[robocup-worldwide] RoCKIn Camp 2014

[Pedro U. Lima]

RoCKIn is short for “Robot Competitions Kick Innovation in Cognitive Systems
and Robotics” (http://rockinrobotchallenge.eu) and it is an EU-funded Coordination Action aimed at the
promotion of research and education through competitions. 

The RoCKIn Camp 2014 aims at supporting the preparation of teams to participate
in the RoCKIn at Home and RoCKIn at Work challenges, the competition events that will
be organized by RoCKIn in 2014 and 2015. RoCKIn at Home and RoCKIn at Work take
inspiration from the corresponding RoboCup leagues, but they will focus on
benchmarking robotic systems and networked robots. Both challenges require
basic navigation capabilities with no restrictions on the mobile platform,
advance perception, manipulation and human-robot interaction. RoCKIn at Home
focuses on tasks that service robots execute in a real home environment, while
the tasks to be performed in RoCKIn at Work target an industrial automation
scenario. 

The RoCKIn Camp 2014 will take place in Rome and is designed as a hands-on week
long school, where teams acquire new capabilities and/or improve the
performance of their systems in the competition tasks. The activities planned
in the first four days of the RoCKIn Camp 2014 address the following topics:
the robot platform and the basic software infrastructure, perception,
manipulation and human robot interaction through speech. Each topic will
include introductory lectures and practical sessions. The last day will be
devoted to finalising a demonstration in the competition scenario. 

Students and researchers, who have an interest in entering the RoCKIn at Home and
RoCKIn at Work competitions, are invited to apply for the RoCKIn Camp 2014. We
accept application in two formats: 
•	Team applications (for teams of 2-3 people, not necessarily from the
same university, but with an already established team). Team applicants are
encourage to bring their robot to be used in the practical activities, but this
is not a requirement. 
•	Individual applications by existing or prospective team members.

For the practical sessions, participants will be arranged into teams. Accepted
applicant teams will become RoCKIn Camp 2014 teams; individual participants may
be joining existing teams with the goal of creating additional collaborations
and opportunities. If needed, additional teams will be created from individual
applicants. Each team will be assigned a specific task, applying modules and
tools presented in the lectures. The selection will be based on the team
submission material and will also consider formation of new teams. The expected
audience will be up to 12 teams and up to 36 participants. 

All successful applicants will be offered: 
•	Accommodation in shared rooms (including breakfast, 6 nights)
•	Lunch (5 days) and 1 social dinner
•	Attendance to lectures and practical sessions

In addition, the teams of 3 people that will carry a robot to be used in the
practical sessions of the Camp are entitled to receive a travel support up to
1200 Euros, and the team of 3 people that plan to attend without a robot are
entitled to support of 600 Euros. 

Intention to participate: 20th October 2013
To express your intention to participate send an email to
alberto.pretto at dis.uniroma1.it, specifying team/individual names, affiliation
and the number of team members.

Application deadline: 20th November 2013
Applications should be submitted via http://www.dis.uniroma1.it/rockin. The
application should include a 4-page technical report with IEEE Conference
Style, describing: scientific background, research objectives, expected
knowledge / performance improvement, team description (including previous
experience, role and competence of team members). 

Notification of acceptance: 27th November 2013

For further questions contact Alberto Pretto: alberto.pretto at dis.unirom1.it


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