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<p class="gmail-MsoTitle" style="margin-right: -7.1pt;"><span style="font-size:22pt;font-family:calibri">The 11th
Workshop on Humanoid Soccer Robots - IEEE Humanoids 2016 in Cancun, Mexico<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoSubtitle" style="margin-right: -7.1pt;"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:calibri">Call for Papers and Abstracts</span></b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:calibri"> <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -7.1pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt">Humanoid soccer has seen
impressive progress in recent years. Bipedal standard or open platforms (Nao,
Robotis-OP2, NimbRo-OP, and Thormang) make soccer robots accessible to many
research groups, advanced 3D simulation games make the investigation of team
play with complex heterogeneous humanoid robots possible, and soccer games for
larger robots are a step towards playing with humans. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">The ultimate goal of this initiative is to develop a
team of humanoid soccer players – i.e. robots with human-like awareness of the
game situation, efficient and safe dynamic motion skills, and cooperation
abilities. This poses a unique set of challenges to robotics, AI, and other
fields. <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">The workshop aims at bringing together researchers
from the RoboCup and FIRA communities, as well as other researchers interested
in the subject. The full-day program will consist of invited talks, contributed
presentations, and a panel discussion.</span><span style="font-size:5pt"><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">All contributed presentations are subject to a peer
review process. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst"><b><span style="font-size:11pt">Full papers</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt">: We solicit
submissions of original, previously unpublished research papers. Papers should
be up to 6 pages in length, formatted according to IEEE conference layout
(two-column).</span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst"><b><span style="font-size:11pt">Abstracts</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt">: Authors mainly interested
to give a presentation may submit a one-page abstract.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Accepted papers and abstracts will be available
online.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -5.4pt;"><b><span style="font-size:11pt">Topics of Interest</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt"> include, but are not limited to:</span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size:14.6667px"><span style="font-size:14.6667px">Behavior control architectures </span><br></span></li><li><span style="font-size:14.6667px">Bipedal locomotion</span></li><li><span style="font-size:14.6667px">Design of humanoid robots </span></li><li><span style="font-size:14.6667px">Dynamic motions</span></li><li><span style="font-size:14.6667px">Heterogeneous humanoid robots</span></li><li><span style="font-size:14.6667px">Humanoid 3D printing</span></li><li><span style="font-size:14.6667px">Humanoid-human interaction </span></li><li><span style="font-size:14.6667px">Motion and action planning </span></li><li><span style="font-size:14.6667px">Perception of the game situation</span></li><li><span style="font-size:14.6667px">Safe and compliant humanoid robots </span></li><li><span style="font-size:14.6667px">Skill and strategy learning </span></li><li><span style="font-size:14.6667px">Team coordination</span></li><li><span style="font-size:14.6667px">Humanoid mechanism design</span></li><li><span style="font-size:14.6667px">3D simulation of humanoid robots</span></li></ul><div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -7.1pt;"><b><span style="font-size:11pt">Important Dates:<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul><li><span style="font-size:11pt">Paper
submission: September 27<sup>th</sup>, 2016</span><br></li><li><span style="font-size:11pt">Acceptance
notification: Oct. 18<sup>th</sup>, 2016</span></li><li><span style="font-size:11pt">Final
paper: October 31</span><sup>st</sup><span style="font-size:11pt">, 2016</span></li><li><span style="font-size:14.6667px">Workshop day: November 15th, 2016</span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -7.1pt;"><b><span style="font-size:11pt">Workshop Organizers:<span></span></span></b></p>
</div><div><ul><li>Daniel M. Lofaro, George Mason University, USA<br></li><li>BaekKyu Cho, Kookmin University, South Korea<br></li><li>Sven Behnke, University of Bonn, Germany<br></li><li>Daniel D. Lee, University of Pennsylvania, USA<br></li><li>Nuno Lau, University of Aveiro, Portugal<br></li></ul></div></div>
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<b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri">More Info and Paper Submission: </span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri"><a href="http://lofarolabs.com/events/robocup/ws16/">http://lofarolabs.com/events/robocup/ws16/</a></span> <br></div><div><br></div><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri">Call For Papers Flyer: </span></b><a href="http://lofarolabs.com/events/robocup/ws16/ProposalRoboCup2016_CallForPapers.pdf">http://lofarolabs.com/events/robocup/ws16/ProposalRoboCup2016_CallForPapers.pdf</a><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Daniel M. Lofaro Ph.D<br>Assistant Professor, George Mason University </div><div>Electrical and Computer Engineering </div><div>Director of Lofaro Labs</div><div>e: dan@danLofaro.com</div><div>w: <a href="http://danlofaro.com/" target="_blank">http://danLofaro.com</a></div></div></div>
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