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Participants,<br>
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This year, we will introduce a new award sponsored by Flower
Robotics, named “RoboCup Design Award”. All participating teams have a
chance to be a candidate for this award.<br>
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Each participating team that wants to be a candidate for this award
should submit a description paper as follows. We are looking forward
to your submissions.<br>
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<b style>RoboCup Design Award</b><br style>
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</span><a href="http://www.robocup.org/2015/06/robocup-design-award/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://www.robocup.org/2015/06/robocup-design-award/</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br>
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<b><i style>Purpose</i></b><br>
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RoboCup holds up the ultimate goal:<br>
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By the middle of the 21st century, a team of fully autonomous<br>
humanoid robot soccer players shall win a soccer game, complying<br>
with the official rules of FIFA, against the winner of the most<br>
recent World Cup.<br>
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This goal includes the mission to foster science and technologies
for evolving industries and for advancing societies. 2050 is not too
far in the future. In order to reinforce relations between robots
and the public, we need to think again about the power of "design".<br>
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"Robot" is not just a single technology, but a combination of
systems and services that can enhance human activities that extend across
the cyber and physical worlds. Also, "Robot" is not just
useful, but also a continuous occupation to provide creative functionality
to the public. Nowadays, robots and robotics have become familiar
and are considered to work closer with people in their daily
lives. Therefore, robots must be well-designed and taken into
consideration their interactions with people, their use in
various societies/environments, and their sustainable operations.<br>
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Based on these observations, Flower Robotics and the RoboCup Federation
have introduced a new award, called the "RoboCup Design Award",
to encourage research and education to focus on the importance of the
design of robots. Robots and/or technologies will be awarded that
are well-designed not only for their performance but also for their
simpleness, easiness, smoothness in daily operation and
other usages. We believe that the award will promote the popularity
of robotics in wider fields.<br>
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<b><i style>Submission</i></b><br>
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Any participating team from all leagues/challenges (in Major and Junior)
in RoboCup-2015 can apply for this award. An applicant should send a
Brief description of the design points on the following items.<br>
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(1) identity of the team in styles and appearances<br>
(2) simpleness in structure and total system<br>
(3) smooth interaction with humans/users<br>
(4) ease of maintenance in daily operation<br>
(5) wide usage<br>
(6) robustness and resilience during hard use<br>
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The application document should be submitted by July 3rd, 2015 </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>
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TZ)), to the following site:<br>
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URL: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/RCD2015/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/RCD2015/</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br>
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<b><i style>Award Committee and Selection Process</i></b><br>
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The committee for this award consists of members appointed by Flower Robotics, RoboCup Federation, and the local organizer of RoboCup-2015. The committee will review the application documents with
help for each league/challenge. The committee may interview to applicants
at the venue during the competition. Based on these evaluations, the
winner will be announced at the award ceremony of RoboCup 2015.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p>
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