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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear HL and
other RoboCuper friends</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">This is the second call for participation in 4<sup>th</sup> International Spring
School for Humanoid Soccer Robots 2015, which will be held between 20 and 22 of May
2015, in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. <br></span></p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Local
organization of this event, kindly invite you and your research team to attend
this event and also present your team technical issues and also share these
valuable information with the other participants of Humanoid School.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Regards</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Soroush
Sadeghnejad</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0.5in 0.0001pt 22.5pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">4<sup>rd</sup> International Spring School for
Humanoid Soccer Robots 2015</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0.5in 0.0001pt 22.5pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(Project for
Promoting RoboCup)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0.5in 0.0001pt 22.5pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://humanoid.nkfust.edu.tw/RoboCupSS2015/index.html" target="_blank">http://humanoid.nkfust.edu.tw/RoboCupSS2015/index.html</a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0.5in 0.0001pt 22.5pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">20-22 May, 2015</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><font><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">National Kaohsiung First University of Science & Technology
(NKFUST), Taiwan</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* <b>Abstract</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">--------------</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The development
of humanoid robots able to play soccer is a fundamental challenge problem
for robotics and AI. Since the start of the humanoid league in 2002, there have
been lots of improvements in humanoid soccer robots hardware and software. This
is partially due to the introduction of standard platforms (Nao, DARwIn-OP,
NimbRo-OP and THOR-OP) and competitions for complex simulated robots (3D
Simulation).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The objective
of the school is to give deep insights into the current state of the art for
soccer playing humanoid robots. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">National Kaohsiung First University
of Science & Technology (NKFUST) </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">are
proud to host the 4<sup>th</sup> International Spring School for Humanoid
Robots 2015, a unique opportunity for everyone to learn the fundamentals and
get involved in humanoid robots projects.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* <b>Program</b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The spring
school will highlight the most recent advances in humanoid robotics research. </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 27pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span>1-<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span></i><span dir="LTR"></span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Theory</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">: Many successful approaches in the areas of
active balancing, compliant control, complex motion planning, biologically
inspired approaches, team play, and human robot interaction. </span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 27pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span>2-<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span></i><span dir="LTR"></span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Case Study:</span></i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The open source hardware and software are
introduced for popular tools in Humanoid design and implementation. In this
year, two lecturers introduce from Open Source Robot Foundation (OSRF) to Robot
Operating System (ROS) that is a famous too for humanoid research. The actual
case includes the tutorials of Atlas Robot studied by the simulator in ROS.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 27pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span>3-<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span></i><span dir="LTR"></span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Practical</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <i>exercises</i>: A soccer field and real humanoid
soccer robots (Darwin-OP, Nao) will be provided for hands-on experience. <br></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 27pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">There will be
sessions covering the basic theory and lab activities covering the practice of
humanoid robotics. Lectures will be presented by well-known researchers from North
America, Europe, and Asia. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Social
Activities</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">To facilitate
informal interactions between participants, several social activities are
planned.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* Organizers</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">General Chair:</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Roger C. Y. Chen</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">, National Kaohsiung First University of
Science & Technology, Taiwan.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">General Co-Chairs:</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Jyh-Horng Chou</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">, National Kaohsiung First University of
Science & Technology, Taiwan.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Tzuu-Hseng S. Li</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Jacky Baltes</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">, University of Manitoba, Canada.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Soroush Sadeghnejad</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran
Polytechnic), Iran.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:3pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Director:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Kuo-Yang Tu</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">, National Kaohsiung First University of
Science & Technology, Taiwan.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* <b>Registration</b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The number of
participants is limited.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The deadline
for advance registration is May 10<sup>th</sup>. For more information and
registration please visit: ****</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://humanoid.nkfust.edu.tw/RoboCupSS2015/index.html" target="_blank">http://humanoid.nkfust.edu.tw/RoboCupSS2015/index.html</a>**** </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">* <b>Acknowledgment</b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We gratefully
acknowledge the support of the International RoboCup Federation.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The
Organization Committee of 4<sup>th</sup> International Spring School for
Humanoid Robots 2015 wants to invite you to participate in this school and
hopes this would be a very memorable start for academic cooperation in Robotics
and AI in the field of humanoid robotics. <br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Please feel
free to contact us for any further information about the school, registration,
visa and international affairs. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Good Luck with
your research and hope to see you all.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Soroush
Sadeghnejad</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">On behalf of
organization committee</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:blue">Soroush Sadeghnejad (Phd)<br></span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt"><br><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:blue"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt"><font><a href="http://sharif.ac.ir/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Department of Mechanical Engineering</span></a></font></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt">
<font><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Sharif University of Technology, Azadi Ave., Tehran 1458889694, I.R.IRAN.</span></font></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt"><font><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:blue"><a href="http://wiki.robocup.org/wiki/Humanoid_League" target="_blank"><font></font></a></span></font></p><font>
</font><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt"><font><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><a href="http://arc.aut.ac.ir/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Amirkabir Robotic Institute</span></a></span></font></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt"><font><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Amirkabir University of Technology, No. 424, Hafez Ave., Tehran, 158754413, I.R.RAN.</span></font></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt"><font><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span></font></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt"><font><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">
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