[robocup-worldwide] ROBOTICA2011 -- Freebots

[Rodrigo Ventura]

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                      CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
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                           * FREEBOTS *

          ROBOTICA 2011 -- Festival Nacional de Robótica
                         6-10 April 2011
              IST - Alameda campus, Lisbon, Portugal

FreeBots is a competition challenging the research and development
community, worldwide, to present their research results in the form of
a public demo. The scope of the demos encompasses physical robots (one
or more), mobile or not, land, aquatic or aerial. Each demo will be
evaluated by a jury of prominent individuals with a strong connection
to robotics. From all the participants, 5 finalists will be selected,
from which a winner will be awarded.

The acceptance of demos may be limited due to the availability of
technical conditions at the site.

EVALUATION CRITERIA

1. Technical-scientific quality of the proposal
2. Capability to present the solution to the public
3. Application potential
4. Quality and success of the demo

PROGRAM

The FreeBots competition will take place in three days, according to the program:
Day 1 – setup
Day 2 – technical presentation to the jury
Day 3 – public presentation

A complete description of the competition can be found in the official
rules document available at the following URL:
http://robotica2011.ist.utl.pt/docs/2011_freebots-regras-en.pdf
Registration will be open until FEBRUARY, 28th at
http://robotica2011.ist.utl.pt/

JURY

António Lindo da Cunha – Critical Move
Isabel Ribeiro – Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, IST
Jorge Lobo – Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, FCTUC
Manuela Veloso – Computer Science Department, CMU
Paulo Alvito - IdMind
Rui Cancela - Motofil

TECHNICAL COMITEE

Rodrigo Ventura <rodrigo.ventura at isr.ist.utl.pt>
António Cunha <antonio.cunha at critical-move.com>

LOCAL ORGANIZATION

Luís Sousa <lsousa at dem.ist.utl.pt>

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