From pal isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt Tue May 2 08:14:34 2017 From: pal isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Pedro U Lima) Date: Tue May 2 08:14:50 2017 Subject: [socios-spr] =?utf-8?q?Pedido_de_Contribui=C3=A7=C3=A3o=3A_Agend?= =?utf-8?b?YSBUZW3DoXRpY2EgZGUgSW52ZXN0aWdhw6fDo28gZSBJbm92YcOnw6NvIGRv?= =?utf-8?q?_Espa=C3=A7o?= Message-ID: <5E42AFA3-D68E-454E-8765-ED928419F803@isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt> Caros sócios: A FCT criou grupos de trabalho emde elaboração de 14 agendas de I&I a médio-longo prazo para Portugal (ver em http://www.fct.pt/noticias/index.phtml.pt?id=237&/2017/4/Agendas_Temáticas_de_Investigação_e_Inovação). De acordo com a FCT, "Espera-se que as Agendas de I&I contribuam para identificar desafios e oportunidades e fomentem a articulação entre diferentes atores do sistema de investigação e inovação em Portugal, numa perspetiva de longo prazo. Além de identificar os pontos fortes do país em cada tema, as agendas permitirão apontar áreas que se configurem como emergentes e promissoras para a comunidade de investigação e inovação portuguesa. A promoção destas agendas não interfere com o processo de abertura regular de concursos para financiamento promovidos pela FCT, em todos os domínios científicos.” Gostaria de vos solicitar em particular que contribuissem para a Agenda do Espaço, respondendo de forma breve a 4 questões, as quais pretendem avaliar desafios e perspetivas de futuro para a investigação e inovação em cada tema, através do formulário disponibilizado na página acima indicada. Este tema é particularmente relevante para a comunidade nacional de robótica, mesmo quando apenas desenvolve muitas metodologias relevantes para o Espaço mas não as aplica diretamente nesse setor - daí vos solicitar que, caso tenham participado nalgum projecto de aplicação de tecnologias ao Espaço e/ou considerem que estão a desenvolver metodologias com impacto potencial no Espaço, gastem uns minutos do vosso tempoa disponibilizar essa informação precisa. Obrigado Pedro Lima -- Instituto de Sistemas e Robotica, Instituto Superior Tecnico - Torre Norte Av. Rovisco Pais, 1 1049-001 Lisboa Portugal Tel.: +351-218418274 http://www.isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/~pal In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice ... but in practice, there is! -------------- prxima parte ---------- Um anexo em HTML foi limpo... URL: http://lists.sprobotica.pt/pipermail/socios-spr/attachments/20170502/7d6aea06/attachment.html From pal isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt Wed May 3 16:00:49 2017 From: pal isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Pedro U Lima) Date: Wed May 3 16:01:00 2017 Subject: [socios-spr] ERL Service Robots - Call for Participation in Major Tournament in Lisbon, co-located with IEEE RO-MAN 2017 Message-ID: ================================================ Call for Participation European Robotics League (ERL) Service Robots Major Tournament during RO-MAN 2017 28.08 - 31.08.2017 Institute for Systems and Robotics at Instituto Superior Tcnico (ISR/IST), U. Lisbon Lisboa, Portugal Web: https://sites.google.com/site/erlsrroman2017/ ================================================ The European Robotics League is an innovative concept for robot competitions which stems from its predecessor, the RoCKIn@Home competition, and focuses on tasks that service robots execute in a real home environment. The ERL is composed of multiple "Local tournaments", held in different research labs across Europe, with certified test beds, and a few competitions as part of "Major tournaments" such as RoboCup. Teams participate in a minimum of two tournaments (Local and/or Major) per year and get scores based on their performances. Scores of the best two participations in tournaments for each team are added and teams are ranked based on their cumulative score. Prizes for the top teams are awarded during the next year?s European Robotics Forum (ERF). For more information, please visit https://eu-robotics.net/robotics_league/. We are pleased to announce the second Major Tournament on the ERL Service Robots (ERL-SR) challenge, to be held between 28-21 August 2017 at the Institute for Systems and Robotics of IST, University of Lisbon, Portugal, simultaneously with the IEEE RO-MAN 2017 Conference. Important dates: ########## 31 May 2017 - Deadline for application and request for travel support 05 Jun 2017 - Qualification announcement 28 Aug 2017 - Competition begins 31 Aug 2017 - Competition ends Rules: ###### The rules of the competition can be found in https://eu-robotics.net/robotics_league/upload/about/ERL_Service.compressed.pdf. NOTE: the rules can still be updated in the upcoming weeks, so as to adapt the Task Benchmarks shared with RoboCup@Home. For the Local ERL-SR Tournaments, the following task and functionality benchmarks will be (tentatively) considered: ? TBM1: Getting to Know My Home ? TBM4: Visit My Home ? TBM5 General Purpose Service Robot (shared with RoboCup@Home) ? FBM1: Object Perception ? FBM2: Navigation ? FBM3: Speech Recognition Application: ####### Applicant teams must send an email to erl.service@robotics-league.eu expressing their intention to participate in the Tournament and providing the following information about the team: - Team name - Team Leader name - Total number of team members (including the team leader) - Affiliation - Contact information (e-mail and phone of team leader) - Website - Qualification material (see below). Qualification Material - applicants are required to submit (template and form can be downloaded from https://www.eu-robotics.net/robotics_league/erl-service/about/index.html): - Team Description Paper (max. 4 pages, LNCS [3]) explaining the team?s approach to the technical challenges - including: i) the list of TBMs and FBMs the team intends to participate in; ii) a brief description of the robot system software and hardware architectures, and iii) the relation with the team research - including a list of relevant publications - Video showing evidence of some performance in the tasks and/or functionalities selected by the team - Filled travel support request form requesting and justifying travel support, if needed Selection Criteria: ####### Teams will be selected for participation and travel support based on _ number of available slots for team participation in the tournament (5 / five, in this case); _ available funds for travel support (maximum of 2K? per team per year); _ team research quality, as measured from the TDP and list of relevant publications; _ team financial needs (as declared by the team request for travel support). ================================================================================================ From nunolau ua.pt Mon May 8 10:16:27 2017 From: nunolau ua.pt (Nuno Lau) Date: Mon May 8 10:16:50 2017 Subject: [socios-spr] Call for Papers Robot 2017 and Plenary Speakers In-Reply-To: <4c471f9a-dae3-4e24-cd5e-a4490bddb53c@us.es> References: <34207909-67ab-73cc-74b0-cba6217ebe43@us.es>, <4c471f9a-dae3-4e24-cd5e-a4490bddb53c@us.es> Message-ID: <3653D822BBE359419CF44AD777DF8B4502882AD524@SEQUOIA.ua.pt> Dear colleagues, the Call for Papers of the Robot 2017, next November 22-24 in Seville, is now open. Below you will find a summary of relevant information. The detais are in the web: https://grvc.us.es/robot2017 We have a list of excellent plenary speakers including: - Oussama Khatib (Stanford University, USA) - Alin Albu-Schffer (DLR, Germany) and - Dario Floreano (EPFL, Switzerland). We are looking to the presentation of new robotics methods, technologies and applications by universities, research and technology centers, and industries. Robot 2017 welcomes industrial participation (developers and end-users) looking to promote new application projects. Thus, in addition of regular papers, it is possible to present industrial short papers with only two pages (see below). The deadline for Paper presentations is next June 30. Please submit your papers before this deadline and enjoy the presentation of top results in robotics at Robot 2017. We are looking to meet you in Sevilla next November 22-24, 2017. Best regards. Anibal Ollero On behalf of the General/Program Chairs. ---------------------------------------------------------- ROBOT'2017: Third Iberian Robotics Conference November 22-24, 2017 Escuela Tcnica Superior de Ingeniera, Sevilla (Spain) https://grvc.us.es/robot2017/ ROBOT2017 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 for the important number of attending delegates, have motivated us in organizing ROBOT 2017. The conference will explore the future of robotics and relations of Robotics with other fields in its frontiers. 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 of top Journals. Robot?2017 is Organized by 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). IMPORTANT DATES Paper Submission: June 30, 2017 Notification: July 24, 2017 Early Registration: September 7, 2017 Camera Ready: September 7, 2017 Conference: November 22-24, 2017 SESSIONS Robot 2017 will feature a main track and Special Sessions. The list of Special Sessions is in https://grvc.us.es/robot2017/index.php/special-sessions PLENARY SPEAKERS Robot 2017 will have as Plenary Speakers Robotics world leaders. Confirmed plenary speakers are: ? Alin Albu-Schffer Head of the Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics at the German Aerospace Center (DLR). ? Dario Floreano Director of the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems, EPFL, Switzerland Director of the Swiss National Center of Competence in Robotics, Switzerland ? Oussama Khatib Director of Stanford Robotics Lab, Stanford University, USA President of the International Foundation of Robotics Research (IFRR) TBC COMMITTEES General/Program Chairs ? Anbal Ollero - University of Sevilla, Spain ? Alberto Sanfeliu - Polytechnical 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 Please visit https://grvc.us.es/robot2017/index.php/committee INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSION Please visit https://grvc.us.es/robot2017/index.php/call-and-submission Papers can be submitted to the main track or to Special Sessions. In addition of regular papers (up to twelve pages in the Springer AISC format) it is possible to present industrial short papers, with only two pages, that will be included in the Electronic Preprints to be distributed in the Conference but not in the Springer Proceedings. From pal isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt Tue May 9 14:42:18 2017 From: pal isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Pedro U Lima) Date: Tue May 9 14:42:24 2017 Subject: [socios-spr] Reminder: 4th PhD School on AI and Robotics - deadline is May 10 sharp In-Reply-To: <3DB75853-56A8-4AC4-B905-B1A1869A0119@isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt> References: <3DB75853-56A8-4AC4-B905-B1A1869A0119@isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt> Message-ID: <6E4F6914-58CA-4568-8631-036A8DF79139@isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt> ====================================================================== September 4: The Triumph of Light! The Fourth Lucia PhD School on "Artificial Intelligence and Robotics? ISR/IST-Lisbon, Portugal September 4-8, 2017 ====================================================================== ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SYNOPSIS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The fields of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics were strongly connected in the early days of AI, but have since