[robocup-humanoid] RoboCup 2016 Humanoid League - Call for Participation
soroush sadeghnejad
s.sadeghnejad at aut.ac.ir
Thu Dec 24 12:41:41 EST 2015
*Call for Participation*
RoboCup 2016 Humanoid League
http://www.robocuphumanoid.org
June 30th to July 4th, 2016 (Leipzig, Germany)
http://www.robocup2016.org
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The RoboCup humanoid league is inviting interested teams to apply for
participation at the RoboCup 2016 competition in Leipzig, Germany.
The humanoid league will host competitions in three classes:
· KidSize: 40 - 90cm robot height (FIFA size 1 ball)
· TeenSize: 80 - 140cm robot height (FIFA size 3 ball; maximum
weight 20kg)
· AdultSize: 130 - 180cm robot height (FIFA size 5 ball; minimum
weight 10kg)
For more detailed class definitions and more information about the humanoid
league, please refer to the humanoid league home page at
http://www.robocuphumanoid.org/ and join the humanoid league mailing list
at https://lists.cc.gatech.edu/mailman/listinfo/robocup-humanoid
Due to restrictions on the number of teams able to participate at RoboCup
2016, 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: kid or teen or adult size
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. At least one team member must
register on each team. Furthermore, teams in different classes must be able
to compete independently and 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 (Kid Size)
However, more complex and intelligent behavior of teams of robots
demonstrating localization and team play are preferred, particularly
recordings from actual soccer matches.
The qualification video must be supplied as a link to it via www.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. Videos not viewable by the
reviewers may lead to a team not being qualified.
*No video means no qualification!*
3) Team Description Paper
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A team description paper (TDP) must be submitted which
§ 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,
§ points out enhancements of the robots' hardware or software compared to
the previous year,
§ 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 and must be submitted in PDF
format. *Resubmitting
of last year's TDP will prevent qualification*. The TDP must follow the
LNCS format which can be downloaded from:
http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0
Please pay special attention to the "Author guidelines" that you'll be able
to find there. You are expected to follow all LNCS formatting and style
guidelines.
The quality of the TDP and the robot video will be decisive for
qualification. Other evaluation criteria include contributions to the
RoboCup community by the 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.
Teams are encouraged to consider joint participation. Joint proposals will
be judged on combined merit.
4) Letter of commitment
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A one-page letter addressed to the RoboCup Humanoid League Technical
Committee including the following:
§ a statement committing to participate in the RoboCup 2016 Humanoid
League competition,
§ a statement committing to make a person with sufficient knowledge of
the rules available as a referee during the competition,
The letter must be printed, hand-signed by the team leader, digitally
scanned and submitted either as a JPG, PNG or PDF file.
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
RoboCup competitions into consideration for qualification.
5) 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 in cm/s
§ Number of degrees of freedom and type of motors on each kinematic chain
of the robot
§ Type of sensors used (incl. type of camera(s))
§ Computing unit(s)
§ Other specs
6) Plagiarism
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Plagiarism, loosely the unattributed use of other peoples' words, code, and
ideas are not tolerated in the RoboCup community. See:
http://www.ieee.org/publications_standards/publications/rights/plagiarism_FAQ.html
for a more detailed description.
The teams and team members that plagiarize other peoples' work and present
it as their own will be disqualified. For a first offense, the team and
team members will be banned from RoboCup competition for two years (usually
the current and next year). Harsher penalties will be applied to repeat
offenders or extremely serious cases of plagiarism.
A team may be disqualified at any time for plagiarism, even after the
competition has started. RoboCup will not reimburse teams for any expenses
related to their disqualification.
7) Online Submission
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All qualification material must be submitted online at
http://submission.robocuphumanoid.org/
8) Deadline
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Deadline for submission: *** February 5th,
2016 ***
Announcement of qualified teams: *** February 28th, 2016 ***
9) 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.
10) Rules
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The rules of the RoboCup 2016 Humanoid League are discussed at:
https://lists.cc.gatech.edu/mailman/listinfo/robocup-humanoid
and will be published at:
http://www.robocuphumanoid.org/
11) Special Offer: Robotis OP2
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ROBOTIS (http://www.robotis.com) is offering a special promotion to all
teams participating in the 2016 RoboCup Humanoid Kid-size league.
ROBOTIS will be offering a ROBOTIS OP2 for $8,000/USD per unit or $35,000
for 5 units. (EXWORK Korea only) 1-year basic warranty is included (teams
should be technically ready for self-maintenance.)
Please note that the quoted prices do not include shipping, tax, any local
customs or handling charges.
Teams interested in this offer should contact ROBOTIS at
contactus2 at robotis.com with the promo code (RTS2016DE).
*This special offer valid for an order made until April 29, 2016.*
12) RoboCup fee waiver for new teams
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The RoboCup Federation is pleased to introduce a waiver of the team fee for
the 2016 international RoboCup competition for NEW teams in the major
leagues. A NEW team is defined as a team all of whose team members have
never participated in an annual international RoboCup competition. The
waiver concerns only the team fee and does not imply any waiver of fees for
team members.
With best regards,
Soroush Sadeghnejad (OC Chair)
On behalf of Technical and Organization Committees of RoboCup Humanoid
League 2016
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