[robocup-worldwide] Call for Participation: FREEBOTS Scientific Competition during Portuguese Robotics Open

[Pedro U Lima]

			Call for Participation: FREEBOTS Scientific Competition during Portuguese Robotics Open
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XVIII Portuguese Robotics Open, April 25-29, 2018, Torres Vedras, Portugal
collocated with the IEEE 2018 International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (ICARSC 2018)
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Robot scientific competitions are a growing trend worldwide and particularly at the European level in the past few years, 
leading to the set up of the European Robotics League. However, most of them tend to constrain participation to a specific
application domain. 

The FREEBOTS competition aims at challenging the international community of R&D to present their latest research results
in the form of an *open* technical presentation and public demonstrations.

Participation must involve real, terrestrial, airborne or aquatic robots - mobile or not, multiple or single. Teams are assessed
by a panel of experts in the field of robotics with regards to technical and scientific achievement, potential application of
demonstrated robots, quality and success of the presentation and its impact on the general public.

FREEBOTS takes place on a regular basis since 2011 as a League of the Portuguese Robotics Open. The current official
rules of this League, as well as the track record of previous events, can be found in the competition web page: 
http://www.isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/freebots

The next competition will take place in the XVI|| Portuguese Robotics Open, 25-29 April, 2018, Torres Vedras, Portugal. 
URL: http://robotica2018.festivalrobotica.pt/en 

You can register your team in the FREEBOTS league until 24 March 2018, following the steps in  http://robotica2018.festivalrobotica.pt/en/registo-equipas

Chairs:
	• Pedro U. Lima – IST, U. Lisboa 
	• Luís Conde Bento - IPLeiria
	• Nuno Vieira Lopes – IPLeiria