[robocup-humanoid] Call for Papers: The 8th Workshop on Humanoid Soccer Robots @ Humanoids 2013

[Sven Behnke]

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   The 8th Workshop on Humanoid Soccer Robots
   IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots
   October 15th 2013, Atlanta, GA
   http://www.humanoidsoccer.org/ws13
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Motivation:

Humanoid soccer has seen impressive progress in recent years. Bipedal 
standard
or open platforms (Nao, DARwIn-OP, NimbRo-OP) make soccer robots 
accessible to
many research groups, advanced 3D simulation games make the 
investigation of
team play with complex humanoid robots possible, and soccer games for 
larger
robots are a step towards playing with humans. The ultimate goal of this
initiative is to develop a team of humanoid soccer players - i.e. robots 
with
human-like awareness of the game situation, motion skills, and cooperation
abilities. This poses a unique set of challenges to robotics, AI, and other
fields.


Objective:

The workshop aims at bringing together researchers from the RoboCup and 
FIRA
communities, as well as other researchers interested in the subject. The 
full-
day program will consist of several invited talks, contributed 
presentations,
and a panel discussion.


Call for papers:

We solicit submissions of original, previously unpublished research papers,
optionally accompanied by a video. Papers should be up to 6 pages in 
length,
formatted according to IEEE conference layout (two-column). Accepted papers
and videos will be available online.


Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

*Design of humanoid robots
*Bipedal locomotion
*Dynamic full-body motions
*Control architectures
*Motion and action planning
*Perception of the game situation
*Team coordination
*Skill and strategy learning
*3D simulation of humanoid robots


Important dates:

*Paper submission: August 31st, 2013
*Acceptance notification: Sept. 15th, 2013
*Final paper: September 30th, 2013
*Workshop day: October 15th, 2013


Further information and paper submission:

http://www.humanoidsoccer.org/ws13


Kind regards,

the workshop organizers:
* Sven Behnke, University of Bonn
* Daniel D. Lee, University of Pennsylvania
* Klaus Dorer, Hochschule Offenburg
* Subramanian Ramamoorthy, University of Edinburgh