[robocup-worldwide] RoboCup Design Award

[April Foster]

Dear all RoboCup Participants,

This year, we will introduce a new award sponsored by Flower
Robotics, named “RoboCup Design Award”. All participating teams have a
chance to be a candidate for this award.

Each participating team that wants to be a candidate for this award
should submit a description paper as follows.  We are looking forward to
your submissions.


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*RoboCup Design Award*

    http://www.robocup.org/2015/06/robocup-design-award/

*Purpose*

RoboCup holds up the ultimate goal:

   By the middle of the 21st century, a team of fully autonomous
   humanoid robot soccer players shall win a soccer game, complying
   with the official rules of FIFA, against the winner of the most
   recent World Cup.

This goal includes the mission to foster science and technologies
for evolving industries and for advancing societies.  2050 is not too
far in the future.  In order to reinforce relations between robots and
the public, we need to think again about the power of "design".

"Robot" is not just a single technology, but a combination of systems and
services that can enhance human activities that extend across the cyber and
physical worlds.  Also, "Robot" is not just useful, but also a continuous
occupation to provide creative functionality to the public.  Nowadays,
robots and robotics have become familiar and are considered to work closer
with people in their daily lives. Therefore, robots must be well-designed
and taken into consideration their interactions with people, their use in
various societies/environments, and their sustainable operations.

Based on these observations, Flower Robotics and the RoboCup Federation
have introduced a new award, called the "RoboCup Design Award", to
encourage research and education to focus on the importance of the design
of robots.  Robots and/or technologies will be awarded that are
well-designed not only for their performance but also for their simpleness,
easiness, smoothness in daily operation and other usages.  We believe that
the award will promote the popularity of robotics in wider fields.

*Submission*

Any participating team from all leagues/challenges (in Major and Junior) in
RoboCup-2015 can apply for this award.  An applicant should send a Brief
description of the design points on the following items.

  (1) identity of the team in styles and appearances
  (2) simpleness in structure and total system
  (3) smooth interaction with humans/users
  (4) ease of maintenance in daily operation
  (5) wide usage
  (6) robustness and resilience during hard use

The application document should be submitted by July 3rd, 2015

(24:00 (Hawai TZ)), to the following site:

    URL: https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/RCD2015/

*Award Committee and Selection Process*

The committee for this award consists of members appointed by
Flower Robotics, RoboCup Federation, and the local organizer of
RoboCup-2015. The committee will review the application documents with help
for each league/challenge. The committee may interview to applicants at
the venue during the competition.  Based on these evaluations, the
winner will be announced at the award ceremony of RoboCup 2015.
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