<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><br><br></div>Dear All,<br><br></div>The deadline for per-registering in RoboCup humanoid league 2015 (Hefei, China) is approaching soon. If you experience any difficulties in per-registering, please let us know.<br>
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See you soon in Hefei, China. :-)<br><br><br></div>Good Luck with your research <br><br>Soroush Sadeghnejad<br><br></div>On behalf of HL TCs and OCs<br><br><br><div><div><div><div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><span class="">
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Second Call for Participation<br>
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RoboCup 2015 Humanoid League<br>
<a href="http://www.robocuphumanoid.org" target="_blank">http://www.robocuphumanoid.org</a><br>
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July 17-23th, 2015</span> (Hefei, China)<br>
<a href="http://www.robocup2015.org" target="_blank">http://www.robocup2015.org</a></p></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><a href="http://www.robocup2015.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">=============================================</span></a></p><span class="">
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The RoboCup humanoid league is inviting interested teams to apply for participation
at the RoboCup 2015 competition in Hefei, China. The humanoid
league will host competitions in three classes:</span></p>
<ul><li><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Wingdings"><span><span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">KidSize: 40 - 90cm robot height (FIFA size 1 ball)</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Wingdings"><span><span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">TeenSize: 80 - 140cm robot height (FIFA size 3 ball; maximum weight20kg)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Wingdings"><span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Wingdings"><span><span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">AdultSize: 130 - 180cm robot height (FIFA size 5 ball; minimum
weight10kg)</span></li></ul>
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For more detailed class definitions and more information about the humanoid
league, please refer to the humanoid league home page at <a href="http://www.robocuphumanoid.org/" target="_blank">http://www.robocuphumanoid.org/</a>
and join the humanoid league mailing list at <a href="https://lists.cc.gatech.edu/mailman/listinfo/robocup-humanoid" target="_blank">https://lists.cc.gatech.edu/mailman/listinfo/robocup-humanoid</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Due to
restrictions on the number of teams able to participate at RoboCup 2015, all
teams must provide the qualification material described below.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The technical
committee will evaluate the qualification material and select the best teams.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>
1) Team Data</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">----------------------<br></span></p></span><ul><li><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
Team name</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
URL of the team's home page</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
Name of team leader or team contact person</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
E-mail address of team leader or contact
person</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
Postal address of the team, team leader or
contact person</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
Competition class: kid or teen or adult
size</span></li></ul><span class=""></span><span class="">
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Please note that teams applying for participation in several classes must
submit individual application material for each class and pay the appropriate
registration fee for each class. At least one team member<br>
must register on each team. Furthermore, teams in different classes must be
able to compete independently and at the same time.</span></p>
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2) Robot Video</span></p>
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The first part of the qualification material is a video of your robot
demonstrating your team's autonomous soccer playing skills.</span> The minimum
standard for qualification is:</span></p><span class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span></p>
</span><ul><span class=""><li><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">localization of unknown ball position,</span></li></span><span class=""><li><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">walking ability towards the ball,</span></li></span><span class=""><li><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">robot positioning at the ball for kicking,</span></li></span><span class=""><li><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">kicking the ball towards the goal,</span></li></span><span class=""><li><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">ability of getting up autonomously from a
fall (Kid Size)</span></li></span></ul><span class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">However, more
complex and intelligent behavior of teams of robots demonstrating localization
and team play are preferred, particularly recordings from actual soccer
matches.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The
qualification video must be supplied as a link to it via <a href="http://www.youtube.com" target="_blank">www.youtube.com</a>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The maximum
duration of the video is 5 minutes. The qualifying team is responsible to
ensure that the video adheres to YouTube's TOS (especially in regards to music
copyright) to prevent the video from being blocked for the reviewers. Videos
not viewable by the reviewers may lead to a team not being qualified.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">No video means
no qualification!</span></p>
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3) Team Description Paper</span></p>
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span>-----------------------------<span class=""><br>
A team description paper (TDP) must be submitted which</span></span></p>
<ul><li><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span><span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""></span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">fully
describes the scientific aspects of your humanoid robot system and your
research interests,</span></li><span class=""><li><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">includes
a summary of previous relevant achievements in research and development as
well as publications,</span></li></span><span class=""><li><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span><span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""></span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">mentions
prior performance in RoboCup competitions</span></li></span><span class=""><li><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span><span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""></span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">points
out enhancements of the robots' hardware or software compared to the
previous year</span></li></span><span class=""><li><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span><span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""></span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">states
explicitly whether software from other teams is used and if yes, which
parts are used and what the team's own contributions are</span></li></span></ul><span class="">
