[robocup-worldwide] Call for Participation - RoboCup 2018 RoboCup at Work League

[Asad Norouzi]

Dear all!

A reminder that the pre-registration deadline for RoboCup 2018 RoboCup at Work
League is January 31st.

Best Regards,
The RoboCup at Work Technical and Organizing Committees

On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 11:48 PM Asad Norouzi <asad.norouzi at gmail.com>
wrote:

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>
> Call for Applications for Participation
>
> RoboCup 2018 - RoboCup at Work
>
> http://robocup2018.org/
>
> Montreal, Canada
>
> Saturday 16th through Friday 22nd June 2018
>
> 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. Each 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.
>
>
> Participation in the Competition
>
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>
> 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 intent 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 31st, 2018 through the following online form:
>
> https://goo.gl/forms/Mf7hxnbvD7bpwoRr2
>
>
> Qualification decisions will be announced by February 15th, 2018.
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> The RoboCup at Work Technical and Organizing Committees
>
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