Schedule

  • 7th March 2022: Registration site is open (deadline is 31st May 2022)
    The system software for controlling Android I is available only for the registered team. (registration form is
    here)

  • 9th April 2022: Kick off meeting
    The regulation of the competition and usage of the system software is announced to the participants of kick off meeting. The demonstration of Android I with travel agency dialogue is shown. You can join the meeting without entering the competition.
    (registration form is here)

  • 11th June 2022: 1st Gathering
    We have gathering to share the developing systems and to discuss the regulations of the competition.

  • July 2022: Test of participant's program on Android I
    The participants remotely test their developed program on Android I.

  • 23th July 2022: 2nd Gathering

  • 11th-31st-August 2022: Preliminary round
    The venue is Miraikan Science Museum @ Tokyo. A booth to simulate a travel agency is placed at the venue (ex., shopping mall and science museum). The participants run their program at the venue (one team per one day) and visitors at the venue have a dialogue with the robot and evaluate it.

  • 30th September 2022: Team description (2-6 pages, in English) submission deadline

  • 17th October 2022: Deadline of final version of team description submission. The proceedings of DRC2022 including team descriptions will be appeard at arXiv.

  • 25th October 2022: Final round
    Final round will be held at
    Robot Competition (RC) Section at IROS2022 Conference (If IROS2022 conference is held online, this competition is also held online). Designated dialogue researchers as well as those working in the tourist industry talk to the robot for evaluation. The evaluation process is streamed at Robot Competition (RC) Section at IROS2022 Conference. Japanese dialogue is simultaneously translated to English.

  • 26th October 2022: Demonstration


  • Timetable 25th October

    • 10:00-12:30 Tests of finalists’ system

    • 12:30-12:45 Opening remark

    • 12:45-13:45 Evaluation of the finalists’ dialogue robot (20 min for each)

    • 13:45-14:00 Break

    • 14:00-15:00 Presentation of the finalists (15 min talk & 5 min QA for each)

    • 15:00-16:20 Poster presentation of all participants who joined the qualification process (core time 40 min)

    • 16:20-16:30 Break

    • 16:30-17:00 Awards ceremony and closing remark

  • Timetable 26th October

    • 9:00-10:00 Demonstration 1 (by a honorable mention award team)

    • 10:00-11:00 Demonstration 2 (by a honorable mention award team)

    • 11:00-12:00 Demonstration 3 (by a honorable mention award team)

    • 12:00-13:20 Lunch Break

    • 13:20-14:15 Demonstration 4 (by team received honorable mention award)

    • 14:15-15:10 Demonstration 1 (by a finalist team (team OS))

    • 15:10-16:05 Demonstration 2 (by a finalist team (team LINE))

    • 16:05-17:00 Demonstration 3 (by a finalist team (team MIYAMA))


Participants of IROS2022 can watch the final competition on October 25 and experience the demonstration on October 26 at the Robot Competition site. If you are not a participant of IROS2022, you can enter the IROS2022 venue, watch Dialogue Robot Competition 2022 and experience the demonstration by registration for the Robot Competition of IROS2022.

Calendar for dialogue robot competition 2022 (available for only participants)