List of Competitions, Challenges and Events (in order of submissions)
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IROS2018 Fan Robotic Challenge
Organizer: Fernado Martín Monar (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain)
Organizers: Hyungpil Moon (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea), David Hyunchul Shim (KAIST, Korea), Si Jung Kim (University of Nevada, USA), Pascual Campoy (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain)
Industrial Robot Obstacle Race Competition
Organizers: Jesús Enrique Sierra García (ASTI, Spain), Felipe Espinosa (University of Alalá, Spain)
European Robotics League: Service Robots, Major Tournament
Organizers: Pedro U. Lima (Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal), Jordi Pages (PAL Robotics, Spain)
Program-A-Robot Challenge
Organizer: José María Cañas Plaza (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain)
IROS Mobile Manipulation Hackathon
Organizers: Maximo A. Roa, (German Aerospace Center, Germany), Mehmet Dogar (University of Leeds, UK), Nikolaus Correll (University of Colorado, USA), Francesco Ferro (PAL Robotics, Spain), Carlos Vivas (PAL Robotics, Spain), Jordi Pages (PAL Robotics, Spain), Antonio Morales (Universidad Jaume I, Spain)
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Minesweepers: Towards a Landmine-free World
Organizers: Alaa Khamis (General Motors, Canada), Mohamed Aboud (Hadath for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Egypt)
Humanoid Robot Application Challenge - Robot Magic
Organizer: Jacky Baltes (National Taiwan Normal University, ROC)
MathWorks Mini Drone Competition
Organizer: Lauren Tabolinsky (MathWorks, USA)
Autonomous Vehicles Event
Organizers: Christian Laugier (INRIA, France), Philippe Martinet (INRIA, France), Christoph Stiller (Karlsruhe Institute of Tecnhnology, D), Urbano Nunes (University of Coimbra, Portugal), Miguel Angel Sotelo (University Alcala, Spain)
List of Competitions, Challenges and Events (in order of submissions)
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IROS2018 Fan Robotic Challenge
Organizer: Fernado Martín Monar (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain)
Organizers: Hyungpil Moon (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea), David Hyunchul Shim (KAIST, Korea), Si Jung Kim (University of Nevada, USA), Pascual Campoy (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain)
Industrial Robot Obstacle Race Competition
Organizers: Jesús Enrique Sierra García (ASTI, Spain), Felipe Espinosa (University of Alalá, Spain)
European Robotics League: Service Robots, Major Tournament
Organizers: Pedro U. Lima (Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal), Jordi Pages (PAL Robotics, Spain)
Program-A-Robot Challenge
Organizer: José María Cañas Plaza (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain)
IROS Mobile Manipulation Hackathon
Organizers: Maximo A. Roa, (German Aerospace Center, Germany), Mehmet Dogar (University of Leeds, UK), Nikolaus Correll (University of Colorado, USA), Francesco Ferro (PAL Robotics, Spain), Carlos Vivas (PAL Robotics, Spain), Jordi Pages (PAL Robotics, Spain), Antonio Morales (Universidad Jaume I, Spain)
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Minesweepers: Towards a Landmine-free World
Organizers: Alaa Khamis (General Motors, Canada), Mohamed Aboud (Hadath for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Egypt)
Humanoid Robot Application Challenge - Robot Magic
Organizer: Jacky Baltes (National Taiwan Normal University, ROC)
MathWorks Mini Drone Competition
Organizer: Lauren Tabolinsky (MathWorks, USA)
Autonomous Vehicles Event
Organizers: Christian Laugier (INRIA, France), Philippe Martinet (INRIA, France), Christoph Stiller (Karlsruhe Institute of Tecnhnology, D), Urbano Nunes (University of Coimbra, Portugal), Miguel Angel Sotelo (University Alcala, Spain)
List of Competitions, Challenges and Events (in order of submissions)
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IROS2018 Fan Robotic Challenge
Organizer: Fernado Martín Monar (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain)
Organizers: Hyungpil Moon (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea), David Hyunchul Shim (KAIST, Korea), Si Jung Kim (University of Nevada, USA), Pascual Campoy (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain)
Industrial Robot Obstacle Race Competition
Organizers: Jesús Enrique Sierra García (ASTI, Spain), Felipe Espinosa (University of Alalá, Spain)
European Robotics League: Service Robots, Major Tournament
Organizers: Pedro U. Lima (Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal), Jordi Pages (PAL Robotics, Spain)
Program-A-Robot Challenge
Organizer: José María Cañas Plaza (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain)
IROS Mobile Manipulation Hackathon
Organizers: Maximo A. Roa, (German Aerospace Center, Germany), Mehmet Dogar (University of Leeds, UK), Nikolaus Correll (University of Colorado, USA), Francesco Ferro (PAL Robotics, Spain), Carlos Vivas (PAL Robotics, Spain), Jordi Pages (PAL Robotics, Spain), Antonio Morales (Universidad Jaume I, Spain)
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Minesweepers: Towards a Landmine-free World
Organizers: Alaa Khamis (General Motors, Canada), Mohamed Aboud (Hadath for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Egypt)
Humanoid Robot Application Challenge - Robot Magic
Organizer: Jacky Baltes (National Taiwan Normal University, ROC)
MathWorks Mini Drone Competition
Organizer: Lauren Tabolinsky (MathWorks, USA)
Autonomous Vehicles Event
Organizers: Christian Laugier (INRIA, France), Philippe Martinet (INRIA, France), Christoph Stiller (Karlsruhe Institute of Tecnhnology, D), Urbano Nunes (University of Coimbra, Portugal), Miguel Angel Sotelo (University Alcala, Spain)
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.
