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

[Michael Quinlan]

Hi all,
  I just noticed that this email thread is living on the robocup-legged 
list. While this is probably OK we actually have a separate list for the 
Nao league which many newer people may only be on. In future we should 
send Nao specific messages to the Nao list (its probably too late to 
move this thread so I just added the nao address)

The Nao mailing list is robocup-nao at cc.gatech.edu if you are not already 
a member.

  Also Javier and Alfredo (and others) could you double check that your 
current email addresses are subscribed to the mailing lists. I've 
noticed some of your posts are going for approval, as a result it may 
take a while before your posts get to the list or they may never hit the 
list if we miss the approval email.

Michael


Javier Ruiz-del-Solar wrote:
> I agree with Alfredo's opinion about customs.
> We also have a lot of problems either when receiving or sending a 
> robot. Each time we should pay a lot to the customs.
> The situation would be much easier, if the new robots could have the 
> same serial numbers than the ones that we already have.
>
>> Manuela,
>>
>> Do you have further info on workshop dates, costs, and if there is 
>> any limit
>> (other than our own finances) on how many students would be able to
>> participate per team?
>>
>> Although Aldebaran may better deal with this, having robots that include
>> "special" serial numbers that match between old and new units would 
>> greatly
>> help us in dealing with local customs and thus avoid recurrent taxes 
>> every
>> time we bring in new replacements.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Alfredo
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Javier Ruiz-del-Solar [mailto:jruizd at cec.uchile.cl]
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 10:40 AM
>> To: Manuela Veloso
>> Cc: robocup-legged at cc.gatech.edu; ferrein at i5.informatik.rwth-aachen.de;
>> tjark.official at gmail.com; robert.king at newcastle.edu.au; 'Stefan 
>> Czarnetzki';
>> spl_orga at tzi.de; gerhard.kraetzschmar at fh-bonn-rhein-sieg.de;
>> echown at bowdoin.edu; wei.vivian.liu at gmail.com; spl_tech at tzi.de;
>> afei818 at gmail.com; alonsoair at gmail.com; Javier Ruiz-del-Solar; 'Luca
>> Iocchi'; rongchunxia at gmail.com; Thomas.Roefer at dfki.de; Alfredo 
>> Weitzenfeld
>> Subject: Re: [robocup-legged] RoboCup 2009 Standard Platform League: 
>> Call
>> for Applications for Participation
>>
>> Dear Manuela:
>>
>> Thanks for the good news.
>> Considering that we will have robust robots and that we will get them
>> in Paris in January, we believe we will have enough developing time
>> before RoboCup 2009. My concerns we are not about money, but about
>> having a non-robust robot.
>>
>> Best regards.
>>
>> Javier
>>
>>> Hi Javier, Alfredo, and all,
>>>
>>> A short reply. I was at Aldebaran a week ago and I saw the robots
>>> repeatedly being pushed down and falling, and not breaking, standing
>>> up by themselves, and walking quite stably.
>>>
>>> 500 Euros/robot additional to the price of last year is still a good
>>> price.
>>>
>>> We are planning a workshop at Aldebaran in Paris in January 2009, so
>>> everyone can get their new robots and learn to use them as best as
>>> possible. Limited travel support will be available, but teams will
>>> need to plan to cover most of their expenses.
>>>
>>> The robots are under development and RoboCup participants will have an
>>> opportunity to be in this development path. Some people may find that
>>> they have better resources to spend their money developing their own
>>> humanoid robots.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>     Manuela
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
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>> Universidad de Chile
>> Department of Electrical Engineering
>> Av. Tupper 2007, 837-0451 Santiago, Chile
>>
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>>
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>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Prof. Dr. Javier Ruiz-del-Solar
> Universidad de Chile
> Department of Electrical Engineering
> Av. Tupper 2007, 837-0451 Santiago, Chile
>
> Ph. +56-2-978 4207
> Fax +56-2-6720162
> Email: jruizd at ing.uchile.cl
> WWW: http://www.cec.uchile.cl/~jruizd
>