<div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;text-indent:-35.4pt"><font size="6"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Call for Participation</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph" id="P2"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">RoboCup 2018
Middle Size League</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph" id="P2"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="4">June 17 to 22, 2018 (Montreal, Canada)</font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;
line-height:150%" id="P5"><font size="4"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="PT" style="  ;  "><a href="http://www.robocup2018.org/"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: ZWAdobeF;">49TU</span>http://www.robocup2018.org/</a></span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="PT" style="line-height: 150%; font-family: ZWAdobeF; color: windowtext;">U49T</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;
line-height:150%" id="P5"><span lang="PT" style="  ;  "><font size="4">We would like to invite all MSL teams to participate in the 2018 RoboCup
MSL World Championships. If you are interested to participate please take the
time to pre-register your team for the RoboCup 2018 MSL competitions.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;
line-height:150%" id="P5"><span lang="PT" style="  ;  "><font size="4"><br></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph" id="P7"><font size="4"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ; ;
 ">1)<span style=" font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal ; ;; ">&nbsp; &nbsp; </span></span></b><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;
 ">Pre-registration</span></b></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph" id="P9L1"><font size="4"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">For the pre-registration please send an e-mail to </span><span lang="PT"><a href="mailto:rc-msl-oc@lists.robocup.org"><span style="font-family: ZWAdobeF; color: windowtext;">49T</span><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;
 ">rc-msl-oc@lists.robocup.org</span></a></span><span lang="PT" style="font-family: ZWAdobeF;">49T</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">
containing the following data:</span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;text-indent:-9.6pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:36.0pt list 53.4pt" id="P11L1L2"><font size="4"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">·<span style=" font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal ; ;; ">&nbsp; 
</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;
 ">team name<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;text-indent:-9.6pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:36.0pt list 53.4pt" id="P12L1L2"><font size="4"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">·<span style=" font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal ; ;; ">&nbsp; 
</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;
 ">URL of the team’s home page<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;text-indent:-9.6pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:36.0pt list 53.4pt" id="P13L1L2"><font size="4"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">·<span style=" font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal ; ;; ">&nbsp; 
</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;
 ">name of the team leader<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;text-indent:-9.6pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:36.0pt list 53.4pt" id="P14L1L2"><font size="4"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">·<span style=" font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal ; ;; ">&nbsp; 
</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;
 ">e-mail address of team or team leader<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;text-indent:-9.6pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:36.0pt list 53.4pt" id="P15L2"><font size="4"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">·<span style=" font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal ; ;; ">&nbsp; 
</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;
 ">affiliation<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;text-indent:-9.6pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:36.0pt list 53.4pt" id="P16L2"><font size="4"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">·<span style=" font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal ; ;; ">&nbsp; 
</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;
 ">country<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;text-indent:-9.6pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:36.0pt list 53.4pt" id="P17L2"><font size="4"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style=" font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal ; ;; ">&nbsp;&nbsp; 
</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;
 ">link to the qualification materials</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph" id="P18L2"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="4">&nbsp;</font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:18.0pt list 36.0pt" id="P19L2"><font size="4"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ; ;
 ">2)<span style=" font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal ; ;; ">&nbsp; &nbsp; </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;
 ">Qualification materials</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph" id="P21"><font size="4"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;  ">Please
note that, according to the rules, the result of the qualification materials'
evaluation will contribute to the scientific challenge final result.</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph" id="P23"><font size="4"><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;
 ">By the time of pre-registration, please have ready the
following qualification materials:</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt" id="P25L3"><font size="4"><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;
;  ">a)<span style=" font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal ; ;; ">&nbsp; &nbsp; </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;  ">A
Team Description Paper describing the most innovative contributions or
scientific results (the TDP is limited to 8 pages and must be formatted
according to the LNCS format: </span><span lang="PT"><a href="http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0"><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;  ">http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;  ">)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt" id="P26L3"><font size="4"><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;
;  ">b)<span style=" font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal ; ;; ">&nbsp; &nbsp; </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;  ">A
list of 5 scientific papers published during the last 5 years of the team which
are related to RoboCup. Abstracts of these papers must also be submitted;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt" id="P27L3"><font size="4"><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;
;  ">c)<span style=" font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal ; ;; ">&nbsp; &nbsp; </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;  ">A
list of results and awards obtained by the team in the last 3 years;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt" id="P28L3"><font size="4"><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;
;  ">d)<span style=" font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal ; ;; ">&nbsp; &nbsp; </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;  ">A
video showing the capabilities of the team’s robots (the maximum duration of
the video is 60 seconds; if the submitted video is longer than 60 seconds, only
the first 60 seconds will be considered for evaluation);<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt" id="P29L3"><font size="4"><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;
;  ">e)<span style=" font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal ; ;; ">&nbsp; &nbsp; </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;  ">A
list of contributions of the team to the RoboCup MSL community.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt" id="P30L3"><font size="4"><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;
;  ">f)<span style=" font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal ; ;; ">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;  ">Declaration
if the team will be part of a mixed team.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt" id="P31L3"><font size="4"><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;
;  ">g)<span style=" font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal ; ;; ">&nbsp; &nbsp; </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;  ">Declaration
if the team requires 802.11b access-point.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt" id="P32L3"><font size="4"><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;
;  ">h)<span style=" font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal ; ;; ">&nbsp; &nbsp; </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;  ">A
mechanical and electrical description together with a software flow chart
(please include size and weight of the robots);<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt" id="P33L3"><font size="4"><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;
;  ">i)<span style=" font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal ; ;; ">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;  ">List
of MAC Addresses used by the team, with explicit indication of those that will
be used for wireless communication and their type: robots or development
computers. All other MAC addresses will be blocked.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph" id="P35"><font size="4"><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;
 ">The details regarding the qualification materials are
contained in the rules and regulations document available at </span><span lang="PT"><a href="http://wiki.robocup.org/wiki/Middle_Size_League"><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;  ">http://wiki.robocup.org/wiki/Middle_Size_League</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;  ">.
