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

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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><font size="4" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-US" style="">We
would like to invite all MSL teams to participate in the 2019 RoboCup MSL World
Championships. If you are interested to participate please take the time to
pre-register your team for the RoboCup 2019 MSL competitions.</span><span lang="EN-US" style=""><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-US" style=" font-size:10.0pt ; ; ;  ">&nbsp;</span></p>

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inter-ideograph;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:18.0pt list 36.0pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><font size="5"><b style=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">1)<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="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Pre-registration</span></b><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"><font face="Arial" size="4"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: -6pt;">For the
pre-registration please send an e-mail to </span><span lang="PT" style="text-indent: -6pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style=""><a href="mailto:rc-msl-oc@lists.robocup.org">rc-msl-oc@lists.robocup.org</a></span></span><span lang="PT" style="text-indent: -6pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: -6pt;">and </span><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: -6pt;"><a href="mailto:liufei@caa.org.cn">liufei@caa.org.cn</a>&nbsp;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"><!--[if !supportLists]--><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=""><font face="Arial">team
name</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></font></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"><!--[if !supportLists]--><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=""><font face="Arial">URL
of the team’s home page</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></font></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"><!--[if !supportLists]--><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=""><font face="Arial">name
of the team leader<o:p></o:p></font></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"><!--[if !supportLists]--><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="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">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"><!--[if !supportLists]--><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="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">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"><!--[if !supportLists]--><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="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">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"><!--[if !supportLists]--><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="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">link to the qualification materials</span></font><span lang="EN-US" style=" font-size:10.0pt ; ; ;  "><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;
tab-stops:36.0pt"><span lang="PT" style=" font-size:10.0pt ; ;  ">&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Please send more information about teams to introduce
them better on MSL website(</span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">https://msl.robocup.org/teams</span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">).
Sending following information would be optional:</span></p>

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inter-ideograph;text-indent:-9.6pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:36.0pt list 53.4pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><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; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal ; ;; ">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><font editorwarp__="1" style="display: inline; font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;">logo</font><span lang="EN-US" style=""><o:p></o:p></span></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"><!--[if !supportLists]--><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; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal ; ;; ">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><font editorwarp__="1" style="display: inline; font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;">profile
(Describe team with at most 150 words)</font></p>

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inter-ideograph;text-indent:-9.6pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:36.0pt list 53.4pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><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; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal ; ;; ">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><font editorwarp__="1" style="display: inline; font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;">most
research topics (up to 6 topics)</font><span lang="EN-US" style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-US" style=" font-size:10.0pt ; ; ;  ">&nbsp;</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"><!--[if !supportLists]--><font editorwarp__="1" style="display: inline; font-size: 24px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700; font-style: normal;">2)&nbsp; &nbsp; Qualification materials</font><font size="4"><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"><font editorwarp__="1" style="display: inline; font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-style: normal;"><b>&nbsp;Please note
that, according to the rules, the result of the qualification materials'
evaluation will contribute to the scientific challenge final result.</b></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><font editorwarp__="1" style="display: inline; font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;">&nbsp;By the time of pre-registration, please have ready the
following qualification materials:</font></p>

