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Competition Format and Rules:

Due to Covid-19, the competition will be online. Contestants will live-stream their performance on a specified time slot before the competition days and then selected recorded streaming videos will be shown on the competition days. The selected teams will also be invited to give a technical presentation on their technology. The competition has two tracks: service robot track and manufacturing track. Teams can participate in one or both tracks. In both tracks, a complete robotic system should be used. All tasks should be performed autonomously without any human input. Teleoperation is NOT allowed.
Teams are also invited to submit a technical paper to the RA-L Special Issue on Robotic Grasping and Manipulation Challenges and Progress.

Service Robot Track:
The service robot track has one simple task -- make five cups of iced Matcha green tea. The setups, and competition rules are provided with detail >>HERE<<.

Manufacturing Track:
There will be two manufacturing sub-tasks in the competition, disassembly and assembly using a NIST Task Board (NTB). Due to the competition format, up to ten teams will be selected to compete. A pre-competition NTB design will be made available for selected teams to continue development of their systems leading up to the competition. A new NTB with modified assembly positions (very similar to the pre-competition task board), and new parts (identical to all parts used in practice), will be supplied prior to a team's scheduled on-line competition run. All details can be found HERE.  

Tentative PRIZES

Competition Registration

Teams from academia and industry are equally welcome to participate. One person can only participate in one team. Each team cannot have more than 5 members (including the team leader). Each team will need to provide the following information to register:

Service Robot Track -- A one-page description about your team. It should include the names of team members, their affiliations and contacts, who the team leader is, which track to participate, a brief description of the team's technology, robotic systems, and sensor systems.

Manufacturing Track -- One to two-page description of the robotic assembly system that you will use to compete. Include descriptions of your autonomous assembly strategies and robotic assembly system; robot manipulators, end effector technology, sensors used for perception, control software and any plans for incorporating the use of supplied CAD data. Solutions that rely primarily on teaching (also called lead through programming) are not recommended. Images and Videos that help describe your system and operating principles are encouraged, but not required. Also include shipping information for sending NTBs in the case that your team is selected as follows:
Company/Organization:
*Attention:
Address:
Country/Territory:
Postal Code:
City or Town:
State/Province/County:
Telephone:
E-mail Address:

* It's very important that a person's name is included in the Attention field.
Note: The organizers cannot guarantee the shipping times of the NTBs. Therefore, we have also included all sources and instructions for producing the practice boards on the manufacturing track web site.

Each team must email the required registration information in PDF to yusun AT mail.usf.edu prior to the deadline.

Deadlines

Schedule (tentative)

• Competition uncut videos
• Team technical presentations
• Discussions

Organizing Committee