<div dir="ltr"><h2 style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0.2em 0px;font-size:1.2em;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">The 13th Workshop on Humanoid Soccer Robots<br>at 18th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots<span> </span><br>Beijing, China - 1400-1800 on Tuesday, November 6th, 2018<br><br></h2><h2 style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0.2em 0px;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4"><h2 style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0.2em 0px"><font size="4"><u style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:400;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none"><b>***</b></u></font><span style="font-size:large;color:rgb(0,32,96);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:400"><b><a href="https://easychair.org/cfp/RoboCupWorkshop2018" style="color:rgb(0,32,96);font-weight:400;text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">Link to submission page</a>***</b></span></h2></font></h2><h2 style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0.2em 0px;font-size:1.2em;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> <span> </span><br></h2><h2 style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0.2em 0px;font-size:1.2em;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Call for Papers</h2><p style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:1em;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Humanoid
soccer has seen impressive progress in recent years. Bipedal standard
or open platforms (Nao, DARwIn-OP, NimbRo-OP) make soccer robots
accessible to many research groups, advanced 3D simulation games make
the investigation of team play with complex humanoid robots possible,
and soccer games for larger robots are a step towards playing with
humans. 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, motion skills, and cooperation abilities. This poses a
unique set of challenges to robotics, AI, and other fields.</p><p style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:1em;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">The workshop aims at bringing together researchers from the <span class="gmail-il">RoboCup</span> and FIRA communities, as well as other researchers interested in the subject. </p><p style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:1em;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">All
contributed presentations are subject to a peer review process. We
solicit submissions of original, previously unpublished research papers,
optionally accompanied by a video. Papers should be 2 pages but can be
up to 6 pages in length, formatted according to IEEE conference layout
(two-column). Accepted papers and videos will be available online. </p><h3 style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0.2em 0.5em;font-size:1em;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Topics of Interest</h3><p style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:1em;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">include, but are not limited to:</p><ul style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><li>Design of humanoid robots </li><li>Bipedal locomotion </li><li>Dynamic full-body motions </li><li>Control architectures </li><li>Motion and action planning </li><li>Perception of the game situation </li><li>Team coordination </li><li>Skill and strategy learning </li><li>3D simulation of humanoid robots </li><li>Humanoid 3D Printing</li><li>Humanoid Mechanism Design</li><li>Using neural networks in <span class="gmail-il">RoboCup</span></li></ul><h3 style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0.2em 0.5em;font-size:1em;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Important Dates:</h3><ul style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><li>Paper submission: October 26th, 2018 </li><li>Acceptance notification: October 29th, 2018 </li><li>Final paper: October 31st, 2018 </li><li>Workshop day: 1400-1800 on Tuesday, November 6th, 2018 </li></ul><h2 style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0.2em 0px;font-size:1.2em;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Information for Authors</h2><h3 style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0.2em 0.5em;font-size:1em;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br>Paper Format</h3><p style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:1em;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:left">Papers
must be written in English. All papers must be submitted electronically
in PDF format. Papers should comply with the standard IEEE conference
page layout. For convenience, the default IEEE conference templates are
available for download:</p><ul style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;text-align:left"><li><a href="http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html" style="color:rgb(0,32,96);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">IEEE Conference paper templates</a><br></li></ul><p style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:1em;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">The number of pages is 2 to 6 pages, including figures.<span> </span><br>If you want to add a video to your submission, please include a link for video download in the paper.</p><h3 style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0.2em 0.5em;font-size:1em;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Paper Submission</h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:1em;font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB"></span>Submit your paper using EasyChair:<span> </span><a href="https://easychair.org/cfp/RoboCupWorkshop2018" style="color:rgb(0,32,96);text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><u><b>Link to submission page</b></u></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:1em;font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">If you don't have an EasyChair account, you will need to create one.</p><div class="gmail-yj6qo gmail-ajU"><div id="gmail-:1o5" class="gmail-ajR" tabindex="0"><img class="gmail-ajT" src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif"></div></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="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>s: <a href="mailto:dlofaro@gmu.edu" target="_blank">dlofaro@gmu.edu</a></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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