From lino isr.uc.pt Wed Feb 1 11:20:02 2017 From: lino isr.uc.pt (Lino Marques) Date: Wed Feb 1 11:20:13 2017 Subject: [socios-spr] Extended Deadline: 17th IEEE Int. Conf. on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (ICARSC 2017) Message-ID: (Apologies for multiple copies due to cross-posting) ========================= *** CALL FOR PAPERS *** ========================= ICARSC 2017 17th IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions http://icarsc2017.isr.uc.pt/ April 26-28, 2017 University of Coimbra Coimbra, Portugal Sponsored by: - IEEE Robotics and Automation Society - Portuguese Robotics Society An event integrated in Robotica 2017 the 17th Portuguese Robotics Open http://robotica2017.isr.uc.pt/ == Important! == Submission deadline extended: February 10, 2017. The 17th IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (ICARSC 2017) gathers participants from academia and industry working in the field of autonomous robotics and related areas. It is organized within the 17th Portuguese Robotics Open, a RoboCup-sponsored local event. The conference will be held at the University of Coimbra in Coimbra, Portugal, on April 26-28, 2017. The University of Coimbra (UC), founded in 1290, was the first Portuguese university, and one of the oldest in the world (http://www.uc.pt/en). Nowadays, UC maintains a unique mix of tradition, contemporaneity and innovation that led to its recognition as a world heritage site by UNESCO since 2013. Coimbra is located at the center of Portugal, about 200km north of Lisbon and 100km south of Oporto, the closest cities with international airports. Coimbra can be easily reached by train, coach or car from these airports. The conference has been an IEEE co-sponsored event for a long time and its proceedings have been indexed in *IEEExplore* and in Scopus. Moreover, authors of the best works presented at ICARSC will be invited to submit extended versions of their work to a special issue to be published by *Robotics and Autonomous Systems* journal from Elsevier and to regular editions of *Industrial Robot: An International Journal* and *Sensor Review* from Emerald. == Important Dates == Submission deadline: Feb. 10, 2017 (Extended) Notification of acceptance: Mar. 15, 2017 Camera-ready papers: Mar. 31, 2017 Early registration deadline: Mar. 31, 2017 Conference: Apr. 26-28, 2017 All deadlines are on 23:59 US Pacific Time. == Keynote Speakers == Raj Madhavan, Founder & CEO, Humanitarian Robotics Technologies, LLC, USA Nikos Tsagarakis, Tenured Senior Scientist, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy == Topics == The conference is an open forum to most robotics topics, as listed below, although contributions addressing novel benchmarking methods, able to properly compare and evaluate the performance of different solutions to a given robotics problem, and works dealing with robotics competitions and challenges are particularly welcome. Agricultural Robotics; Applications of Autonomous Intelligent Robots; Artificial Intelligence; Autonomous Robotic Systems; Collaborative Robotics; Computer Vision and Image Processing; Control Architectures and Programming; Cooperative Perception; Cooperative Planning and Task Allocation; Dexterous Manipulation and Grasping; Educational Robotics; Entertainment Robots; Evolutionary Robotics; Field Robotics; Humanoid Robotics; Human-Robot Interaction; Localization, Mapping, and Navigation; Locomotion and Actuation Systems; Marine Robotics; Multi-Robot Coordination; Multi-Robot Systems; Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking; Planning, Reasoning and Modelling; Recognition and Tracking; Robot Learning; Robotics Competitions and Challenges; Robotics Simulation; Sensors and Sensor Integration; Service Robotics; Swarm Robotics. == Submission Guidelines == The working language is English. Authors are invited to submit original research contributions electronically, in PDF format, via EasyChair: (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icarsc2017) The papers should follow the standard IEEE conference format. The corresponding LaTeX and MS Word templates can be found in: (http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html) Papers should be six pages in length, with up to two extra pages at the cost of 75? per extra page. Reviewing for ICARSC 2017 will be *double blind* so authors must remove their names from the submitted papers and should take reasonable care not to indirectly disclose their identity. Accepted papers will be scheduled for presentation, which requires that at least one of the authors must register at the Conference and present the paper. Failure to meet this requirement will imply removing the paper from the online version of the proceedings. == Contacts == For additional information, please visit conference website http://icarsc2017.isr.uc.pt and/or email icarsc2017@isr.uc.pt We welcome you at ICARSC 2017 to share your latest research results. See you in Coimbra! Lino Marques, University of Coimbra, Portugal Alexandre Bernardino, University of Lisbon, Portugal (Co-Chairs of the IEEE Int. Conf. on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions) From leonel.moura mail.telepac.pt Wed Feb 1 11:45:30 2017 From: leonel.moura mail.telepac.pt (Leonel Moura) Date: Wed Feb 1 11:45:41 2017 Subject: [socios-spr] =?utf-8?q?ERA_DIGITAL_E_ROB=C3=93TICA?= Message-ID: Conferência Parlamentar *ERA DIGITAL E ROBÓTICA: IMPLICAÇÕES NAS SOCIEDADES CONTEMPORÂNEAS**//** *Conferência conjunta - 1.ª 8.ª, 10.ª e 12.