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Third International Symposium on New Frontiers in Human-Robot Interaction - Call for Papers

Two-day symposium at AISB 2014, 3rd?4th April 2014, Goldsmiths, University of London, United Kingdom


*Symposium Website*
http://homepages.stca.herts.ac.uk/~ms13aaj/HRI-AISB2014-Symposium.html<http://homepages.stca.herts.ac.uk/%7...Symposium.html>


*Motivation*

Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) is a quickly growing and very interdisciplinary research field. Its application areas will have an impact not only economically, but also on the way we live and the kinds of relationships we may develop with machines. Due to its interdisciplinary nature different views and approaches towards HRI need to be nurtured. In order to help the field to develop, this symposium will encourage submissions in a variety of categories, thus giving this event a unique character.

The first symposium on ?New Frontiers in Human-Robot Interaction? was held as part of AISB 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland; the second symposium was run in conjunction with AISB 2010 in Leicester, England. These two previously organised symposia were characterised by excellent presentations as well as extensive and constructive discussions of the research among the participants. Inspired by the great success of the preceding events and the rapidly evolving field of HRI, the continuation of the symposium series aims to provide a platform to present and discuss collaboratively recent findings and challenges in HRI.

The symposium encourages a diversity of views on HRI and different approaches taken. It will consist of paper presentations, panels and, importantly, much time for open discussions which will distinguish this event from regular conferences and workshops in the field of HRI.


*Keynote Speaker*

Prof. Angelo Cangelosi, University of Plymouth, UK


*Important Dates*

Submission Deadline: Friday, 3 January 2014
Author Notification: Monday, 3 February 2014
Camera-Ready Deadline: Monday, 24 February 2014
Symposium Dates: 3rd - 4th April 2014


*Submissions*

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

Robot Companions:
- Robots as helpers in the home
- Robots as personal assistants and trainers
- Robots in collaborative scenarios
- Robots as autonomous companions
- Robots in schools and in other educational environments
- Creating relationships with robots
Robots in personal care and healthcare:
- Assistive technology
- Robot-assisted therapy
- Robots for rehabilitation
Human-centered robot design:
- Human-aware robot perception
- User needs and requirements for HRI
- User experience in HRI
- Sustaining the engagement of users
- Robot and human personality
- Personalising robots
Learning in HRI:
- Robots that learn socially and adapt to people
- Human-robot teaching
Sensors and interfaces for HRI:
- Embodied interfaces for smart homes
- Customisable HRI interfaces
- Multimodal sensor fusion
Expressiveness in robots:
- Dialogue and multimodal human-robot interaction
- Nonverbal expressiveness
- Social signal processing
Robot architectures for socially intelligent robots:
- Cognitive Architectures
- Behaviour Planning and Execution
Empirical studies:
- Ethnography and field studies in naturalistic environments
- Long-term or repeated interaction with robots
- New methods and methodologies to carry out and analyse human-robot interaction
- Cross-cultural studies
Robot safety and trust
Robots as remote-controlled tools
Robots in search and rescue
Social and ethical aspects of HRI
Developmental robotics

The symposium encourages submissions in any of the following categories:

*N* Novel research findings resulting from completed empirical studies In this category we encourage submissions where a substantial body of findings has been accumulated based on precise research questions or hypotheses. Such studies are expected to fit within a particular experimental framework (e.g. using qualitative or quantitative evaluation techniques) and the reviewing of such papers will apply relevant (statistical and other) criteria accordingly. Findings of such studies should provide novel insights into human-robot interaction studies.

*E* Exploratory studies
Exploratory studies are often necessary to pilot and fine-tune the methodological approach, procedures and measures. In a young research field such as HRI with novel applications and various robotic platforms, exploratory studies are also often required to derive a set of concrete research questions or hypothesis, in particular concerning issues where there is little related theoretical and experimental work. Although care must be taken in the interpretation of findings from such studies, they may highlight issues of great interest and relevance to peers.

*S* Case studies
Due to the nature of many HRI studies, a large-scale quantitative approach is sometimes neither feasible nor desirable. However, case study evaluation can provide meaningful findings if presented appropriately. Thus, case studies with only one participant, or a small group of participants, are encouraged if they are carried out and analysed in sufficient depth.

