[spectre] Robots at Play Prize 2007

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Robots at Play Prize 2007


10.000 euro cash prize to the most playful robotic system

www.robotsatplay.dk

The Robots at Play Prize 2007 is an international prize for the most 
playful and/or interactive robotic system. It is given in connection 
with the Robots at Play Festival in Odense, Denmark, on 23-25 August 
2007, and sponsored by Fionia Bank. The festival and prize is chaired 
by Professor Henrik Hautop Lund.

Robotic systems are entering into the daily life on citizens all over 
the world. Vacuum cleaners, lawnmowers, toys, playgrounds, 
rehabilitation equipment, fitness equipment, etc. are becoming 
robotic systems. In such a development, it is crucial to design 
robotic systems that are interactive and well integrated into the 
daily life in its natural surroundings, being at home, in the urban 
space, in sports club, in theatre, in hospitals, in developing 
countries, etc. This design challenge demands integration of 
different disciplines such as robotics, design, interaction design, 
and arts.

The Robots at Play Prize of 10.000 euro is aimed at reinforcing the 
integration of such disciplines and societal understanding in 
robotics. The prize promotes robotic systems for use in all aspects 
of daily life for the benefit of humans and interactivity with humans.

A prominent example of such a system is playware, which combines 
robotics, design, arts, play studies and industrial development to 
create the playgrounds of tomorrow - playgrounds that are based on 
robotic components in order to create joyful physical activity in 
fight against obesity. The Playware is developed by one of the 
committee members and therefore not nominated for the Robots at Play 
Prize, and serves only as an example.

Call for candidates:
The international Robots at Play Prize is open to any candidate 
robotic system world-wide. It is open for anybody world-wide to 
suggest candidate robotic systems. Candidate robotic systems will be 
evaluated during the festival by an academic/industrial committee 
based upon their qualities in terms of being
·    interactive
·    innovative
·    playful
and also in terms of their
·    design
·    functionality
·    potential impact on society

The committee will evaluate the nominated candidates. Nominated 
candidates are invited to join the Robots at Play Festival in order 
to showcase their robotic system to the public, as part of the 
evaluation for the prize. The Robots at Play Prize 2007 ceremony will 
be held on evening 24th August 2007 in Odense, Denmark, during the 
Robots at Play Festival.

Candidate descriptions including abstract, www-information, photo, 
and inventor/developer contact information should be sent to the 
committee chair Professor Henrik Hautop Lund, University of Southern 
Denmark, by email: hhl at mmmi.sdu.dk, no later than 1st August 2007.

Committee:
The committee consists of members from the Academy of Fine Arts, 
RoboCluster, and Danish industry


Robots at Play Festival:
The overall aim of the Robots at Play Festival is to spread knowledge 
about robotics by presenting interactive robotic systems in the daily 
life of the citizens. Therefore, the festival takes place on an open 
city square, in art museums, library, bars, cinema, etc. in the city 
centre of Odense that has nominated "play and robotics" as its future 
focus for industrial and city development. Apart from the prize, the 
festi-val hosts numerous events like robot construction, robot 
bazaar, robot film presentati-ons, play, learning, robot art 
exhibition, robot art performances, RoboMusic development, a stage 
show, an international Playful Robotic Art conference and a debate on 
robotics ethics. All events take place in the centre of the city 
amongst the citizens in their daily environment. Please have a look 
at the video from last year's festival, and the descriptions of 
activities and photos of some of the robots from the forthcoming 2007 
festival on the web-site.

+ info: please, write you to Luigi Pagliarini <luigi at daimi.au.dk>

Robots at Play Festival, Odense, Denmark, 23-25 August 2007: 
http://www.robotsatplay.dk

Yours sincerely,

Henrik Hautop Lund, professor
Chair of the Robots at Play Festival

Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute
University of Southern Denmark
Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark
Tel: +45 6550 3574   Fax: +45 6615 7697
www.adaptronics.dk
hhl at mmmi.sdu.dk


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