RoboCup German Open 2012

Call for Participation

http://www.robocupgermanopen.de

29 March – 1 April 2012

MESSE MAGDEBURG, Germany

The RoboCup German Open 2012 will be the 11th open RoboCup
competition held in Germany. The event will take place in Magdeburg
at MESSE MAGDEBURG.

– RoboCup Major Leagues (International) —————————-

Competitions will be held in the following leagues:

- RoboCupSoccer Standard Platform League
- RoboCupSoccer Humanoid League (Kid-Size)
- RoboCupSoccer Small-Size League
- RoboCupRescue Robot League
- RoboCup@Home League
- Logistics League sponsored by Festo

Registration is open since 1 December 2011, the deadline is
*** 15 January 2012 ***. Visit http://major.robocupgermanopen.de to
register your RoboCup Major League team. Details on the registration
(fee, accommodation, rules) are available on the web site. Booking of
blocked accommodation is possible during registration.

– RoboCup Junior (Germany only) ———————————–

The German RoboCup Junior qualification for RoboCup 2012 is done in
two steps. German teams qualify in four local tournaments in Berlin,
Hannover, Sankt Augustin and Vöhringen for the 12th German RoboCup
Junior Championship which is held within the RoboCup German Open.
The best Junior teams will go to Mexico. The registration for teams
is open. The deadline is *** 15 December 2011 ***.

You may contact the organizers for individual questions at
major@robocupgermanopen.de

See you all again at the 11th RoboCup German Open 2012!

Best regards,

Ansgar Bredenfeld
(Chair RoboCup German Open)

The Major Leagues Organising Committee
- Tim Laue (Small Size League)
- Thomas Röfer (Standard Platform League)
- Sven Behnke (Humanoid League)
- Johannes Pellenz, Adam Jacoff (Rescue Robot League)
- Paul Plöger (RoboCup@Home League)
- Ulrich Karras (Logistics League)

RoboCup German Open 2012 is a cooperation of the German RoboCup
Committee with Landeshauptstadt Magdeburg and the University of
Magdeburg.

The Organising Committee is supported by students and volunteers
of the University of Magdeburg.

The RoboCup Federation is pleased to issue this call for proposals to fund community driven efforts in 2012 to benefit our RoboCup Community (i.e. “from RoboCuppers for RoboCuppers”).

The funding will be in the range of US$1K to US$5K and the proposed activities must be completed by the end of 2012.  We expect to assign a total of up to US$50K as the total to all the awards selected.

The list of examples given below in (i) – (iii) is absolutely not intended to be exhaustive. We strongly encourage you to consider innovative ways in which the goals set out below can be achieved.

We prefer not to fund activities where alternative sources of funding are readily available.

Goals of funding and activities considered for funding

In providing this funding we aim at supporting three types of activities, namely:
(i) to benefit the infrastructure of our RoboCup events,
(ii) to contribute to strongly RoboCup-focused research efforts
based on exchange of people,
(iii) to promote the education on specific RoboCup topics.

Type of activities to be supported

(i) INFRASTRUCTURE

This includes developments of infrastructure (usually software or hardware) to support significant advancements of the RoboCup leagues and of the RoboCup community which are difficult to achieve otherwise.

Examples of proposals under this category are (but not limited to) implementation of:

- Infrastructure for sharing open source code and other design best practices
- Game controllers
- Simulator extensions
- Middleware to support mixed teams
- Automated referees
- Automated game commentators, e.g., for facebook and/or tweeter
- Defining and mining a RoboCup social network
- Creating a database of job positions
- Development of open software and/or hardware platforms

Requests to buy hardware for the competition infrastructure will not be accepted within this call and would be handled outside the scope of this call.

(ii) EXCHANGE

This includes exchange of team members to promote interchange and integration of research from different sources.

Examples of proposals under this category are (but not limited to):

- Student exchange among RoboCup Teams (not applicable to Junior students)
- Faculty exchange among RoboCup Teams
- RoboCup camp/workshop attendance
- Conference attendance for presentation of RoboCup papers

(iii) EDUCATION

This includes support of RoboCup events, excluding competitions.

