BRICS Research Camps
1st BRICS Research Camp on Mobile Manipulation
Location: Malaga, Costa del Sol, Spain
Date: October 25 - 29, 2010
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The top 20 robotics Ph.D. students worldwide with a solid background in mobile manipulation are invited to gather for one week in a stimulating environment to
explore, revise, and improve what is considered best practice in mobile manipulation today. The intended outcome of the research camp is an open source library of refactored and harmonized mobile manipulation algorithms and harmonized interfaces between the various hardware and software components.
We provide
- an inspiring working environment,
- travel grants to get to this inspiring working environment, up to 1250 EUR for European students and 2000 EUR for non-European students covering airfare and full-board accommodation,
- the latest and coolest pieces of robot hardware in mobile manipulation, table top mobile manipulators designed and manufactured by a large European robot manufacturer especially for education and research in mobile manipulation,
- a DVD with an initial set of software components for mobile manipulation and 3D perception and modeling,
- fast Internet access,
- two typical robot manipulation tasks.
We expect in return
- a competitive solution to the given tasks either using the provided or self-developed algorithms for mobile manipulation demonstrated in two competitions on the last day of the research camp,
- critical feedback and revisions of the provided hardware and software.
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