RoCKIn addresses two challenges — RoCKIn@Home and RoCKIn@Work — that take inspiration from the corresponding RoboCup competitions, but focus on benchmarking and networked robot systems. Both challenges require basic navigation capabilities for mobile platforms, advanced (possibly distributed) perception, manipulation and human-robot interaction.
RoCKIn@Home focuses on tasks that service robots execute in a real home environment, while the tasks to be performed in RoCKIn@Work target an industrial automation scenario.
The RoCKIn Competition 2015, to be held in Lisboa’s main science museum “Pavilion of Knowledge”, November 19-23, 2015, will be the second and major RoCKIn competition event. The first competition took place in Toulouse last year and was a tremendous success.
RoCKIn is short for “Robot Competitions Kick Innovation in Cognitive Systems and Robotics” and it is an EU-funded Coordination Action aiming at the promotion of research and education in Robotics through competitions.
The important dates for the application (2 steps), qualification and registration process regarding the RoCKIn Competition 2015 are:
Schedule
- Intention to participate: 31 May 2015
- Application deadline: 31 August 2015
- Decision on Qualified Teams: 08 September 2015
- Registration open: 09-30 September 2015 (for the qualified teams only)
All teams interested to participate in RoCKIn Competition 2015 should declare first their intention to participate (until 31 May 2015) following the instructions on the website. A significant amount of money has been made available for travel support, which will be allocated according to need and strength of application.