Re: [simspark-devel] Nao model

[Oliver O. <oli...@cs...>]

On 05/03/2009, at 5:11 AM, Sander van Dijk wrote:

> Hello MC, OC, TC, executive and trustee,
>
> There is an issue that we have to resolve before the competitions in  
> Graz: the use of the Nao model in the 3D simulation league. As you  
> probably know, in Suzhou there was some controversy about this,  
> since the people from Aldeberan were surprised to see the model  
> without them being notified. In my contact with them at that time  
> they seemed quite willing to let us use it and to supply details to  
> possibly make the model more realistic, but I think it is still  
> necessary to get some sort of formal agreement. We don't want to  
> have a clash again in Graz.
>
> At which level should this be done? At least when the agreement is  
> there, I think it's best that the MC discusses with them about the  
> details?

I agree it's an important issue, and if I remember correctly, Joschka  
tried to contact them not too long ago, but didn't get a reply (I  
don't know the details. I'm pretty sure it wasn't about getting an  
agreement, but about technical issues because Aldebaran was apparently  
interested in contributing to improving the model).

An agreement is a separate issue, I'm not sure how formal it needs to  
be though. An email from Aldebaran would probably be enough for now -  
probably not too difficult to get, I would hope.

I know Daniel was part of the discussion last year, so I've cc'ed him  
and Joschka too.

cheers
Oliver

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