Please read it thoroughly.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph" id="P37"><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;
 "><font size="4">The qualification materials should be placed in a
dedicated page of the team's web page. Please include the link to the
qualification materials in the pre-registration information.<b><o:p></o:p></b></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph" id="P37"><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;
 "><font size="4"><br></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:18.0pt list 36.0pt" id="P38"><font size="4"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ; ;
 ">3)<span style=" font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal ; ;; ">&nbsp; &nbsp; </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;
 ">Important dates</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;text-indent:-9.6pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:36.0pt list 53.4pt" id="P40"><font size="4"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">·<span style=" font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal ; ;; ">&nbsp; 
</span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;  ">Deadline
for pre-registration and submission of the qualification materials: </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:等线;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:red;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:
ZH-CN">February 12, 2018</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;
 "><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;text-indent:-9.6pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:36.0pt list 53.4pt" id="P41"><font size="4"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style=" font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal ; ;; ">&nbsp;&nbsp; 
</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;
 ">Announcement of qualified teams: </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:等线;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:red;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:
ZH-CN">March 7, 2018</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;text-indent:-9.6pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:36.0pt list 53.4pt" id="P41"><font size="4"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:18.0pt list 36.0pt" id="P43"><font size="4"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ; ;
 ">4)<span style=" font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal ; ;; ">&nbsp; &nbsp; </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;
 ">Rules</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph" id="P45"><font size="4"><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;
 ">The rules and regulations for the RoboCup 2018 Middle
Size League had been published at: </span><span lang="PT"><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;  "><a href="http://wiki.robocup.org/wiki/Middle_Size_League">http://wiki.robocup.org/wiki/Middle_Size_League</a></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph" id="P47"><font size="4"><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;
 ">The updated rules and regulations had been released at
<span style="color:red">December 31,</span> 2017, at the latest.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph" id="P47"><font size="4"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:18.0pt list 36.0pt" id="P50"><font size="4"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ; ;
 ">5)<span style=" font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal ; ;; ">&nbsp; &nbsp; </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;
 ">Publication</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph" id="P52"><font size="4"><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;
 ">Please note that after the announcement of the
qualified teams the qualification materials of the qualified teams will be made
publicly available. Therefore, teams applying for participation, grant the
right of publication of their qualification materials to the MSL league(MAC
addresses are an exception and should remain private).</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph" id="P52"><font size="4"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:18.0pt list 36.0pt" id="P54"><font size="4"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ; ;
 ">6)<span style=" font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal ; ;; ">&nbsp; &nbsp; </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;
 ">Plagiarism</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph" id="P56"><font size="4"><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;
 ">Plagiarism, loosely the unattributed use of other
peoples' words, code and ideas (see “</span><span lang="PT"><a href="http://www.ieee.org/publications_standards/publications/rights/plagiarism_FAQ.html"><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;  ">http://www.ieee.org/publications_standards/publications/rights/plagiarism_FAQ.html</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;  ">” for
a more detailed description) is not tolerated in the RoboCup community.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph" id="P58"><font size="4"><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;
 ">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.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph" id="P58"><font size="4"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:18.0pt list 36.0pt" id="P60"><font size="4"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ; ;
;  ">7)<span style=" font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal ; ;; ">&nbsp; &nbsp; </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;
;  ">Waiver of the team fee for NEW Teams</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph" id="P62"><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;
 "><font size="4">For the 2018 International RoboCup competition, NEW
major teams can apply for team fee waiver. 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.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph" id="P62"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph" id="P65"><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;  "><font size="5">The 2018 MSL Organizing and Technical Committees<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph" id="P66"><span lang="EN-US" style="  ; ;  ">&nbsp;</span></p></div><div><tincludetail></tincludetail></div><!--<![endif]-->