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</tt><tt> The 9th Workshop on Humanoid Soccer Robots </tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots </tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> November 18th 2014, Madrid, Spain </tt><tt><br>
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href="http://www.humanoidsoccer.org/ws14">http://www.humanoidsoccer.org/ws14</a></tt><tt><br>
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</tt><tt> * Motivation: </tt><tt><br>
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</tt><tt> Humanoid soccer has seen impressive progress in recent
years. Bipedal standard</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> or open platforms (Nao, DARwIn-OP, NimbRo-OP) make
soccer robots accessible to</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> many research groups, advanced 3D simulation games make
the investigation of </tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> team play with complex humanoid robots possible, and
soccer games for larger </tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> robots are a step towards playing with humans. The
ultimate goal of this </tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> initiative is to develop a team of humanoid soccer
players – i.e. robots with</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> human-like awareness of the game situation, motion
skills, and cooperation</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> abilities. This poses a unique set of challenges to
robotics, AI, and other </tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> fields.</tt><tt><br>
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</tt><tt> * Objective: </tt><tt><br>
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</tt><tt> The workshop aims at bringing together researchers from
the RoboCup and FIRA </tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> communities, as well as other researchers interested in
the subject. The full-</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> day program will consist of invited talks, contributed
presentations, and a </tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> panel discussion. </tt><tt><br>
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</tt><tt> * Call for Papers: </tt><tt><br>
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</tt><tt> We solicit submissions of original, previously
unpublished research papers, </tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> optionally accompanied by a video. Papers should be up
to 6 pages in length, </tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> formatted according to IEEE conference layout
(two-column). Accepted papers </tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> and videos will be available online. </tt><tt><br>
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</tt><tt>* Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: </tt><tt><br>
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</tt><tt> - Design of humanoid robots </tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> - Bipedal locomotion </tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> - Dynamic full-body motions </tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> - Control architectures </tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> - Motion and action planning </tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> - Perception of the game situation </tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> - Team coordination </tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> - Skill and strategy learning </tt><tt><br>
- 3D simulation of humanoid robots </tt><tt><br>
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</tt><tt> * Important dates: </tt><tt><br>
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</tt><tt> - Paper submission: October 5th, 2014 </tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> - Acceptance notification: October 19th, 2014 </tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> </tt><tt>-</tt><tt> Final paper: November 2nd, 2014 </tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> - Workshop day: November 18th, 2014</tt><tt><br>
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</tt><tt> * Further information and paper submission: </tt><tt><br>
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</tt><tt> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.humanoidsoccer.org/ws14">http://www.humanoidsoccer.org/ws14</a>
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</tt><tt> Kind regards, </tt><tt><br>
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</tt><tt> the workshop organizers: </tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> - Sven Behnke, University of Bonn </tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> - Daniel D. Lee, University of Pennsylvania </tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> - Klaus Dorer, Hochschule Offenburg </tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> - Subramanian Ramamoorthy, University of Edinburgh</tt><span
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