</div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><font editorwarp__="1" style="display: inline; font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;">&nbsp;a)&nbsp; &nbsp; 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: <a 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>)</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-indent: -18pt;">b)</span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-indent: -18pt;">&nbsp; &nbsp; </span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-indent: -18pt;">A
list of 5 scientific papers published during the last 5 years of the team which
are related to RoboCup. Abstracts of these papers and a complete reference to
each paper must also be submitted. When more papers are submitted, only the
first 5 will be considered;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-indent: -18pt;">c)</span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-indent: -18pt;">&nbsp; &nbsp; </span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-indent: -18pt;">A
list of results and awards obtained by the team in the last 3 years;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-indent: -18pt;">d)</span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-indent: -18pt;">&nbsp; &nbsp; </span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-indent: -18pt;">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);</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-indent: -18pt;">e)</span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-indent: -18pt;">&nbsp; &nbsp; </span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-indent: -18pt;">A
list of contributions of the team to the RoboCup MSL community.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-indent: -18pt;">f)</span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-indent: -18pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; </span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-indent: -18pt;">Declaration
if the team will be part of a mixed team.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-indent: -18pt;">g)</span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-indent: -18pt;">&nbsp; &nbsp; </span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-indent: -18pt;">Declaration
if the team requires 802.11b access-point.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-indent: -18pt;">h)</span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-indent: -18pt;">&nbsp; &nbsp; </span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-indent: -18pt;">A
mechanical and electrical description together with a software flow chart
(please include size and weight of the robots);</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-indent: -18pt;">i)</span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-indent: -18pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; </span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-indent: -18pt;">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></p></blockquote><span style="text-align: justify; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">The details regarding the qualification materials are
contained in the rules and regulations document available at </span><font face="Arial, sans-serif" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://msl.robocup.org">https://msl.robocup.org</a></span></font><span style="text-align: justify; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">. Please read it
thoroughly.</span><br><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;">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.</span><br><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><br></span></p></blockquote><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-US" style=""><b><o:p></o:p></b></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"><!--[if !supportLists]--><font editorwarp__="1" style="display: inline; font-size: 24px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700; font-style: normal;">3)&nbsp; &nbsp; Important dates</font><span lang="EN-US" style=" font-size:10.0pt ; ; ;  "><o:p></o:p></span></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"><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><b><span lang="EN-US" style="">Deadline for pre-registration and submission of the
qualification materials: </span></b><b><i><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">January 31, 2019</span></u></i></b><i><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></i></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"><!--[if !supportLists]--><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><i><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">February 28,
2019</span></u></i></b><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"><span lang="EN-US" style=" font-size:10.0pt ; ; ;  ">&nbsp;</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"><!--[if !supportLists]--><font editorwarp__="1" style="display: inline; font-size: 24px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700; font-style: normal;">4)&nbsp; &nbsp; Rules</font></p></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><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"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">The rules and regulations for the RoboCup 2019 Middle
Size League will be published at: </span><a href="https://msl.robocup.org/rules" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">https://msl.robocup.org/rules</a></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"><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: -18pt; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">The updated rules and regulations will be released by </span><font editorwarp__="1" style="display: inline; font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700; font-style: italic;">December 31</font><b style="text-indent: -18pt; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><i><u><span lang="EN-US">,
2018</span></u></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="text-indent: -18pt; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">, at the latest.</span></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">The rules, including the assessment-criteria of the
qualification material, might be subject to change and will be published on the
MSL website (<a href="https://msl.robocup.org/">https://msl.robocup.org</a>) no
later </span><font editorwarp__="1" style="display: inline; font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;">tha</font><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">n </span><b style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><i><u><span lang="EN-US">December 31,
2018</span></u></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">.</span></p></div></blockquote><div>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style=" font-size:10.0pt ; ; ;  ">&nbsp;</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"><!--[if !supportLists]--><font editorwarp__="1" style="display: inline; font-size: 24px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700; font-style: normal;">5)&nbsp; &nbsp; Publication</font></p></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">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></p></div></blockquote><div>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN-US" style=" font-size:10.0pt ; ; ;  ">&nbsp;</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"><!--[if !supportLists]--><font editorwarp__="1" style="display: inline; font-size: 24px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700; font-style: normal;">6)&nbsp; &nbsp; Plagiarism</font><span lang="EN-US" style=" font-size:10.0pt ; ; ;  "><o:p></o:p></span></p>

</div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><font size="4" face="Arial"><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></font></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><font size="4" style="" face="Arial">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.</font></p></div></blockquote><div>

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<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"><!--[if !supportLists]--><font editorwarp__="1" style="display: inline; font-size: 24px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700; font-style: normal;">7) &nbsp; 
Waiver of the team fee for NEW Teams</font></p></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><font editorwarp__="1" style="display: inline; font-size: 18px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;">For the 2019 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></p></div></blockquote><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><font size="4" style=""><div><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><font size="4" style=""><br></font></span></div><b>The
2019 MSL Organizing and Technical Committees</b></font></span><div>

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