*P* Position papers
While categories N, E and S require reporting on HRI studies or experiments, position papers can be conceptual or theoretical, providing new interpretations of known results. Also, in this category we consider papers that present new ideas without having a complete study to report on. Papers in this category will be judged on the soundness of the argument presented, the significance of the ideas and the interest to the HRI community.

*R* Replication of HRI studies
To develop as a field, HRI findings obtained by one research group need to be replicated by other groups. Without any additional novel insights, such work is often not publishable. Within this category, authors will have the opportunity to report on studies that confirm or disconfirm findings from experiments that have already been reported in the literature. This category includes studies that report on negative findings.

*D* Live HRI Demonstrations
Contributors may have an opportunity to provide live demonstrations (live or via Skype), pending the outcome of negotiations with the local organsation team. The demo should highlight interesting features and insights into HRI. Purely entertaining demonstrations without significant research content are discouraged.

*Y* System Development
Research in this category includes the design and development of new sensors, robot designs and algorithms for socially interactive robots. Extensive user studies are not necessarily required in this category.


*Submission Format*

We invite unpublished, original work as extended abstracts of up to 3 pages or full papers of up to 8 pages according to the AISB 2014 formatting guidelines (double column). In category *D* we invite one page descriptions detailing the demo and its associated research questions.

In addition to paper presentations, the symposium will also include invited talks and, potentially, panels. The symposium schedule will emphasise critical discussions of the presented research as well as wider issues that are important to HRI.


*Proceedings*

All accepted contributions will be published in the symposium proceedings (hard-copy and electronic copy). A special journal issue will be considered and/or a book publication with a selection of extended versions of the best symposium contributions.


*Symposium Organisers*

Dr. Maha Salem, University of Hertfordshire, UK, m.salem@herts.ac.uk<mailto:m.salem@herts.ac.uk>
Prof. Kerstin Dautenhahn, University of Hertfordshire, UK, k.dautenhahn@herts.ac.uk<mailto:k.dautenhahn@herts.ac.uk>

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2014 IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics

(IEEE BIOROB 2014)

August 12-15, 2014, S?o Paulo, Brazil



http://www.biorob2014.org



The fifth biannual IEEE Conference on Biomedical Robotics and
Biomechatronics (IEEE BIOROB 2014), sponsored by the IEEE Robotics and
Automation Society (RAS), and Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
(EMBS) will be held from August 12 to 15, 2014, in S?o Paulo, Brazil. The
conference theme is

?Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics Technology for a World without
Borders?.



IEEE BIOROB BioRob covers both theoretical and experimental challenges posed
by the application of robotics and mechatronics in medicine and biology. The
primary focus of Biorobotics is to analyze biological systems from a
"biomechatronic" point of view, trying to understand the scientific and
engineering principles underlying their extraordinary performance.



PROGRAM: The technical program of IEEE BIOROB 2014 will consist of
tutorials/workshops, keynote/plenary speeches, and oral/poster
presentations. Papers describing original work on the conference topics are
invited. Accepted and presented papers, like previous BIOROB conferences
will be published in the conference proceedings and submitted for inclusion
into IEEEXplore as well as other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases.



TOPICS: BIOROB 2014 invites submissions of high-quality research papers

describing original and unpublished work. The topics include but are not
limited to:

+Technology for assisted surgery and diagnosis

+ Biomechatronic and human-centered design

+ Micro/nano technologies in medicine and biology

+ Wearable assistive and augmenting devices

+ Biological systems modeling

+ Biologically-inspired systems

+ Rehabilitation and assistive robotics


+ Human-machine interaction

+ Neuro-robotics

+ Prosthetic devices



Detailed instructions for the preparation and submission of papers can be
found at <http://www.biorob2014.org> http://www.biorob2014.org



IMPORTANT DATES:

SUBMISSION OF PAPER & WORKSHOP PROPOSALS FEBRUARY 15, 2014

PAPER ACCEPTANCE NOTIFICATION APRIL
15, 2014

FINAL PAPER SUBMISSION
MAY 15, 2014



Conference Venue: The conference will be held in the Anhembi Conference
Center.



