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<p>Dear RoboCup Humanoid teams,</p>
<p>this is just a short reminder that the submission deadline for
the qualification material ends on December 1st. The reason for
having this early deadline is to give teams more time to finish
visa processes and acquire funding for traveling to the world
championship. If your team has trouble meeting the deadline on
December 1st and requires more time to prepare the qualification
material, please send an email to the Humanoid Technical Committee
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with an indication how much more time you would need for
submission.</p>
<p>Kind regards,<br>
Maike Paetzel (OC Chair)
<br>
<br>
On behalf of Technical and Organization Committees of RoboCup
Humanoid League 2017
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/27/2016 9:08 AM, Maike Paetzel
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote
cite="mid:47bb159f-1d03-b1b7-1479-1c8df8c9db2e@informatik.uni-hamburg.de"
type="cite">*Call for Participation*
<br>
<br>
RoboCup 2017 Humanoid League
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.robocuphumanoid.org">http://www.robocuphumanoid.org</a>
<br>
<br>
July 27th to July 30th, 2017 (Nagoya, Japan)
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.robocup2017.org/">http://www.robocup2017.org/</a>
<br>
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<br>
<br>
The RoboCup humanoid league is inviting interested teams to apply
for participation at the RoboCup 2017 competition in Nagoya,
Japan.
<br>
<br>
The humanoid league will host competitions in three classes:
<br>
<br>
* KidSize: 40 – 90cm robot height (FIFA size 1 ball)
<br>
* TeenSize: 80 – 140cm robot height (FIFA size 3 ball; maximum
weight 20kg)
<br>
* AdultSize: 130 – 180cm robot height (FIFA size 5 ball; minimum
weight 10kg)
<br>
<br>
For more detailed class definitions and more information about the
humanoid league, please refer to the humanoid league home page at
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.robocuphumanoid.org/">http://www.robocuphumanoid.org/</a> and join the humanoid league
mailing list at:
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://lists.cc.gatech.edu/mailman/listinfo/robocup-humanoid">https://lists.cc.gatech.edu/mailman/listinfo/robocup-humanoid</a>
<br>
<br>
In KidSize and TeenSize, teams can apply to two different
competitions:
<br>
<br>
* Team Competition – Teams qualified in this competition have to
provide a full robot team to compete in the main tournament,
starting with a number of round robin games. Teams qualified for
the team competition are automatically qualified for the Drop-In
competition as well and participation in the Drop-In competition
is considered obligatory.
<br>
* Drop-In competition – Teams provide one robot which will compete
in mixed teams with robots from other teams.
<br>
<br>
Due to restrictions on the number of teams able to participate at
RoboCup 2017, all teams must provide the qualification material
described below. The technical committee will evaluate the
qualification material and select the best teams. If you apply for
Kid or Teen Size competition, you can provide a preference for
what competition you want to compete in. If your qualification for
team competition is rejected, the technical committee will
consider your application for the Drop-In competition as well.
<br>
<br>
<br>
1.) Team Data
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<br>
<br>
* Team name
<br>
* URL of the team’s home page
<br>
* Name of team leader or team contact person
<br>
* E-mail address of team leader or contact person
<br>
* Postal address of the team, team leader or contact person
<br>
* Competition class: kid or teen or adult size
<br>
* For Kid and Teen Size: Competition preference, team competition
or drop-in competition
<br>
<br>
Please note that teams applying for participation in several
classes must submit individual application material for each class
and pay the appropriate registration fee for each class. At least
one team member must register on each team. Furthermore, teams in
different classes must be able to compete independently and at the
same time.
<br>
For teams qualified in the team competition, the participation in
the drop-in games is obligatory. However, additional teams might
be qualified for competition in the drop-in competition only.
<br>
<br>
<br>
2.) Robot Video
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<br>
<br>
The first part of the qualification material is a video of your
robot demonstrating your team’s autonomous soccer playing skills.
<br>
<br>
The minimum standard for qualification is:
<br>
<br>
* localization of unknown ball position,
<br>
* walking ability towards the ball,
<br>
* robot positioning at the ball for kicking,
<br>
* kicking the ball towards the goal,
<br>
* ability of getting up autonomously from a fall (Kid Size)
<br>
<br>
However, more complex and intelligent behavior of teams of robots
demonstrating localization and team play are preferred,
particularly recordings from actual soccer matches.
<br>
<br>
The qualification video must be supplied as a link to it via
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.youtube.com">www.youtube.com</a>. The maximum duration of the video is 5 minutes.
The qualifying team is responsible to ensure that the video
adheres to YouTube’s TOS (especially in regards to music
copyright) to prevent the video from being blocked for the
reviewers. Videos not viewable by the reviewers may lead to a team
not being qualified.
<br>
<br>
No video means no qualification!
<br>
<br>
<br>
3.) Team Description Paper
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<br>
<br>
A team description paper (TDP) must be submitted which
<br>
<br>
* fully describes the scientific aspects of your humanoid robot
system and your research interests,
<br>
* includes a summary of previous relevant achievements in research
and development as well as publications,
<br>
* mentions prior performance in RoboCup competitions
<br>
* points out enhancements of the robots’ hardware or software
compared to the previous year
<br>
* states explicitly whether software from other teams is used and
if yes, which parts are used and what the team’s own contributions
are
<br>
<br>
The TDP is limited to 8 pages maximum and must be submitted in PDF
format. Resubmitting of last year’s TDP will prevent
qualification.
