[socios-spr] Special Session on Autonomous Sailboats and Support Technologies in ROBOT’2019 – Call for Papers

[Manuel Silva]

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                        Call for Papers

           Autonomous Sailboats and Support Technologies

Special Session on ROBOT’2019 - Fourth Iberian Robotics Conference

                https://web.fe.up.pt/~robot2019/

                       November 20-22, 2019

                         Porto, Portugal

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*IMPORTANT DATES*

Paper Submission: June 17, 2019

Notification: July 22, 2019

Camera Ready: September 6, 2019

*OBJECTIVES AND TOPICS*

The design, development and deployment of autonomous ocean platforms for exploration and monitoring can provide researchers and decision makers with valuable data, trends and insights into the largest ecosystem on Earth.

Most of the research on marine robots has been directed to electrically or fuel powered surface and underwater vessels. This type of vehicles presents severe limitations in range and endurance, depending on battery capacity or onboard fuel for propulsion, making them unsuitable for long term operation in inaccessible areas, that would otherwise be well suited for unmanned operation. These limitations make wind propelled vessels, used by mankind since ancient times, an attractive possibility.

Regardless of the recognition of its relevance, the design and development of such platforms remains an open challenge. In particular, energy efficiency, control and robustness are major concerns in terms of autonomy and sustainability.

Bearing in mind these ideas, the purpose of this Special Session is to join engineers, roboticists, researchers, and students to discuss and present new developments and innovative projects relevant to autonomous sailboats and the involved support technologies.

*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=robot2019).

*TRACK CHAIRS*

- Benedita Malheiro, ISEP/IPP - School of Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Porto and INESC TEC - INESC Technology and Science

- Jorge Cabrera Gámez, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Instituto Universitario de Sistemas Inteligentes y Aplicaciones Numéricas en Ingeniería

- Manuel Silva, ISEP/IPP - School of Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Porto and INESC TEC - INESC Technology and Science

Pedro Guedes, ISEP/IPP - School of Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Porto

For further information on the Special Session “Autonomous Sailboats and Support Technologies”, please contact one of the track chairs:

mbm  isep.ipp.pt, jcabrera  iusiani.ulpgc.es, mss  isep.ipp.pt, pbg  isep.ipp.pt


Manuel Silva
Professor Adjunto
Departamento de Engenharia Electrotécnica

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