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<div> Call for Papers</div>
<div> ROBOT'2019 – Fourth Iberian Robotics Conference </div>
<div> https://web.fe.up.pt/~robot2019/</div>
<div> November 20-22, 2019</div>
<div> Porto – Portugal</div>
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<div>Dear colleague,</div>
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<div>We are pleased to inform you that ROBOT'2019 – Fourth Iberian Robotics Conference will be held in Porto, Portugal, on November 20-22, 2019.</div>
<div>The conference is organized by SPR – Sociedade Portuguesa de Robótica and SEIDROB – Sociedad Española para la Investigación y Desarrollo en Robótica and will be held within the premises of the School of Engineering of the Porto Polytechnic.</div>
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<div> Conference Scope</div>
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<div>ROBOT'2019 main goal 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 Iberia, the conference is open for good quality submissions
from any country in the world.</div>
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<div>ROBOT’2019 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.</div>
<div>It is envisaged that all accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings, which will be published by Springer – Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing Series, indexed by Thomson ISI Web of Knowledge and SCOPUS, as well as on CD/flash drive,
subject to registration of at least one author for presenting the work.</div>
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<div>A selection of the conference presented best papers will also be recommended for publication as extended versions in Special Issues from international top Journals.</div>
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<div> Conference Topics</div>
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<div>The conference aims to gather researchers from the industry and academia to present and discuss the latest trends in research and technology in the fields of robotics and related areas.</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>Contributions from researchers, industry and outputs from collaboration between industrial and academic R&D units are welcome in the following topics:</div>
<div>•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>agricultural robotic systems</div>
<div>•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>assistive robotic</div>
<div>•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>biomimetic robots</div>
<div>•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>cloud computing</div>
<div>•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>cognitive systems</div>
<div>•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>cooperative systems</div>
<div>•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>control architectures</div>
<div>•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>decision support systems</div>
<div>•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>distributed & networked systems</div>
<div>•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>distributed robotic systems</div>
<div>•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>educational robotics</div>
<div>•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>ethical & legal robotic issues</div>
<div>•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>human-robot interaction</div>
<div>•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>humanoid robotics</div>
<div>•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>hybrid intelligent systems</div>
<div>•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>computer vision and image processing</div>
<div>•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>localization, mapping and navigation</div>
<div>•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>locomotion and actuation systems</div>
<div>•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>marine robotics</div>
<div>•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>medical robotics</div>
<div>•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>mobile robots</div>
<div>•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>multi-robot systems</div>
<div>•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>new mechanism design</div>
<div>•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>parallel robots</div>
<div>•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>personal and service robotics</div>
<div>•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>planning and control</div>
<div>•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>remote handling & telerobotics</div>
<div>•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>robotic competitions</div>
<div>•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>robot learning</div>
<div>•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>sensors & actuators</div>
<div>•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>robotic simulation</div>
<div>•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>social robots</div>
<div>•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>soft computing</div>
<div>•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>swarm robotics</div>
<div>•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>tactile & haptics devices</div>
<div>•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>unmanned aerial systems</div>
<div>•<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>underwater robotics</div>
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<div>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 in length and must follow the Springer
AISC template, given in the Call & Instructions web page.</div>
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<div>Accepted papers will be scheduled for presentation, which requires that at least one of the authors should register at the Conference and present the paper.</div>
<div>A selection of the conference presented best papers will also be recommended for publication as extended versions in Special Issues from international top Journals.</div>
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<div> Important Dates</div>
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<div>Proposals for special sessions<span style="white-space:pre"> </span> Apr 15, 2019</div>
<div>Notification of special sessions acceptance<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>
Apr 22, 2019 </div>
<div>Submission of full draft papers<span style="white-space:pre"> </span> Jun 21, 2019</div>
<div>Notification of paper acceptance<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Jul 22, 2019 </div>
<div>Submission of final (camera ready) papers<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>
Sep 06, 2019</div>
<div>Early bird registration (reduced fee)<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Sep 06, 2019</div>
<div>Conference<span style="white-space:pre"> </span> Nov 20-22, 2019</div>
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<div>ROBOT’2019 General/Program Co-Chairs</div>
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<div>Manuel F. Silva, ISEP, Porto Polytechnic & INESC-TEC, Portugal</div>
<div>José Luís Lima, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança& INESC-TEC, Portugal</div>
<div>Luís Paulo Reis, University of Porto & LIACC, Portugal</div>
<div>Alberto Sanfeliu, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain</div>
<div>Danilo Tardioli, Centro Universitario de la Defensa / I3A University of Zaragoza, Spain</div>
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<div>Please check further details at the ROBOT’2019 conference website (https://web.fe.up.pt/~robot2019/).</div>
<div>Should you have any question please do not hesitate to contact us (robot2019@fe.up.pt).</div>
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