[robocup-nao] RoboCup 2009 Standard Platform League: Call for Applications for Participation

Thomas Röfer Thomas.Roefer at dfki.de
Wed Oct 1 09:28:34 EDT 2008


You can also find the text of this e-mail at 
http://www.tzi.de/spl/bin/view/Website/Call2009. 
Apologies for duplicates.


          Call for Applications for Participation 

           RoboCup 2009 Standard Platform League 
                   http://www.tzi.de/spl 
                  June 29 - July 5, 2009
                       Graz, Austria 

RoboCup is an international initiative that fosters research and 
education in robotics and artificial intelligence, on multi-robot 
systems in particular, through competitions of RoboCup Robot 
Soccer, RoboCup Rescue, RoboCup at Home, and RoboCupJunior. 

RoboCup currently includes a number of different robot soccer 
leagues that focus on different research challenges. The RoboCup 
Standard Platform League is a RoboCup robot soccer league, in 
which all teams compete with identical robots. The robots operate 
fully autonomously, i.e. there is no external control, neither by 
humans nor by computers. RoboCup 2008 included the Four-Legged 
Standard Platform League with the SONY AIBO robots, and the 
Two-Legged Standard Platform League with the Aldebaran Robotics 
humanoid NAO robots. 

Due to the unfortunate discontinuation of the SONY AIBO robots, 
RoboCup 2009 will NOT include the Four-Legged Competition. 
Instead we invite teams to provide AIBO exhibition games. No team 
registration fee will be charged for participation in the 
exhibition games. The games will be played on the shared Standard 
Platform League fields of the new standard small field dimension 
(slightly smaller than the past AIBO playing field.) Please see 
the RoboCup'2009 SPL website for further details. 

RoboCup 2009 will then include ONLY the Two-Legged Competition 
with the Aldebaran humanoid NAO robots. We will be able to host 
up to 24 teams, which we will select from the interested parties. 


Submission of Applications for Participation 
--------------------------------------------

By November 1st, 2008, interested teams need to submit the 
following to spl_tech at tzi.de: 

 1. A 2-5 page qualification document that includes: 
    1. the leader(s) and planned elements of the proposed team; 
    2. a statement of commitment to participate in the 
       RoboCup'2009 Standard Platform League - check the dates 
       at http://www.robocup2009.org; 
    3. a statement of the research interests related to the 
       participation; and 
    4. a summary of past relevant work and publications.
    See the NAO costs below.

 2. A statement whether you would like to participate in the 
    Four-Legged Exhibition Games. 

NOTE: Teams can participate in both. 

We encourage teams to consider joint teams. Joint teams will be 
judged on combined merit. 


Pre-qualification 
-----------------

The teams that competed in the Two-Legged Competition in 2008 
will be pre-qualified for 2009 if: 

 1. they state their intention of participation (include team 
    constitution for 2009); 
 2. and submit the team research report by November 1st, 2008,
    describing the work they have done for their participation 
    in RoboCup 2008. 

If a team splits, only one of them can be pre-qualified. Please 
state which one you would like us to pre-qualify. 


NAO Robots 
----------

The NAO robots will come as a special RoboCup package in the 
following conditions: 

 1. For new teams, a package of FOUR new 2009 version Nao 
    Robocup Edition robots inluding 4 batteries and 2 chargers 
    costs 12,000 Euros excl. VAT. The price includes hardware 
    and software support for these robots through the calendar 
    year of 2009. An extra similar robot unit costs €3,600 excl.
    VAT with one battery and one charger. Shipping costs will be 
    additional. 
 2. The 2008 RoboCup edition NAO robots will be upgraded to the 
    2009 version for the 2009 qualified teams at a price of 500 
    Euros excl. VAT for each robot. The price includes hardware 
    and software support for these robots. Shipping costs will 
    be additional.
 3. A 2-day NAO workshop at Aldebaran in Paris is planned for 
    January 2009, exact dates TBD. All qualified teams with up 
    to 2 members per team will be invited to participate at 
    their expense. Some travel support may be available. 

RoboCup 2009 Standard Platform League
Technical and Organizing Committees

_______________________________________________________________________
Dr. Thomas Röfer
DFKI Bremen
Safe and Secure Cognitive Systems
Cartesium 0.55
Enrique-Schmidt-Str. 5
28359 Bremen, Germany

http://www.dfki.de
www.informatik.uni-bremen.de/~roefer

Phone: +49 (421) 218-64200
Fax:   +49 (421) 218-9864200
eMail: Thomas.Roefer at dfki.de
_______________________________________________________________
Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz GmbH
Firmensitz: Trippstadter Straße 122, D-67663 Kaiserslautern

Geschäftsführung:
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Wolfgang Wahlster (Vorsitzender)
Dr. Walter Olthoff

Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats:
Prof. Dr. h.c. Hans A. Aukes

Amtsgericht Kaiserslautern, HRB 2313




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