Examples of proposals under this category are (but not limited to):

- RoboCup camps
- RoboCup workshops (standalone or in connection with other
conferences or events)
- Resources for the academic community and/or general public
to help them understand the purpose and scientific
as well as technological achievements of RoboCup

Application procedure

The applicants must be either Team Leaders (from 2010-2011), Members of League Technical Committees, Execs, or Trustees.  For Junior leagues, only Members of League Technical Committees, Execs or Trustees can submit applications for activities of type (i) and (iii) only.

Multiple, including collaborative, applications for the same goal are possible (although not encouraged).  In this case, each application must be submitted separately, but it should clearly indicate any relationship with other applications.

A proposal should address the following topics:

* What? Describe exactly the technical content of the proposal and what activity funding is requested for.  Also provide any contextual information that you think is relevant.

* How Much? A budget, in US$, which:  clearly states the amount requested; provides details of the use of requested funds.

* Why? Statement of the objectives of the activity and brief justification for the requested funding; note that priority will be given to activities for which no alternative funds are available.

* Who? Describe who will benefit from the proposed activity and the expected impact on the RoboCup Community and how the expected impact can be evaluated.

* When? Dates of the proposed activity, and date by which funding would be needed.

* Where? Location of the proposed activity.

* Contact details. Name, affiliation, contact details for the responsible party (postal address, email, telephone number, fax), web address of event if available.

Proposals should under no circumstances exceed more than two pages total.

Each application must include a curriculum vitae of the applicant (including a publication list) as appendix of up to two more pages.

Proposals should be submitted in PDF via the EasyChair web review system at the following URL:
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ppprobocup2012

Evaluation of the proposals

The proposal will be evaluated by a specific committee of the Trustees of the RoboCup Federation according to the following criteria:

- Quality of the proposal (technical content and presentation)
- Likely level of impact on for the RoboCup Community
- Scientific merit of the applicant
- Adequacy of resources and budget, cost effectiveness/value for money.

In case of need, the committee may ask for proposal evaluators from within or external to our community. The outcome of the evaluation will be communicated via email to the address specified in the application by January 23, 2012.

The decision of the committee with respect to funding decisions is final, and we will not enter into any correspondence with respect to unsuccessful proposals.

Award of the support

Given the diversity of our community, with different financial constraints for each country and institution, we envision providing the financial support in one of three forms:

a) check reimbursement,
b) voucher for registration fees at RoboCup,
c) cash reimbursement at the RoboCup event.

The timing for awarding of the support will be set as a function of the needs of the activity. In general, it will be based on the completion of the activity, the presentation of a summary report, and original receipts, as applicable.

http://www.robocupdutchopen.org/

April 25-29, 2012 (Eindhoven, The Netherlands)

We are happy to announce the RoboCup Dutch Open 2012, which will be organized
from April 25 – 29 in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Eindhoven is located in the
Brainport region, which is lately voted to be the ‘smartest region of the
world’. The city and region of Eindhoven host several technical educational
institutions as well as high-tech industries.

The RoboCup Dutch Open will organize international competitions in several
RoboCup Senior and Junior leagues. The competitions will be organized in the
indoor sports center in the city of Eindhoven and will be accompanied by
robotics demonstrations and a company-fair.

For teams, high-speed internet and free lunch will be provided. Furthermore,
hotels in a wide variety of classes are available. The city of Eindhoven can
be reached by car, train as well as by plane. On the website http://
www.robocupdutchopen.org you can find more information regarding the location,
hotels and the event.

=== RoboCup Senior Leagues ===

The RoboCup Dutch Open will host the following senior leagues:

- RoboCup Middle-Size League
- RoboCup Humanoid League (Adult size)
- RoboCup Simulation Leagues (2D, 3D, rescue agents, virtual robots)
- RoboCup @Home League
- RoboCup Standard Platform League (demo)

=== RoboCup Junior Leagues ===

Besides the senior leagues, the following junior leagues will be organized at
the RoboCup Dutch Open:
- Soccer challenge
- Rescue challenge

=== Indication of Interest ===

All interested teams are requested to send an email to the local organizer (
A.Visser@uva.nl) with the following information:

<team>
<competition> [the competition you like to participate] </competition>
<name> [your team name here] </name>
<affiliation> [your team affiliation here] </affiliation>
<nation> [nationality] </nation>
<home> [link of your team web page here] </home>
<leader>
<name> [team leader name here] </name>
<email> [team leader email] </email>
<address> [team leader address] </address>
</leader>
<members> [number of your team members (including the leader)] </members>
</team>
Please sent your indication of interest directly. This information will be
used to keep you up to date. No problem if you decline later (but please keep
us informed).