ª Comissões * *Sala do Senado da Assembleia da República | 21-02-2017 | 14h30 – 18h30 A partir das 14:30 horas SESSÃO DE ABERTURA Presidente da Assembleia da República | Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues Presidente da Comissão de Cultura, Comunicação, Juventude e Desporto | Edite Estrela Presidente da Comissão de Assuntos Constitucionais, Direitos, Liberdades e Garantias | Bacelar de Vasconcelos ERA DIGITAL E ROBÓTICA – A VISÃO DOS ESPECIALISTAS ROBÓTICA: O ESTADO DA ARTE Leonel Moura - Artista plástico OS ROBÔS: DESAFIOS E OPORTUNIDADES Pedro U. Lima - ISR/LARSyS, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa CIDADES INTELIGENTES (SMART CITIES) João Barros - Veniam INDÚSTRIA 4.0 José Manuel Mendonça - InescTec (Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores, Tecnologia e Ciência) A CULPA É DOS ROBOTS? FUTUROS PARA O TRABALHO E O EMPREGO Nuno Teles - CES (Centro de Estudos Sociais) *Inauguração da exposição Arte Robótica, do artista plástico Leonel Moura nos Passos Perdidos* DEBATE INTERVENÇÕES DOS REPRESENTANTES DOS GRUPOS PARLAMENTARES SESSÃO DE ENCERRAMENTO Presidente da Comissão de Educação e Ciência | Alexandre Quintanilha Presidente de Comissão de Trabalho e Segurança Social | Feliciano Barreiras Duarte -------------- prxima parte ---------- Um anexo em HTML foi limpo... URL: http://lists.sprobotica.pt/pipermail/socios-spr/attachments/20170201/45d55db7/attachment.htm From leonel.moura mail.telepac.pt Wed Feb 1 11:47:34 2017 From: leonel.moura mail.telepac.pt (Leonel Moura) Date: Wed Feb 1 11:47:44 2017 Subject: [socios-spr] =?utf-8?q?ERA_DIGITAL_E_ROB=C3=93TICA?= Message-ID: Inscrições aqui: http://app.parlamento.pt/InscriptionForm/form/FormularioA.aspx?formid=digr Conferência Parlamentar *ERA DIGITAL E ROBÓTICA: IMPLICAÇÕES NAS SOCIEDADES CONTEMPORÂNEAS**//** *Conferência conjunta - 1.ª 8.ª, 10.ª e 12.ª Comissões * *Sala do Senado da Assembleia da República | 21-02-2017 | 14h30 – 18h30 A partir das 14:30 horas SESSÃO DE ABERTURA Presidente da Assembleia da República | Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues Presidente da Comissão de Cultura, Comunicação, Juventude e Desporto | Edite Estrela Presidente da Comissão de Assuntos Constitucionais, Direitos, Liberdades e Garantias | Bacelar de Vasconcelos ERA DIGITAL E ROBÓTICA – A VISÃO DOS ESPECIALISTAS ROBÓTICA: O ESTADO DA ARTE Leonel Moura - Artista plástico OS ROBÔS: DESAFIOS E OPORTUNIDADES Pedro U. Lima - ISR/LARSyS, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa CIDADES INTELIGENTES (SMART CITIES) João Barros - Veniam INDÚSTRIA 4.0 José Manuel Mendonça - InescTec (Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores, Tecnologia e Ciência) A CULPA É DOS ROBOTS? FUTUROS PARA O TRABALHO E O EMPREGO Nuno Teles - CES (Centro de Estudos Sociais) *Inauguração da exposição Arte Robótica, do artista plástico Leonel Moura nos Passos Perdidos* DEBATE INTERVENÇÕES DOS REPRESENTANTES DOS GRUPOS PARLAMENTARES SESSÃO DE ENCERRAMENTO Presidente da Comissão de Educação e Ciência | Alexandre Quintanilha Presidente de Comissão de Trabalho e Segurança Social | Feliciano Barreiras Duarte -------------- prxima parte ---------- Um anexo em HTML foi limpo... URL: http://lists.sprobotica.pt/pipermail/socios-spr/attachments/20170201/0cbd6536/attachment.html From nunolau ua.pt Fri Feb 3 16:25:21 2017 From: nunolau ua.pt (Nuno Lau) Date: Fri Feb 3 16:25:38 2017 Subject: [socios-spr] Robot'2017 - Call for Special Sessions Message-ID: <3653D822BBE359419CF44AD777DF8B4502602506F5@SEQUOIA.ua.pt> CALL FOR SPECIAL SESSIONS ROBOT'2017 - Third Iberian Robotics Conference https://grvc.us.es/robot2017/ November 22-24, 2017 Escuela Tcnica Superior de Ingeniera (ETSI) Sevilla, Spain ROBOT'2017: Third Iberian Robotics Conference will take place at the Escuela Tcnica Superior de Ingeniera, Sevilla, Spain (November 22-24, 2017) and follows the First Iberian Robotics Conference held in Madrid in 2013 and the Second Iberian Robotics Conference held in Lisbon in 2015. These previous and successful events, both from the viewpoint of their scientific and technical quality, and from the important number of attending delegates, have motivated us in organizing ROBOT 2017. The main goal in ROBOT'2017 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 Spain and Portugal, the conference is open for good quality submissions from any country in the world. Also the conference will explore the future of robotics and relations of robotics with other fields in its frontiers, including Information and Communication Technologies, Additive Manufacturing (3D printing) and Mechanical Engineering, looking for synergies and new promising ideas. Moreover, industrial applications and technology transfer are targeted in ROBOT?2017. The conference will include a round table organized by CDTI to discuss the industrial collaboration and to present success stories of these collaborations. As in previous editions the conference proceedings will be published by Springer - Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing Series, indexed by Thomson ISI Web of Knowledge and SCOPUS. Extended versions of the conference best papers will also be published in special issues from top journals. ROBOT?2017 is organized by the ?Sociedad Espaola para la Investigacin y Desarrollo en Robtica? (SEIDROB) and the ?Sociedade Portuguesa de Robtica? (SPR), with the collaboration of the ?Red de Agentes Fsicos? and the support of the ?Spanish Network for Robotics and Mechatronics? (REDROM). SPECIAL SESSION SUBMISSIONS The special session proposals should be submitted filling the form https://grvc.us.es/robot2017/index.php/submit IMPORTANT DATES Special session proposals: March 24, 2017 Special session acceptance: April 7, 2017 Paper submission: June 16, 2017 Notification: July 24, 2017 Camera ready: September 7, 2017 Early registration: September 7, 2017 Conference: November 22-24, 2017 ORGANIZATION ROBOT?2017 will feature a main track and special sessions in topics such as: Regular Sessions ? Aerial robotics for inspection ? Agricultural robotics and field automation ? Autonomous driving and driver assistance systems ? Cognitive architectures ? Educational robotics ? Future industrial robotics systems ? Legged locomotion robots ? Machine learning in robotics ? Neurorobots and robotic exoeskeletons ? Perception in aerial robotics ? Rehabilitation and assistive robotics ? Robot competitions ? Robotics in confined environments with communication constraints ? Robots cooperating with sensor networks ? Robots for a secure society ? Robots for health-care ? Simulation in robotics ? Social robotics ? Visual perception for robotics ? Wearable robotics Robotics Frontiers Sessions ? Cloud computing and big data for robotics ? Mechanical engineering for robotics ? Robotics for additive layer manufacturing Industrial Sessions ? Aerial robotics and integration of drones in low altitude aerial space ? Application of robotics to aircraft manufacturing and assembly ? Construction robotics ? Robotics solutions for flexible manufacturing The Committees of ROBOT?2017 are composed of: General/Program Chairs ? Anbal Ollero, University of Seville, Spain ? Alberto Sanfeli, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain ? Luis Montano, University of Zaragoza, Spain ? Nuno Lau, University of Aveiro, Portugal ? Carlos Cardeira, University of Lisbon-IST, Portugal Program Committee A. Ledezma Espino, A. Bernardino, A. Garcia Cerezo, A. Casals, A. Christensen, A, Pinto, A. Garca Olaya, A. Matos, A. Viguria, A. Barrientos, A. J. Bandera Rubio, A. P. Moreira, A. P. Aguiar, A. J. Sousa, A. Pereira, B. Cunha, B. Arrue, B. M. Faria, C. Cerrada, C. Vazquez Regueiro, C. Torras, C. Santos, D. Tardioli, E. Bicho, F. J. Rodrguez, F. Fernndez, F. Lasagni, F. Ribeiro, F. Santos, F. Soares, G. Heredia, I. Garca Varea, J. Civera, J. Calado, J. Sequeira, J. Agirre, J. Dias, J. Lobo, J. Martins, J. Barata, J. A. Castellanos, J. L. Villarroel, J. L. Azevedo, J. L. Lima, J. L. Pons, J. M. Caas, J. Amat, J. Andrade, J. Mayo, L. Marques, Ll. Ribas Xirgo, L. Almeida, L. Correia, L. Merino, L. Moreno, L. P. Reis, M. Armada, M. Ferre, M. Silva, M. Couceiro, M. Oliveira, M. A. Cazorla, N. Garca-Aracil, N. Cruz, O. Reinoso, P. Bustos, P. Campoy, P. Costa, P. Gonalves, P. J. Oliveira, P. Costa, P. Fonseca, P. Lima, R. Martinez de Dios, R. Cano, R. Morais, R. Suarez, R. Ventura, R. Arajo, R. Rocha, T. Keller, V. Feli, V. Matelln, V. Santos. Local Organizing Commitee ngel Rodrguez, Carlos Rodrguez, Fernando Caballero, Francisco Real, Ivn Maza, Jos ngel Acosta, Jess Capitn, Jos Antonio Cobano, Julin Delgado, Pablo Ramn, Pedro Snchez (University of Sevilla, Spain) From pal isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt Sat Feb 4 14:40:47 2017 From: pal isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Pedro U Lima) Date: Sat Feb 4 14:41:07 2017 Subject: [socios-spr] IEEE RO-MAN 2017: CALL FOR VIDEOS (Lisbon, August 27-31, 2017) Message-ID: <57F5F29F-B0B9-4A05-96D8-39D2B37E510A@isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt> Sorry for multiple e-mails. ======================================================================================== ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR VIDEO SESSION CONTRIBUTIONS 26th IEEE International Symposium on ROBOT AND HUMAN INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATION (RO-MAN 2017) August 28-31, 2017 Pestana Palace Hotel, Lisbon, Portugal http://www.ro-man2017.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR VIDEOS SESSION CONTRIBUTIONS http://www.ro-man2017.org/site/node/16 Videos of 1.5 to 3 minutes illustrating new and exciting results are sought for this RO-MAN 2017 edition. Contributed Videos will be regarded and peer-reviewed as separate contributed submissions with respect to multimedia attachments to contributed papers. Accepted Videos will be presented in Video Sessions within the RO-MAN 2017 program. Accepted Video contributions (with the accompanying files, as described in the submission guidelines http://www.ro-man2017.org/site/node/16) will be included in the Proceedings of RO-MAN 2017 and will be archived in IEEE XPlore. A Video submitted for video sessions is expected to be a stand-alone contribution, which must be self-explanatory thanks to a comprehensive English narration. A contributed Video should make all the typical aspects of a written scientific contribution available to the viewers, by exploiting a video format instead of a traditional paper format. Creative formats and contributions that can foster scientific dissemination of robotics research are encouraged. High-quality, semi-professional video design and production style are expected. Basic guidelines for Videos preparation are: - Focus on your own research; - Include an English narration; - Introduce the background of the presented research, and explain research objectives; - Describe methodology, materials, and main outcomes; - Present experimental tests so to provide the best evidence of the results. Best RO-MAN 2017 Video Award A dedicated Award will be assigned to recognize the most outstanding RO-MAN 2017 Video. The winner will be awarded US$ 500 prize and a certificate. Co-winners will share the Award prize. The award will be announced and presented during RO-MAN 2017 conference. More information at http://www.ro-man2017.org/site/node/16 IMPORTANT DATES/DEADLINES - Proposals for Special Sessions: Feb 6, 2017; - Proposals for Workshops & Tutorials: Feb 19, 2017; - Special Session Paper Submission: March 6, 2017; - Regular Paper Submission: March 6, 2017; - Video Session Contribution: April 7, 2017; - Notification of Regular Paper Acceptance: May 5, 2017; - Final Paper Submission: May 28, 2017. For further information regarding videos conributions, please contact the Video Session Chairs: Dr. Raffaella Carloni (r.carloni@utwente.nl) and Dr. Mihoko Niitsumaand (niitsuma@mech.chuo-u.ac.jp) Sincerely Yours, Prof. Urbano Nunes, General Chair, University of Coimbra, Portugal Prof. Paulo Peixoto, General Co-Chair and Finance Chair, University of Coimbra, Portugal Prof. Eugenio Guglielmelli, Program Chair, University Campus Bio-Medico, Italy Prof. Wolfram Burgard, Program Co-Chair, University of Freiburg, Germany Prof. Yasushi Nakauchi, Program Co-Chair, University of Tsukuba, Japan From lino isr.uc.pt Wed Feb 8 17:15:00 2017 From: lino isr.uc.pt (Lino Marques) Date: Wed Feb 8 17:15:17 2017 Subject: [socios-spr] Reminder: Deadline for ICARSC 2017 is next February 10th Message-ID: <559ddb31-9b3b-44e9-b71d-03be2f613c38@isr.uc.pt> Dear Colleague, This is a gentle reminder that the deadline to submit contributions to ICARSC 2017 will close next February 10th (Friday). All submitted contributions can be updated until February 12th. Sincerely, Lino Marques and Alexandre Bernardino ------------------------------------------------------------------- (Apologies for multiple copies due to cross-posting) ========================= *** CALL FOR PAPERS *** ========================= ICARSC 2017 17th IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions http://icarsc2017.isr.uc.pt/ April 26-28, 2017 University of Coimbra Coimbra, Portugal Sponsored by: - IEEE Robotics and Automation Society - Portuguese Robotics Society An event integrated in Robotica 2017 the 17th Portuguese Robotics Open http://robotica2017.isr.uc.pt/ == Important! == Submission deadline extended: February 10, 2017. The 17th IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (ICARSC 2017) gathers participants from academia and industry working in the field of autonomous robotics and related areas. It is organized within the 17th Portuguese Robotics Open, a RoboCup-sponsored local event. The conference will be held at the University of Coimbra in Coimbra, Portugal, on April 26-28, 2017. The University of Coimbra (UC), founded in 1290, was the first Portuguese university, and one of the oldest in the world (http://www.uc.pt/en). Nowadays, UC maintains a unique mix of tradition, contemporaneity and innovation that led to its recognition as a world heritage site by UNESCO since 2013. Coimbra is located at the center of Portugal, about 200km north of Lisbon and 100km south of Oporto, the closest cities with international airports. Coimbra can be easily reached by train, coach or car from these airports. The conference has been an IEEE co-sponsored event for a long time and its proceedings have been indexed in *IEEExplore* and in Scopus. Moreover, authors of the best works presented at ICARSC will be invited to submit extended versions of their work to a special issue to be published by *Robotics and Autonomous Systems* journal from Elsevier and to regular editions of *Industrial Robot: An International Journal* and *Sensor Review* from Emerald. == Important Dates == Submission deadline: Feb. 10, 2017 (Extended) Notification of acceptance: Mar. 15, 2017 Camera-ready papers: Mar. 31, 2017 Early registration deadline: Mar. 31, 2017 Conference: Apr. 26-28, 2017 All deadlines are on 23:59 US Pacific Time. == Keynote Speakers == Raj Madhavan, Founder & CEO, Humanitarian Robotics Technologies, LLC, USA Title: Robotics & Automation for Societal Good: Bridging Competitions & Challenges and Technology & Public Policy Nikos Tsagarakis, Senior Scientist, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy Title: To be announced == Topics == The conference is an open forum to most robotics topics, as listed below, although contributions addressing novel benchmarking methods, able to properly compare and evaluate the performance of different solutions to a given robotics problem, and works dealing with robotics competitions and challenges are particularly welcome. Agricultural Robotics; Applications of Autonomous Intelligent Robots; Artificial Intelligence; Autonomous Robotic Systems; Collaborative Robotics; Computer Vision and Image Processing; Control Architectures and Programming; Cooperative Perception; Cooperative Planning and Task Allocation; Dexterous Manipulation and Grasping; Educational Robotics; Entertainment Robots; Evolutionary Robotics; Field Robotics; Humanoid Robotics; Human-Robot Interaction; Localization, Mapping, and Navigation; Locomotion and Actuation Systems; Marine Robotics; Multi-Robot Coordination; Multi-Robot Systems; Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking; Planning, Reasoning and Modelling; Recognition and Tracking; Robot Learning; Robotics Competitions and Challenges; Robotics Simulation; Sensors and Sensor Integration; Service Robotics; Swarm Robotics. == Submission Guidelines == The working language is English. Authors are invited to submit original research contributions electronically, in PDF format, via EasyChair: (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icarsc2017) The papers should follow the standard IEEE conference format. The corresponding LaTeX and MS Word templates can be found in: (http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html) Papers should be six pages in length, with up to two extra pages at the cost of 75? per extra page. Reviewing for ICARSC 2017 will be *double blind* so authors must remove their names