Robotica 2011 - Robotica 2011 : The 11th Conference on Mobile Robot and Competitions

The 11th International Conference on Mobile Robots and Competitions is a scientific meeting in the field of Mobile Robotics. It will take place in the Congress Center of Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon, Portugal, on the 6th of April, 2011, in conjunction with the 11th Portuguese Robotics Open (6-10 th April 2011). Its scope encompasses, but is not limited to, the fields of Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Education. As in previous years, we expect the conference to get the Technical co-sponsorship of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.
Participants are invited to a talk given by Prof. Vijay Kumar from the Departments of Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania, in the scope of the robotic contest event running in parallel.
Topics:
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Artificial Intelligence
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Architectures for Mobile Robots
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Sensors and Sensor Integration
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Motion and Actuation Systems
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Multi-Robot Systems
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Human-Robot Interaction
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Simulation and Visualization
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Robotic Competitions
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Planning, Reasoning and Modeling
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Cooperative Navigation and Control
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Cooperative Perception
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Computer Vision and Image-Processing
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Navigation and Control of Mobile Robots
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Recognition, Localization, Tracking, SLAM
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Applications of Autonomous Intelligent Robots
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Computer and Robotic Entertainments
Submission:
All papers, up to 6 pages, must be submitted electronically in PDF format through the conference website. Papers must be written in English following the standard IEEE guidelines (http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences...).
Important Dates:
21st January, 2011 Submission of full-length papers
21st February, 2011 Notification of acceptance
4th March, 2011 Camera Ready Papers
15th March, 2011 Early Registration Deadline
6th April, 2011 ROBÓTICA2011 begins
Venue:
The conference will take place in the Congress Center of Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon. Lisbon is the capital of Portugal, one of the oldest cities in the world with a pleasant Subtropical-Mediterranean climate.