IROS 2018 Fan Robotic Challenge

The first robotic challenge for IROS2018 is here, and we would like you to join the competition!

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Description

The IROS2018 fan Robotic Challenge is a technical challenge organised by IROS2018 Local Organizing Committee, where robots have to manipulate the official IROS2018 Spanish fan as good and fast as possible. Two main features will score during this process: a) time and b) degree of opening and closing of the fan.

The challenge has a first phase (October 2017 – March 2018) of video submission, with two modalities of increasing complexity. Prize for winners of both modalities of Phase I will be acceptance of their paper in IROS2018 –a Special Session will be organized for this.

In Phase II, the objective is to open and close the fan in real-time with the real platform during the conference. This phase is independent of Phase I and all researchers are called for participation.

In order to participate, it is possible to choose between two different options:

Using your own robot (via streaming): According to the competition schedule, a member of your team should be prepared to execute your algorithm from your research center.
KUKA robot: This sponsor will provide a robot for the competition. Participants should specify in the application form that they want to be considered to use the KUKA robot. Among the candidates, the company will select the most suitable ones for the competition. KUKA will contact the participants with instructions on how to apply to this competition modality and its benefits, which include travel expenses support.

Three winners will be chosen in Phase II. Prize for Phase II winners: 1.000 €.

We encourage you to register. Participation in Phase I is not a requirement to join Phase II. Deadline for Phase II registration is June 30, 2018.

How to participate

Phase I: Prospective participants must submit their videos via email to fanchallenge@iros2018.org under the subject “IROSfan Challenge, Phase I, modality (A or B), Institution Name”.

Phase II: send an email to fanchallenge@iros2018.org with your team information. The subject of the email must be:
IROSfan Challenge, Phase II “Name of your Institution”

IMPORTANT DATES

All deadlines are 23:59 PST

Mar 31, 2018

Deadline for submission of videos – Phase I

Apr 30, 2018

Notification of winners

Jun 29, 2018

Deadline for submission of Phase I winners papers

Jun 30, 2018

Deadline for registration for Phase II

Oct 2 - 4, 2018

Competition – Phase II

Phase I Winners

Modality A:

UMass-NASA, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

Cothink Robotics and Feifan AI, Changsha, China

SRM Team, Chennai, India

Modality B:

KOREATECH, Chungnam, South Korea

DLR Team ZLP, Augsburg, Germany

CORO, Montreal, Canada

Phase I winners will present their papers in a Special Session at IROS 2018 – date to be confirmed.

List of Competitions, Challenges and Events (in order of submissions)

List of Competitions, Challenges and Events (in order of submissions)

List of Competitions, Challenges and Events (in order of submissions)

As the results of the reviews, 14 proposals had been accepted for the Special Session at the 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robot and Systems (IROS2018).

Each organizer collects at least 8 papers for each Special Session. They will be reviewed similar to the regular papers and only the accepted ones will be published in the IROS2018 Proceedings. The organizer will be invited to be the Chair of the Special Session and responsible for.

As the results of the reviews, 14 proposals had been accepted for the Special Session at the 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robot and Systems (IROS2018).

Each organizer collects at least 8 papers for each Special Session. They will be reviewed similar to the regular papers and only the accepted ones will be published in the IROS2018 Proceedings. The organizer will be invited to be the Chair of the Special Session and responsible for.

As the results of the reviews, 14 proposals had been accepted for the Special Session at the 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robot and Systems (IROS2018).

Each organizer collects at least 8 papers for each Special Session. They will be reviewed similar to the regular papers and only the accepted ones will be published in the IROS2018 Proceedings. The organizer will be invited to be the Chair of the Special Session and responsible for.

October, 1-5, 2018 Madrid, Spain

IROS 2018 Fan Robotic Challenge

Description

IMPORTANT DATES

Phase I Winners

As the results of the reviews, 14 proposals had been accepted for the Special Session at the 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robot and Systems (IROS2018).

Each organizer collects at least 8 papers for each Special Session. They will be reviewed similar to the regular papers and only the accepted ones will be published in the IROS2018 Proceedings. The organizer will be invited to be the Chair of the Special Session and responsible for.

As the results of the reviews, 14 proposals had been accepted for the Special Session at the 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robot and Systems (IROS2018).

Each organizer collects at least 8 papers for each Special Session. They will be reviewed similar to the regular papers and only the accepted ones will be published in the IROS2018 Proceedings. The organizer will be invited to be the Chair of the Special Session and responsible for.

As the results of the reviews, 14 proposals had been accepted for the Special Session at the 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robot and Systems (IROS2018).

Each organizer collects at least 8 papers for each Special Session. They will be reviewed similar to the regular papers and only the accepted ones will be published in the IROS2018 Proceedings. The organizer will be invited to be the Chair of the Special Session and responsible for.

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IROS 2018 Fan Robotic Challenge

Description

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IMPORTANT DATES

Phase I Winners

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