Organizing Committee:



GENERAL CHAIR

A. Forner-Cordero, University of S?o Paulo



PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS

G. A. P. Caurin, University of S?o Paulo

H. I. Krebs, Massachusetts Institute of Technology



EDITORS

L. Masia, Nanyang Tech. University

J. O. Park, RRI Chonnam University

J. M. Sabater-Navarro, Miguel Hern?ndez University



ADVISORY COMMITTEE

G. Bekey, University of Southern California

A. Berthoz, College de France

E. Bizzi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

P. Dario, Scuola Superiore Sant?Anna

E. Guglielmelli, University Campus Bio-Medico di Roma

B. Hannaford, University of Washington

K. Ikuta, University of Tokyo

R. Johansson, University of Lund

O. Khatib, Stanford University

D. Meldrum, Arizona State University

M. Mitsuishi, University of Tokyo

Y. Nakamura, University of Tokyo

A. Takanishi, Waseda University

R. Taylor, Johns Hopkins University



PROCEEDINGS AND JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS CO-CHAIRS

K. Cleary, Children?s National Medical Center

E. Guglielmelli, University Campus Bio-Medico di Roma

Y. Haoyong, National University of Singapore

L. L. Menegaldo, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro



TUTORIALS AND WORKSHOPS CO-CHAIRS

S. Agrawal, Columbia University

N. Hogan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

R. Riener, ETH Zurich

M. Mitsuishi, University of Tokyo

S. Misra, University of Twente



ORGANIZED AND INVITED SESSIONS CO-CHAIRS

D. Accoto, University Campus Bio-Medico di Roma

I. Cestari, Instituto do Cora??o

R. C. V. Loureiro, Middlesex University

M. Pinotti, Federal University of Minas Gerais

I. Sakuma, University of Tokyo



PUBLICITY CO-CHAIRS

S. Agrawal, Columbia University

A. Frizera Neto, Federal University of Esp?rito Santo

J. R. Silva, University of S?o Paulo

K. Suzuki, University of Tsukuba

A. W. Tech, Nanyang Tech. University



BOOKS AND E-PUBLICATIONS CO-CHAIRS

N. Garc?a Aracil, Miguel Hern?ndez University

M. Imamura, University of S?o Paulo

D. Sternad, Northeastern University

N. Thakor, Johns Hopkins & National University of Singapore



INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AND SPONSORSHIPS

M. Goldfarb, Vanderbilt University

H. Hirai, Osaka University

T. Keller, Tecnalia

D. Turner, University of East London

M. Zuffo, University of S?o Paulo



EXHIBITION AND SPECIAL EVENTS

P. Poignet, Montpellier University

R. L. Rodr?guez, Polytechnic University of Valencia

M. Tsuzuki, University of S?o Paulo



INTERACTIVE & POSTER SESSIONS CO-CHAIRS

C. Menon, Simon Fraser University

D. Sternad, Northeastern University

R. Carloni, University of Twente

M. Ackermann, FEI University Center



FINANCE AND REGISTRATION CHAIR

A. A. G. Siqueira, University of S?o Paulo



STUDENT ACTIVITIES

L. A. Elias, University of S?o Paulo

A. F. Ruiz. University Antonio Nari?o





Arturo Forner-Cordero Head of
Biomechatronics Lab. Mechatronics Department.

General Chairman BioRob2014 Escola Politecnica of
the University of S?o Paulo, Brazil

www.biorob2014.org Av. Prof.
Mello Moraes, 2231 - Cidade Universitaria

http://sites.poli.usp.br/pmr/biomecatronica/ 05508-030
- Sao Paulo-SP ? Brasil

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Call for Papers for the 38th Mechanisms and Robotics Conference MR



Call for Papers for the 38th Mechanisms and Robotics Conference (MR)
at the ASME 2014 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences,
Buffalo, NY, August 17-20, 2014
http://www.asmeconferences.org/IDETC2014/index.cfm

