ARTRC-UR2022: Advancing Research Through Robot Competition – A reflection from academia, sponsors, and the public Ramada Plaza Jeju Jeju, North Korea, July 4-6, 2022 |
Conference website | https://www.bioeng-unsw.com/conferencesworkshops/advancing-research-through-robot-competitionubiquitous-robotics |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=artrcur2022 |
Submission deadline | May 20, 2022 |
Workshop Date | July 4, 2022 |
List of Topics
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Robot competitions
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Transition from lab to the real world
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Methods of winning robot competitions
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How to create a robot competition
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How to construct a robot competition to get progress in the right direction
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Simulation to real-world
Dates
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Submission Opens: March 7, 2022
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Submission Deadline: May 20, 2022
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Response: May 27, 2022
Overview
Advancing Research Through Robot Competition – A reflection from academia, sponsors, and the public focuses on the outcomes of robot competitions. This workshop will focus on all types of robotic competitions and not just those are swarm robotics related. This workshop is a follow on to our previous workshop, The Office of Naval Research (ONR) Virtual Early Applied Research Discovery & Innovation (D&I) Swarm Robotics Workshop 2. Workshop 2 was a follow-up to explore topics that arose from the first workshop and to better inform ONR on a potential swarm D&I program. The first workshop focused on the general discussion of what it would take to advance swarms past basic research and to bridge the reality gap. Two primary topics stood out from the workshop as areas to explore, a reference mission and a common testbed. The goal for the second workshop was to bring together top experts in the field of swarm robotics to discuss these topics in more detail and to understand where the gaps are. The key topics of early applied research were found to be: logistics; metrics; transition between simulation and the real-world; scalability; behaviors; perception; adaptability, robustness, and resilience; and working with academia.
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Workshop 3 (this workshop) specifically focuses on transitions between simulation and the real-world as well as working with academia.
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Key objectives for this workshop will be to determine:
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1. The common technical challenges/assumptions within the robot competitions.
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2. The common critical gaps that arise from the simplifications used in the competitions.
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3. The common constraints imposed in the competitions (safety, battery life, communication, etc.) and why were they imposed.
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4. What we learn from competitions?
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5. The major benefits/takeaways?
Venue
Ramada Plaza Jeju, Jeju, S. Korea and Online (Hybrid) - Wednesday, July 4-6th, 2022
Contact
Prof Sridhar Ravi - UNSW-Canberra
Email: sridhar.ravi@adfa.edu.au
Daniel M. Lofaro Ph.D – Office of Naval Research Global, Tokyo / U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington D.C.
Email: daniel.lofaro@nrl.navy.mil
Donald Sofge – U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington D.C.
Email: donald.sofge@nrl.navy.mil
Tristan Schuler – U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington D.C.
Email: tristan.schuler@nrl.navy.mil
Dr. Fumin Zhang – Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA
Email: fumin@gatech.edu