diverged. Today, and with few exceptions, they are regarded as separate fields, with separate communities and scientific traditions. Typical graduate student curricula concentrate on AI or on robotics, but rarely on both. Students in one area are seldom aware of the concepts, methods, and achievements in the other one. This separation is often exacerbated by the barriers among traditional academic disciplines. Despite this separation, many now feel that the two fields ought to be brought together towards the development of fully integrated intelligent robots. The 4th Lucia School on AI and Robotics provides a concrete step to fill this educational gap, and to create the next generation of researchers who will realize integrated intelligent robots. These researchers should be familiar with the methods in the two fields, and should be able to work across their traditional boundaries. They should combine theoretical insights from both areas with practical understanding of physical robotic systems. This School will provide graduate students in AI and in Robotics a unique training and human experience. Students will be exposed to technologies at the forefront of research in AI and in Robotics. They will have the opportunity to discuss their research work with top level scholars as well as other students, and to extend their networks. This School continues the tradition of successful "Lucia" Winter Schools on AI and Robotics started in 2013 (see http://aass.oru.se/Agora/Lucia). This fourth edition of the School is special in two respects: it is the first one taking place in Summer; and it is the first one outside Sweden. In addition, this edition is scheduled between two exciting robotics conference, both taking place in Lisbon: * IEEE RO-MAN 2017, August 28-31, 2017 (http://www.ro-man2017.org/site/) * IEEE ICDL-EPIROB 2017, September 18-21, 2017 (http://www.icdl-epirob.org) You may want to make the most of your time in Lisbon, and stay for those conferences as well! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FORMAT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The School will run for one week, Monday to Friday, September 4-8, and will offer a mixture of traditional advanced lectures and innovative features. The latter include: o Two full-day sessions on specific topics. o One day devoted to applications of integrated AI and Robotics, including industrial perspectives and major EU projects. o An introduction session where students will have an opportunity to present their experience and research topics to everyone. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TOPICS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- o Integration of AI and Robotics o Decision theoretic planning under uncertainty o Semantic mapping o Cooperatve perception o Learning by Self-Exploration o AI-Robotics competitions o Service robot applications ??????????????????????????????????? CONFIRMED SPEAKERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- o Aamir Ahmad, Max-Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Germany o Paulo Alvito, IDMind, Portugal o Alexandre Bernardino, IST - U. Lisbon, Portugal o Nick Hawes, U. Birmingham, UK o Robert Krug, KTH, Sweden o Amit P. Kumar, SoftBank Robtics Europe, France o Bruno Lacerda, U. Birmingham, UK o Daniele Nardi, U. Rome ?La Sapienza? o Alessandro Saffiotti, U. rebro, Sweden ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ATTENDANCE AND APPLICATIONS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PhD students from any institution in any part of the world can apply to the School. Applications by motivated early-stage postdocs are also welcome. Applicants are not expected to have any specific previous experience in the above topics, but they are expected to have a strong background in robotics or in artificial intelligence, along with the curiosity and drive in exploring the integration between the two. Applications by women and minorities are strongly encouraged. The total number of participants is limited to a maximum of 30. To apply for admission, send the following material to the Chair (pedro.lima@tecnico.ulisboa.pt) of the school: 1) a full CV, specifying the start date of the PhD 2) a 1/2 page description of the PhD thesis topic 3) a recommendation letter by the PhD advisor 4) a transcript of records of the BSc and MSc courses 5) a motivation letter: what do you expect to gain from the school, what experience you will bring to the school, not to exceed 1 page Documents should be in PDF format and packed as a single ZIP or TAR archive. Applications must be received by May 10, 2017, strict and sharp deadline. Late applications will not be processed. Admission decisions will be mailed on May 22, 2017. Quality and motivation of the applicant will be the main selection criteria; balance across fields, genders, and geographical areas may be used to break ties. There is no registration fee. Admitted students will be offered accommodation, free admission to courses, course material, coffee breaks, lunches, receptions and a social dinner. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SPONSORSHIP ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This School is supported by Ithe Institute for Systems and Robotics/LARSyS, through its Strategic Funding FCT UID/EEA/50009/2013. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ORGANIZATION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- o Chair: - Pedro U. Lima, Institute for Systems and Robotics, IST, Portugal o Advisory Committee: - Alessandro Saffiotti, University of rebro, Sweden - Federico Pecora, University of rebro, Sweden o Steering Committee - Joachim Hertzberg, University of Osnabruck, Germany - Daniele Nardi, Sapienza University, Italy - Kanna Rajan, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway, and University of Porto, Portugal o Local organization: - Rodrigo Ventura, Institute for Systems and Robotics, IST, Portugal - Meysam Basiri, Institute for Systems and Robotics, IST, Portugal - Pedro Miraldo, Institute for Systems and Robotics, IST, Portugal ---------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - May 10, 2017: (sharp) Deadline for applying to the school - May 22, 2017: Admission decisions - Sep 3: Students arrive and check in at the hotel - Sep 4-8, 2017: Lecture days - Sep 9, 2017: Students check out at the hotel and leave ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SCHOOL HOMEPAGE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- http://lucia.isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt ====================================================================== From abm fct.unl.pt Thu May 11 13:46:54 2017 From: abm fct.unl.pt (=?UTF-8?Q?Ant=C3=B3nio_Moniz?=) Date: Thu May 11 13:47:06 2017 Subject: [socios-spr] =?utf-8?q?Pedido_de_Contribui=C3=A7=C3=A3o=3A_Agend?= =?utf-8?q?a_Tem=C3=A1tica_do_Trabalho=2C_Robotiza=C3=A7=C3=A3o_e_Q?= =?utf-8?q?ualifica=C3=A7=C3=A3o_do_Emprego_em_Portugal?= Message-ID: Caros sócios: Tal como o Pedro Lima informou há poucos dias, a FCT criou grupos de trabalho emde elaboração de 14 agendas de I&I a médio-longo prazo para Portugal (ver em http://www.fct.pt/noticias/index.phtml.pt?id=237&/2017/4/ Agendas_Temáticas_de_Investigação_e_Inovação). De acordo com a FCT, "Espera-se que as Agendas de I&I contribuam para identificar desafios e oportunidades e fomentem a articulação entre diferentes atores do sistema de investigação e inovação em Portugal, numa perspetiva de longo prazo. Além de identificar os pontos fortes do país em cada tema, as agendas permitirão apontar áreas que se configurem como emergentes e promissoras para a comunidade de investigação e inovação portuguesa. A promoção destas agendas não interfere com o processo de abertura regular de concursos para financiamento promovidos pela FCT, em todos os domínios científicos.” *No nosso caso, gostaríamos de vos solicitar em particular que contribuissem para a Agenda do Trabalho, Robotização e Qualificação do Emprego em Portugal*, respondendo de forma breve a 4 questões, as quais pretendem avaliar desafios e perspetivas de futuro para a investigação e inovação em cada tema, através do formulário disponibilizado na página acima indicada. Este tema é também particularmente relevante para a comunidade nacional de robótica, pois esta Agenda irá abordar os seguintes temas: 1. Robotização avançada, Sistemas autónomos e Inteligência Artificial e novos modelos de Trabalho 2. Qualificação das pessoas, Competências e fatores de Empregabilidade 3. Desenvolvimento da Robotização e I.A. como fonte de desafios e oportunidades para a sociedade. Além dessas respostas, gostaríamos que nos enviassem informação sobre os vossos projetos/atividades para os podermos referir em particular nos sub-temas 1 e 3. Esta informação deverá ser enviada para mim e para a Cristina Peixoto Santos (DEI, U.Minho, cristina@dei.uminho.pt) Muito obrigado António Brandão Moniz (relator da Agenda *Trabalho, Robotização e Qualificação do Emprego*) -- António B. Moniz (Prof. Dr.) Professor da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL)Investigador do ITAS-Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Coordenador do Programa Doutoral em Avaliação de Tecnologia (UNL) email: abm@fct.unl.ptantonio.moniz@kit.edu skypename: antonio moniz webpages: (FCT-UNL) http://docentes.fct.unl.pt/abm(ITAS-KIT) http://www.itas.kit.edu/english/staff_moniz_antonio_brandao.php (ORCID) http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6044-1519 (PDAT PhD programme) http://sites.fct.unl.pt/doutoramento-avaliacao-tecnologia -------------- prxima parte ---------- Um anexo em HTML foi limpo... URL: http://lists.sprobotica.pt/pipermail/socios-spr/attachments/20170511/07d314c1/attachment.html From paulo.goncalves ipcb.pt Mon May 15 23:06:56 2017 From: paulo.goncalves ipcb.pt (=?utf-8?B?UGF1bG8gR29uw6dhbHZlcw==?=) Date: Sat May 20 09:25:37 2017 Subject: [socios-spr] [Call for extended abstracts] IEEE Ro-MAN 2017 Autonomous Robot Ontology Workshop (AROW 2017) Message-ID: <5D337F25-8235-442C-A367-103B4988DD1A@ipcb.pt> Apologies for cross-posting ===================================================================================================================== [Call for extended abstracts] IEEE Ro-MAN 2017 Autonomous Robot Ontology Workshop (AROW 2017) http://robotica.ipcb.pt/AROW2017 September 1st, 2017 Pestana Palace Hotel, Lisbon, Portugal IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication http://www.ro-man2017.org/ The IEEE-RAS Autonomous Robotics (AuR) study group (http://www.ieee-ras.org/industry-government/standards/autonomous-robotics-group) organizes the AROW 2017 workshop in IEEE RO-MAN 2017 to discuss the requirements and development of autonomous robotics ontology in perspective of Robot and Human Interactive Communications. ===================================================================================================================== AROW 2017 is a half-day workshop, including one invited talk by Stefano Borgo of Laboratory for Applied Ontology (ISTC-CNR , Italy), one paper presentation session and one interactive poster session by contributing participants. After the presentations, there will be a Panel discussion, focused on: - Robot and human interactive communications and autonomous robotics ontology: What is the vocabulary needed for development? What type of architecture is needed for robot ontology? - Robot and human interactive communications case studies. :: Important Dates :: - Extended abstract submission due date: June 25th, 2017 - Extended abstract notification of acceptance/rejection: July 9th, 2017 - Camera-ready version due date: July 20th, 