The 38th Mechanisms and Robotics International Conference is to be held
as part of the 2014 ASME International Design Engineering Technical
Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference
(IDETC-CIE) in Buffalo, NY from August 17-20, 2014. Sponsored by the
Mechanisms and Robotics Technical Committee, an integral part of the
ASME Design Engineering Division, this annual gathering is a premier
international meeting in mechanisms, robotics and related fields. The
38th ASME Mechanisms and Robotics International Conference provides an
international forum for the exchange of technical and scientific
information on the theory and practice of mechanical systems and will
feature tutorials and workshops, student mechanism and robot design
competitions, keynote and invited speakers, and interactive presentation
sessions. Topics will range throughout areas central to mechanical
design including kinematics, dynamics, design, computation, robotics,
reconfigurable mechanisms, novel mechanisms and robots, software
systems, educational practices, and various applications. Dissemination
of knowledge by presenting research results, new developments, and novel
concepts will serve as the foundation upon which the conference program
will be developed. Submitted papers will be eligible for a number of
awards including the Mechanisms and Robotics Best Paper award,
Freudenstein/General Motors Young Investigator award, A.T. Yang Memorial
award, and Compliant Mechanisms Theory and Application awards. Likely
topics include but are not limited to:

MR-1 Mechanism Analysis and Synthesis
MR-2 Robot Kinematics and Motion Planning
MR-3 Robot/Machine Dynamics and Control
MR-4 Theoretical and Computational Kinematics
MR-5 Compliant Mechanisms and Micro/Nano Mechanisms
MR-6 Biologically Inspired and Health Motivated Mechanisms and
Robotics MR-7 Novel Mechanisms, Robots and Applications
MR-8 Mobile Robots and Cable-Driven Systems
MR-9 Origami-Based Engineering Design
MR-10 Mechanisms and Robotics Education
MR-11 Software in Mechanisms and Robots
MR-12 Student Mechanisms and Robotics Design Competition
MR-13 Keynotes/Awards

*Important Dates*

1. Author and Paper Registration: January 13, 2014
2. Submission of Draft Paper or Brief for Review: January 27, 2014
Note: In order to submit a draft paper or brief for review at this time,
authors must first register and submit a tentative title and abstract,
as described above.

Program Chair: Anurag Purwar
Stony Brook University, NY
anurag.purwar@stonybrook.edu

Conference Chair: Carl Nelson
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
cnelson5@unl.edu


Anurag Purwar, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY 11794-2300 USA
Phone: (631)632-8542, Fax: (631)632-8544
http://cadcam.eng.sunysb.edu/~purwar/

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Special Issue on "Cognitive Robotics Systems: Concepts and Applications" - JINT



Special Issue of the Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems on
?Cognitive Robotics Systems: Concepts and Applications?

Future robotic systems need to reach a level of cognition that will allow
them to understand and effectively operate in household and industrial
environments, interact with humans, and adapt their actions to an ever
growing range of situations. They are expected to be able to predict the
perceptual changes that result as a consequence of human actions and
replicate human activities, taking into consideration their own
capabilities and limitations. This special issue draws inspiration from
these themes, as addressed in the series of IROS workshops CAS-2012:
?Cognitive Assistive Systems: Closing the Action-Perception Loop? and
CRS-2013: ?Cognitive Robotics Systems: Replicating Human Actions and
Activities?.

This special issue aspires to elucidate advances in Cognitive Robotics
Systems ranging from sensing through to learning and interaction, as well
as their applications addressing domestic and industrial requirements.
Emphasis will be given to closing the action-perception loop and
reproducing human actions and activities

Papers are solicited on concepts and applications related to cognitive
robotics systems. Invited topics include, but are not be limited to:
- Robot imitation and learning by demonstration
- Symbiotic interaction between robots and humans
- Motion and activity capture
- Robot grasping, tools and object manipulation
- Active perception
- Visual perception and representation of 3D information
- Perceptual search and attention
- Motion planning and motion generation
- Adaptive and unsupervised activity learning
- Workflow monitoring and activity recognition

Important Dates:
Paper submission deadline: 30 April 2014
Notification to authors: 15 July 2014
Revised papers submission: 15 August 2014
Final acceptance: 15 October 2014

The special issue is open to high-quality contributions that fall within
its scope. Papers should be up to 20 pages, prepared according to the
?Instructions for Authors? of the Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems,
as found at:
http://www.springer.com/engineering/...tci_1481129and
submitted at:
http://www.editorialmanager.com/jint/ choosing ?SI on Cognitive Robotics
Systems: Concepts and Applications? as the article category. Please contact
any of the guest editors for further information.


Guest Editors:

Lazaros Nalpantidis, Aalborg University, Denmark <lanalpa@m-tech.aau.dk>

Renaud Detry, University of Liege, Belgium <renaud.detry@ulg.ac.be>

Dima Damen, University of Bristol, UK <dima.damen@bristol.ac.uk>

Gabriele Bleser, DFKI, Germany <gabriele.bleser@dfki.de>

Maya Cakmak, University of Washington, USA <mcakmak@cs.washington.edu>

Mustafa Suphi Erden, EPFL, Switzerland <mustafasuphi.erden@epfl.ch>


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*Lazaros Nalpantidis*
Assistant Professor | Robotics, Vision and Machine Intelligence Lab

Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

Phone: +45 99403036 | Web: http://homes.m-tech.aau.dk/lanalpa
Aalborg University Copenhagen | A.C. Meyers V?nge 15 | 2450 Copenhagen
SV | Denmark

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HRI 2014 Workshop on Experimenting in HRI for priming real world
set-ups, innovations and products

URL: http://www.kontor46.eu/kontor46/HRI_2014_Workshop.html

Held in conjunction with HRI 2014 in Bielefeld, Germany:
http://humanrobotinteraction.org/2014
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IMPORTANT DATES:
* Submission deadline: Saturday, February 15, 2014
* Notification: within one week from submission
* Workshop: Monday, March 3, 2014


WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:
Robotics is moving towards real world applications, beyond the well
structured environment of industrial robotics. In the world of assistant
robots and medical robots, Human-Robot Interactions are essential. Also
in emerging industrial scenarios there is need of the human in the loop.
Robotic companies are confronted with the lack of guidelines and of
standards on how the higher features of HRI may be safely incorporated.
Although the scientific research is burgeoning and worthy of praise, it
is clear from the produced evidence that the results are scattered and
not capable of giving a clear cut input to be easily taken up by
companies and standardization organizations like ISO and IEC. The
workshop is in line with the conference themes especially in the areas
of HRI for the integration of empirical findings into complex real-world
robot systems by focusing on three typical scenarios (industrial,
service and medical) to develop systematic approaches to benchmark and
evaluate experimental systems so that normative results can be realized
rapidly.
The present workshop has the aim of bringing together scientists,
representative of robotics companies and of standardization working
groups to foster discussion in the definition of experimental scenarios
and protocols in HRI, so to be able to prime real world set-ups and be
targeted to help realize the future needed robotic products.


TOPICS:
The workshop invites submissions describing original work, either
completed or still in progress, related to one or more of the following
topics:
* Current status of ISO/IEC robot standardization activities
development and future directions in HRI
* Safety, physical contacts, technical aspects and limitations,
regulations influencing HRI design
* Testing scenarios and protocols for HRI to produce normative
definitions and data to prime real world products
* Role of Benchmarking and Robotics competition in advancing
standardised testing procedures
* Robotics scientific community?s input to standardization bodies
* Benchmarking: objectively and quantitatively evaluating robot
performance
* Measuring autonomy or information metrics of intelligent systems
* Scientific methods to study and quantitatively evaluate the
performance in affective and social robotics
* Design guidelines and testing procedures for evidence-based HRI:
toward a consensus position paper


SUBMISSIONS:
Workshop contributions (abstracts, 2 pages) should be submitted via
e-mail in the ACM publication style to hri2014wks@kontor46.eu.
Submitted abstracts should conform to the HRI
2014 publication style; for templates and examples, follow the link:
http://humanrobotinteraction.org/201...s/full-papers/.

Notice of acceptance will be given within one week of submission, we aim
at giving a fast feedback. The workshop is intended for lively
discussion, therefore the accepted contributions will be presented as
posters.
A proposal for a special issue on the topic will be submitted in the
Journal of Social Robotics to document and extend the workshop discussions.


LOCATION:
HRI 2014 conference, Bielefeld, Germany.


WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS:
* Gurvinder Virk (University of G?vle)
* Paolo Barattini (Kontor46 sas)
* Nicole Mirnig (University of Salzburg)
* Maria Elena Giannaccini (University of the West of England)
* Adriana Tapus (ENSTA - ParisTech)
* Fabio Bonsignorio (Carlos III University)
* Bjoern Matthias (ABB)
* C. Woegerer & A. Pichler (PROFACTOR)


CONTACT:
* Workshop Questions and Submissions (hri2014wks@kontor46.eu)
* Maria Elena Giannaccini (maria.elena.giannaccini@brl.ac.uk)

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Maria Elena Giannaccini
Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher (INTRO ITN), PhD candidate
Bristol Robotics Laboratory
University of the West of England
Bristol, BS16 1QY
United Kingdom

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The 11th CANADIAN CONFERENCE ON
COMPUTER AND ROBOT VISION - CRV 2014
May 7-9, 2014, Montreal, Quebec, Canada


The 2014 Canadian Conference on Computer and Robot Vision seeks
contributions of complete, original research papers on any aspect of
computer vision, robot vision, robotics, medical imaging, image processing
or pattern recognition. Please find the detailed CFP document here:

http://www.computerrobotvision.org/crv_2014_cfp.pdf

DATES
- Paper Submission: January 31st, 2014
- Author Notification: February 23rd, 2014
- Camera-ready due: March 2nd, 2014

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
- A single track of oral presentations
- Poster sessions, joint with partner conferences
- Keynote speakers: Frank Dellaert and Raffaelo D'Andrea
- 4 symposia featuring 16 overall invited talks from Canadian researchers

ADDITIONAL DETAILS
- The accepted papers will be made available by the IEEE Conference
Publishing Services (CPS)
- CRV is held jointly with Graphics Interface and Canadian AI. A single
registration covers attendance for all talks in the three conferences.

CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION
CRV 2014 Program Co-Chairs
David Meger and Michael Langer, McGill University

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RoboCup International Symposium 2014
Jo?o Pessoa, Brazil
July 25th, 2014
http://www.robocup2014.org/


OVERVIEW

The 18th annual RoboCup International Symposium will be held in conjunction with RoboCup 2014 (July 19-24). The Symposium represents the core meeting for presentation and discussion of scientific contributions to a variety of research areas related to all RoboCup divisions (RoboCupSoccer, RoboCupRescue, RoboCup at Home, RoboCup at Work and RoboCupJunior). Its scope encompasses, but is not restricted to, research and educational activities within the fields of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence.

Due to its interdisciplinary nature, the symposium offers a unique venue for exploring various and intimate connections of theory and practice across a wide spectrum of research fields. The experimental, interactive, and benchmark character of the RoboCup initiative presents the opportunity to disseminate novel ideas and promising technologies, which are rapidly adopted and field-tested by a large (and still growing) community.

SUBMISSION

We solicit submissions of papers reporting on high-quality, original research with relevance to the areas mentioned below. All researchers working in these areas, even if not actively participating in RoboCup teams, are urged to submit their work. Both papers describing real-world research and papers reporting theoretical results, as well as combinations thereof, are welcome. We also encourage the submission of high-quality overview articles for any field related to the general scope of RoboCup.

The proceedings of the RoboCup International Symposium are published and archived within the Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) series. Submitted papers are limited to 12 pages formatted according to the LNAI requirements (http://www.springer.com/series/1244) and must be electronically submitted through the symposium web site:
https://www.easychair.org/conference...psymposium2014
All contributions are peer-reviewed by at least three reviewers using a blind review process.

DEVELOPMENT TRACK

To encourage open-source releases of hard and software components, a special track on open-source developments will be included in the 2014 RoboCup International Symposium. Contributions to this track are limited to eight pages, formatted according to LNAI requirements. They should include evidence of impact of the released component to the RoboCup community. Review of these contributions will be based on technical contribution and benefit for the RoboCup community.


