RoboCup : Call for Papers

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTION

1st RoboCup@Home Competitions

June 14 - 20, 2006
Bremen, Germany
www.robocupathome.org

About RoboCup@Home

RoboCup@Home is a new league inside the RoboCup competitions. It focuses on real-world applications and human-machine interaction with autonomous robots. The aim is to foster the development of useful robotic applications that can assist humans in everyday life.

The league consists of a series of independent tests. The test scenario will be a home environment. The tests will change over the years to become more advanced. Performance measurement is based on a score derived from competition rules and evaluation by a jury.

RoboCup@Home will be held for the first time at the RoboCup competitions 2006 in Bremen.

Test Criteria

RoboCup@Home is a framework consisting of tests increasing in complexity over the years. Criteria of the tests are listed below.

The tests should:

include human machine interaction
be socially relevant
be application directed/oriented
be scientifically challenging
be easy to set up and low in costs
be simple and have self-explaining rules
be interesting to watch
take a small amount of time

Suggestions for new tests or changes in existing tests should fulfill as many of these criteria as possible. In the first year (2006 in Bremen) there will be four tests with focus on different research areas.

Call for Contribution

Interested research groups are asked to contribute in the discussion about the implementation of the proposed tests, the suggestion of additional tests, the forming of joined teams and the possible participation in the league via the RoboCup@Home email list. Interested groups are asked to pre-register until the ~~15th~~ 30th of January 2006. Final rules will be published after the pre-registration phase. Further information is provided at the RoboCup@Home website:
www.robocupathome.org

Please register to the email list at:
http://lists2.ais.fraunhofer.de/mailman/listinfo/robocup-at-home

Call for pre-registration

For official pre-registration to the 2006 competition in Bremen please send the following information by JANUARY 30th to

tijn at ai.rug.nl
and
thomas.wisspeintner at ais.fraunhofer.de

subject: RoboCup-At-Home: <Team Name>

and contents:
Team name:
Nationality:
Number of team members (including Team Leader):
Team web site (will be mandatory for final registration):
Team leader name:
Contact person e-mail:
Intended tests for participation:
Kind of robot(s): <Short description of the robot>
Research background: <A short description of your teams´ related research activities>

Pre-registration is mandatory for registration which will start 15th of February. At that point, the admitted teams should register according to the rules defined on www.robocup2006.org."