[robocup-worldwide] Call for Participation: RoboCup at Home Competition 2009

[Thomas Wisspeintner]

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Call for Participation
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RoboCup at Home Competition 2009
June 29-July 5 2009 in Graz, Austria
http://www.robocupathome.org

What is RoboCup at Home?
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The RoboCup at Home league targets development and deployment of autonomous
service and assistive robot technology being essential for future
personal domestic applications. It is part of the international
RoboCup initiative and the largest annual service and home robotic
competition world-wide. The RoboCup at Home tournaments are organized in
well-defined test scenarios, which are used to evaluate the
robots´abilities and performance in a realistic non-standardized home
environment. It establishes a common benchmark suite for home robotics.

Focus of the @Home league
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• Human-robot cooperation through natural interaction
• Navigation and mapping in dynamic environments
• Computer vision and object recognition in natural light
• Object manipulation
• Speech and gesture recognition
• Person detection and tracking
• Ambient intelligence
• Standardization and system integration

Features of @Home
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• Open, extendable framework for benchmarking
• Lean set of rules
• Realistic domestic environment and useful tasks
• Low entry levels and progressive requirement increments
• Attractiveness and conviviality

Examples of @Home Tests
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• Introduce: The robot introduces itself and the team.
• Follow me: A person guides the robot through the scenario using voice
and gesture commands.
• Fetch & Carry: Find and bring and object to the user.
• Who's Who: Find and remember unknown persons.
• Partybot: Find persons, receive orders and serve a drink.
• Supermarket: An unknown user has make the robot to retrieve certain
objects from a shelf.
• Walk&Talk: Teach in locations in an unknown environment by showing the
robot around.
• Cleaning up: Recognize and arrange unknown objects on the floor.

Further information
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RoboCup at Home Website:
http://www.robocupathome.org

Details on Registration:
http://www.ai.rug.nl/robocupathome/registration2009.html

Videos on RoboCup at Home:
http://www.youtube.com/robocupathome

The RoboCup at Home Wiki:
http://robocup.rwth-aachen.de/athomewiki/index.php/Main_Page

The RoboCup at Home Mailinglist:
https://lists.iais.fraunhofer.de/sympa/info/robocupathome

RoboCup 2009 Website:
http://www.robocup2009.org

The new rulebook for 2009 has been released and can be downloaded on the
RoboCup at Home Website (see above).

Looking forward to see you in Graz!

The Organizing and Technical Committee of RoboCup at Home