=== Registration ===

The registration for the senior and junior leagues will open on December 15,
2011. To register, please visit the website http://www.robocupdutchopen.org/
registration. The website contains more information regarding the
registration, the fee and the conditions. The deadline for registration is ***
February 1, 2012 ***. You can update your registration information through the
website until the deadline.
We are looking forward to meeting you in Eindhoven.

On behalf of the organizing committee.

Best Regards,

Arnoud Visser, Luis Paulo Reis, Sander van Dijk and Roel Merry

Call for Participation

http://www.robocupgermanopen.de

29 March – 1 April 2012

MESSE MAGDEBURG, Germany

The RoboCup German Open 2012 will be the 11th open RoboCup
competition held in Germany. The event will take place in Magdeburg
at MESSE MAGDEBURG.

– RoboCup Major Leagues (International) —————————-

Competitions will be held in the following leagues:

- RoboCupSoccer Standard Platform League
- RoboCupSoccer Humanoid League (Kid-Size)
- RoboCupSoccer Small-Size League
- RoboCupRescue Robot League
- RoboCup@Home League
- Logistics League sponsored by Festo

Registration is open since 1 December 2011, the deadline is
*** 15 January 2012 ***. Visit http://major.robocupgermanopen.de to
register your RoboCup Major League team. Details on the registration
(fee, accommodation, rules) are available on the web site. Booking of
blocked accommodation is possible during registration.

– RoboCup Junior (Germany only) ———————————–

The German RoboCup Junior qualification for RoboCup 2012 is done in
two steps. German teams qualify in four local tournaments in Berlin,
Hannover, Sankt Augustin and Vöhringen for the 12th German RoboCup
Junior Championship which is held within the RoboCup German Open.
The best Junior teams will go to Mexico. The registration for teams
is open. The deadline is *** 15 December 2011 ***.

You may contact the organizers for individual questions at
major@robocupgermanopen.de

See you all again at the 11th RoboCup German Open 2012!

Best regards,

Ansgar Bredenfeld
(Chair RoboCup German Open)

The Major Leagues Organising Committee
- Tim Laue (Small Size League)
- Thomas Röfer (Standard Platform League)
- Sven Behnke (Humanoid League)
- Johannes Pellenz, Adam Jacoff (Rescue Robot League)
- Paul Plöger (RoboCup@Home League)
- Ulrich Karras (Logistics League)

RoboCup German Open 2012 is a cooperation of the German RoboCup
Committee with Landeshauptstadt Magdeburg and the University of
Magdeburg.

The Organising Committee is supported by students and volunteers
of the University of Magdeburg.

The RoboCup Federation is pleased to issue this call for proposals to fund community driven efforts in 2012 to benefit our RoboCup Community (i.e. “from RoboCuppers for RoboCuppers”).

The funding will be in the range of US$1K to US$5K and the proposed activities must be completed by the end of 2012.  We expect to assign a total of up to US$50K as the total to all the awards selected.

The list of examples given below in (i) – (iii) is absolutely not intended to be exhaustive. We strongly encourage you to consider innovative ways in which the goals set out below can be achieved.

We prefer not to fund activities where alternative sources of funding are readily available.

Goals of funding and activities considered for funding

In providing this funding we aim at supporting three types of activities, namely:
(i) to benefit the infrastructure of our RoboCup events,
(ii) to contribute to strongly RoboCup-focused research efforts
based on exchange of people,
(iii) to promote the education on specific RoboCup topics.

Type of activities to be supported

(i) INFRASTRUCTURE

This includes developments of infrastructure (usually software or hardware) to support significant advancements of the RoboCup leagues and of the RoboCup community which are difficult to achieve otherwise.

Examples of proposals under this category are (but not limited to) implementation of:

- Infrastructure for sharing open source code and other design best practices
- Game controllers
- Simulator extensions
- Middleware to support mixed teams
- Automated referees
- Automated game commentators, e.g., for facebook and/or tweeter
- Defining and mining a RoboCup social network
- Creating a database of job positions
- Development of open software and/or hardware platforms

Requests to buy hardware for the competition infrastructure will not be accepted within this call and would be handled outside the scope of this call.

(ii) EXCHANGE

This includes exchange of team members to promote interchange and integration of research from different sources.

