[robocup-worldwide] Call for Participation: RoboCup at Work 2016

Nico Hochgeschwender nico.hochgeschwender at h-brs.de
Tue Dec 22 05:01:36 EST 2015


Call for Applications for Participation

RoboCup 2016 RoboCup at Work
http://www.robocupatwork.org/
Leipzig, Germany
Tuesday 28th June through Monday 4th July 2016
http://www.robocup2016.org

RoboCup at Work: Competing for the Factory of the Future
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RoboCup at Work is a league and competition in RoboCup that targets the  
use of robots in work-related, industrial scenarios.

It aims to foster research and development that enables use of  
innovative mobile robots equipped with advanced manipulators
for current and future industrial applications, where robots cooperate  
with human workers for complex tasks ranging from
manufacturing, automation, and parts handling up to general logistics.

The RoboCup at Work league is characterized by an industrial appealing  
environment composed of industrial objects such as screws and
nuts, shelfs, containers, platforms of various sizes and networked  
automation devices such as conveyor belts, drilling machines
and others.

The actual competition tasks to be performed in the environment are  
defined in a set of so-called tests.
Eeach test addresses various mobile manipulation capabilities such as  
grasping, transportation, precision placement and visual servoing.

The full rules of RoboCup at Work as well as further technical details  
are posted on the RoboCup at Work website. (The Rules for 2016
will be published by January 15th, 2016.)

Participation in the Competition
--------------------------------
All teams that intend to participate at the competition have to  
perform the following steps:

1.) Submission of qualification material, including a team description  
paper and possibly
additional material like videos or drawings
2.) Final registration (qualified teams only)

Qualification
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The qualification process serves a dual purpose: It should allow the  
Technical Committee to assess
the safety of the robots a team intents to bring to a competition, and  
it should allow to rank teams
according to a set of evaluation criteria in order to select the most  
promising teams for a competition,
if not all interested teams can be permitted. The TC will select the  
qualified teams according to the
qualification material provided by the teams.

The evaluation criteria will include:
- Team description paper
- Relevant scientific contribution/publications
- Professional quality of robot and software
- Novelty of approach
- Relevance to industry
- Performance in previous competitions
- Contribution to RoboCup at Work league, e.g. by
-- Organization of events
-- Provision and sharing of knowledge
- Team web site

Team Description Paper
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The Team Description Paper (TDP) is a central element of the  
qualification process and has to be
provided by each team as part of the qualification process. The TDP  
should at least contain the
following information in the author/title section of the paper:

- Name of the team (title)
- Team members (authors), including the team leader
- Link to the team web site
- Contact information
- The body of the TDP should contain information on the following:
-- focus of research/research interest
-- description of the hardware, including an image of the robot(s)
-- description of the software, esp. the functional and software architectures
-- innovative technology (if any)
-- reusability of the system or parts thereof
-- applicability and relevance to industrial tasks
-- usage of components (software or hardware) developed by other  
RoboCup at Work teams

The team description paper should cover in detail the technical and  
scientific approach,
while the team web site should be designed for a broader audience.  
Both the web site and the TDP
have to be written in English.


Submission and Evaluation
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All applications with the qualification material must be submitted by  
January 30th, 2016, by email to rc-work-tc at lists.robocup.org.
Applications must not be sent to personal RoboCup at Work TC/OC email  
addresses and must not contain video attachments.

Qualification decisions will be announced by February 15th, 2016.

Best regards,
- The RoboCup at Work Technical and Organizing Committees




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