from the submitted papers and should take reasonable care not to indirectly disclose their identity. Accepted papers will be scheduled for presentation, which requires that at least one of the authors must register at the Conference and present the paper. Failure to meet this requirement will imply removing the paper from the online version of the proceedings. == Contacts == For additional information, please visit conference website http://icarsc2017.isr.uc.pt and/or email icarsc2017@isr.uc.pt We welcome you at ICARSC 2017 to share your latest research results. See you in Coimbra! Lino Marques, University of Coimbra, Portugal Alexandre Bernardino, University of Lisbon, Portugal (Co-Chairs of the IEEE Int. Conf. on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions) From pal isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt Fri Feb 10 09:53:04 2017 From: pal isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Pedro U Lima) Date: Fri Feb 10 09:53:21 2017 Subject: [socios-spr] Five (5) fully funded Post-Doc positions at the Institute for Systems and Robotics (IST, Lisbon) Message-ID: <101013D6-7CA8-4F7A-8263-8B7232FABCFC@isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt> (please redistribute; apologies for cross-postings) Dear all, Applications are invited for 5 fully funded Post-Doc positions at the Institute for Systems and Robotics (ISR-Lisboa), Instituto Superior Tcnico (IST), University of Lisbon, Portugal. These positions are divided among five profiles of two positions each. The profiles and workplans of the positions are described below: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROFILE P1 - Computer and Robot Vision (http://vislab.isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt) Admission Requirements: Doctor in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Science or affine areas, with solid knowledge in Vision, Cognitive Robotics and/or machine learning. Experience of research and implementation of complex vision and robotic systems is a plus. Workplan ?Cognitive Social Robots?: Development of methodologies for sensorimotor coordination and manipulation with humanoid robots able to interact with humans, based on computer vision, gesture analysis, body-head-gaze pose estimation, perception (tactile and force), machine learning and learning by demonstration. Successful candidates will work with advanced experimental platforms (e.g. the iCub robot, motion capture systems and gaze trackers). Advisor: Jos Santos-Victor and Alexandre Bernardino PROFILE P2 - Dynamical Systems and Ocean Robotics Admission Requirements: PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or similar fields, with a solid background in the area of dynamical systems theory and a good track record in topics related to the analysis, design, and implementation of advanced systems for single and networked cooperative navigation and motion control of autonomous air and marine vehicles. Workplan Design, implementation, and field testing of advanced navigation systems for autonomous marine vehicles using tools from linear and nonlinear filtering, with a strong emphasis on geophysical navigation methods (that is, using terrain and geomagnetic maps). Study of sensor-based control and navigation systems for air and/or marine vehicles resorting to analysis and design techniques rooted in nonlinear systems theory. The work may include system implementation using LIDAR and SONAR in the case of autonomous surface/air and underwater vehicles, respectively. Advisor: Antnio Pascoal and Carlos Silvestre PROFILE P3 - Biomedical Engineering Admission Requirements: Candidates should have a PhD in Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, Physics, Electrical Engineering or a similar field, preferentially with experience in the acquisition and processing of EEG signals and/or other neuroimaging techniques. Workplan Implementation of an EEG setup in a virtual reality environment, and development of methodologies of signal acquisition and processing for studies of neurofeedback training with applications in healthy and active aging. Advisor: Patrcia Figueiredo and Joo Sanches PROFILE P4 - (2 Positions) - Intelligent Robots and Systems Admission Requirements: Doctor in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Science or affine areas, with solid knowledge in Robotics and/or Artificial Intelligence Workplan (P4.1) ? "Networked Robot Systems for Social Interaction": R&D on integration of different technologies (off-the-shelf and developed by the group) - including navigation, cooperative perception, people following, symbiotic interaction, coordinated plan execution - for robots deployed in human-populated environments (e.g., homes, hospitals), so as to interact with the humans in education, entertainment and support to daily activities. Experience with ROS is a plus. Advisor: Rodrigo Ventura (P4.2) ? "Planning Under Uncertainty": R&D on the development of novel approaches combining state representation under uncertainty (e.g., using probabilistic logic) and decision-theoretic sequential decision-making (e.g., POMDPs, RL), so as to enable handling large-state and observation spaces by reducing their high dimensional space to low dimensional representations adequate to inference and decision making. Advisor: Pedro Lima --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About ISR-Lisboa (http://www.isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt) The research will be conducted at the Institute for Systems and Robotics (ISR-Lisboa), home to more than 40 PhDs and part of the LARSyS (Laboratory for Robotics and Engineering Systems - http://www.larsys.pt). ISR-Lisboa