IMPORTANT DATES

* Submission of full papers: April 11th, 2014.
* Notification to authors: May 23rd, 2014.
* Submission of camera-ready copies: June 6th, 2014.
* RoboCup 2014 Symposium: July 25th, 2014.


SYMPOSIUM CO-CHAIRS

* H. Levent Akin, Bogazi?i University
* Reinaldo A. C. Bianchi, FEI University
* Subramanian Ramamoorthy, University of Edinburgh
* Komei Sugiura, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology


AREAS OF INTEREST


* Robot Hardware and Software
- mobile and humanoid robots
- sensors and actuators
- embedded and mobile devices
- robot construction and new materials
- robotic system integration
- robot software architectures
- robot programming environments and languages
- real-time and concurrent programming
- robot simulators


* Perception and Action
- distributed sensor integration
- sensor noise filtering
- real-time image processing and pattern recognition
- motion and sensor models
- sensory-motor control
- robot kinematics and dynamics
- high-dimensional motion control


* Robotic Cognition and Learning
- world modeling
- localization, navigation, and mapping
- planning and reasoning
- decision making under uncertainty
- reinforcement learning
- complex motor skill acquisition
- motion and sensor model learning


* Multi-Robot Systems
- team coordination methods
- communication protocols
- learning and adaptive systems
- teamwork and heterogeneous agents
- dynamic resource allocation
- adjustable autonomy


* Human-Robot Interaction
- human-robot interfaces
- speech synthesis and natural language generation
- visualization
- emotion recognition
- human's intent cognition
- affect detection and synthesis
- robot response to external disturbances
- safety and dependability


* Education and Edutainment
- Robotics and Artificial Intelligence education
- educational robotics
- robot kits and programming tools
- robotic entertainment


* Applications
- disaster rescue information systems
- search and rescue robots
- robotic surveillance
- service and social robots
- robots at home


Regards on behalf of the symposium co-chairs.
Email: symposium@robocup2014.org

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Call for Papers - Workshop on Applications for Emotional Robots

Bielefeld, Germany, March 3, 2014


Dear Colleagues,
We would like to cordially invite you and your co-workers to the 2nd Workshop on ?Applications for Emotional Robots? at HRI 2014.

With best regards,
the organizers (Oliver Damm, Christian Becker-Asano, Frank Hegel, Manja Lohse and Britta Wrede)


Workshop URL and Program: https://aiweb.techfak.uni-bielefeld....kshop_emotions

Held in conjunction with HRI 2014: http://humanrobotinteraction.org/2014/

Please contact us at: emotionalrobot@googlegroups.com

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IMPORTANT DATES:

10 January 2014 - Paper submission deadline
28 January 2014 - Notification of Acceptance
03 March 2014 - Workshop

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Workshop description:

In social interaction between humans expressing, recognizing, and understanding emotions is essential. Therefore, artificial emotions are also being exploited to improve human-robot interaction (HRI) and to build robots that interact in a more human-like and intuitive manner. Some characteristics of this kind of robots are to express/perceive emotions, to communicate with (highlevel) dialogues, to learn/recognize models of other agents, to establish and maintain social relationships, and to develop social competencies. These socially interactive robots are used for different purposes, e.g. as toys, as educational tools, or as research platforms. Thus, from an engineering perspective it is necessary to create robots for specific contexts, requirements, and expectations. With this second full day workshop we aim to continue our discussion of interdisciplinary perspectives on the application of robots that are able to display and perceive emotions. We want to develop an idea of how the
context influences the characteristics that an emotional robot needs to have and to gain new insights in the role of emotions in HRI.

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2014 IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Practical Robot Applications - TePRA

April 14-15, 2014, Greater Boston Area, USA

www.ieeerobot-tepra.org

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Important Dates
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January 24, 2014: Submission of full papers (Note the extended deadline)
February 21, 2014: Notification of acceptance
March 7, 2014: Submission of final papers
April 14-15, 2014: 6th Annual TePRA

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Call for Papers
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The 6th Annual IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Practical Robot Applications (TePRA) will be held in the Greater Boston Area, Massachusetts, USA on April 14-15, 2014. With an emphasis on practical applications and industrial participation, TePRA provides researchers, innovators, entrepreneurs and robotics professionals with a balanced forum in robotics science, engineering and technology. The presentations selected through IEEE's rigorous peer-review process highlights new uses of algorithms, components, and whole systems in practical robot applications.

