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RoboCup Japan Open 98 will be held in 9-11, April at TEPIA Hall in Tokyo, for all classes of league in conjunction with JSME (Japanese Society of Mechanical Engineering) Robotics and Mechatronics Symposia 98. Although this meeting is mainly for Japanese RoboCup researchers, overseas participants are also welcome. Those who are interested in participating should send e-mail to kitano@csl.sony.co.jp.
Detailed Japanese Information is available.
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JSME Robotics and Mechatronics Symposia 98 |
Japan Open 98 |
| Date |
April 9, 10, and 11, 1998 |
April 9, 10, and 11, 1998 |
| Site |
Aoyama TEPIA, Tokyo |
Aoyama TEPIA, Tokyo |
| Sponsored by |
Japanese Society of Mechanical Engineering (JSME) |
Japanese Society of Artificial Intelligence (JSAI), RoboCup Japanese National Committee, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc. |
| Co-Sponsored by |
JSAI, Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ),, RoboCup Japanese National Committee, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc. |
JSME, RSJ |
| Date/Hours |
Morning
(JSME Robotics-Mechatronis Symposia 98) |
Afternoon (Japan Open 98) |
| April 9 |
A:Soft-Agent Challenge Symposium |
Preliminary (small league) |
| April 10 |
Physical-Agent Challenge Symposium |
Preliminary (middle league) |
| April 11 |
Infrastructure Challenge Symposium and Panel |
Finals (all leagues) |
The following leagues will be held:
- 1. Simulation League
- Competitions between teams with 11 soft agents based on Soccer Server
- 2. Small-Size Real Robot League
- Competitions between teams with upmost 5 small-size real robots.
- 3. Middle-Size Real Robot League
- Competitions between teams with upmost 5 middle-size real robots.
- 4. Exhibition
- Indutrial Exhibitions for RoboCup Tournaments.
Rules are the almost same as in RoboCup'98. Overseas participation is welcome. For those who wish to participate, please send e-mail to: jopen@er.ams.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp by Feb 28, 1998.
We will hold the follwing three symposia.
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| 1. Soft-Agent Challenge Symposium |
Date:
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April 9, AM
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Organizers:
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Itsuki Noda (ETL), Hitoshi Matsubara (ETL)
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Purpose:
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We will discuss the issues closely related to the RoboCup simulatin league such as learning in multiagent environment, team strategy, modeling of opponents and so on.
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2. Physsical-Agent Challenge Symposis |
Date:
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April 10, AM
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Organizers:
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Akihiro Matsumoto (Toyo Univ.), Sho'ji Suzuki (Osaka Univ.)
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Purpose:
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We will discuss the issues closely related to the RoboCup real robot league such as basic skill acquisition, system construction for real robots and so on.
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3. Infrastructure Challenge Symposum and Panel |
Date:
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April 11, AM
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Organizers:
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Koichi Hashida (ETL), Atsushi Shinjo (Gifu Softopia)
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Purpose:
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We will discuss the issues closely related to the RoboCup infrastructure and applications such as 3-D visualization, generation of narrations, education programs and so on. Further, we will hold a Panel of future RoboCups.
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