IAV 2013 - 2013 IFAC Symposium on Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles - IAV 2013

The Symposium will consider generic methodologies and techniques applicable to intelligent autonomous vehicles. These include mobile robots on land, at sea, in air or in space, multi vehicle systems and networks of autonomous vehicles.It will address sensing, sensor integration and perception, architectures, planning, mission and motion control, navigation and cooperative navigation techniques, SLAM, teleoperation, human and vehicle interaction and practical applications. The focus of the Symposium will span from intelligent vehicle control to auxiliary systems support. Key topics will include (but not be limited to):
The Symposium topics include, but are not limited to:
Architectures for intelligent autonomous systems (land, marine, aerial and space vehicles)
Fault tolerant autonomous system architectures
Smart sensors, sensor networks and sensor integration for autonomous vehicles and robots
Multiple vehicle systems and networks of autonomous vehicles
Multiple Robot systems and their networks
Co-operative robots and co-operative driverless vehicles
Decision making for autonomous driving in a real-time.
Applications of Autonomous Intelligent Vehicles: case studies, test evaluations:
Intelligent transportation systems;
Underwater robotics : marine biology and geology, ocean exploration robots.
Aerial robotics : BLIMP, helicopters, UAVs, environmental monitoring, mapping and surveillance ;
Space : spacecraft vehicles, planetary surface exploration ;
Field robotics : search and rescue, agriculture, humanitarian demining ;
Indoor robotics : entertainment, service robots, domestic robots, rehabilitation and biomedical robotic.