[robocup-worldwide] IROS 2015 Workshop on "Robot Competitions: What did we learn?" (Monday 28th, 8h30 - 12h45)

Pedro U. Lima pal at isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt
Fri Sep 25 04:34:14 EDT 2015


Dear Colleagues,

You are cordially invited to participate in the Workshop “ Robot Competitions: What did we learn? ”. The aim of this workshop is to  be a forum that will provide a review of the major current approach to robotic competitions, sharing common practices and explore possible new approaches on the design and execution of such competitions. This workshop bring together experts active in areas of applied robotics to review past robot competitions and to find out what can be learnt from such competitions and to what extent these competitions underpin and further robot research. As an outcome, the workshop will attempt to create guidelines for future robot competitions and how those can be improved so that tangible results useful for future research and technological development can be extracted. 

Presentations and round table discussions will focus on obstacles and challenges and the future direction of robot competitions. The workshop will also act as a platform for wider discussions and aims at establishing guidelines/recommendations for future robot competitions.

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Workshop -  "Robot Competitions: What did we learn?” 

IROS 2015 - Monday 28th, 8H30 - 12h45, Saal 7MoWs Morning

Web page: http://ap.isr.uc.pt/events/WSCompetitions_iros2015/

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08:30: Participants reception and Welcome Session
08:40: Organizing a Competition — Benefits, Lessons and Errors
	• 08:40 - “RoboCup: Insights on Its Success and Challenges”, Manuela Veloso, CMU, USA
	• 09:00 - “RoCKIn: the Journey So Far and the Upcoming Final Competition”, Pedro U. Lima, Instituto Superior Técnico, U. Lisboa, Portugal
	• 09:20 - “EuRoC: European Robotics Challenges”, Rainer Bischoff, KUKA Roboter, Germany
	• 09:40 - “Lessons learned - First Thoughts from euRathlon 2015”, Alan Winfield, UWE Bristol, UK

10:00: Coffee Break

10:30: New Initiatives on International Robotic Challenges
	• 10:30 - “CYBATHLON: Championship for Athletes with Disabilities”, R. Riener, ETHZ, Switzerland
	• 11:00 - “MBZIRC: The Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics Challenge”, Lakmal Seneviratne, Khalifa University, UAE
	• 11:30 - "Future Challenges: Designing ICT Prizes for Europe", Emanuele Ruffaldi, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy

12:00: Panel Discussion (debate on Impact (cost/benefit) of Robot Competition and Challenge Initiatives) – with all speakers

12:45: Workshop Closure

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Organisers
• Jorge Dias, ISR - University of Coimbra & Robotics Institute-Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi (jorge at deec.uc.pt / jorge.dias at kustar.ac.ae)
• Kaspar Althoefer, Centre for Robotics Research (CoRe), Kings College of London, Strand Campus. (k.althoefer at kcl.ac.uk)
• Pedro Lima, Institute for Systems and Robotics, Instituto Superior Técnico – U. Lisboa, Lisbon. (pal at isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt)

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