Schedule

Oct. 10, 8:30am-12:00pm, Dry-run

Oct. 11, 1:30pm-3:30pm, Manipulation, track 1

Oct. 11, 4:00pm-6:00pm, Manipulation, track 2

Oct. 12, 9:00am-9:30am, pick-and-place, track 3

Oct. 12, 10:00am-10:30am, pick-and-place, track 2

Oct. 12, 11:00am-11:30am, pick-and-place, track 1
(The competition venue is open from 8:30am to 6pm. Each team will have a dedicated table. So the teams can come and prepare for the competition during the day. But it could be very noisy when the drone competition is in action.)

Teams

Track 1: Hand-in-Hand

1. Team: University of Colorado at Boulder
Members: Radhen Patel, Jorge Canardo Alastuey, Dr. Jacob Segil, Prof. Nikolaus Correll
Hardware: Robotic Arm: Kinova Jaco Arm, Robotic Hand: Motion Control ETD


2. Team: Dorabot&Cobot
Members: Zhikang Wang, Shuo Liu, Zhe Hu, Mingu Kwon, Dandan Zhou, Yi Xu, Zhongtao Fu, Miao Li, and Hao Zhang
Hardware: Dorabot

3. Team: Northeastern University
Members: Lina HAO, Hui YANG Yang CHEN Shao Fei GUO Yan Lei MA
Hardware: NEU hand

4. Team: Tsinghua University
Members: Fuchun Sun, Bin Fang, Di Guo, Tao Kong, Jingming Xuan.
Hardware: Tsinghua robotic arm and hand

5. UNIPI-IIT-QB Team
Members: Antonio Bicchi, Manuel Catalano, Mateo Bianchi, Giorgio Grioli, Manolo Garabini, Alessio Rocchi, Edoardo Farnioli, Hamal Marino, Manuel Bonilla, Cristina Piazza, Cosimo Della Santina, Emmanuele Luberto, Gaspare Santaera, Alberto Brando, Fabio Bonomo, Alessandro Raugi.
Hardware: Pisa/IIT SoftHand

6. University of Tulsa
Members: Dipayan Das, Nathanael Rake, Dr. Joshua Schultz
Hardware: Tulsa hand

7. Team: George Mason University
Members: Eadom Dessalene, Daniel Lofaro
Hardware: Baxter+EZGripper


Track 2: Autonomous

1. Team: Dorabot&Cobot
Members: Zhikang Wang, Shuo Liu, Zhe Hu, Mingu Kwon, Dandan Zhou, Yi Xu, Zhongtao Fu, Miao Li, and Hao Zhang
Hardware: Dorabot

2. Team: University of Colorado at Boulder
Members: Radhen Patel, Jorge Canardo Alastuey, Dr. Jacob Segil, Prof. Nikolaus Correll
Hardware: Robotic Arm: Kinova Jaco Arm, Robotic Hand: Motion Control ETD

3. Team: Sungkyunkwan University
Members: Dongmin Choi, Byungjin Jung.
Hardware: SKKU Arm and Hand

4. Team: Tsinghua University
Members: Fuchun Sun, Huaping Liu, Bin Fang, Di Guo, Tao Kong, Jingming Xuan.
Hardware: Tsinghua robotic arm and hand

5. Team: George Mason University
Members: Eadom Dessalene and Daniel Lofaro
Hardware: Baxter and EZGripper

Track 3: Simulation

Team: Dorabot&Cobot

Team: UNIPI-IIT-QB Team

Team: KGPGMR, India (Kumar Abhinav)

Team: Duke University (Jianqiao Li)

Competition Format and Rules:

With real robotic systems, there are two tracks and two stages for each track. Each team will be provided a station at the competition site. Ten objects are placed in a bin. The manipulation environment is setup on the station.

Track 1: Hand-in-hand grasping

Stage 1: Pick-and-place.
Ten objects are randomly placed in a shopping basket. The goal is to pick the objects up and place them at predefined spots on a table one by one. A detailed description of the objects are at >>HERE<<
Each team will have a maximum limit of five attempts to complete the pick-and-place stage. All five attempts must be completed in 30 minutes.
A human operator (a volunteer) holds the robotic hand and perform grasping by precisely following the instruction displayed on a computer screen. The instruction is automatically generated by the team’s computer. No human input or teleoperation from the team is allowed during grasping or placing.

Stage 2: Manipulation.
A detailed description of the manipulation tasks are at >>HERE<<. The contestants have 120 minutes to gain as many points as possible.
A human operator (a volunteer) holds the robotic hand and perform grasping by precisely following the instruction displayed on a computer screen. The instruction is automatically generated by the team’s computer. No human input or teleoperation from the team is allowed during grasping. After grasping, the competing robotic hand can be either directly operated by a human operator.

Track 2: Fully autonomous
In this track, a complete robotic system should be used. All grasping tasks are performed autonomous without any human inputs. Teleoperation is allowed in some of the physical-interactive manipulation tasks.

Stage 1: Pick-and-place.
Ten objects are randomly placed in a shopping basket. The goal is to pick the objects up and place them at predefined spots on a table one by one. A detailed description of the objects are at >>HERE<<.
Each team will have a maximum limit of five attempts to complete the pick-and-place stage. All five attempts must be completed in 30 minutes.

Stage 2: Manipulation.
A detailed description of the manipulation tasks are at >>HERE<<. The contestants have 120 minutes to gain as many points as possible.


Ranking rules:
The total scores earned in both stages are accumulated and used to rank the contestants. If there is a tire, the contestant using the least amount of time has the advantage.

Contestants have the option to use more than one robotic hand. However, each robotic hand will have its own score based on the tasks it performs. The maximum score will be used for ranking.


Track 3: Simulation track.
Here is a >>link<< to the simulation repository & readme. A detailed description of the competition setup and tasks in this simulation track is at >>HERE<<. Please contact Dr. Kris Hauser (kris.hauser AT duke.edu) for the details and registration.

* At the end of the competition, the teams are allowed to take the test objects and the manipulation task setups.

Travel Support

IROS generously provides travel support to selected teams. The maximum amount of travel support depends on the region of origin of the team:

Europe, North America, South America, Africa	$2,000 USD
Asia	$1,000 USD
Korea	$500 USD

PRIZES

Full automatic:
First place, 2 Robotous 6-axis F/T force sensors + $500
Second place, 1 OptoForce 6-axis F/T sensor

Hand-in-hand:
First place, 2 Robotous 6-axis F/T force sensors + $500
Second place, 1 Robotous 6-axis F/T force sensor
Third place, RightHand Robotics One TakkTile Starter Kit

Simulation:
First Place, 6 months loan of the ReFlex TakkTile robotic gripper


The following companies have generously pledged the following prizes:
ROBOTOUS
Five 6-axis F/T sensors ($1,000 each)
Cash: $1,000


OptoForce
One 6-axis F/T sensors (2,500 EUR each)

RightHand Robotics
One TakkTile Starter Kit ($300 each)
6 months loan of the ReFlex TakkTile robotic gripper (value of $10,000)

Deadlines

Object and Task Sets Submission:	June 15, 2016
Releasing object and task sets:	July 15, 2016
Registration deadline for travel award:	August 15, 2016
Registration deadline (Track 1&2):	September 1, 2016
Registration deadline (Simulation track):	September 16, 2016
Travel Support Announcement:	August 27, 2016
Competition Dry Run:	October 10, 2016
Competition (Track 1&2):	October 11-12, 2016
Competition (Simulation Track):	October 12, 2016

Organizing Committee

Yu Sun (primary contact person) University of South Florida

Nadia Cheng RightHand Robotics

Hyouk Ryeol Choi Sungkyunkwan University

Zoe Doulgeri Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Erik D. Engeberg Florida Atlantic University

Kris Hauser Duke University

Joseph Falco NIST

Nancy Pollard CMU

Maximo Roa DLR

Zeyang Xia Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology