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<h2 style="text-align:center">Call for Participation</h2>
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<p><font size="3"><span
style="background-color:transparent;line-height:1.6">RoboCup
2016 RoboCup@Home League<br>
</span>June 30 - July 04, 2016 (Leipzig, Germany)<br>
</font><a href="http://www.robocup2016.org">http://www.robocup2016.org</a><br>
<a href="http://www.robocupathome.org/">http://www.robocupathome.org/</a><br>
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RoboCup is an international scientific initiative with the goal to
advance the state of the art of intelligent robots through
competitions (RoboCup@Home, RoboCup Soccer, RoboCup Rescue,
RoboCup@Work and RoboCup Junior).<br>
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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 RoboCup
initiative. A set of benchmark tests is used to evaluate the
robots' abilities and performance in a realistic home environment
setting. Focus lies on the following domains but is not limited
to: Human-Robot-Interaction and Cooperation, Navigation and
Mapping in dynamic environments, Computer Vision and Object
Recognition under natural light conditions, Object Manipulation,
Adaptive Behaviours, Behaviour Integration, Ambient Intelligence,
Standardization and System Integration. <br>
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This message describes the preregistration and qualification
procedure for RoboCup@Home League 2016.<br>
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<h4><a name="TOC-Important-dates:"></a>Important dates:</h4>
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<td
style="width:100.18181824684143px;height:21.18181824684143px"> Jan.
22, 2016</td>
<td
style="width:747.1818182468414px;height:21.18181824684143px"> Intention
of Participation<br>
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<td
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19, 2016</td>
<td
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for submission of</span> qualification material and p<span
style="font-size:13.3333px;line-height:21.3333px">reregistration </span><span
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<td> (Team Description Paper, Team Video, Team Website,
Information in @Home Wiki).</td>
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<td
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01, 2016</td>
<td
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announcement</td>
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The qualification procedure consists of the following two steps:<br>
<h4><a
name="TOC-Step-1-Intention-of-Participation-strongly-recommended-"></a>Step
1) Intention of Participation (strongly recommended)</h4>
<font size="2"> The team sends an email to the OC members (<a
href="mailto:oc@robocupathome.org"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:oc@robocupathome.org">oc@robocupathome.org</a></a>) in
the below mentioned format to indicate the intention to
participate in the RoboCup@Home 2016 event:<br>
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<li><span style="line-height:1.6"><font size="2">OC Chair:
Sebastian Meyer zu Borgsen (Bielefeld University, Germany)</font></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:normal"><font
size="2">LOCAL CHAIR:<b> </b>Dirk Holz (University of Bonn,
Germany)</font></span></li>
<li><span style="line-height:1.6"><font size="2">Krit Chaiso
(Kasetsart University, Thailand)</font></span></li>
<li><span style="line-height:1.6"><font size="2">Fagner Pimentel
(Bahia State University, Brazil)</font></span></li>
<li><span style="line-height:1.6"><font size="2">Raphael
Mennesheimer (University of Koblenz, Germany)</font></span></li>
<li><span style="line-height:1.6"><font size="2">He Chauncey
(Beijing Information Science & Technology University,
China)</font></span></li>
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Please fill in the following basic information:<br>
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Team Name:<br>
Country:<br>
Affiliation:<br>
Team Leader Name:<br>
Contact information (E-mail):<br>
Web site:<br>
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The e-mail subject should be: [@Home2016-Participation]
(YourTeamName)<br>
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<b><i>**** Deadline: Friday, 22nd Jan. 2016 23:59 GMT *****</i></b><br>
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<h4><a
name="TOC-Step-2-Qualification-Material-Submission-mandatory-"></a>Step
2) Qualification Material Submission (mandatory)</h4>
The team ***MUST*** send an email to the OC (<a
href="mailto:oc@robocupathome.org"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:oc@robocupathome.org">oc@robocupathome.org</a></a>)
mentioned format to participate in the qualification process for the
RoboCup@Home 2016 event.<br>
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Please fill in the following basic information:<br>
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Team Name:<br>
Country:<br>
Affiliation:<br>
Team Leader Name:<br>
Contact information (E-mail):<br>
Link to a team video:<br>
Link to a team web site devoted to their efforts: <br>
Team Description Paper (TDP) attached to the email based on the
official template.<br>
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Please note that:<br>
All the publications that they want to be considered for
qualification ***MUST*** be in the @Home Wiki<br>
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The e-mail subject should be: [@Home2016-Qualification]
(YourTeamName)<br>
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<i><b>**** Deadline: Friday, Feb. 19, 2016 23:59 GMT *****</b></i><i><b><br>
</b></i><br>
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Instructions for the Team Video<br>
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As a proof of running hardware, each team has to provide a
qualification video. As a minimum requirement for qualification, we
consider showing the robot(s) successfully solving at least one test
of the current or last year's rulebook.<br>
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Instructions for the TDP<br>
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The TDP must be based on the official league TDP template and must
contain the following information:<br>
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Description of the hardware and software including a list of
integrated <br>
externally available components (including commercial products,
freeware, Open Source, etc.) <br>
Innovative technology and scientific contribution <br>
Photo(s) of the robot <br>
Focus of research/research interests <br>
Re-usability of the system for other research groups <br>
Applicability of the robot in the real world<br>
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The TDP goes into detail about the technical and scientific
approach, but the website should be designed for a broader audience.<br>
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The length of the TDP is limited to 8 pages. Please use the same
Springer LNAI format used in the RoboCup Symposium submissions.<br>
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<a
href="http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0">http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0</a></a><br>
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You may download a template for the TDP from<br>
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<a href="https://github.com/RCAtHome2016/TDPTemplate.git">https://github.com/RCAtHome2016/TDPTemplate.git</a><br>
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Instructions for the Web site<br>
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The contents of the web site should be as follows:<br>
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Photos of the robot(s) <br>
Videos of the robot(s) <br>
Description of the approaches and information on scientific
achievements <br>
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Relevant publications (last 5 years, preferably with links for
download) <br>
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Link to repositories with software for the community <br>
Team members <br>
Previous participation in RoboCup<br>
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Evaluation criteria:<br>
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Qualification materials will be judged by the following criteria:<br>
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Team description paper (clarity, scientific contributions,
re-usability by the league, applicability in real world) <br>
Qualification Video (navigation, human-robot interaction,
people/object recognition, object manipulation and new features) <br>
Website (multimedia, publications from last 5 years,
downloadable content, open-source software and other contributions)
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Relevant Scientific contribution/publications (downloadable
papers and open-source software) <br>
Novelty of approach (what you do is new for @Home)<br>
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We encourage teams to produce self-explicative videos for a general
audience where complex tasks are solved. For Team Description Papers
focus on the scientific contribution and avoid brief descriptions
of the overall system.<br>
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Note to experienced competitors: Major changes are being done in the
rulebook. You may download the latest version from:<br>
<a href="https://github.com/RoboCupAtHome/RuleBook">https://github.com/RoboCupAtHome/RuleBook</a><br>
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Expecting to see your teams at RoboCup@Home 2016, Leipzig Germany...<br>
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Best Regards,<br>
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The 2016 RoboCup@Home Organizing and Technical Committees
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