is engaged in a new generation of research challenges pushing the frontiers of knowledge, while offering world-class doctoral training with top universities (e.g. dual/joint degrees with MIT, EPFL, CMU) and fueling the collaboration with industry. ISR-Lisboa develops state-of- the-art engineering solutions and projects with a clear societal impact, and has a long track record of participation in EU and other international projects. ISR-Lisboa hosts 5 groups working in Robotics and Information Processing, Systems and Control Theory, Signal Processing, Computer Vision, Optimization, Intelligent Systems and Biomedical Engineering. The working language is English. About Lisbon Lisbon is one of the oldest and most charming european capitals, enjoying a multi-cultural and vibrant life-style. Lisbon is an illuminated city. The almost constant presence of sunshine and the River Tagus transforms the Portuguese capital into a mirror of a thousand colours - highlighting the city?s unique architecture and beauty. Its rich history and culture, the sunny climate and the proximity to the ocean and sandy beaches, makes Lisbon a unique place to work and live. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Application: Deadline: March 2nd 2017 Duration: 12 months, renewable (full time) Starting date: as soon as possible. Place: ISR-Lisboa - Instituto Superior Tecnico, Alameda campus, Lisbon, Portugal To request further information and to apply, send an email to asantos (at) isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt as soon as possible. The application should include the following items: - Form B1 - Application for Research Grant (www.ist-id.pt); Ref: BPD - Proj RD0461 http://ist-id.pt/files/sites/43/id_b1_v1-1_candidatura_bolsa-_inv.doc - Curriculum Vitae; - Academic degree certificate; - Letter of motivation / statement of purpose in English: with explicit indicati on the chosen profile; - Minimum of 2 reference letters. - all documents should be sent in one single ZIP file. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From f552 ua.pt Mon Feb 13 22:47:03 2017 From: f552 ua.pt (Bernardo Cunha) Date: Mon Feb 13 22:47:18 2017 Subject: [socios-spr] =?iso-8859-1?q?SPR_-_Convocat=F3ria=2C_lista_e_mani?= =?iso-8859-1?q?festo?= Message-ID: <745CD3E6FACF482387E773B6F8BF1A43@mbcTOSHIBA> Caro Scio da SPR, Serve a presente para relembrar a convocatria para uma Assembleia Geral Eleitoral, a realizar no dia 22 de Fevereiro de 2017, quarta-feira, a partir das 15h00, nas instalaes do laboratrio IRIS, na Universidade de Aveiro. Segue igualmente em anexo o documento de candidatura e manifesto da nica lista concorrente. Aveiro, 12 de Fevereiro de 2017, O Presidente da Mesa da Assembleia Geral, Bernardo Cunha -------------- prxima parte ---------- Um anexo que no estava em formato texto no est includo... Nome : Lista_e_Manifesto_SPR_2017.pdf Tipo : application/pdf Tam : 17207 bytes Descr: Lista_e_Manifesto_SPR_2017.pdf Url : http://lists.sprobotica.pt/pipermail/socios-spr/attachments/20170213/e3303dc9/Lista_e_Manifesto_SPR_2017.pdf From f552 ua.pt Mon Feb 13 22:44:05 2017 From: f552 ua.pt (Bernardo Cunha) Date: Tue Feb 14 09:26:52 2017 Subject: [socios-spr] =?iso-8859-1?q?SPR_-_Convocat=F3ria=2C_lista_e_mani?= =?iso-8859-1?q?festo?= Message-ID: <8816383B013B49B293C800660A5DC5BF@mbcTOSHIBA> Caro Scio da SPR, Serve a presente para relembrar a convocatria para uma Assembleia Geral Eleitoral, a realizar no dia 22 de Fevereiro de 2017, quarta-feira, a partir das 15h00, nas instalaes do laboratrio IRIS, na Universidade de Aveiro. Segue igualmente em anexo o documento de candidatura e manifesto da nica lista concorrente. Aveiro, 12 de Fevereiro de 2017, O Presidente da Mesa da Assembleia Geral, Bernardo Cunha -------------- prxima parte ---------- Um anexo que no estava em formato texto no est includo... Nome : Lista_e_Manifesto_SPR_2017.pdf Tipo : application/pdf Tam : 167888 bytes Descr: Lista_e_Manifesto_SPR_2017.pdf Url : http://lists.sprobotica.pt/pipermail/socios-spr/attachments/20170213/f40eabb8/Lista_e_Manifesto_SPR_2017-0001.pdf From f552 ua.pt Sun Feb 19 00:51:22 2017 From: f552 ua.pt (Bernardo Cunha) Date: Sun Feb 19 12:06:57 2017 Subject: [socios-spr] Assembleia Geral Eleitoral do dia 22 Message-ID: <5A818A32356644528DD1FA6E71D366D5@mbcTOSHIBA> Caro Scio da SPR, Em anexo envio os trs seguintes documentos relativos Assembleia Geral Eleitoral do prximo dia 22 de Fevereiro de 2017: 1. Cadernos Eleitorais 2. Verso atual dos Estatutos da SPR 3. Proposto de alterao aos estatutos a ser debatida e votada na AG O Presidente da Mesa da Assembleia Geral, Bernardo Cunha -------------- prxima parte ---------- Um anexo que no estava em formato texto no est includo... Nome : CadernosEleitorais2017.pdf Tipo : application/pdf Tam : 7965 bytes Descr: CadernosEleitorais2017.pdf Url : http://lists.sprobotica.pt/pipermail/socios-spr/attachments/20170219/ab6b75d3/CadernosEleitorais2017-0001.pdf -------------- prxima parte ---------- Um anexo que no estava em formato texto no est includo... Nome : Proposta de Novos Estatutos da SPR.pdf Tipo : application/pdf Tam : 60844 bytes Descr: Proposta de Novos Estatutos da SPR.pdf Url : http://lists.sprobotica.pt/pipermail/socios-spr/attachments/20170219/ab6b75d3/PropostadeNovosEstatutosdaSPR-0001.pdf -------------- prxima parte ---------- Um anexo que no estava em formato texto no est includo... Nome : =?iso-8859-1?Q?Verso_atual_dos_Estatutos.pdf?Tipo : application/pdf Tam : 59739 bytes Descr: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Verso_atual_dos_Estatutos.pdf?Url : http://lists.sprobotica.pt/pipermail/socios-spr/attachments/20170219/ab6b75d3/iso-8859-1QVersE3o_atual_dos_Estatutos-0001.pdf