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Dear Sara,<br>
thank you for your question. I take this opportunity to answer to
all RoboCuppers.<br>
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Since 2017, there will be three competitions in RoboCup@Home:<br>
- Open platform: any platform is allowed<br>
- Softbanks Pepper (*): only Softbank Pepper robots<br>
- Toyota HSR (*): only Toyota HSR robots<br>
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(*) names of these competitions are still under discussion.<br>
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A call for participation will be issued soon through the
RoboCup@Home mailing list<br>
and in the web sites, with more information about the rules and how
to apply.<br>
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We plan to keep the same organization at least for 2018 and 2019.<br>
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Best regards,<br>
Luca.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Il 21/09/2016 02:04, Sara Iatauro ha
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<div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif">We
have a team from Montreal who is preparing to participate at
the international event next year once again. It just came
to our attention from the RoboCup.org website that the new
@Home standard platform robot would be Softbanks Pepper. </font><span
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href="http://www.robocup.org/2016/07/toyota-and-softbank-robotics-are-selected-for-home-standard-platform/"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.robocup.org/2016/07/toyota-and-softbank-robotics-are-selected-for-home-standard-platform/">http://www.robocup.org/2016/07/toyota-and-softbank-robotics-are-selected-for-home-standard-platform/</a></a>
</span><span style="font-family:"arial
narrow",sans-serif">It states that the first
demonstration will be in Nagoya 2017. </span></div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"arial
narrow",sans-serif;font-size:small">What would that mean
for the international competition in 2018? Are all teams
expected to use a Pepper robot or will the team be permitted
to build their own robot once again going forward?</div>
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Sara Iatauro, PhD. (STEM scholar)</font></div>
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heart </span><span
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