Examples of proposals under this category are (but not limited to):

- Student exchange among RoboCup Teams (not applicable to Junior students)
- Faculty exchange among RoboCup Teams
- RoboCup camp/workshop attendance
- Conference attendance for presentation of RoboCup papers

(iii) EDUCATION

This includes support of RoboCup events, excluding competitions.

Examples of proposals under this category are (but not limited to):

- RoboCup camps
- RoboCup workshops (standalone or in connection with other
conferences or events)
- Resources for the academic community and/or general public
to help them understand the purpose and scientific
as well as technological achievements of RoboCup

Application procedure

The applicants must be either Team Leaders (from 2010-2011), Members of League Technical Committees, Execs, or Trustees.  For Junior leagues, only Members of League Technical Committees, Execs or Trustees can submit applications for activities of type (i) and (iii) only.

Multiple, including collaborative, applications for the same goal are possible (although not encouraged).  In this case, each application must be submitted separately, but it should clearly indicate any relationship with other applications.

A proposal should address the following topics:

* What? Describe exactly the technical content of the proposal and what activity funding is requested for.  Also provide any contextual information that you think is relevant.

* How Much? A budget, in US$, which:  clearly states the amount requested; provides details of the use of requested funds.

* Why? Statement of the objectives of the activity and brief justification for the requested funding; note that priority will be given to activities for which no alternative funds are available.

* Who? Describe who will benefit from the proposed activity and the expected impact on the RoboCup Community and how the expected impact can be evaluated.

* When? Dates of the proposed activity, and date by which funding would be needed.

* Where? Location of the proposed activity.

* Contact details. Name, affiliation, contact details for the responsible party (postal address, email, telephone number, fax), web address of event if available.

Proposals should under no circumstances exceed more than two pages total.

Each application must include a curriculum vitae of the applicant (including a publication list) as appendix of up to two more pages.

Proposals should be submitted in PDF via the EasyChair web review system at the following URL:
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ppprobocup2012

Evaluation of the proposals

The proposal will be evaluated by a specific committee of the Trustees of the RoboCup Federation according to the following criteria:

- Quality of the proposal (technical content and presentation)
- Likely level of impact on for the RoboCup Community
- Scientific merit of the applicant
- Adequacy of resources and budget, cost effectiveness/value for money.

In case of need, the committee may ask for proposal evaluators from within or external to our community. The outcome of the evaluation will be communicated via email to the address specified in the application by January 23, 2012.

The decision of the committee with respect to funding decisions is final, and we will not enter into any correspondence with respect to unsuccessful proposals.

Award of the support

Given the diversity of our community, with different financial constraints for each country and institution, we envision providing the financial support in one of three forms:

a) check reimbursement,
b) voucher for registration fees at RoboCup,
c) cash reimbursement at the RoboCup event.

The timing for awarding of the support will be set as a function of the needs of the activity. In general, it will be based on the completion of the activity, the presentation of a summary report, and original receipts, as applicable.

RoboCup 2012

June 18 – 24, 2012 (Mexico City, MEXICO)

http://www.robocup2012.org

RoboCup is an international initiative that fosters research and education
in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence through a variety of competitions including
RoboCupSoccer, RoboCupRescue, RoboCup@Home, RoboCupJunior and other leagues.

**Important Dates**

Major Leagues:

• Team Pre-Registration Deadline*: February 15, 2012
• Team Qualification Deadline: March 15, 2012
• Early Registration: March 1 – April 30, 2012
• Regular Registration: May 1 – May 31, 2012 (No team registration accepted after May 31)
• Late registration: June 1 – June 23, 2012
• Team Setup: June 18 & 19, 2012
• Competitions: June 20 – 23, 2012 (Final June 23)
• Symposium: June 24, 2012

Note *: Pre-registration deadlines for some leagues may vary.

Junior Leagues:

• Submission of placeholder applications by regional reps: January 27 – February 17, 2012
• Release of team allocations (quota for each country/region): February 25, 2012
• Pre-registration by regional reps: March 1 – April 30, 2012
• Registration: March 1 – May 31, 2012 (No team registration accepted after May 31)
• Late registration: June 1 – June 23, 2012
• Team Setup: June 19, 2012
• Competitions: June 20 – 23, 2012
• Symposium: June 24, 2012

For additional information please check the web site.

RoboCup 2012 Organizing Committee