AMiRE 2011 - AMiRE 2011 : International Symposia on Autonomous Minirobots for Research and Edutainment

The 6th International Symposium on Autonomous Minirobots for Research and Edutainment (AMiRE) is to be held on 23-25 May 2011 at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, University of Bielefeld, Germany, under the patronage of the Centre of Excellence in Cognitive Interaction Technology. The leading theme of the AMiRE series of symposia is that small and inexpensive research, educational and entertainment robots have been and continue to be an important driving force for advancing autonomous robot technology. Thanks to the advances in microelectronic technology such as high performance and low power microprocessors, FPGAs, wireless communications and low cost CMOS cameras, such robots are capable of serving as test beds for animal behaviour cognitive research, prototypes of large robotics systems such as service or field robots, and as general research tools for autonomous robotics.

Reminiscent of how desktop computers made computing accessible to almost everyone, autonomous minirobots make robotics research accessible to a much broader research community than was possible before. Autonomous minirobots also are an unique educational tool, not only because students from primary to tertiary level find it fun to play with them, but also because autonomous minirobots are a microcosm of advanced embedded systems technology that permeates our technological culture.

TOPICS OF INTEREST
The sixth AMiRE Symposium provides a forum for autonomous robotics research and technology development that, besides of small size and/or low cost, focuses on effective and ingenious ways of endowing resource constrained autonomous robots with advanced cognitive abilities. Efficient use of energy is an ongoing design goal for all types of mobile devices, and even more so in autonomous robots where available energy is a primary limiting factor to robot capabilities. Therefore achieving more with less energy is highly relevant.

Within this context AMiRE 2011 welcomes contributions on the fundamentals of minirobotic science and design, and application of minirobots in research, education and entertainment.

Submission on the following topics are especially encouraged:

Embedded Cognition,
Bio-inspired Mechatronics

Minirobotic Platforms
Minirobot Competitions

IMPORTANT DATES
DEADLINE FOR PAPER SUBMISSION
NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE
FINAL MANUSCRIPT, EARLY REGISTRATION

15 Jan 2011
21 Feb 2011
14 Mar 2011