[socios-spr] ROBOT2023 – Sixth Iberian Robotics Conference

[José Lima]

Call for Papers

ROBOT2023 – Sixth Iberian Robotics Conference

http://robot2023.isr.uc.pt/

November 22 - 24, 2023

Coimbra - Portugal

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Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to inform you that ROBOT2023 - Sixth Iberian Robotics 
Conference will be held at the University of Coimbra from November 22 - 
24, 2023, following the five previous and successful events, both from 
the viewpoint of their scientific and technical quality, and for the 
important number of attending delegates, of the Iberian Robotics 
Conference held in Madrid in 2013, Lisbon in 2015, Seville in 2017, 
Porto in 2019 and Zaragoza in 2022.

ROBOT2023 main goal is to continue the precedent efforts in showcasing 
the robotics research and development of new applications in the Iberian 
Peninsula. Although focused on the works developed at Iberia, the 
conference is open for submissions from any country in the world.

ROBOT2023 will feature technical and social programs. The technical 
program will comprise plenary, regular and special sessions. All 
articles submitted for inclusion in the conference will be peer reviewed 
before acceptance. It is envisaged that all accepted papers will appear 
in the conference proceedings, which will be published by Springer 
Proceedings in Advanced Robotics series, indexed by Thomson ISI Web of 
Knowledge and SCOPUS, subject to registration of at least one author for 
presenting the work. A selection of the conference-presented best papers 
will also be recommended for publication as extended versions in Special 
Issues from international top ranked Journals.

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CONFERENCE SCOPE

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We invite original contributions in all areas relevant to robotics, 
covering mobile, walking, flying, marine, underwater, and industrial 
robots. The conference will cover analysis (modelling and simulation) 
techniques, design approaches, and practical applications and 
realisations of developed robotic systems. Support technologies for 
realisation of such systems, namely sensors and actuators, computer 
vision and image processing, tactile & haptics devices, control 
algorithms and architectures, localization, mapping and navigation, 
associated economic, ethical, legal and social considerations are 
integral part of the conference theme. Human-robot interaction, 
including medical robots, exoskeletons, prostheses and orthoses, as well 
as personal and service robots forms an increasingly active and 
important pertinent area. A non-exhaustive list of topics and activities 
can be found on the website.

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KEY DATES

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Apr 30,    2023    Submission of Special Session proposals
May  3,    2023    Notification of Special Session acceptance
Jun 30,    2023    Submission of full draft papers
Aug 31,    2023    Notification of paper acceptance
Sep 30,    2023    Submission of final (camera ready) papers
Sep 30,    2023    Early bird registration (reduced fee)
Nov 22-24, 2023    Conference

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WORKSHOP AND SPECIAL SESSION PROPOSALS
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Researchers interested in organizing workshops and special sessions are 
invited to follow the instructions on the website. Each proposal should 
be limited to one A4 page in length and must include title, a brief 
description of the motivation and relevance of the session, name and 
affiliation of the organizer(s) and (if already available) the contacted 
authors and titles for tentative papers for the session.

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SUBMISSION OF PAPERS

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The technical program of the conference will feature Regular Papers and 
Special Session Papers. Authors are invited to submit their full draft 
papers in PDF format from the paper submission page of the conference 
web-site by the indicated deadline for consideration for inclusion in 
the relevant category (special/regular paper). Articles submitted for 
inclusion in the conference will be peer reviewed before acceptance. 
Final accepted papers will be limited to 12 pages and must follow the 
Springer AISC template, given in the Call & Instructions web page.

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AWARDS

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Best regular and student Paper Awards will be also selected by their 
respective committees judging technical merit, originality, potential 
impact on the field, clarity of the written paper, and quality of the 
conference presentation. Also, SEIDROB-SPR Best Iberian PhD in Robotics 
will be awarded during the conference.

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Conference General Co-Chairs

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Lino Marques - University of Coimbra, Portugal
Cristina Santos – University of Minho, Portugal
José Lima - Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Portugal
Danilo Tardioli - CUD Zaragoza / I3A University of Zaragoza, Spain
Manuel Ferre - Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain