Dear RoboCuppers,<br><br>I just received an email regarding to the Open Mapping Challenge beside IEEE Symposium on Safety Security and Rescue Robotics 2012. If you are interested, please take a look at the followings.<br><br>
Regards,<br>Amir<br><br clear="all">==============================================<br>Amir Hossein Soltanzadeh<br>Researcher @ Robotics Lab in IAUCTB<br>Mechanical Engineer @ Xarrin Advanced Systems<br>==============================================<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">The IEEE Symposium on Safety Security and Rescue Robotics 2012 (Nov 5-8<br>
with papers due on Aug 15) is gauging the interest in an open-to-all SLAM<br>
competition to be held in conjunction with the conference, with prizes and<br>
an expected special issue in a top robotics journal.<br>
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If interested please reply to <a href="mailto:ssrr2012.slam@gmail.com">ssrr2012.slam@gmail.com</a> by July 23 with your<br>
level of interest and questions. Your response is non-binding but will help<br>
us tweak the challenge.<br>
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Simultaneous localization and mapping is rapidly maturing with range and<br>
visual methods for ground, aerial, and multiple heterogenous teams of<br>
robots. But it is hard to compare these methods for extensive and complex<br>
environments such as city blocks of collapsed buildings.<br>
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SSRR 2012 anticipates hosting an open mapping challenge for any combination<br>
of UGVs and small UAVs to show what works best in realistic terrain<br>
conditions at Disaster CityŽ and realistic operational constraints such as<br>
limited time to set up, a maximum time (including post-processing) to<br>
complete the survey, and an operational distance of 0.3 to 0.5km.<br>
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There will be up to four possible mapping challenges (open to single,<br>
multiple, or heterogenous teams), each with prizes:<br>
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* exterior of several blocks of a city for a chemical or radiological<br>
spill<br>
* interior of multi-story building collapse, ground entry<br>
* exterior/interior of a multi-story building collapse, multiple points<br>
of entry including upper floors<br>
* interior of voids in rubble, vertical entry<br>
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Entries will be evaluated for coverage and accuracy of maps.<br>
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The top 3 entries in each category will be expected to post their code to<br>
open source for the community and future rescue robotics summer schools.<br>
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All entries will participate in a poster session at the conference and<br>
provide an extended abstract of their approach for publication in the<br>
proceedings.<br>
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--<br>
Prof. Robin R. Murphy, PhD IEEE Fellow<br>
Raytheon Professor of Computer Science & Engineering<br>
Director, Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue<br>
Co-Lead, EDGE Innovation Center on Emergency Informatics<br>
Texas A&M University<br>
office phone: <a href="tel:1-979-845-8737" value="+19798458737">1-979-845-8737</a> location: HR Bright 333C<br>
<a href="http://faculty.cse.tamu.edu/murphy/" target="_blank">http://faculty.cse.tamu.edu/murphy/</a><br>
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<a href="http://c-emergencyinformatics.tamu.edu/" target="_blank">http://c-emergencyinformatics.tamu.edu/</a></font></span><br>
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