2017 - Workshop day: September 1st, 2017 :: Objectives :: The IEEE-RAS Autonomous Robotics (AuR) study group (http://www.ieee-ras.org/industry-government/standards/autonomous-robotics-group) presents the AROW 2017 workshop in IEEE RO-MAN 2017 to discuss the requirements and development of autonomous robot ontology in perspective of Robot and Human Interactive Communications. Indeed, future autonomous systems need to work in teams and communicate with humans and other robots such as unmanned vehicles to share information and coordinate activities The workshop will provide thus the opportunity for the participants to evaluate the work done so far and to further share knowledge about the different R&A domains (e.g. aerial, ground, surface, underwater, and space robots) in order to identify new concepts and axioms as well as to define appropriate relations between these concepts and their properties to facilitate interactions between humans and autonomous robots. The advances in robotics systems around the globe show a very promising future where robots and humans will share the same environment as partners. Robots might work in factories, malls, and airports. In all cases, both humans and robots should communicate to each other to exchange information. An effective way of achieving this goal is to standardize terminology in the Robotics and Automation (R&A) domain, as it has been done in the past in other domains. We propose to discuss current work towards a standard for autonomous robots that specifies domain concepts and relationships as ontology. The proposed workshop will serve the following sectors: Public sector using autonomous robots to deliver automated services, such as police and emergency responders; Health service providers; Transformation industry; Mining and construction industry; Oil and gas industry. :: List of Topics for the contributed talks / poster session :: - Standards for robotics and automation and Robot and Human Interactive Communications (RHIC) - Ontology development for RHIC and robotics and automation - Ontology based standards for engineering and RHIC - Knowledge representation for RHIC, robotics and automation - Reasoning techniques for robotics and automation ontologies - Context awareness - Activity recognition - Ontology engineering frameworks and methodologies - Robot-robot interaction and/or human-robot interaction using ontologies - Human-robot intention recognition - Knowledge representation and reasoning in ubiquitous environments. :: Submissions :: - A two page abstract is mandatory for the contributing authors to present their work in the sorkshop. - The presentation will be oral or by poster upon evaluation of the extended abstract by the TPC. - The template for the extended abstract is the same used for the papers of the main IEEE RO-MAN conference. - Submissions should be sent to the workshop organizers (paulo.goncalves@ipcb.pt) - Accepted full paper contributions will be published in the online CEUR Workshop Proceedings >. :: Invited speaker :: Stefano Borgo, Laboratory for Applied Ontology (ISTC-CNR , Italy) Website: http://www.loa.istc.cnr.it/people/borgo :: Organizers :: - Paulo J.S. Gonçalves, IDMEC - Center of Intelligent Systems, University of Lisbon, Portugal - Sandro Rama Fiorini, Lissi Lab, Universitè Paris-Est Créteil, Paris, France - Howard Li, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada - Joanna Isabelle Olszewska, University of Gloucestershire, United Kingdom - Abdelghani Chibani, Lissi Lab, Universitè Paris-Est Créteil, Paris, France :: Contacts :: Paulo J.S. Gonçalves: paulo.goncalves@ipcb.pt com os melhores cumprimentos, best regards, ____ [00] Prof. Doutor Paulo Jorge Sequeira Gonçalves, /|__|\ (Professor Coordenador) _||_ paulo.goncalves@ipcb.pt http://pessoas.ipcb.pt/paulo.goncalves/ https://sotis.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/researcher/ist135873 http://www.est.ipcb.pt/laboratorios/robotica -------------- prxima parte ---------- Um anexo em HTML foi limpo... URL: http://lists.sprobotica.pt/pipermail/socios-spr/attachments/20170515/1428be3d/attachment.html From MSS isep.ipp.pt Tue May 23 17:54:32 2017 From: MSS isep.ipp.pt (Manuel Silva) Date: Tue May 23 17:54:42 2017 Subject: [socios-spr] =?windows-1252?q?Special_Session_on_Robotic_Applica?= =?windows-1252?q?tions_in_Art=2C_Architecture_and_Construction_in_ROBOT?= =?windows-1252?q?=922017_=96_Call_for_Papers?= Message-ID: (Apologies for multiple copies due to cross-posting) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Call for Papers of Robotic Applications in Art, Architecture and Construction Special Session on ROBOT?2017 - Third Iberian Robotics Conference https://grvc.us.es/robot2017/ November 22-24, 2017 Sevilla, Spain ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *IMPORTANT DATES* Paper Submission: June 30, 2017 Notification: July 24, 2017 Camera Ready: September 7, 2017 *OBJECTIVES AND TOPICS* Presently we are witnessing an increasing adoption of industrial robots, with predictions for their further dissemination in distinct sectors. Although industrial robots are seen as the ultimate flexible manufacturing tools, their use in full-scale construction ? as a replacement for manual labor ? started in Japan in the 1980s with little success due to automation difficulties and economic reasons. Furthermore, those limitations also imposed some constraints on design creativity, becoming thus unattractive for architects. However, with their increasing capabilities in terms of flexibility, easiness of programming, stiffness and workspace, combined with lower prices, robots are becoming again popular today in art and architecture. In the last decade, an increasing number of schools worldwide started to integrate robotic fabrication technologies to investigate their potential for innovation in