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The TDP is limited to 8 pages maximum and must be submitted in PDF format. Resubmitting of
last year's TDP will prevent qualification. The TDP must
follow the LNCS format which can be downloaded from <a href="http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0" target="_blank">http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0</a> <br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Please pay special attention to the "Author guidelines" that you'll be
able to find there. You are expected to follow all LNCS formatting
and style guidelines.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The quality of
the TDP and the robot video will be decisive for qualification.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>
Other evaluation criteria include contributions to the RoboCup community by
release of significant papers or software. New teams and
teams from countries that have not previously taken part in RoboCup
competitions may be given priority. Teams are
encouraged to consider joint participation. Joint proposals will be judged on
combined merit.<br>
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4) Letter of commitment</span></p>
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A one-page letter addressed to the RoboCup Humanoid League Technical Committee
including the following:</span></span></p>
<ul><li><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span><span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">a
statement committing to participate in the RoboCup 2015 Humanoid League competition,</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></li></ul><span class=""><ul><li><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">a
statement committing to make a person with sufficient knowledge of the
rules available as referee during the competition,</span>
</li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>
The letter must be printed, hand signed by the team leader, digitally scanned
and submitted either as a JPG, PNG or PDF file. The TC may
include the fulfillment of the statement of commitment of participation as well
as the performance of the team's referee in previous RoboCup competitions into
consideration for qualification.<br>
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">5) Robot Specification</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">----------------------------<br>
A one-page specification (PDF) for each different type of humanoid robot used
by the team that includes the followings:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span></p>
</span><ul><li><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Robot picture</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Robot name</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Height of the robot</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Weight of the robot</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
Walking speed in cm/s</span></li><span class=""><li><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
Number of degrees of freedom and type of
motors on each kinematic chain of the robot</span></li></span><span class=""><li><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
Type of sensors used (incl. type of
camera(s))</span></li></span><li><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
Computing unit(s)</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Other specs</span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">6) Plagiarism</span></p><span class="">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">----------------<br>
Plagiarism, loosely the unattributed use of other peoples' words, code, and
ideas is not tolerated in the RoboCup community. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">See <a href="http://www.ieee.org/publications_standards/publications/rights/plagiarism_FAQ.html" target="_blank">http://www.ieee.org/publications_standards/publications/rights/plagiarism_FAQ.html</a>
for a more detailed description.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The teams and
team members that plagiarize other peoples' work and present it as their own
will be disqualified. For a first offense, the team and team members will be
banned from RoboCup competition for two years (usually the current and next
year). Harsher penalties will be applied to repeat offenders or extremely
serious cases of plagiarism.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">A team may be
disqualified at any time for plagiarism, even after the competition has
started. RoboCup will not reimburse teams for any expenses related to their
disqualification.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><br><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
7) Online Submission</span></p>
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All qualification material must be submitted online at <a href="http://submission.robocuphumanoid.org/" target="_blank">http://submission.robocuphumanoid.org/</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">8) Deadline</span></p>
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Deadline for submission: *** <span>February
8th, 2015</span> ***</span></span></p><span class="">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Announcement of
qualified teams: ***<span>March 1st, 2015***</span></span></p>
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9) Publication</span></p>
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Please note that after the announcement of the qualified teams the
qualification material of the qualified teams will be made publicly available.
Teams applying for participation therefore grant the right of publication of
their qualification material to the humanoid league.</span></span></p><span class="">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">10) Rules</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">-------------<br>
The rules of the RoboCup 2015 Humanoid League are discussed at <a href="https://lists.cc.gatech.edu/mailman/listinfo/robocup-humanoid" target="_blank">https://lists.cc.gatech.edu/mailman/listinfo/robocup-humanoid</a>
and will be published at <a href="http://www.robocuphumanoid.org/" target="_blank">http://www.robocuphumanoid.org/</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><br><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
11) Special Offer: ROBOTIS</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">-----------------------------------<br>
A special promotion to all teams participating in the 2015 RoboCup Humanoid
League by ROBOTIS will be offered. Details will be
announced early 2015.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
12) Special Offer: NimbRo-OP</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">--------------------------------------<br>
University of Bonn provides an offer for TeenSize teams to purchase a set of
NimbRo-OP robots (<a href="http://www.nimbro.net/OP" target="_blank">http://www.nimbro.net/OP</a>)
for a reduced price. University of Bonn offers teams that intend to
participate
in RoboCup 2015 to purchase two robots for 40,000 Euros or three robots for
56,000 Euros.<br>
Please note that the quoted price does not include taxes and shipping. Teams
that are interested in this offer need to place their order at <a href="mailto:sales@ais.uni-bonn.de" target="_blank">sales@ais.uni-bonn.de</a> by <span>February 28th, 2015</span>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
With best regards,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Technical
and Organization Committees</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">of RoboCup
Humanoid League 2015</span></p>
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