RSJ 2013 - THE 31st ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE ROBOTICS SOCIETY OF JAPAN

The 31st annual conference of the Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ) will be held at the Minami-Osawa Campus, Tokyo Metropolitan University. The conference including more than seven hundred academic or technical presentations from various areas of robotics has many participants from industries, research institutions and universities. This RSJ annual conference accepts English presentation in any general or organized sessions as well as Japanese presentation. However, majority of the conference participants are Japanese and presentations and discussions are mostly in Japanese. In order to make it easier for researchers whose native language is not Japanese to attend the conference and present their work, the RSJ has been organizing several international sessions in this annual conference. The official language of the international sessions is English and all participants of these internal sessions including presenters, chairpersons, and audiences are required to use English. Last year, discussions in the international session were very active, receiving many participants who normally registered the conference.
We do not charge any fee for participating the international sessions. The cost for presenting papers in the international sessions and participating international sessions is totally FREE. Please note, however, that the conference DVD and the conference digest (conference kit) are NOT provided to the participants of the internal sessions. If you need the conference kit, you have to pay conference registration fee (the amount depends on your status, such as RSJ member, non-member, or student). Also note that you have to pay conference registration fee to attend other sessions which is NOT arranged as an international session.
Other than that participation fee is free, the internal sessions will be treated in the same way as other regular/organized sessions, namely, your paper will be included in the conference DVD and the conference digest.
Call for Papers
International Sessions, the 31st Annual Conference of the Robotics Society of Japan
■Date: Sept. 4 (Wed.)-6(Fri.), 2013
■Venue: Minami-Osawa Campus, Tokyo Metropolitan University
(1-1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, 192-0397, Japan)
Important Dates
■Deadline for paper submission: July 5 (Fri), 2013(firm)
Paper Submission
Authors are requested to follow the normal submission procedure and upload their papers electronically in PDF format through the conference website. The detailed procedure for submitting a paper is shown below.
The fee for paper submission to the international sessions is free.
Organized Sessions
IS1: Robotics Research in the World
1. Organizers: Yasuhisa HASEGAWA (University of Tsukuba), Yusuke MAEDA (Yokohama National University)
2. E-mail: hase [at] iit.tsukuba.ac.jp, maeda [at] ynu.ac.jp
3. Abstract: This session will introduce the status of robotics research in the world, including the robotics research of the oversea universities. In this session, the presentations, questions and answers will be performed both in English.
IS2: Research by Foreign Researchers in Japan
1. Organizers: Yasuhisa HASEGAWA (University of Tsukuba), Yusuke MAEDA (Yokohama National University)
2. E-mail: hase [at] iit.tsukuba.ac.jp, maeda [at] ynu.ac.jp
3. Abstract: The purpose of this session is to encourage students and researchers whose native language is not Japanese to present their latest research results in English. We welcome any topics related to robotics in this session. Researchers who prefer communicating in English are encouraged to present their work in this session.
IS3: Assistive Robotics
1. Organizer: Tomohiro SHIBATA (Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST))
2. E-mail: tom [at] is.naist.jp
3. Abstract: Robotics has the potential to develop innovations in assisting the lives of both healthy and unhealthy persons. This session aims at providing an opportunity of exchanging ideas and sharing practices about assistive robotics across people and research teams. Topics may cover a broad spectrum of assistive robotics, such as mechatronics, control, perception, planning, human-robot interaction, and rehabilitation.
IS4: Human Centered Robotics
1. Organizer: Gentiane VENTURE (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT))
2. E-mail: venture [at] cc.tuat.ac.jp
3. Abstract: To interact with humans robots must be able to recognized the person with whom they are interacting, and adjust their behavior with respect to this person. Moreover, the robot must show some social behavior to be understood adequately by humans. In this session we invite researchers working in the fields of robotics that address issues concerning human centered applications to submit papers. In particular, works on human motion analysis and understanding, and robot control for physical interactions with humans are welcome.
IS5: Humanoid (Tentative)
1. Organizers: Eiichi YOSHIDA (CNRS-AIST JRL, UMI3218/CRT), Abderrahmane KHEDDAR (CNRS-AIST JRL, UMI3218/CRT / LIRMM)
2. E-mail: e.yoshida [at] aist.go.jp
3. Abstract: TBA
IS6: Applications of Computational Intelligence in Robotics
1. Organizer: Janos BOTZHEIM (CNRS-AIST JRL, UMI3218/CRT)
2. E-mail: botzheim [at] sd.tmu.ac.jp
3. Abstract: Recently, various types of intelligent robots have been developed for the society of the next generation. Computational intelligence is very important to provide human-friendly services by robots. A robot should have human-like intelligence and cognitive capabilities to co-exist with people. This international session focuses on the intelligence of robots emerging from the adaptation, learning, and cognitive development through the interaction with people and dynamic environments from the conceptual, theoretical, methodological, and/or technical points of view.