<br>
<br>
The TDP must follow the LNCS format which can be downloaded from
<br>
<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>
<br>
Please pay special attention to the “Author guidelines” that
you’ll be able to find there. You are expected to follow all LNCS
formatting and style guidelines.
<br>
<br>
The quality of the TDP and the robot video will be decisive for
qualification.
<br>
<br>
Other evaluation criteria include contributions to the RoboCup
community by release of significant papers or software.
<br>
<br>
New teams and teams from countries that have not previously taken
part in RoboCup competitions may be given priority.
<br>
<br>
Teams are encouraged to consider joint participation. Joint
proposals will be judged on combined merit.
<br>
<br>
If a team applies for team competition and the application is
rejected, the technical committee considers the application for
participating in the drop-in competition as well. In case the team
is qualified for drop-in competition, the team will be informed by
the technical committee and can decide to participate in the
drop-in competition only or withdraw from participation.
<br>
<br>
All teams qualified in the team competition are expected to
participate in the drop-in competition as well.
<br>
<br>
<br>
4.) Letter of commitment
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<br>
<br>
A one-page letter addressed to the RoboCup Humanoid League
Technical Committee including the following:
<br>
<br>
* a statement committing to participate in the RoboCup 2017
Humanoid League competition,
<br>
* a statement committing to make a person with sufficient
knowledge of the rules available as referee during the
competition,
<br>
<br>
The letter must be printed, hand signed by the team leader,
digitally scanned and submitted either as a JPG, PNG or PDF file.
<br>
<br>
The TC may include the fulfillment of the statement of commitment
of participation as well as the performance of the team’s referee
in previous RoboCup competitions into consideration for
qualification.
<br>
<br>
<br>
5.) Robot Specification
<br>
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<br>
<br>
A one-page specification (PDF) for each different type of humanoid
robot used by the team that includes the followings:
<br>
<br>
* Robot picture
<br>
* Robot name
<br>
* Height of the robot
<br>
* Weight of the robot
<br>
* Walking speed in cm/s
<br>
* Number of degrees of freedom and type of motors on each
kinematic chain of the robot
<br>
* Type of sensors used (incl. type of camera(s))
<br>
* Computing unit(s)
<br>
* Other specs
<br>
<br>
<br>
6.) Plagiarism
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<br>
<br>
Plagiarism, loosely the unattributed use of other peoples’ words,
code, and ideas is not tolerated in the RoboCup community. See
plagiarism_FAQ.html for a more detailed description. The teams and
team members that plagiarize other peoples’ work and present it as
their own will be disqualified. For a first offense, the team and
team members will be banned from RoboCup competition for two years
(usually the current and next year). Harsher penalties will be
applied to repeat offenders or extremely serious cases of
plagiarism. A team may be disqualified at any time for plagiarism,
even after the competition has started. RoboCup will not reimburse
teams for any expenses related to their disqualification.
<br>
<br>
<br>
7.) Online Submission
<br>
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<br>
<br>
All qualification material must be submitted online at
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://submission.robocuphumanoid.org/">http://submission.robocuphumanoid.org/</a>
<br>
<br>
<br>
8.) Deadline
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<br>
<br>
Deadline for submission: December 1st, 2016
<br>
<br>
Announcement of qualified teams: January 8th, 2017
<br>
<br>
<br>
9.) Publication
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<br>
<br>
Please note that after the announcement of the qualified teams the
qualification material of the qualified teams will be made
publicly available. Teams applying for participation therefore
grant the right of publication of their qualification material to
the humanoid league.
<br>
<br>
<br>
10.) Rules
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<br>
<br>
The rules of the RoboCup 2017 Humanoid League are discussed at
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://lists.cc.gatech.edu/mailman/listinfo/robocup-humanoid">https://lists.cc.gatech.edu/mailman/listinfo/robocup-humanoid</a> and
will be published at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.robocuphumanoid.org/">http://www.robocuphumanoid.org/</a>
<br>
<br>
<br>
11.) Special Offer: ROBOTIS
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<br>
<br>
ROBOTIS (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.robotis.com">http://www.robotis.com</a>) is offering a special promotion
to all teams participating in the 2017 RoboCup Humanoid Kid-size
league. ROBOTIS will be offering a ROBOTIS OP2 for $8,000/USD per
unit or $35,000 for 5 units. (EXWORK Korea only) 1-year basic
warranty is included (teams should be technically ready for
self-maintenance.) Please note that the quoted prices do not
include shipping, tax, any local customs or handling charges.
Teams interested in this offer should contact ROBOTIS
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:atcontactus2@robotis.com">atcontactus2@robotis.com</a> with the promo code (RTS2017DE).
<br>
<br>
This special offer valid for an order made until April 29, 2017.
<br>
<br>
<br>
12.) RoboCup fee waiver for new teams
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<br>
<br>
The RoboCup Federation is pleased to introduce a waiver of the
team fee for the 2017 international RoboCup competition for NEW
teams in the major leagues. A NEW team is defined as a team all of
whose team members have never participated in an annual
international RoboCup competition. The waiver concerns only the
team fee and does not imply any waiver of fees for team members.
<br>
<br>
With kind regards,
<br>
Maike Paetzel (OC Chair)
<br>
<br>
On behalf of Technical and Organization Committees of RoboCup
Humanoid League 2017
<br>
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