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Call for Papers
ROBOT’2019 – Fourth Iberian Robotics Conference
https://web.fe.up.pt/~robot2019/
November 20-22, 2019
Porto – Portugal
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Dear colleague,
We are pleased to inform you that ROBOT’2019 – Fourth Iberian Robotics Conference will be held in Porto, Portugal, on November 20-22, 2019.
The conference is organized by SPR – Sociedade Portuguesa de Robótica and SEIDROB – Sociedad Española para la Investigación y Desarrollo en Robótica and will be held within the premises of the School of Engineering of the Porto Polytechnic.
Conference Scope
ROBOT’2019 main goal is to continue the precedent efforts in showing the robotic research and development of new applications in the Iberian Peninsula. Although focused on the works developed at Iberia, the conference is open for good quality submissions from any country in the world.
ROBOT’2019 will feature technical and social programs. The technical program is organized around a main track and a set of Special Sessions, and will also comprise plenary talks from internationally recognized robotics researchers. All articles submitted for inclusion in the conference will be peer reviewed before acceptance.
It is envisaged that all accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings, which will be published by Springer – Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing Series, indexed by Thomson ISI Web of Knowledge and SCOPUS, as well as on CD/flash drive, subject to registration of at least one author for presenting the work.
A selection of the conference presented best papers will also be recommended for publication as extended versions in Special Issues from international top Journals.
Conference Topics
The conference aims to gather researchers from the industry and academia to present and discuss the latest trends in research and technology in the fields of robotics and related areas.
We invite original contributions in all areas relevant to robotics, covering mobile, walking, flying, marine, underwater, and industrial robots. The conference will cover analysis (modelling and simulation) techniques, design approaches, and practical applications and realisations of developed robotic systems. Support technologies for realisation of such systems, namely sensors and actuators, computer vision and image processing, tactile & haptics devices, control algorithms and architectures, localization, mapping and navigation, associated economic, ethical, legal and social considerations are integral part of the conference theme. Human-robot interaction, including medical robots, exoskeletons, prostheses and orthoses, as well as personal and service robots forms an increasingly active and important pertinent area.
Contributions from researchers, industry and outputs from collaboration between industrial and academic R&D units are welcome in the following topics:
– agricultural robotic systems
– assistive robotic
– biomimetic robots
– cloud computing
– cognitive systems
– cooperative systems
– control architectures
– decision support systems
– distributed & networked systems
– distributed robotic systems
– educational robotics
– ethical & legal robotic issues
– human-robot interaction
– humanoid robotics
– hybrid intelligent systems
– computer vision and image processing
– localization, mapping and navigation
– locomotion and actuation systems
– marine robotics
– medical robotics
– mobile robots
– multi-robot systems
– new mechanism design
– parallel robots
– personal and service robotics
– planning and control
– remote handling & telerobotics
– robotic competitions
– robot learning
– sensors & actuators
– robotic simulation
– social robots
– soft computing
– swarm robotics
– tactile & haptics devices
– unmanned aerial systems
– underwater robotics
Special Sessions
Robot 2019 will feature a main track and Special Sessions in the following topics:
– Aerial Robotics for Inspection and Maintenance
– Agricultural Robotics and Field Automation
– Autonomous Driving and Driver Assistance Systems
– Autonomous Sailboats and Support Technologies
– Collaborative Robots for Industry Applications
– Core Concepts for an Ontology for Autonomous Robotics
– Educational Robotics
– Field Robotics in Challenging Environments
– Future Industrial Robotics
– Intelligent Perception and Manipulation
– Machine Learning in Robotics
– Mobile Robots for Industrial Environments
– Radar-based Applications for Robotics
– Rehabilitation and Assistive Robotics
– Robotics for the Marine Environment
– Simulation in Robotics
– Workshop on Physical Agents
Paper Submission
The technical program of the conference will feature Regular Papers and Special Session Papers. All accepted papers will be published at the Conference Proceedings published by Springer. Authors are invited to submit their full draft papers in PDF format from the paper submission page of the conference website by the indicated deadline for consideration for inclusion in the relevant category (special/regular paper). Articles submitted for inclusion in the conference will be peer reviewed before acceptance. Final accepted papers will be limited to 12 pages in length and must follow the Springer AISC template, given in the Call & Instructions web page.
Accepted papers will be scheduled for presentation, which requires that at least one of the authors should register at the Conference and present the paper.
A selection of the conference presented best papers will also be recommended for publication as extended versions in Special Issues from international top Journals.
Important Dates
Submission of full draft papers June 17, 2019
Notification of paper acceptance Jul 22, 2019
Submission of final (camera ready) papers Sep 06, 2019
Early bird registration (reduced fee) Sep 06, 2019
Conference Nov 20-22, 2019
ROBOT’2019 General/Program Co-Chairs
Manuel F. Silva, ISEP, Porto Polytechnic & INESC-TEC, Portugal
José Luís Lima, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança & INESC-TEC, Portugal
Luís Paulo Reis, University of Porto & LIACC, Portugal
Alberto Sanfeliu, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
Danilo Tardioli, Centro Universitario de la Defensa / I3A University of Zaragoza, Spain
