Diary
Article Type: Diary From: Industrial Robot: An International Journal, Volume 36, Issue 2
2009Industrie and Elektronik
22-24 January
Freiburg, Germany
Contact: web sites: www.ie-messe.de; www.ifr.org/events/calendar.asp
MEMS 2009IEEE 22nd Annual Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems
25-29 January
Sorento, Italy
The IEEE/Robotic and Automation Society Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems is the authoritative meeting focused on interdisciplinary research topics on micro electro mechanical devices and systems fabricated on the micrometer to millimeter scale.
Contact: web site: www.mems2009.org/
Laser Safety Officer w/ Hazard Analysis Training Course
2-6 February
Orlando, USA
Designed to teach the knowledge required to perform the duties of Laser Safety Officer as described in the ANSI Z136.1 Safe Use of Lasers standard. Information on lasers and optics, applications, bioeffects, beam and non-beam hazards, hazard analysis, control measures and training on laser safety program development and administration. This course meets all LSO training requirements outlined by ANSI, OSHA and ACGIH.
Contact: web site: http://optics.org/cws/event/13619
17th AIA Annual Business Conference (C)
4-6 February
California, USA
Contact: web site: www.machinevision online.org/public/calendar/
WestPackWestPack 2009 (C) (E)
10-12 February
California, USA
WestPack is the West Coast’s largest packaging event, with the latest innovations and solutions for all your packaging challenges.
Keywords Packaging, Automation, Manufacturing
Contact: Canon Communications LLC. Tel.: +1 310/445-4200, Fax: +1 310/996-9499, web sites: www.devicelink.com/expo/wpack09/index.html; www.ifr.org/index.php?name = News& = 1
Forum Robotic 2009 (E) (W)
12-13 February
Bremen, Germany
This application oriented conference and exhibition gives a comprehensive overview of the whole area of robot applications in education and research, in mechanical engineering and industrial manufacturing.
Keywords Robotics, Manufacturing, Industrial
Contact: HVG Hanseatische Veranstaltungs-GmbH. Tel.: +49 (0) 421 35 05-382,Fax: +49 (0) 421 35 05-340, E-mail: forum-robotic@messe-bremen.de, web sites: www.forum-robotic.de; www.ifr.org/events/calendar.asp
ISPRA ’09The 8th WSEAS International Conference on Signal Processing, Robotics and Automation (C)
21-23 February
Cambridge, UK
The World Conference of WSEAS on SIGNAL PROCESSING, ROBOTICS and AUTOMATION is the internationally recognized Forum for the dissemination of the latest advances on signal processing, automatic control and robotics, etc. as well as their impact and their interaction with other areas of electrical engineering and computer science and engineering.
Keywords Robotics, Signal processing, Automation
Contact: WSEAS. E-mail: info@wseas.org, web sites: www.wseas.us/conferences/2009/cambridge/ispra/; www.ifr.org/events/calendar.asp
2nd Robo Expo 2009 (E)
23-26 February
Bangalore, India
The Indian Manufacturing Industry has been growing at an average growth rate of 10-12 percent and is becoming a major hub for the production of robots. The global market for robots is projected to rise by an average of 4.2 percent,where as in India, the industry is expected to grow by 2.5 times of the global average. Cutting edge technologies in robotics and automation will contribute to lead Indian manufacturing industry into the domain of innovation setting them far ahead in the race for quality, safety and efficiency. 2nd Robo Expo 2009 will inform and provide a platform for the manufacturing industry to update themselves on the latest technologies in the robotics and automation.
Keywords Robots, Automation, Manufacturing, Software
Contact: Confederation of Indian Industry. Tel.: +91 124 4014060 (D), extn.:438, Fax: +91 124 4234170, E-mail: amit.mehta@ciionline.org, web sites: www.ietfindia.in/roboexpo.asp; www.ifr.org/index.php?name = News&catid = 1
Laser Additive Manufacturing Workshop Conference
3-4 March
San Antonio, USA
This workshop will bring together academic researchers, universities,government researchers, national labs, and several industry specialists from around the world with the goal of advancing this state-of-the-art process to effectively and affordable meet the needs of today’s manufacturing challenges. The results of this Workshop are expected to have a significant impact on the widespread industrial implementation of the laser additive manufacturing processes (cladding, sintering and rapid manufacturing).
Contact: web site: http://optics.org/cws/event/13625
ISR 200940th International Symposium on Robotics (C) (E)
10-13 March
Barcelona, Spain
ISR 2009 will be held in parallel with Maquitec Fair, an important exhibition for all Industrial Metallurgy Sector that offers the latest trends and innovations, the largest international offer and the participation of the most important exhibitors and visitors with buying power. Also, Maquitec represents an open platform for professional debate, and it offers a wide programme of activities and technical workshops to reflect on the industry’s present and future.
