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Call for Nominations: IEEE Robotics&Automation Field Award
from IEEE-RAS news
(2007/10/11 8:00)
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Nominations for the 6th IEEE Robotics & Automation Technical Field Award are due at the IEEE by January 31, 2008. The award is presented for contributions in the field of robotics and automation. It can be presented to an individual or team of up to three in number. It includes but is not limited to: Manufacturing automation, Robotics and Automation in Unstructured Environments, Sensor Design, Integration and Fusion, Robot Design, Modeling, Planning and Control, Methodologies for Robotics and Automation. The IEEE Robotics & Automation Award was established in 2002. As an IEEE Institute Level Award, it is administered by the Technical Field Awards Council of the IEEE Awards Board. In the evaluation process, the following criteria are considered: manufacturing automation, robotics and automation in unstructured environments, sensor design, integration and fusion, robot design, modeling, planning and control, methodologies for robotics and automation, and the quality of the nominati ...
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2008 RAS New Initiative Grants: Tentative CFP
from IEEE-RAS news
(2007/9/26 8:00)
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As a result of a new IEEE policy, the Robotics and Automation Society anticipates being able to use some of its 2008 budget to fund a modest number of initiatives that would benefit society members in general. We expect approximately $90,000 to be available to support initiatives. We hope to be able to fund several initiatives in the range of $5000 to $24,900. While we cannot make a firm call for proposals at this time because IEEE will not approve our 2008 budget until mid-November, we are making a tentative preliminary call now because the time for proposal preparation after IEEE approves the 2008 budget will be too short. We do expect our budget to be approved. When it is, a final call for proposals will be issued to confirm what is contained in the Tentative Call for Proposals . Members are invited to submit proposals for initiative to the RAS administratorRosalyn Snyder r.g.snyder at ieee.org. In accordance with our Business Plan, proposals will be reviewed by the follo ...
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Call for Nominations: RAM Associate Editors
from IEEE-RAS news
(2007/9/23 8:00)
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IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazines is soliciting nominations for two new Associate Editors, to serve a 3-year term beginning in January 2008. Please send nominations, including self-nominations to Stefano Stramigioli, s.stramigioli [at] ieee.org.
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Call for Nominations: RAM Associate Editors
from IEEE-RAS news
(2007/9/23 8:00)
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IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazines is soliciting nominations for two new Associate Editors, to serve a 3-year term beginning in January 2008. Please send nominations, including self-nominations to Stefano Stramigioli, s.stramigioli [at] ieee.org.
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CFP: IROS 2008
from IEEE-RAS news
(2007/9/22 8:00)
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The 2008 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems will be held September 22-26, 2008 in Nice, France. The conference theme is "Robots for the planet", reflecting the growing development of robots use in all aspects of human life and their increasing diversity but also to emphasize the necessity of managing the co-existence of robots and humans within a sustainable development scheme. General Co-Chairs are Raj Chatila (LAAS) and Jean-Pierre Merlet (INRIA). Program Chair is Christian Laugier (INRIA. Deadline for contributed papers: 11:59 PM, France Time, February 22, 2008 All papers must be submitted electronically in PDF format through the PaperPlaza system and must contain no information to identify authors and must contain a maximum of 6 pages, including Figures although 2 additional pages are allowed at a charge of 200 Euros per page.
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CFP: IROS 2008
from IEEE-RAS news
(2007/9/22 8:00)
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The 2008 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems will be held September 22-26, 2008 in Nice, France. The conference theme is "Robots for the planet", reflecting the growing development of robots use in all aspects of human life and their increasing diversity but also to emphasize the necessity of managing the co-existence of robots and humans within a sustainable development scheme. General Co-Chairs are Raj Chatila (LAAS) and Jean-Pierre Merlet (INRIA). Program Chair is Christian Laugier (INRIA. Deadline for contributed papers: 11:59 PM, France Time, February 22, 2008 All papers must be submitted electronically in PDF format through the PaperPlaza system and must contain no information to identify authors and must contain a maximum of 6 pages, including Figures although 2 additional pages are allowed at a charge of 200 Euros per page.
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2008 IEEE-CASE
from IEEE-RAS news
(2007/9/19 8:00)
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The fourth annual IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (IEEE CASE 2008), sponsored by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, will be held from August 23 to 26, 2008 in Washington DC, U.S.A. The conference goal is the broad coverage and dissemination of foundational research on automation among researchers, academicians, and industry practitioners. The focus is on scientific methods for automated machines and systems operating in structured environments over long periods, and also on the explicit structuring of environments.The deadline for submissions is 1 February, 2008.
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The ICRA 2008 Robot Challenge
from IEEE-RAS news
(2007/9/18 8:00)
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A new robot event is being introduced at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, starting at ICRA 2008. The event will consist of a number of specific challenges with the overall theme of "space robotics". Our goal is to make this competition accessible to all members of the ICRA community, to integrate it tightly with the technical aspects of the conference, and to encourage as many participants as possible to bring their robots and compete. We are currently working on finalizing the rules and the structure of the events, and are looking for input from the community. If you would like to contribute your opinions and experience to the discussion, please join the discussion mailing list . As the details of the Challenge solidify, they will be posted on the web site. To be informed of new developments, please join the the announcement mailing list .For more information, contact the Challenge Chairs Challenge ChairsBill Smart Department of Computer Science and Eng ...
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IEEE Election Ballots in the Mail
from IEEE-RAS news
(2007/8/29 8:00)
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RAS voting members are eligible to participate annually in election of officers that serve on the top-tier IEEE governing bodies. These include the IEEE President-Elect, and Technical Activities Board (TAB) and Regional Activities Board (RAB) Directors. TAB oversees the publicatons, conferences, finances, and other technical activities of the IEEE and its Technical Councils and Societies while RAB oversees the the activities of the IEEE regional and sectional activities. Of particular interest this year to RAS members is the election of the Division X Delegate Elect/ Director Elect/ RAS members and members of the other societies in Division X will elect a new the Division X Director-Elect/Delegate Elect, who will succeed William Gruver, the current Division X Director. Candidates for Division X Director are RAS President Richard Volz [L]), and Oceanic Engineering Society Past President Thomas Wiener [R].Members of IEEE Regions 7 (Canada), 8 (Europe, Middle East, ...
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4th IEEE-RAS/IFRR School of Robotics Science on Learning
from IEEE-RAS news
(2007/7/8 8:00)
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Applications are now open Deadline for application is July, 20 2007 BACKGROUND The development of robust and intelligent service robots requires very advancedcapabilities, especially from a cognitive point of view. Even in simpleapplications, a service robot needs to understand complex and dynamicsituations, for which no pre-programmed function can be fully satisfactory. Thus a robot must continuously adapt to its changing world and develop ways toaddress, and possibly carry out, instances of problems for which it has notbeen instructed in advance. For these reasons, learning new skills, newsettings and new ways to carry out a given task is one of the prerequisite offuture service robots. GOALS The 4th IEEE-RAS/IFRR school, also open to participants from industry, aims atexploring various learning paradigms and their applications in robotics systemsand, in particular, will pursue the ambitious objective of comparing theirperformance in a given situation. PROGR ...
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