arts and architecture. Today, this trend has already produce visible results in practice with the materialization of sculptures, installations and building parts in novel ways. Aside with emerging tendencies of the so-called Industry 4.0, artists, architects and engineers are also investigating new research avenues related with human-robot and robot-robot collaboration, the use of sensors and actuators, and also the development of new configurations for robotic systems. Given these ideas, the purpose of this Special Session is to join engineers, architects, individual artists, designers, researchers, and students to present and discuss new developments and innovative projects that are relevant to the session topics of robotics application in art, architecture, design, and construction. *SUBMISSION* Authors are invited to submit their work to this Special Session following the guidelines of Springer AISC template (http://www.springer.com/series/11156) up to a maximum of 12 pages through the EasyChair interface (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=robot2017). *TRACK CHAIRS* - Manuel Silva, ISEP-PPorto - School of Engineering, Porto Polytechnic and INESC TEC - INESC Technology and Science - Jos Pedro Sousa, Digital Fabrication Lab (DFL/CEAU), Faculdade de Arquitetura da Universidade do Porto (FAUP) - Marta Mal-Alemany, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences For further information on the Special Session ?Robotic Applications in Art, Architecture and Construction?, please contact one of the track chairs: mss@isep.ipp.pt, jsousa@arq.up.pt, marta@male-alemany.com Manuel Silva Professor Adjunto
Departamento de Engenharia Electrotcnica [http://www2.isep.ipp.pt/assinatura_email/EMAIL_ISEP.png] ISEP | Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto Rua Dr. Antnio Bernardino de Almeida, 431 4249-015 Porto - PORTUGAL tel. +351 228 340 500 | fax +351 228 321 159 mail@isep.ipp.pt | www.isep.ipp.pt From MSS isep.ipp.pt Tue May 23 17:56:29 2017 From: MSS isep.ipp.pt (Manuel Silva) Date: Tue May 23 17:56:40 2017 Subject: [socios-spr] =?windows-1252?q?Special_Session_on_Legged_Locomoti?= =?windows-1252?q?on_Robots_in_ROBOT=922017_=96_Call_for_Papers?= Message-ID: (Apologies for multiple copies due to cross-posting) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Call for Papers of Legged Locomotion Robots Special Session on ROBOT?2017 - Third Iberian Robotics Conference https://grvc.us.es/robot2017/ November 22-24, 2017 Sevilla, Spain ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *IMPORTANT DATES* Paper Submission: June 30, 2017 Notification: July 24, 2017 Camera Ready: September 7, 2017 *OBJECTIVES AND TOPICS* In recent years significant advances have been made in creating bio-inspired machines. Scientists and engineers use human and animal characteristics to achieve these goals, as even the most advanced robots are much inferior to their biological counterparts. Human and animal locomotion is much more versatile, efficient and elegant and, therefore, it is reasonable to consider studying biological systems in order to apply their schemes in the design and control of legged robots. Bearing in mind these ideas, the purpose of this Special Session is to join together engineers, roboticists, researchers, and students to present and discuss new developments and innovative projects that are relevant to the session topics of legged locomotion robots. *SUBMISSION* Authors are invited to submit their work to this Special Session following the guidelines of Springer AISC template (http://www.springer.com/series/11156) up to a maximum of 12 pages through the EasyChair interface (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=robot2017). *TRACK CHAIRS* - Manuel Silva, ISEP-PPorto - School of Engineering, Porto Polytechnic and INESC TEC - INESC Technology and Science - Cristina Santos, Industrial Electronics Department and Centro ALGORTIMI, University of Minho - Manuel Armada, CSIC ? Centre for Automation and Robotics (CSIC-UPM) For further information on the Special Session ?Legged Locomotion Robots?, please contact one of the track chairs: mss@isep.ipp.pt, cristina@dei.uminho.pt, manuel.armada@csic.es Manuel Silva Professor Adjunto Departamento de Engenharia Electrotcnica [http://www2.isep.ipp.pt/assinatura_email/EMAIL_ISEP.png] ISEP | Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto Rua Dr. Antnio Bernardino de Almeida, 431 4249-015 Porto - PORTUGAL tel. +351 228 340 500 | fax +351 228 321 159 mail@isep.ipp.pt | www.isep.ipp.pt -------------- prxima parte ---------- Um anexo em HTML foi limpo... URL: http://lists.sprobotica.pt/pipermail/socios-spr/attachments/20170523/3a85d9a4/attachment.htm From escalera ing.uc3m.es Fri May 26 09:10:06 2017 From: escalera ing.uc3m.es (Arturo de la Escalera) Date: Fri May 26 12:58:24 2017 Subject: [socios-spr] Call for papers Special Session on Autonomous Driving and Driver Assistance Systems in ROBOT2017 Message-ID: <52c84bb2-2f6c-7de1-ecc1-e539fd6714f0@ing.uc3m.es> (Apologies for multiple copies due to cross-posting) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Call for Papers of Autonomous Driving and Driver Assistance Systems - Second Edition http://lars.mec.ua.pt/robot2017addas Special Session on ROBOT2017 - The Third Iberian Robotics Conference November 22-24, 2017 Sevilla, Spain ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *IMPORTANT DATES* Paper Submission: June 30, 2017 Notification: July 24, 2017 Camera Ready: September 7, 2017 *OBJECTIVES AND TOPICS* The session covers all issues related specifically to autonomous driving of robotic vehicles, namely those moving in roads, streets and similar pathways, as well as techniques to detect and recognize other agents and features of the environment to assist human drivers. The expected topics include, but