Keywords Robotics, Sensors, Artificial intelligence, Vision,Manufacturing
Contact: International Federation of Robotics. Tel.: +34 93 215 57 60, Fax:+34 93 215 23 07, E-mail: info@isr09.com,web sites: www.isr09.com/isr09/home.php; www.ifr.org/index.php?name = News& = 1
AM EXPOAdvanced Manufacturing Exposition and Conference
11-12 March
North Carolina, USA
At SouthPack 2009, you will find the latest ideas, innovations, and solutions for all your packaging challenges.
Keywords Robotics, Manufacturing
Contact: Canon Communications LLC. Tel.: +1 310/445-4200, Fax: +1 310/996-9499, E-mail: spinfo@cancom.com, web site: www.devicelink.com/expo/spack08/index.html
HRI 2009International Conference on Human Robot Interaction (C)
11-13 March
California, USA
The Fourth Annual Conference on Human-Robot Interaction is dedicated to the advancement of natural human-robot interaction, which highlights the importance of the technical and social issues underlying future long-term human-robot interaction, in the context of companion and assistive robots for long-term use in everyday life and work activities. HRI is a single-track, highly selective annual international conference that seeks to showcase the very best interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research in human-robot interaction with roots in social psychology, cognitive science, HCI, human factors, artificial intelligence, robotics, organizational behavior, anthropology and many more, and we invite broad participation.
Keywords Robot-team learning, Lifelike robots, Multi-modal interaction, HRI foundations
Contact: Indiana University. web sites: http://hri2009.org/; www.ieee-ras.org/calendar/calendartec.php
MV ChinaMachine Vision China
18-20 March
Shanghai, China
Contact: web site: www.machinevision online.org/public/calendar/
WHC 2009World Haptics Conference
18-20 March
Salt Lake City, USA
Contact: web site: www.worldhaptics 2009.org
2009 Ground Robotics Capabilities (C) (E)
24-26 March
Texas, USA
Contact: web sites: http://exhibits.ndia.org/ndia/public/MainHall.aspx?&ID = 7058&sortMenu = 103000&exp = 11%2f24%2f2008 + 2%3a36%3a48 + PM; www.ifr.org/index.php?name = News& = 1
China International Machine Vision Exhibition (E)
24-26 March
Shanghai, China
Machine Vision China 2008 presented 112 exhibitors, with a remarkable increase of 15.5 percent in comparison with last year, from 13 countries, among these being market leaders like DALSA, Cognex and SIEMENS. The visitors were mainly Chinese experts and users, professionals and agents of the main institutions and agencies for industrial image processing and identification technologies. Chinese visitors came from all over the mainland.
Keywords Vision, China
Contact: Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society. Tel.: +86 (0)21 6875 8536 extn.: 1675, Fax: +86 (0)21 6875 8573 extn.: 5675, E-mail: guo.qinrui@sh.china.ahk.de,web sites: www.fairsandmore.cn/index.php?id = 31&L = 1; http://machine visiononline.org/public/calendar
CICAR 2009International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Control, Automation and Robotics (C)
25-27 March
Bangalore, India
The International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Control,Automation and Robotics (CICAR 2009) aims to bring together researchers,scientists, engineers, and scholar students to exchange and share their experiences, new ideas, and research results about all aspects of CICAR, and discuss the practical challenges encountered and the solutions adopted.
Keywords Robotics, Automation, Controls, Intelligence
Contact: World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology. web sites: www.waset.org/wcset09/bangalore/cicar/; www.ifr.org/index.php?name = News&catid = 1
IEEE/NIST VMAC CompetitionIEEE/NIST Virtual Manufacturing Automation Competition
25-26 March
Gaithersburg, USA
Striving to bring together the three groups of industry, researchers, and developers to tackle some of today’s leading edge research in automated guided vehicles including the ability to safely operate in dynamic, unstructured environments and amongst humans.
Contact: web site: http://vmac.hood.edu/
IEEE ALIFE 20092009 IEEE Symposium on Artificial Life (C)
30 March-2 April
Tennessee, USA
IEEE ALIFE 2009 brings together researchers working on the emerging areas of artificial life and complex adaptive systems, especially connections and applications to biology, robotics, space sciences and predictive methods for understanding and synthesizing life-like systems.
Keywords Artificial life, Robotics, Biology
Contact: IEEE. E-mail: vincenzo.piuri@unimi.it, web sites: www.ieee-ssci.org/index.php?q = node/11; www.ifr.org/index.php?name = News&catid = 1
ROBOCOMM 2009Second International Conference on Robot Communication and Coordination (C)
31 March-2 April
Odense, Denmark
The Second International Conference on Robot Communication and Coordination targets the convergence of robotics and communications, acting as a common forum for the two communities. The event will promote cross-pollination of these two areas, adding to our understanding of the interaction between these two exciting computer science research areas.
