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<p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font color="#000000"><font face="Helvetica, serif"><font size="3">WORKSHOP
ON ROBOCUP@HOME LEAGUE</font></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times-Roman, serif"><font size="3">ICAR
2013 - 16th International Conference on Advanced Robotics</font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times-Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal"> Montevideo, Uruguay, November 25th, 2013</span></span></font></font></font>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times-Roman, serif"><font size="3">*
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE</font></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times-Roman, serif"><font size="3">-
ICAR 2013 General Chair: Alfredo Weitzenfeld (USF)</font></font></font></p>
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Workshop Chairs: Jesus Savage (UNAM), L. Enrique Sucar (INAOE)</font></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times-Roman, serif"><font size="3"><b>*
INTRODUCTION</b></font></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.17in" align="LEFT"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times-Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="font-weight:normal">The
RoboCup@Home league aims to develop service and assistive robot
technology with high relevance for future personal domestic
applications. It is the largest international annual competition for
autonomous service robots and is part of the </span></font></font></font><a href="http://www.robocup.org/"><font color="#0000ef"><font face="Times-Roman, serif"><font size="3"><u><span style="font-weight:normal">RoboCup</span></u></font></font></font></a><font color="#000000"><font face="Times-Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="font-weight:normal">
initiative. A set of benchmark tests is used to evaluate the robots'
abilities and performance in a realistic non-standardized home
environment setting.</span></font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.17in" align="LEFT"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times-Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="font-weight:normal">The
aim of this workshop is to get together researchers and students
participating or interested in RoboCup@Home or in general in Service
Robots to discuss advances in the field and foster collaboration
among the different groups.</span></font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.17in" align="LEFT"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times-Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="font-weight:normal">*
TOPICS OF INTEREST (but not limited to):</span></font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.17in" align="LEFT"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times-Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="font-weight:normal">Human-Robot-Interaction
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.17in" align="LEFT"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times-Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="font-weight:normal">Robot
Cooperation</span></font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.17in" align="LEFT"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times-Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="font-weight:normal">Navigation
and Mapping in dynamic environments</span></font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.17in" align="LEFT"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times-Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="font-weight:normal">Computer
Vision and Object Recognition under natural light conditions</span></font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.17in" align="LEFT"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times-Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="font-weight:normal">Object
Manipulation</span></font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.17in" align="LEFT"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times-Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="font-weight:normal">Adaptive
Behaviors</span></font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.17in" align="LEFT"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times-Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="font-weight:normal">Behavior
Integration</span></font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.17in" align="LEFT"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times-Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="font-weight:normal">Ambient
Intelligence</span></font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.17in" align="LEFT"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times-Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="font-weight:normal">Standardization
and System Integration</span></font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.17in" align="LEFT"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times-Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="font-weight:normal">Robot
Architectures</span></font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.17in" align="LEFT"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times-Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="font-weight:normal">People
detection, recognition and tracking</span></font></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.17in" align="LEFT"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times-Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="font-weight:normal">Voice
recognition in noisy environments</span></font></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times-Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="font-weight:normal">Papers
should be written in English, Spanish or Portuguese, maximum 6 pages,
following the standard IEEE format for conferences including title,
abstract, tables, figures, and references. Short papers, maximum 2
pages, reporting preliminary work in theoretical, empirical and
applied research related to the topics of the conference are also
welcome. The papers will be reviewed at least by two experts in the
field for giving feedback to authors about their work quality and
improvements. Paper should be prepared following IEEE standard format
available at:
</span></font></font></font><a href="http://ras.papercept.net/conferences/support/support.php"><font color="#0000ef"><font face="Times-Roman, serif"><font size="3"><u><span style="font-weight:normal">http://ras.papercept.net/conferences/support/support.php</span></u></font></font></font></a></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times-Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>Important
dates:</b></span></font></font></font></p>
<ul><li><p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times-Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Manuscript
submission deadline: September 30th, 2013</span></span></font></font></font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times-Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Review
results: October 20th, 2013</span></span></font></font></font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times-Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Final
version upload: October 31st, 2013</span></span></font></font></font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font color="#000000"><font face="Times-Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Workshop:
November 25th, 2013</span></span></font></font></font></p>
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<font color="#000000"><font face="Times-Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Send
your manuscript to <a href="mailto:robotssavage@gmail.com">robotssavage@gmail.com</a></span></span></font></font></font></p>
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<font color="#000000"><font face="Times-Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">For
more information: </span></span></font></font></font>
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<font color="#000000"><font face="Times-Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal"><a href="http://biorobotics.fi-p.unam.mx/isymposium/icar-2013-workshop-home">http://biorobotics.fi-p.unam.mx/isymposium/icar-2013-workshop-home</a></span></span></font></font></font></p>
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