[robocup-humanoid] Robocup Qualification Video question

[Jacky Baltes]

Hi,

Qualification is definitely not binary. I suggest you read the CFP. It
clearly says: The minimum standard ...

This is based on my experience in the last 3 years. In the kid size, we
have more than 30 teams trying to qualify for a maximum of 24 spots. The
large majority of those teams demonstrate the required skills in the
videos. So the reviewers qualify the 24 strongest teams. We usually qualify
a couple more teams for the technical challenge only, but tell them that
they qualify for the technical challenge only or need to form a joint team,
with a team that has qualified.

So, no you do not need to produce a high production quality video.

Instead you want to showcase all skills of your robot (in the video) and
highlight the research contributions that you have or can make to the
humanoid league (in the TDP). This is especially important for teams that
use a Darwin robot, which provides a high quality platform out of the box.

CU,

   Jacky



On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 4:03 PM, Sean Luke <sean at cs.gmu.edu> wrote:

> Jacky, could you clarify this?  Are you saying that we need to make a high
> quality produced video?  Or you mean that if we produce a video which shows
> our robots performing the necessary tasks, we still might not qualify
> because of some measure of robot task performance quality?  I thought
> qualification was binary: you met the requirements or you didn't.
>
> Sean
>
> On Jan 30, 2015, at 4:00 PM, Jacky Baltes <jacky at cs.umanitoba.ca> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > In principle yes, However, your goal is to qualify, so you should send
> the
> > best video to convince everybody of the capabilities of your robot(s).
> >
> > The reviewers will take when the video filmed as well as the context of
> the
> > video into consideration (actual game/lab).
> >
> > CU,
> >   Jacky
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 2:52 PM, Drew Wicke <dwicke at masonlive.gmu.edu>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> We have a video of two of our kid-sized robots competing in a game from
> >> Robocup 2014 where one robot performs some of the requirements and a
> second
> >> robot that demonstrates the rest of the requirements for the Robocup
> >> qualification video.  Is this ok or must all of the actions be
> performed by
> >> the same robot for the video to be acceptable?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Drew
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