Keywords Robotics, Communication, Coordination
Contact: IEEE. E-mail: gerkey@willowgarage.com, web sites: http://robocomm.org/; www.ifr.org/index.php?name=News&catid = 1
The Vision Show
31 March-2 April
Arizona, USA
The Vision Show is North America’s leading showcase of machine vision and imaging components and solutions. This show will bring you up-to-date with the latest technologies from the top suppliers! Also offered are high-quality,yet affordable training sessions at The Vision Conference.
Keywords Machine vision, Imaging, Automation, OEMs
Contact: Automation Imaging Association. Tel.: +1 734 994 6088, Fax: +1 734 994 3338, E-mail: jhayman@robotics.org, web sites: www.machinevisiononline.org; www.machinevisiononline.org/public/articles/index.cfm?cat = 127
World Radar Fair (E)
1-3 April
Bejing, China
Based on the complete success of last three fairs, the World Radar Fair has become a focus of the attention of radar industry. During this fair, domestic and foreign manufacturers would show various advanced civil and military radar,the relevant components, parts elements, inspect equipment and material, the necessary technology and equipment for information launch and receive,optoelectronics radar technology systems, as well as civil utilized technology and product transformed from military related to radar.
Keywords Radar, Optoelectronics
Contact: China Enterprises International Exhibitions & Advertising Co.,Ltd. web site: www.ceieac.net/wrf/default1/index_en.asp?type = 1
RoboBusiness 2009RoboDevelopment Conference and Expo 2008 (C) (E)
15-16 April
Massachusetts, USA
RoboDevelopment Conference and Exposition is the first robotics industry event focused on the design and development of commercially viable personal,service and intelligent mobile robotics products – products that are to be used outside of laboratory environments and sold at a profit.
Keywords Robotics, Mobile robotics, Design, Development
Contact: Robotics Trends. Web site: www.robodevelopment.com/
Hannover Messe
20-24 April
Hannover, Germany
HANNOVER MESSE remains the world’s leading showcase for industrial technology. Better, faster, more effective: to survive and prosper in the face of global competition companies need to constantly maintain and improve their performance potential. Leading-edge technology plays a pivotal role in corporate competitiveness. HANNOVER MESSE is the ideal place to obtain the latest industrial know-how. Established 60 years ago, HANNOVER MESSE today ranks as the leading international showplace for industrial technologies, materials and product ideas. Over the years, the focus has shifted from stand-alone components to end-to-end solutions. Technical innovation is one key element in the success of HANNOVER MESSE. Another is its sharp focus on the creative application of existing knowledge. The program for HANNOVER MESSE 2009 encompasses 14 leading trade fairs.
Keyword Industrial technology
Contact: Deutsche Messe. Tel.: +49 511 890, Fax: +49 511 893 2626, E-mail: emanuel.marra@messe.de,web site: www.hannovermesse.de
RoboGames 20095th Annual International RoboGames
1-3 May
San Francisco, USA
RoboGames is the world’s largest open robot competition (even the Guinness Book of World Records says so!) We invite the best minds from around the world to compete in over 70 different events. Combat robots, walking humanoids, soccer bots, sumo bots, and even androids that do Kung-Fu. Some robots are autonomous, some are remote controlled – but they are all cool!
Contact: E-mail: dcalkins@robotics-society.org, web site: http://robogames.net
Robotica ’20099th Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions
7 May
Castelo Branco, Portugal
Contact: web site: www.est.ipcb.pt/robotica2009/
ICRA2009IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (C)
12-17 May
Kobe, Japan
The theme of the conference is “Robotics and IRT for Livable Societies”,reflecting the ever growing interests in research, development and applications in the dynamic and exciting areas of robotics and automation.
Keywords Robotics, Manufacturing, Simulation,Micro-machines, Automation, CAD, CAM, CAE, Sensors
Contact: System Robotics Laboratory, Department of Bioengineering and Robotics, Tohoku University, Japan. Fax: +81 22 795 6915, E-mail: info+@+icra2009.org, web sites: www.icra2009.org/; www.ieee-ras.org/calendar/calendartec.php
IA Robotics
13-17 May
Bangkok, Thailand
IA Robotics 2009 is the industry and machinery trade show that will be held in May 13-17 at the Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Centre. IA Robotics 2009 will present the latest news in the Industrial Automation sector,set May 13-17. Robotics and Industrial Automation Exhibition Intermach Thailand provides the backdrop for the Annual IA Robotics Show where industry meets to examine and compare the latest offerings from the world of Industrial Automation. From food plant operation and monitoring to high-orbit satellite manufacture, the scope of this event is increasingly varied and complements the concurrent high tech machinery exhibition.
