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From: Stefano Giordano <JORDAN@ICNUCEVM.CNUCE.CNR.IT>
To: mod-ki@unido.informatik.uni-dortmund.de
Date: Thu, 05 Jul 90 19:43:42 N
Subject: Fifth International Conference on Advanced Robotics
Keywords: Konferenzen

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Here is the Second Announcement of the Fifth International Conference on
  Advanced Robotics ('91 ICAR) which will be held in Pisa next year.
 
 
        Fifth International Conference on Advanced Robotics
               Robots in Unstructured Environments
 
 
 
                        June 20 - 22, 1991
                      Palazzo dei Congressi
                          Pisa, Italy
 
 
The Event
 
'91 ICAR,  the 5th International Conference on Advanced Robotics,
will be held in Pisa, Italy. The main objective of the Conference
is to provide a forum for the exchange of information  on various
aspects  of  research in  advanced robotics.  Following the  1983
Summit  of the representatives of seven  industrialized countries
in Williamsburg,  USA,  ICAR  was  established to  be the primary
event for  illustrating   national and international  projects on
advanced  robotics,  for  presenting  research  results  and  for
discussing  perspectives  for  future  research.  The  first  two
conferences were held in Tokyo in 1983 and in 1985,  the third in
Versailles  (France)  in 1987 and the fourth in Columbus  (Ohio -
USA),  in  1989.  Advanced   robotics  is  now recognized by  the
robotics  research  community,  by   national  and  international
agencies and  by  an increasing number  of industries,  as a most
promising and challenging field of investigation,  as well as the
elective area of  application  for the most advanced concepts and
techniques in machine intelligence. However,  research related to
the applications  of robots  in unstructured environments  is now
spread  among  a  large  number  of  Conferences,   Symposia  and
Workshops.  Thus,  all  those already  active in  the    field of
advanced robotics, or interested  in starting an activity in this
growing area,  might find it  useful to   convene in a Conference
(such as ICAR)  aimed exclusively at this.  We plan to organize a
major  event in  which  the  discussion of a  number of different
research  topics will be associated with the description of large
scale nation al and international projects,  with the  purpose of
providing  information on  recent research results and  promoting
international collaboration. We will try to combine the wealth of
information  associated  to a relatively  large scale  Conference
with the opportunities  of  personal  contacts  and in-depth anal
ysis  typical of the  Workshop  format.  To  this aim,  ICAR will
include  both   plenary  and   invited  sessions,   as  well   as
Workshop-like tracks directed at exploring specific topics.
 
 Topics
 
Papers  are sought  in all areas of robotics including,  but  not
limited to, the following:
 
Actuators
Coordinator and Control
Kinematics and Dynamics
Locomotion
Man-Machine Systems
Manipulation
Mechanisms
Motion Planning
Sensors
System Architecture
Vision
World Modelling
 
In  addition,  other advanced  topics  will be considered for the
tracks and for the invited sessions, such as the following:
 
Active Perception
Bionics
Cellular Robotics
Computational Structures
Intelligent Materials and Structures
Manipulation of Limp Materials
Mechatronics
Microrobotics and Application
Mobile Robots
Neural Net Application in Robotics
Remote Operation and Tele-existence
Technologies for Sensors and Actuators
 
Papers are also sought on applications of advanced robots in such
fields as:
Agriculture and Environment
Civil Engineering and Construction
Domestic and Service
Fire-fighting and Rescue
Medical and Health Care
Mining and Tunnelling
Nuclear Power
Underwater Operations
Plant Operations
Power Distribution Maintenance
Space
 
 
Within July 1990  those with proposals for special  sessions  and
tracks should contact '91 ICAR Secretariat.
 
 
 
Important Deadlines
 
Deadline for submission of papers to be considered - October 31, 1990
Notification of acceptance of papers - December 31, 1990
Manuscripts due - February 15, 1991
Conference registration deadline - April 30, 1991
 
 
Paper Submission
 
Four copies of papers (double space 8-10 pages) should be sent by
October 31, 1990 to:
 
Prof. Paolo Dario
'91 ICAR Secretariat
Consorzio Pisa Ricerche
Via Risorgimento, 9
56126 Pisa, Italy
 
 
 
In Cooperation With:
 
IEEE - Robotics & Automation Society, U.S.A.
INRIA - Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et Automatique,
France
JIRA - Japan Industrial Robot Association, Japan
RIA - Robotic Industries Association, U.S.A.
SIRI - Associazione Italiana di Robotica, Italy
Chairman: Prof. Paolo Dario
Vice-chairman: Prof. Giulio Sandini
 
 
Permanent International Committee
of ICAR
 
Paolo Dario, Italy          Michel Parent, France
Bernard Espiau, France      Alan Pugh, UK
Olivier Faugeras, France    Yoji Umetani, Japan
Georges Giralt, France      Kenneth Waldron, USA
Hideo Hanafusa, Japan       Hans Warnecke, FRG
Ichiro Kato, Japan          Tuneji Yada, Japan
Francois Lhote, France
 
 
Conference Program Committee
of '91 ICAR
 
Hugh Durrant-Whyte, UK       Oussama Khatib, USA
Bernard Espiau, France       Vijay Kumar, USA
Toshio Fukuda, Japan         Giulio Sandini, Italy
Blake Hannaford, USA         Kazuo Tanie, Japan
Vincent Hayward, Canada      James Trevelyan, Australia
Gerd Hirzinger, FRG          Yoji Umetani, Japan
Ray Jarvis, Australia        Isuneo Yoshikawa, Japan
 
 
 
Any enquiries relating to the Conference should be forwarded to:
 
Miss Silvia Maggini
'91 ICAR Secretariat
Consorzio Pisa Ricerche
Via Risorgimento, 9
56126 Pisa, Italy
Tel.+39 - 50 - 500995/502015
Fax +39 - 50 - 501016
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