Call for participation; Iran FIRA RoboWorldCup Open 2019

Science and technology of robotics and artificial intelligence as one of the pioneers of the future of humanity, has always been of interest to University societies and scientists. Iranian FIRA national region and Amirkabir University of Technology, supported by Iran Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, Tehran Iran, with the purpose of progressing to achieve this important goal will hold the 8th International Amirkabir Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Competition (Iranian FIRA RoboworldCup Open 2019) with the cooperation of The International Federation of Robotics (FIRA)  on 1-4 March 2019.

Of all professors, researchers, students and those who are interested in the fields of robotics and artificial intelligence are invited to participate in this year’s competitions and help us to hold it more splendid and to communicate and exchange data and scientific achievements. 

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 8^th  Amirkabir Robotic and Artificial Intelligence Competition (Iranian FIRACup Open)

  March 1-4, 2019 

Tehran, Iran, autcup.aut.ac.ir

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Science and technology of robotics and artificial intelligence as one of the pioneers of the future of humanity, has always been of interest to University societies and scientists. Iranian FIRA national region and Amirkabir University of Technology, supported by Iran Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, Tehran Iran, with the purpose of progressing to achieve this important goal will hold the 8th International Amirkabir Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Competition (Iranian FIRA RoboworldCup Open 2019) with the cooperation of The International Federation of Robotics (FIRA)  on 1-4 March 2019.FIRA Open 2018, in Iran provides the new FIRA challenges. The new FIRA organization is broken up into four divisions:

1. FIRA Sports - autonomous robots competing in the sport and similar events,
2. FIRA Youth - a new division for junior and high school students,
3. FIRA Challenge - more complex events such as search and rescue that can often only be solved with teleoperation, and
4. FIRA Air - a new competition for autonomous drones.

Pro Leagues

1. FIRA Sports Categories, HuroCup, AndroSot, RoboSot Race and SimuroSot Miro Challenge.
2. FIRA Challenge Categories, Warehouse Robots, Autonomous Cars Race, SimuroSot RoboChallenge.
3. FIRA AIR, Drone Autonomous Race,  Drone EmergencyService-Indoor, Drone EmergencyService-Outdoor.
4. Robot Demonstration League, Pro Demonstration

Youth Leagues:

1. FIRA Youth, HuroCup Junior, DRC - Explorer U14/U19, Sports Robots U14/U19, Mission Impossible U14/U19, Cliff Hanger - Lightweight/Heavyweight, Drone Autonomous Race U19.
2. Robot Demonstration League,  Youth Demo Common Challenge, Youth Demo Open Creativity U14/U19. 

Amirkabir University of Technology, the International Federation of Robot Sports Association (FIRA) and Iranian FIRA National Committee (IFNC) wish you, participants, and the best. The Committee of international AUTCup 2019 wants to invite you to participate in this competition and hopes this would be a very memorable start for our academic cooperation in Robotics and AI. Please visit our official website (http://autcup.aut.ac.ir) and do not forget to pre-register your team before December 21 ^st!

Important Dates

Please feel free to contact me for any further information about the competition, registration, travel support, visa and international affairs (info-autcup@aut.ac.ir).

Good Luck with your research.

Hope to see you all in Iran

Iranian FIRA National Organization Committee