are not limited to the following: -Vision, lidar and radar perception -Sensor calibration -Multimodal sensor fusion -Perception in challenging conditions -Scene understanding -Software architectures for autonomous vehicles -Special sensors for autonomous navigation -Driver-vehicle interaction and assisted driving -Navigation, motion planning and maneuvering -Vehicle dynamics and control -Outdoors SLAM -V2V and V2I communications *SUBMISSION* Authors are invited to submit their work to this Special Session following the guidelines of Springer AISC template (http://www.springer.com/series/11156 ) up to a maximum of 12 pages through the EasyChair interface Extended versions of selected papers will be invited for potential publication in a journal special issue. *TRACK CHAIRS* Vitor Santos, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal Angel Sappa, CVC Barcelona, Spain Miguel Oliveira, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal Arturo de la Escalera, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain -- ___________________________________________ Dr. Arturo de la Escalera Hueso Intelligent Systems Lab Dpto. de Ingeniería de Sistemas y Automática Universidad Carlos III de Madrid C/ Butarque 15, 28911 Leganes (Madrid), SPAIN Phone:+34 916249480 E-mail: escalera@ing.uc3m.es Fax: +34 916249430 www: www.uc3m.es/islab -------------- prxima parte ---------- Um anexo em HTML foi limpo... URL: http://lists.sprobotica.pt/pipermail/socios-spr/attachments/20170526/708b49e8/attachment.htm From vitor ua.pt Sat May 27 23:45:05 2017 From: vitor ua.pt (Vitor Santos) Date: Sat May 27 23:45:29 2017 Subject: [socios-spr] Fwd: PAL Robotics TIAGo loan In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: PAL Robotics TIAGo loan Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 09:39:27 +0200 From: Procopio Stein Dear European Roboticists, PAL Robotics, as Platinum sponsor of the ERL Service Robots competition, is offering to loan up to three TIAGo Steel robots for €650 a month, excluding taxes. The company will also supply a fourth TIAGo Steel for free to a team which shows outstanding expertise and innovation in their application. The European Robotics League (ERL) is a series of competitions taking place across Europe in different fields: ERL Service Robots, ERL Industrial Robots and ERL Emergency Robots. ERL Service Robots 2017 focuses on the domain of service robots for application in the home. Deadline for applications is 15th June 2017. Teams will be able to collect their robots from the PAL Robotics office in Barcelona by mid-July. The teams must compete in at least one of the tournaments of the ERL Service Robots competition. One of those competitions will take place in Barcelona from 17 to 26 November 2017 and will be organized by PAL Robotics. In order to assist with transport cost and logistics, PAL Robotics will have one TIAGo Steel unit available for teams at the Barcelona tournament. PAL Robotics will also deduct the paid rental fees from the €49,900 cost of a new TIAGo Steel if any team wishes to buy and keep its platform after the contest. Applying for a TIAGo · Applicants must be registered or must register to participate in ERL Service Robots 2017. · Teams, of up to 10, may comprise of any combination of students, academics, industrial or public sector members. Students may be undergraduate or postgraduate students. Inter-disciplinary teams are encouraged. · Team members must be based in the European Union. · Teams might be asked to complete a simple simulation test with TIAGo as part of the application. · PAL Robotics encourages teams with previous experience in robotics to apply. The teams will have to prove their potential in autonomous navigation and control. · Applications will be evaluated by ERL Service Robots and PAL Robotics. · The chosen teams will be announced on PAL Robotics’ and/or ERL-Service Robotics’ website by the end of June. Decisions will be final. · Applications must be sent electronically, with documents printable on A4 paper, with margins of at least 25mm on all sides and 10 point font or larger. PDFs are preferred. · Applications must include: - Contact details for the team leader. University teams must also supply contact details for an academic supervisor. - A one-page executive summary of the application. - The team’s motivations behind their application. - One-page financial summary of the team’s proposed income and spending. - One-page CVs of the team members. - A detailed description of the team’s specialisms and expertise, as well as past research and other achievements (limited to two pages). - Videos of past achievements (with real robots or simulators). - Detailed descriptions of how the teams plan to use the TIAGo Steel to fulfill the tasks in each contest scenario, and the algorithms that will be used. Applications must be emailed to Dr. Jordi Pages at tiago@pal-robotics.com , with a copy sent to Prof. Pedro Lima at pal@isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt . The deadline for applications is 20:00 CET on 15 June 2017. Conditions · Each selected team will sign a TIAGo rental contract with PAL Robotics for a period of at least three months. · The monthly rental fee for the TIAGo will be €650, excluding taxes or duties. · Each contracted team undertakes full responsibility to return the robot in good condition at the end of the ERL Service Robots 2017 competition, or upon the request of PAL Robotics. This includes a commitment to cover the costs of any damage or repairs, up to the full replacement cost following complete loss of the equipment. · Each contracted team must therefore take out their own damage and loss insurance for the robot and associated equipment. · The cost of the TIAGo Steel robot with sensors/actuators and electronics is €49.900,00. · If a team wishes to