From cristina dei.uminho.pt Mon Feb 20 11:59:55 2017 From: cristina dei.uminho.pt (cristina) Date: Mon Feb 20 12:00:22 2017 Subject: [socios-spr] CLAWAR 2017 Special Session onWearable Robotics for Assistance and Rehabilitation (WRAR) In-Reply-To: <588E8C1F.6010307@dei.uminho.pt> References: <588E8B8D.5070802@dei.uminho.pt> <588E8C1F.6010307@dei.uminho.pt> Message-ID: <58AADA3B.7070704@dei.uminho.pt> Apologies for multiple postings New deadline:20 February 2017 List of speakers is now included ***************************************************************************** Call for Papers Special Session on *Wearable Robotics for Assistance and Rehabilitation (WRAR)* within the coming *CLAWAR 2017* - 20th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines Oporto, Portugal, September 11-13, 2017 https://clawar.org/clawar2017/ *Theme*: Rehabilitation and assistive robotics* ************************************************************************************** ABOUT THE SPECIAL SESSION:* Abstract*: The adoption of novel active wearable devices, either for daily assistance or clinical rehabilitation, requires new approaches to ultimately enable efficient treatments and better facilitation of movement for individuals who present loss of motor abilities. In particular, since these devices interact directly with humans there are major challenges that still need to be addressed such as acceptance, effectiveness, safety and functionality. Thus, there is a need to consider further the knowledge from complementary disciplines such as neuronal sciences, human-centered design, computer science, biomechanics, neuroscience, and psychology. This will enable to design the wearable devices as a natural extension of the human body, a fundamental feature for sustainability of such system. The proposed session will bring talks to provide insights on these multiple challenges with perspectives from engineers and medical doctors while focusing on aspects of human-robot interaction and interface technologies. It will gather knowledge from these disciplines focusing on the development of human-oriented approaches to assist and rehabilitation gait function after neurological injuries. The intended list of speakers is expected to cover the above-mentioned fields. This session is primarily addressed to young researchers (PhD and advanced Master students), researchers and professionals interested in Medical Robotics such as Assistive and Rehabilitation and in the new perspectives in this field. The workshop provides a unique opportunity for faculty, students, industry and the general public to come together and learn about the latest advances in these fields of medical robotics. The idea is to discuss current needs and future directions of human-robot interactive and rehabilitation systems from both the clinical and industrial point of view. The participants will get in touch with other colleagues in the field and they will have the opportunity to improve their knowledge through the presented talks. Invited speakers will be announced soon ******************************************************************** SUBMISSION:* We invite submission of full draft papers to this Special Session, in PDF format and up to a maximum of 8 pages, using the URL (https://www.softconf.com/g/clawar2017). Authors should follow the guidelines of the template available at the paper submission page of the conference web-site by the indicated deadline. All contributions will be refereed and accepted papers will appear in the Conference Proceedings, which will be published by World Scientific Publishing Company. A selection of presented papers will also be recommended for possible publication in reputable international journals.*** Important dates:* Submission of full draft Papers / Posters 20 February 2017** Notification of Paper / Poster Acceptance 15 March 2017 Submission of Final (accepted) Papers / Posters 12 April 2017 Conference 11 – 13 September 2017* Organizers*: Cristina P Santos, PhD-IEEE Member, cristina@dei.uminho.pt Juan C Moreno, PhD-IEEE Member, JC.MORENO@CSIC.ES ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *******Speakers* *Francesco Bottiglione* (Polytechnic University of Bari) *Title**: *Energy recovering actuators to improve the range, the efficiency and the portability: old tricks for future applications *Abstract:* Wearable robots for lower limbs aspire to become portable devices helping disabled people in the everyday life. In the meanwhile, a lot of work is still to be done on the actuators side to achieve the optimal tradeoff between the availability of powerful and long-ranged devices and their portability. The characteristics of lower limb movements are not the ideal ones for the commonly adopted electric drives. Firstly, they do not allow the actuators to work continuously in their optimal operating conditions. Furthermore, peak torque and power requested are much larger than the average ones. For these reasons, it is commonly necessary to oversize and to overweight the batteries and the actuators with respect to their actual usage, leading to drawbacks in terms of portability. In principle, all those everyday actions characterized by a periodic repeatability – walking above all - offer the chance to implement some old smart strategies to drastically reduce the energy requirements and the size of the motors. Periodic motions are indeed characterized by “active” phases, when energy must be provided by the actuator to the user side, followed by “passive” phases, when the energy must flow in the opposite way. An actuator capable of recovering and storing the energy