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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_Hlk93418252"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>[Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement]<o:p></o:p></span></a></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Call for Papers ICARSC'2022 - IEEE(*) International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions </span></span><a href="https://festivalnacionalrobotica.pt/icarsc/"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>https://festivalnacionalrobotica.pt/icarsc/</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> / April 29-30, Santa Maria da Feira – Portugal<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>(*) IEEE co-sponsorship pending approval<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Dear colleague<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>We are pleased to inform you that ICARSC’2022 – IEEE(*) International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions will be held in Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal, on April 29-30, 2022. The conference is organized within ROBOTICA 2022 - 22nd Portuguese Robotics Open, a RoboCup-sponsored local event, and it is promoted by the Portuguese Robotics Society.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>(*) IEEE co-sponsorship pending approval<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>== Conference Scope ==<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>ICARSC gathers participants from academia and industry working in the field of autonomous robotics and related areas. ICARSC is a well-established IEEE conference that has been growing continuously for over a decade and is nowadays a truly international forum attracting worldwide quality research papers. ICARSC has long been an IEEE co-sponsored event and its proceedings are indexed in IEEExplore and Scopus. Moreover, similarly to previous editions, extended versions of selected best papers will be invited for publication at relevant indexed journals.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>== Invited Speakers ==<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>George Nikolakopoulos, Luleĺ University of Technology, Sweden<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span lang=PT style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Jorge Dias, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span lang=PT style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span lang=PT style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>== Important Dates ==<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Submission Feb 21, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Notification Mar 22, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Camera Ready Mar 29, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Registration Apr 14, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Conference Apr 29-30, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>== Conference Topics ==<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>The conference aims to gather researchers from the industry and academia to<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>present and discuss the latest trends in research and technology in the fields of robotics and related areas. Contributions from researchers, industry, and outputs from collaboration between industrial and academic R&D units are welcome in, but not limited to, the following topics.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>- Agricultural Robotics<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>- Applications of Autonomous Intelligent Robots<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>- Artificial Intelligence<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>- Autonomous Robotic Systems<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>- Computer Vision and Image Processing<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>- Control Architectures and Programming<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>- Cooperative Perception<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>- Cooperative Planning and Task Allocation<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>- Dexterous Manipulation and Grasping<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>- Educational Robotics<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>- Entertainment Robots<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>- Evolutionary Robotics<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>- Humanoid Robotics<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>- Human-Robot Interaction<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>- Localization, Mapping, and Navigation<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>- Locomotion and Actuation Systems<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>- Multi-Robot Coordination<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>- Multi-Robot Systems<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>- Planning, Reasoning and Modelling<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>- Recognition and Tracking<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>- Robot Learning<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>- Robotic Competitions<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>- Robotic Simulation<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>- Sensors and Sensor Integration<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>- Swarm Robotics<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>- Space Robotics<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>- Underwater Robotics<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><pre><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='color:black'>== Paper Submission ==<o:p></o:p></span></span></pre><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Authors are invited to submit original research contributions in English. Six pages in the standard IEEE format (</span></span><a href="http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>) are allowed for each paper, including tables and figures. Full draft papers should be submitted electronically, in PDF format, using the URL: </span></span><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icarsc2022"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icarsc2022</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>. For evaluation purposes, 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 should register at the Conference and present the paper. If the authors of an accepted paper do not show up at the conference, the corresponding paper will not be submitted to IEEExplore.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><pre><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span lang=PT style='color:black'>== ICARSC’2022 General/Program Chairs ==<o:p></o:p></span></span></pre><pre><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span lang=PT style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></pre><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span lang=PT style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Pedro Fonseca, University of Aveiro, Portugal<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span lang=PT style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Rodrigo Ventura, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span lang=PT style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Luís Louro, University of Minho, Portugal<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93418252'><span lang=PT style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Pedro Neto, University of Coimbra, Portugal</span></span><span lang=PT style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>