[robocup-humanoid] Extending Qualification Deadline for TeenSize Class

Sven Behnke behnke at cs.uni-bonn.de
Sun Feb 5 08:15:53 EST 2012


Dear Humanoid League,

only four teams submitted qualification material for the TeenSize Class 
competition in Mexico so far.

In order to attract more teams and have more interesting TeenSize 
competitions,
the Technical and Organization Committees of RoboCup Humanoid League 2012
decided to extend the deadline for submitting qualification material for 
the TeenSize
class to *February 29*.

To make participation for new TeenSize teams easier, my team started the 
design of
a TeenSize Open Platform humanoid robot in October.

This robot will be similar to Darwin-OP, but will have a size of about 
95cm and a weight of about 7kg.
Its 20 DOF will be driven by Robotis Dynamixel actuators (MX-106 in the 
legs, MX-64 in arms and neck).
The robot will be equipped with a wide-angle camera, a dual-core PC, and 
the CM-730 controller.
We acknowledge the support of Robotis for this project.
I also applied at the RoboCup Federation for support of this project.

Teams interested to use the TeenSize Open Platform should contact me 
(behnke at cs.uni-bonn.de).

Best regards,

Sven Behnke
http://www.ais.uni-bonn.de/behnke
on behalf of Technical and Organization Committees of RoboCup Humanoid 
League 2012


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                    Call for Participation

                 RoboCup 2012 Humanoid League

            June 18-24, 2012 (Mexico City, Mexico)
                 http://www.robocup2012.org/


The RoboCup humanoid league is inviting interested teams to apply for
participation at the RoboCup 2012 competition in Mexico City. The
humanoid league will host competitions in three classes: kid, teen,
and adult sized robots. For more information about the humanoid
league, please refer to the humanoid league home page at
http://www.tzi.de/humanoid.

Due to restrictions on the number of teams able to participate at
RoboCup 2012, all teams must provide the qualification material
described below. The technical committee will evaluate the
qualification material and select the best teams.


1) Team Data
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         - Team name
         - URL of the team's home page
         - Name of team leader or team contact person
         - E-mail address of team leader or contact person
         - Postal address of the team, team leader or contact person
         - Competition class: TeenSize

Please note that teams applying for participation in several classes
must submit individual application material for each class and pay the
appropriate registration fee for each class. Furthermore, teams in
different classes must be able independent and able to compete at
the same time.


2) Robot Video
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The first part of the qualification material is a video of your
robot demonstrating your team's autonomous soccer playing skills.

The minimum standard for qualification is:
         - localization of unknown ball position,
         - walking ability towards the ball,
         - robot positioning at the ball for kicking,
         - kicking the ball towards the goal,
         - ability of getting up autonomously from a fall.

However, more complex and intelligent behavior of teams of
robots demonstrating localization and team play are preferred. Videos
of your team during competition are also good.

The qualification video must be supplied as a link to it viawww.youtube.com.
The maximum duration of the video is 5 minutes. The qualifying team is
responsible to ensure that the video adheres to YouTube's TOS (especially
in regards to music copyright) to prevent the video from being blocked
for the reviewers.

No video means no qualification!


3) Team Description Paper
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A team description paper (TDP) must be submitted which
         - includes a statement committing to participate in the
           RoboCup 2012 Humanoid League competition,
         - includes a statement committing to making a person
           with sufficient knowledge of the rules available as referee
           during the competition,
         - fully describes the scientific aspects of your humanoid robot
           system and your research interests,
         - includes a summary of previous relevant achievements in
           research and development as well as publications,
         - mentions prior performance in RoboCup competitions
         - states explicitly whether software from other teams is used
           and if yes, which parts are used and what the
           team's own contributions are

The TDP is limited to 8 pages maximum. It must be original work.

The TDP must follow the LNCS format which can be downloaded from
http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0

The paper must be submitted in PDF format.

The quality of the TDP and the robot video will be decisive for
qualification.

Other evaluation criteria include contributions to
the RoboCup community by release of significant papers or software.

New teams and teams from countries that have not previously taken
part in RoboCup competitions may be given priority.

In the future, the TC may include the fulfillment of the statement
of commitment of participation as well as the performance of the
team's referee in previous RoboCups.


4) Robot Specification
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A one-page specification (PDF) for each different type of
humanoid robot used by the team that includes the followings:
         - Robot picture
         - Robot name
         - Height of the robot
         - Weight of the robot
         - Walking speed
         - Number of degrees of freedom
         - Type of motors
         - Type of sensors used (incl. type of camera(s))
         - Computing unit(s)
         - Other specs


5) Online Submission
--------------------
All qualification material must be submitted online at

        http://application.germanteam.org/entries/new



6) Deadline
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Deadline extended for submission in TeenSize Class: *** February 29, 2012 ***



7) Publication
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Please note that after the announcement of the qualified teams
the qualification material of the qualified teams will be made
publicly available. Teams applying for participation therefore
grant the right of publication of their qualification material
to the humanoid league.


8) Rules
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The rules of the RoboCup 2012 Humanoid League are discussed at
    https://lists.cc.gatech.edu/mailman/listinfo/robocup-humanoid
and will be published at
    http://www.tzi.de/humanoid





With best regards,

Technical and Organization Committees
of RoboCup Humanoid League 2012


P.S.
Special thanks go to Thomas Roefer and Tim Laurinat from DFKI Bremen
for their support of the HL submission and web page.






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