Past TePRA conferences featured leaders in the field as keynote speakers including Colin Angle (iRobot), Kevin Blankespoor (Boston Dynamics), Henrik Christensen (Georgia Tech), Helen Greiner (CyPhy Works), Rob Maline (JGRE), Mark Micire (NASA), Mick Mountz (Kiva), Jorgen Pedersen (RE2), Gill Pratt (DARPA), Hanu Singh (WHOI), Mike Rufo (Boston Engineering), Tom Ryden (Vgo Communications), Eddie Tunstel (John Hopkins). As an emerging robotics conference, past TePRA programs included more than 180 technical paper and poster presentations combined, robot demonstrations, student competitions, panel sessions and exhibits.

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Conference Tracks:
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The conference theme is the new technologies in robotics and automation and their practical applications. While papers are solicited in all related areas of robotics and automation, the conference tracks include:

Robot Applications
* Medical & Rehabilitation
* Military & Security
* Actuation & Manipulation
* Consumer & Industrial
* Best Practices and Experience Reports

Robot Technologies
* Robust and Reliable Robotics Technologies
* Resource Aware Algorithms
* Power & Communications
* Sensing
* Software Development Tools

TePRA Conference Committee invites robotics researchers, developers, engineers, scientists and industry representatives to submit their contributions (full paper or poster). Detailed instructions for submissions can be found on the conference website. Exhibit and demonstration opportunities are available.

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www.ieeerobot-tepra.org
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Conference Chair:
Michael Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Technical Program Chair:
Taskin Padir, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Conference Secretary:
William Agassounon, Textron Defense Systems

Sponsored and Organized by:
IEEE Boston Section
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
IEEE Women in Engineering



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Taskin Padir, PhD
Assistant Professor
Robotics Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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E-mail: tpadir@wpi.edu,
Office: Atwater Kent Labs 229,
RIVeR Lab: Atwater Kent Labs 123,
RIVeR Lab: http://robot.wpi.edu
Office Phone: +(508) 831-6427
Fax: +(508) 831-5491,
Mailing Address: 100 Institute Rd., Worcester, MA 01609

[robotic]

International Symposium on Experimental Robotics (ISER) 2014

http://iser2014.org/

Marrakech/Essaouira, Morocco
June 15-18, 2014

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

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The International Symposium on Experimental Robotics is a forum dedicated
to experimental research in robotics. ISER is a single-track symposium
featuring around 50 presentations on experimental research in robotics. The
symposium will also include papers focused on robotics theory and
principles which have been validated by physical experiments and on
experimental paradigms and designs that inspire new theoretical approaches.

The 14th ISER will be held in Morocco in two nearby cities, Marrakech and
Essaouira. We hope you will be able to join us and enjoy a few days of high
caliber papers, stimulating discussions, and great social events -- all at
extraordinary locations showcasing Morocco's rich cultural heritage.

The review process involves the submission of extended abstracts by *February
17, 2014*. Accept/Reject decisions will be made by April 4, 2014. Authors
of accepted papers will be invited to submit a full paper by May 19, 2014.

We invite submissions of six-page extended abstracts (PDF format) which
should be submitted for review using the outline below.

- Motivation, Problem Statement, Related Work (1 page)
- Technical Approach(1 page)
- Results(1 page)
- Experiments(1 page)
- Main Experimental Insights(1 page)
- References(1 page)

Important Dates:
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- Extended abstracts are due by *February 17, 2014*
- Acceptance decisions will be made by April 4, 2014
- Full papers for accepted extended abstracts due May 19, 2014

Instructions for Authors and Conference Submission Site:
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http://iser2014.org/contributing/ins...ns-for-authors

Organizing Committee:
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Oussama Khatib, Stanford University, USA
Vijay Kumar, University of Pennsylvania, USA
M. Ani Hsieh, Drexel University, USA
Philippe Bidaud, University Pierre et Marie Curie, France