Intelligent Systems Division - Performance Metrics and Test Arenas for Autonomous Mobile Robots

Urban Search and Rescue
Robot Competitions

2006 Events

RoboCupRescue - World Championship and Symposium

Host:	Messe Bremen and the University of Bremen
Location:	Bremen, Germany
Dates:	January 31, 2006:	Submit Team Participation Form to rescue.robot.league@nist.gov
	February 15, 2006:	Submit Team Description Paper and Travel Support Form to rescue.robot.league@nist.gov
	March 3, 2006:	Announcement of Qualified Teams
	June 14-18, 2006:	Competition
	June 19-20, 2006:	Symposium - RoboCupRescue papers for the symposium must be submitted through the main event website
Website:	www.robocup2006.org/start?lang=en
Event:	Qualified Teams

Regional Open Competions

RoboCupRescue - US Open

Host:	Georgia Institute of Technology
Location:	Atlanta, GA, USA
Dates:	January 31, 2006:	Submit Team Participation Form to rescue.robot.league@nist.gov
	February 15, 2006:	Submit Team Description Paper and Travel Support Form to rescue.robot.league@nist.gov
	March 3, 2006:	Announcement of Qualified Teams
	April 20-23, 2006:	Competition
	April 24, 2006:	Symposium - RoboCupRescue papers for the symposium must be submitted through the main event website
Website:	www.robocup-us.org/
Event:	Qualified Teams

RoboCupRescue - Iran Open

Host:	Islamic Azad University
Location:	Tehran, Iran
Date:	April 7-9, 2006
Website:	www.iranopen.org/index.html

RoboCupRescue - Dutch Open

Host:	Robotfestival Eindhoven foundation
Location:	Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Date:	April 7-9, 2006
Website:	www.roboludens.nl/

RoboCupRescue - Japan Open

Host:	RoboCup Japanese National Committee
Location:	Kitakyushu, Japan
Date:	May 4-6, 2006
Website:	www.robocup.or.jp/

Rescue Robotics Camp

Host:	Università di Roma "La Sapienza''
Location:	Rome, Italy
Date:	October 28 - November 1, 2006
Website:	http://sied.dis.uniroma1.it/camp/

News and Information

RoboCupRescue - Robot League Email List Server and Archive

(Hosted by Georgia Tech University)

The goal of annual RoboCupRescue Robot League competitions is to increase awareness of the challenges involved in urban search and rescue (US&R) applications, provide objective evaluation of robotic implementations in representative environments, and promote collaboration between researchers.

The intent of this email list is to help teams quicken the pace of advancement in US&R robotics by:
1) providing practical help in overcoming technical problems that arise,
2) promoting and leveraging successful approaches and implementations,
3) encouraging collaboration with other teams demonstrating complimentary technical capabilities in mobility, sensory perception, planning, mapping, and practical operator interfaces.

The ultimate goal, of course, is to develop complete and effective robotic systems that can be deployed in the field to save lives. Hopefully, this email list will help get us there faster, and make it easier for teams to contribute along the way.

To subscribe, go to: https://mailman.cc.gatech.edu/mailman/listinfo/robocup-rescue-r

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Date Created: December 27, 2005
Last updated: February 12, 2008

Urban Search and Rescue Robot Competitions