Call for Papers
In the past years, with the advances in microelectronics and digital technology, robots became a platform for innovation. This gave thrust to the development of new and fast robot systems. To further encourage the research and cooperation in this area, this conference aims to gather researchers and developers from academic fields and industries worldwide to explore the state-of-the-art and at the same time to meet with young robot builders who compete in the Eurobot Autonomous Robot Contest.
The program committee invites you to attend the EUROBOT Conference 2009 and submit papers on all aspects of robotic systems including, but not limited to:
Areas of interests:
- Research
- Robot control and behaviour: navigation, planning, simulation, vizualization, virtual reality modelling, evolutionary and cognitive robotics.
- Applications of autonomous intelligent robots: exploration robots, service robots, robots for hazardous environments.
- Perception, processing and action: sensors, vision, motion systems, specialized peripherals.
- Robot ethics and epistemology: social impact, competing theories.
- Education
- Robotics at School and at University: curricula, methodology, competences, outcomes.
- Practical educational robotics activities: robot contests, workshops, summer camps, robotic kits for education and research.
- Good practices in educational robot design: project management, team development, funding, reusing parts and components.
- Future pedagogical activities: acceptability of innovative practices (humanoid teachers, etc.).
- Special Eurobot session
- Presentation of robots designed for Eurobot contest including previous editions: Robot design, planning, team building and management.