impact on the general public.

FREEBOTS takes place on a regular basis since 2011 as a League of the Portuguese Robotics Open. The current official rules of this League, as well as the track record of previous events, can be found in the competition web page: http://www.isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/freebots

The next competition will take place in the Robotica-2017, April 26-30, in the beautiful city of Coimbra, Portugal. URL: http://robotica2017.isr.uc.pt/index.php/en/ . You can register your team in the FREEBOTS league at https://goo.gl/forms/7WAMwMNFoWH3Nlif1. The deadline for early registration is March 31st, 2017.

If you have any question, do not hesitate to contact us!
 
Chairs:
Rodrigo Ventura
Pedro U. Lima