purchase its rented robot, the paid rental payments will be deducted from the purchase price. · Each team must have previous experience in robotics and a minimum expertise in Robot Operating System (ROS) middleware. Each team must prove their potential in autonomous navigation and control. · In order to ensure teams are able to use the robot, PAL Robotics may request that the teams demonstrate the robot’s basic functionalities at any time during the rental period. · Failure to participate in at least one ERL Service Robots tournament will result in termination of the team’s rental agreement. · Each team must use the TIAGo’s software security systems: time-outs, joint limits, etc. Modifying or disabling the security systems will lead to termination of the rental agreement and the return of the robot to PAL Robotics. · All trials must be performed in safe, enclosed areas. TIAGo Steel specifications · Standard open interfaces using the Robot Operating System (ROS) middleware. · Capabilities for navigation, grasping, perception and HRI. · Remotely programmable. · High degree of flexibility/diversity (sensors, missions, operating modes). · Ability to integrate external sensors. · Height: 110-145cm · Weight: 70kg · Footprint: 54cm diameter · 14 degrees of freedom: torso: 1 mobile base: 2 head: 2 arm: 7 gripper: 2 · Energy: 36V, 20Ah Li-ion batteries · Endurance: 8 -10 hours · Arm payload: 3kg (without end effector) · Arm reach: 87cm (without end effector) · Torso lift: 35cm · Max. speed of mobile base: 1m/s · Connectivity: - 802.11n/ac 2x2 dual-band wi-fi - Bluetooth 4.0 - Ethernet Sensors: - Laser 5.5m range - 6 degrees of freedom IMU - Motor current feedback actuators - Stereo microphones - RGB-D camera Computer: - i5 Haswell - 4GB RAM - 120 GB SSD Software: 100% ROS compatible (ROS LTS version) Expansion panel with: - Laptop tray - Mounting points - 1x USB 3.0 - 1x USB 2.0 - 2x gigabit ethernet - 12V/5A power supply Included accessories: - Battery charger - Transportation box Options (some available to purchase from PAL) that can be integrated with TIAGo Steel: - Force/torque sensor at the end of the wrist - 5-finger anthropomorphic hand - Other software packages - Training Further information For details of the ERL go to: http://robotics-league.eu/ For detailed information about the TIAGo Steel, go to: http://tiago.pal-robotics.com For further information, contact: Dr. Jordi Pages PAL Robotics S.L. +34 934 145 347 e-mail: tiago@pal-robotics.com Website: http://pal-robotics.com/en/home ######## Procópio Stein Robotics Navigation Engineer PAL Robotics is proud to be a sponsor of ICRA-2017, Singapore, 29 May - 3 June. 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URL: http://lists.sprobotica.pt/pipermail/socios-spr/attachments/20170527/adfaa0f2/attachment.htm From jllima ipb.pt Sat May 27 11:15:46 2017 From: jllima ipb.pt (=?UTF-8?Q?Jos=c3=a9_Lima?=) Date: Mon May 29 13:39:56 2017 Subject: [socios-spr] =?utf-8?q?Special_Session_on_Robotics_and_Cyber-Phy?= =?utf-8?q?sical_systems_for_Industry_4=2E0_in_ROBOT=E2=80=992017_?= =?utf-8?q?=E2=80=93_Call_for_Papers?= Message-ID: <592951D2.8030706@ipb.pt> (Apologies for multiple copies due to cross-posting) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Call for Papers of Robotics and Cyber-Physical systems for Industry 4.0. Special Session on ROBOT’2017 - Third Iberian Robotics Conference https://grvc.us.es/robot2017/ November 22-24, 2017 Sevilla, Spain ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *IMPORTANT DATES* Paper Submission: June 30, 2017 Notification: July 24, 2017 Camera Ready: September 7, 2017 *OBJECTIVES AND TOPICS* The objective of this special session is to open a discussion forum that allows experts and potential end-users of the future industrial robotics systems application to share recent developments, challenges and current and new research trends. The advent of new robotics systems, such as mobile manipulators, collaborative robots, dual-arm robots, advanced sensors and new interaction technologies open significant challenges that need to be tackled. The special session will provide the common ground in terms of what was brought by research in the last years and what are the manufacturing challenges that can sustain the take-off of these new robotics technologies used in industrial settings. The special session will have end-users involved in industrial oriented research projects in manufacturing application scenarios and on the other hand the workshop will bring researchers together to share the latest research in topics such as Localization and Navigation, Smart Sensors, Software frameworks, safe Human robot interaction and cooperation, multi-robot cooperation, dual arm assembly, grasping and object recognition, localization, Self-Adaption, Self-Organization and sensor networks for Smart Factories. It is expected that the special session will contribute for the bridging of the gap between the industry needs and research activities, both pointing research challenges and high impact applications scenarios. *SUBMISSION* Authors are invited to submit their work to this Special Session following the guidelines of Springer AISC template (http://www.springer.com/series/11156) up to a maximum of 12 pages through the EasyChair interface (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=robot2017). *TRACK CHAIRS* José Lima, School of Technology and Management of Polytechnic Institute of Bragança and INESC TEC - INESC Technology and Science. Germano Veiga, Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto and INESC TEC - INESC Technology and Science. Paulo Leitão, School of Technology and Management of Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science Laboratory and INESC TEC - INESC Technology and Science. 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