[robocup-worldwide] Reminder: DEADLINE TODAY - Call for Participation - European Robotics League, Service Robots @ IROS2018 Competitions

[Pedro U Lima]

> On 24 Apr 2018, at 10:39, Pedro U Lima <pedro.lima at tecnico.ulisboa.pt> wrote:
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>                               Call for Participation
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>                     European Robotics League (ERL)
>                                   Service Robots
> 
> Major Tournament during IROS 2018 (Competitions Track)
> 
>                               01.10 - 05.10.2018
> International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
>                 Madrid Municipal Conference Centre
>                                   Madrid, Spain
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>     Web: https://sites.google.com/site/erlsriros2018/
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> The European Robotics League - Service Robots (ERL-SR) is an innovative
> concept for robot competitions that focuses on tasks executed by domestic
> service robots in a real home environment.
> 
> The ERL started in 2016 and had two successul Seasons (2016/17 and 2017/18).
> The new ERL framework for 2018-21 is composed of multiple Local or Major
> Tournaments (planned for the 2018/19 and 2020/21 Seasons), held in different
> research labs across Europe, with certified test beds, or as part of major events
> such as top Robotics conferences, and two Smart City Tournaments in 2019
> (Milton Keynes, UK) and 2021 (city TBA). 
> 
> During the year-long Tournament Seasons, teams participate in a minimum of two
> tournaments per year and get scores based on their performances. Scores of the
> best two participations in tournaments for each team are added and teams are
> ranked based on their cumulative score. Prizes for the top teams are awarded
> during the next year’s European Robotics Forum (ERF), e.g., ERF2019 for the
> 2018/19 Season.
> 
> Participating teams in the 2018/19 Season are candidates to take part in the
> Major ERL Smart City tournament in Milton Keynes, UK, to be held in the Fall 2019.
> 
> For more information, please visit https://eu-robotics.net/robotics_league/ .
> 
> As part of the 2018/19 Season, we are pleased to announce a Major Tournament
> of the ERL Service Robots (ERL-SR) challenge, to be held between 01-05 October
> 2018 at the Madrid Municipal Conference Centre as part of the IEEE/RSJ International
> Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2018) Competitions Track
> (https://www.iros2018.org/competitions).
> 
> 
> Important dates:
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>  18 May 2018 - Deadline for application
>  01 Jun 2018 - Qualification announcement
>  01 October 2018 - Competition begins
>  05 October 2018 - Competition ends
> 
> 
> Rules:
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> The rules of the competition can be downloaded from:
> https://eu-robotics.net/robotics_league/upload/documents-2016/erl-service-rulebook.zip
> 
> NOTE: This document is a draft and is provided for information only.
> The current version of the rulebook for the 2018/2019 Season is being created and will be
> updated in the upcoming weeks.
> 
> For the Local ERL-SR Tournaments, the following task benchmarks (TBMs) will be
> (tentatively) considered:
> 
>         • TBM1: Getting to Know My Home
>         • TBM2: Welcoming Visitors
>         • TBM3: Catering for Granny Annie's Comfort
>         • TBM4: Visit My Home
> 
> Application:
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> Applicant teams must send an email to erl.service at robotics-league.eu expressing their
> intention to participate in the Tournament and providing the following information about
> the team:
> 
>       - Team name
>       - Team Leader name
>       - Total number of team members (including the team leader)
>       - Affiliation
>       - Contact information (e-mail and phone of team leader)
>       - Website
>       - Qualification material (see below).
> 
> Qualification Material - applicants are required to submit (template can be downloaded from
> https://www.eu-robotics.net/robotics_league/erl-service/about/index.html):
> 
>       - Team Description Paper (TDP) (max. 4 pages, LNCS [3]) explaining the team’s
> approach to the technical challenges - including:
>        i) the list of TBMs the team intends to participate in
>        ii) a brief description of the robot system software and hardware architectures
>        iii) the relation with the team research - including a list of relevant publications
>      - Video showing evidence of some performance in the tasks and/or functionalities selected by the team
> 
> Selection Criteria:
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> Teams will be selected for participation based on
>    - Number of available slots for team participation in the tournament (8 / eight, in this case);
>     -Team research quality, as measured from the TDP and list of relevant publications;
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