in the passive phases and to re-use such energy in the active phases would consume much less energy and stress the motor only with the average values of requested power. An actuator capable of doing such a thing mechanically, would do it efficiently. Several possible technical solutions have been and are being developed and will be briefly summarized. The ones based on kinetic energy accumulation and continuously-variable-transmission-driven power flow will be discussed in depth. *Carlos A. Cifuentes* (Colombian School of Engineering Julio Garavito) *Title:* Bio-inspired lower-limb exoskeletons for gait assistance and rehabilitation *Abstract:* Exoskeletons are becoming one of the most promising devices to improve quality of life to injured patients to regain ability to walk. Bioinspired designs in exoskeletons could increase adaptability as well as minimal interference to perform gait movements. This talk presents some remarks of bioinspired exoskeleton for enhanced physical interaction during gait assistance and rehabilitation, which are based on the motion analysis model, taking into account bioinspired design criteria, and also concepts of wearable robots. *Nina Lefeber* (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) *Title: *Robot-Assisted Gait: What About the Cardiometabolic Load? *Abstract**:* Lately, robot technology is being increasingly implemented in the gait rehabilitation of neurological patients (e.g. stroke patients). The aim of this development has been to reduce the physical load of the therapist and increase the training duration and intensity of the patient. In the past, research on the effects of robot-assistance has been mainly focused on gait related parameters. Yet, little is known about the effects on the cardiometabolic load (e.g. energy consumption, heart rate or minute ventilation). Nevertheless, neurological patients are often confronted with impaired cardiorespiratory fitness, which is a major risk factor in the development of cardiovascular diseases. Hence, it is important to gain insight in these aspects – both for safety as well as training related aspects. Numerous characteristics (e.g. type of robot, level of assistance, speed and duration of walking, disease severity or stage of rehabilitation) however, complicate the estimates of the cardiometabolic load during robot-assisted gait. This presentation will review the current literature on cardiometabolic load during robot-assisted gait as well as preliminary results of own work in stroke patients. Particular gaps that still need to be targeted in the future will be highlighted. *Eduardo Rocon* (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas) *Title: *Robotic platform for the Rehabilitation of children with Cerebral Palsy: CPWalker *Abstract:* Cerebral Palsy (CP) is the most common cause of permanent physical disability in childhood. CP is a disorder of posture and movement due to a defect or lesion in the immature brain. CP is often associated to sensory deficits, cognition impairments, communication and motor disabilities, behaviour issues, seizure disorder, pain and secondary musculoskeletal problems. New strategies are needed to help to promote, maintain, and rehabilitate the functional capacity, and thereby diminish the dedication and assistance required and the economical demands that this condition represents for the patient, the caregivers and the society. During this talk I will present a pilot study done with several children with spastic CP, who trained with a new robotic platform called CPWalker during five weeks. This experimental device is a novel over ground prototype for gait rehabilitation with body weight support for children with CP. After rehabilitation training, both patients improved the mean velocity, cadence and step length. Moreover, the comparison between pre and post- kinematics analysis without the robot shows specific developments for each subject depending on the focus of the therapy (mainly trunk or hip flexion-extension). *Herman van der Kooij* (University of Twente) *Title: *Rendering lower limb neuro-mechanics in an wearable exoskeleton for SCI subjects *Abstract:* Current exoskeletons replay pre-programmed trajectories at the actuated joints. To allow spinal cord injury (SCI) subjects to walk again, ultimately without additional support aids, we aim to emulate the neuro-mechanics of the limbs in a modular torque controlled wearable exoskeleton. We employed a biologically inspired neuromuscular controller (NMC), which was based on the muscle-reflex model of Geyer et al. This model encodes principles of legged mechanics through several local reflex loops that activate depending on leg-ground contact state. While the NMC has been implemented in a powered ankle prosthesis and shown to normalize gait for transtibial amputee subjects, these controllers have not yet been implemented in multi-dof devices that support locomotion. Our aim is two-fold. First, we further validate and refine the NMC in the context of force perturbations, and second, we determine its efficacy for the control of wearable exoskeletons, in particular those that allow SCI subjects to walk again. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Cristina Manuela Peixoto dos Santos Universidade do Minho Escola de Engenharia Dept. Electrónica Industrial Campus de Azurém 4800-058 Guimaraes PORTUGAL Tel: +351 253 510190/604705 Fax: +351 253510189 E-Mail:cristina@dei.uminho.pt http://www.dei.uminho.pt/pessoas/cristina/ -------------- prxima parte ---------- Um anexo em HTML foi limpo... URL: http://lists.sprobotica.pt/pipermail/socios-spr/attachments/20170220/71aba364/attachment-0001.htm