If the number of accepted papers is bigger than 8, papers will be allocated in two sessions and if necessary will be completed with regular papers of similar topic. Just in case that the number of accepted papers is less than 8, the papers will be reassigned to the other regular sessions according to the topic.
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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.
If the number of accepted papers is bigger than 8, papers will be allocated in two sessions and if necessary will be completed with regular papers of similar topic. Just in case that the number of accepted papers is less than 8, the papers will be reassigned to the other regular sessions according to the topic.
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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.
If the number of accepted papers is bigger than 8, papers will be allocated in two sessions and if necessary will be completed with regular papers of similar topic. Just in case that the number of accepted papers is less than 8, the papers will be reassigned to the other regular sessions according to the topic.
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October, 1-5, 2018 Madrid, Spain
As a result of the reviews, 48 proposals have been accepted for the Workshops sessions at the 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robot and Systems (IROS2018). The workshops will be held on Monday, 1st October and Friday, 5th October, 2018. There are 33 full-day workshops and 15 half-day ones. Morning sessions are from 9:00 until 13:30, with a half-hour coffee break at 11:00. Afternoon sessions are from 14:30 until 19:00, with a half-hour coffee break at 16:30 (times to be confirmed).
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Registration is required for the workshops, through the IROS2018 registration website. The workshop registration gives you access to all workshops (and tutorials) on both workshop/tutorials days (1st and 5th October). However, you need to select the workshops (and/or tutorials) of your interest from the list on the registration site. (Also note that the workshops might be re-numbered for better consistency in the final program).
As a result of the reviews, 48 proposals have been accepted for the Workshops sessions at the 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robot and Systems (IROS2018). The workshops will be held on Monday, 1st October and Friday, 5th October, 2018. There are 33 full-day workshops and 15 half-day ones. Morning sessions are from 9:00 until 13:30, with a half-hour coffee break at 11:00. Afternoon sessions are from 14:30 until 19:00, with a half-hour coffee break at 16:30 (times to be confirmed).
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Registration is required for the workshops, through the IROS2018 registration website. The workshop registration gives you access to all workshops (and tutorials) on both workshop/tutorials days (1st and 5th October). However, you need to select the workshops (and/or tutorials) of your interest from the list on the registration site. (Also note that the workshops might be re-numbered for better consistency in the final program).
Technical Tours
Three technical tours will be held in IROS 2018. Registration is needed for each of them, and has to be done onsite at the Technical Tours registration desk. Tours are limited to 50 people each, and are for free for participants. Admission is done upon registration, first come first served. The bus for each tour will depart punctually, in front of the main door of the venue.
Tour 1
October 2
9:00 – 11:30
AIRBUS
Getafe
Tour 2
October 3
11:00 – 13:30
ESAC
Villanueva de la Cañada
Tour 3
October 4
11:00 – 13:30
CAR - CSIC
Arganda del Rey
Tour 1: AIRBUS
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Date: October 2, 09:00-11:30.
Departure: 9:00, from main door of Municipal Conference Centre. Tour starts at 9:30
Location: Paseo John Lennon, s/n, 28906 Getafe, Madrid
Tour coordinator: Dr. Silvia Lazcano, Head of R&T program at Airbus Operations S.L.
Airbus is a global pioneer in the aerospace industry, operating in the commercial aircraft, helicopters, defence and space sectors.
The Company is a leader in designing, manufacturing and delivering aerospace products, services and solutions to customers on a worldwide scale.
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As the largest aeronautics and space company in Europe and a worldwide leader, Airbus is at the forefront of the aviation industry, building the most innovative commercial aircraft and consistently capturing about half of all commercial airliner orders.
Thanks to its deep understanding of changing market needs, customer focus and technological innovation, Airbus helps airlines grow and people connect. 7.500 people works directly for the three Airbus Divisions inMadrid area. During the visit, you will see the assembly of structures of different commercial aircrafts.
Tour 2: ESAC (European Space Agency centre)
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Date: October 3, 11:00-13:30
Departure: 11:00, from main door of Municipal Conference Centre. Tour starts at 11:30.
Location: Camino Bajo del Castillo, s/n, urb. Villafranca del Castillo, 28692 Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid
url: http://www.esa.int/About_Us/ESAC
Tour coordinator: Dr. Javier Ventura-Traveset, ESAC Director’s Office & Head of Galileo navigation Science office and Dr Michel Breitfellner, CESAR ESA Education programme & Mars Express Science Operations
The European Space Agency (ESA) is Europe’s gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world.ESA is an international organisation with 22 Member States. By coordinating the financial and intellectual resources of its members, it can undertake programmes and activities far beyond the scope of any single European country.
ESAC, the European Space Astronomy Centre, is a hub for science operations and a centre of excellence for space science. ESAC is where the science operations of all ESA astronomy and planetary missions are conducted, and where all the scientific data obtained by them are archived and made accessible to the world.
Tour 3: CAR-CSIC
Date: October 4, 11:00-13:30;
Departure: 11:00, from main door of Municipal Conference Centre. Tour starts at 11:30
Location: Ctra. M300 Campo Real, Km 0,200, Arganda del Rey, 28500 Madrid
url: https://www.car.upm-csic.es
Tour coordinator: Prof. Manuel Ferre, Director CAR UPM-CSIC
The Centre for Automation and Robotics (CAR) is a joint research centre of the Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) and the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM). The main objective of CAR is to develop applied research which aims at offering useful results for the society in the field of Robotics and Automation. Around one hundred researchers work at CAR and their activities are focused on the following scientific-technological areas: Control Engineering, Artificial Perception, Intelligent Robots and Applied Robotics.
