[robocup-worldwide] RoboCup 2015, MSL - Update and second Call for Participation

[Jose Luis Azevedo]

Dear all,

Please consider the following update from RoboCup Federation on fee waivers
for NEW teams:

The RoboCup Federation is pleased to introduce a waiver of the team
fee for the 2015 international RoboCup competition for NEW teams in
the major leagues. A NEW team is defined as a team all of whose team
members have never participated in an annual international RoboCup
competition.  The waiver concerns only the team fee and does not imply
any waiver of fees for team members.

Kind regards
Jose Luis Azevedo

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*Call for Participation*



RoboCup 2015 Middle Size League



July 17-23, 2015 (Hefei, China)



http://www.robocup2015.org/

 We would like to invite all MSL teams to participate in the 2015 RoboCup
MSL World Championships. If you are interested to participate please take
the time to pre-register your team for the RoboCup 2015 MSL competitions.



*1)     **Pre-registration*



For the pre-registration please send an e-mail to
rc-msl-oc at lists.robocup.org containing the following data:

·   team name

·   URL of the team’s home page

·   name of the team leader

·   e-mail address of team or team leader

·   affiliation

·   country

·   link to the qualification materials



*2)     **Qualification materials*



By the time of pre-registration, please have ready the following
qualification materials:



*a)*     a Team Description Paper describing the most innovative
contributions or scientific results (the TDP is limited to 8 pages and must
be formatted according to the LNCS format:
http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0)

*b)*     a list of 5 scientific papers published during the last 5 years of
the team which are related to RoboCup. Abstracts of these papers must also
be submitted;

*c)*      a list of results and awards obtained by the team in the last 3
years;

*d)*     a video showing the capabilities of the team’s robots (the maximum
duration of the video is 60 seconds; if the submitted video is longer than
60 seconds, only the first 60 seconds will be considered for evaluation);

*e)*     a mechanical and electrical description together with a software
flow chart (please include size and weight of the robots);

*f)*       a list of contributions of the team to the RoboCup MSL community.



The details regarding the qualification materials are contained in the
rules and regulations document available at
http://wiki.robocup.org/wiki/Middle_Size_League. Please read it thoroughly.



The qualification materials should be placed in a dedicated page of the
team's web page. Please include the link to the qualification materials in
the pre-registration information.



*3)     **Important dates*



*  Deadline for pre-registration and submission of the qualification
materials: February 15, 2015


*  Announcement of the qualified teams: February 28, 2015



*4)     **Rules*



The rules and regulations for the RoboCup 2015 Middle Size League will be
published at: http://wiki.robocup.org/wiki/Middle_Size_League



The updated rules and regulations will be released by December 31, 2014, at
the latest.



*Please note that the result of the qualification material evaluation will
contribute to the scientific challenge final result.*



*5)     **Publication*



Please note that after the announcement of the qualified teams the
qualification materials of the qualified teams will be made publicly
available. Therefore, teams applying for participation, grant the right of
publication of their qualification materials to the MSL league.



*6)     **Plagiarism*



Plagiarism, loosely the unattributed use of other peoples' words, code and
ideas (see “
http://www.ieee.org/publications_standards/publications/rights/plagiarism_FAQ.html”
for a more detailed description) is not tolerated in the RoboCup community.



The teams and team members that plagiarize other peoples' work and present
it as their own will be disqualified. For a first offense, the team and
team members will be banned from RoboCup competition for two years (usually
the current and next year). Harsher penalties will be applied to repeat
offenders or extremely serious cases of plagiarism. A team may be
disqualified at any time for plagiarism, even after the competition has
started. RoboCup will not reimburse teams for any expenses related to their
disqualification.



We hope to welcome you all at Hefei.



The 2015 RoboCup MSL Organizing and Executive committees.
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Jose Luis Azevedo, PhD
University of Aveiro
Dep. of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics
3810-193 Aveiro
Portugal
Tlf. +351.234 370500 (jla at ua.pt)
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