RoboWorld Congress and Cup
These are the 16th in the series of annual international events started in Korea in 1996. They offer a challenging arena to the young generation and researchers alike, working with autonomous mobile robotic systems.
9-13 May 2011, Dubai, UAE
Events
The FIRA Congress consists of six international conferences:
8th CIRAS International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Robotics and Autonomous Systems
AMiRE International Symposium on Autonomous Minirobots for Research and Edutainment
ICSR International Conference on Social Robotics
3rd ICAHRR International Conference on Advanced Humanoid Robotics Research
3rd ICER International Conference on Entertainment Robotics
3rd IREF International Robotics Education Forum
The FIRA Cup is a series of robot soccer competitions demonstration advanced robot technologies within a confined space:
Micro Soccer Tournament played by two teams, each consisting of three robots, one of which can be the goalkeeper
RoboSot A match shall be played by two teams, each consisting of one to three robots.
SimuroSot Consist of a server that has the soccer game environments (playground, robots, score board, etc.) and two client programs with the game strategies
AMiRESot Played by two teams, each consisting of one robot player and up two human team members.
HuroCup Humanoid soccer with a tournament played using humanoid robots having two legs
Advisory Committee
Marco Dorigo
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Jong-Hwan Kim
KAIST, Korea
Noel Sharkey
University of Sheffield, UK
Albert Zomaya
University of Sydney, Australia
Steering Committee
Boutheina Tlili
Michigan State University, UAE
Eesa Bastaki
UAE University
General ChairmaN
Ali M S Zalzala
Hikma Group Limited, UAE
Program chairs
Prahlad Vadakkepat
Robhatah (Robotic Solutions) Pte. Ltd., Singapore
Jacky Baltes
University of Manitoba, Canada
Norbert Jesse
Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany
Publicity ChairmaN
KC Tan
National University of Singapore
Finance ChairmaN
A M Bhayani
Michigan State University, UAE
Local Arrangements ChairmaN
Boutheina Tlili
Michigan State University, UAE
The FIRA events help to better understand and appreciate the scientific concepts and technological developments involved. Some of these interests will fuel scientific and engineering skills that ultimately develop into research outcomes to serve mankind in a variety of ways.