Keywords Robotics, Manufacturing
Contact: Tel.: +66 2642 6911, Fax: +66 2642 7433, E-mail: intermach@cmpthailand.com,web site: www.thai-exhibition.com/intermach/
ROCOM ’09The 9th WSEAS International Conference on robotics, control, and manufacturing technology
20-22 May
Hangzhou, China
Keywords Robotics, Control, and Manufacturing
Contact: WSEAS. E-mail: info@wseas.org, web sites: www.wseas.org/conferences/2009/ hangzhou/rocom/; www.ifr.org/index.php?name = News&catid = 1
RoMoCoSeventh International Workshop on Robot Motion and Control (W)
1-3 June
Czerniejewo, Poland
The scope of the workshop includes but is not limited to: control, modelling and parameter identification of robots and manipulators; robot control techniques: non-adaptive and adaptive, robust, hybrid, learning; path and trajectory planning: nonredundant, redundant and hyperredundant manipulators,mobile robots, microrobot holonomic and nonholonomic systems; collision avoidance; applications: manufacturing, space, underwater, civil engineering and service, medicine, economic and social aspects of robotics; neural networks in robot motion and control.
Keywords Robot motion and control, Mobile robots, Neural networks
Contact: IEEE. E-mail: waldemar.wroblewski@put.poznan.pl,web sites: http://romoco.put.poznan.pl/; www.ifr.org/index.php?name = News& catid = 1
Jisso Protec 2009Jisso Process Technology Exhibition
3-5 June
Tokyo, Japan
The Triple Collaboration of JPCA Show 2008/2008 Microelectronics Show/JISSO Protec 2008 is the industry’s own and only organized effort to create a reasonable, targeted and fair event with the solution network for electronics manufacturing. The purpose of the events are to be held for the creation of a venue featuring latest Rigid-type PWB Technologies, Flexible Circuits, Design and Manufacturing/Engineering Solutions, Testing/Inspection and Analysis,Electronics Packaging (Jisso) and SMT fields in electronic circuits industry originating both Japan and overseas, and to provide valuable information today customers require, and create great opportunities for new business.
Contact: web site: www.jpcashow.com/show2008/English/index.html
ATX East 2009 (C) (E)
8-11 June
New York, USA
Stay ahead of your competition – find the automated solutions you need for lean manufacturing, cost reduction, enhanced productivity, and six-sigma process control at ATX. With recent trends toward off-shore outsourcing, it’s more important than ever for North American manufacturers to automate in order to remain competitive in today’s global marketplace.
Keywords Automation, Manufacturing
Contact: Canon Communications LLC. Tel.: +1 310 445 4200, Fax: +310 996 9499,web site: www.devicelink.com/expo/atxe09
IRVSInternational Robots & Vision Show and Conference (C) (E)
9-11 June
Illinois, USA
One of the largest and longest running international robot shows in the world.
Keywords Robotics, Machine vision, Motion control
Contact: Automation Technologies Council. Tel.: +1 734 994 6088, Fax: +1 734 994 3338, web sites: www.robots-vision-show.info; www.robotics.org/events/index.cfm
C-ELROB 2009Civilian European Land-Robot Trial (C)
15-18 June
Oulu, Finland
C-ELROB aims to bridge the gap between users, industry and research in the field of robotics in security domains, fire brigades, civil protection, and disaster control.
Keywords Robotics, Unmanned vehicles
Contact: Research Establishment for Applied Science. Tel.: +49 228 9435 481,Fax: +49 228 9435 508, E-mail: elrob@fgan.de, web site: www.elrob.org
EOS Conference on Manufacturing of Optical Components
15-17 June
Munich, Germany
The EOS Conference on “Manufacturing of Optical Components” will give an overview of the state-of-the-art of fabrication technologies, and will provide, among other things, an international platform for discussing manufacturability of optical components as well as ongoing scientific research projects and, last but not least, future trends and prospective developments.
Contact: web site: http://optics.org/cws/event/13336
EOS Conference on Frontiers in Electronic Imaging 2009
15-17 June
Munich, Germany
The EOS Conference on “Frontiers in Electronic Imaging” addresses scientists and engineers in electronic imaging R&D, users of imaging solutions who demand the highest performance from their equipment for their particular application, interested professionals from all segments of academia and industry where imaging is significant, and all technically-oriented persons who would like to know where electronic imaging is heading.
Contact: web site: http://optics.org/cws/event/13335
ReMAR ’09ASME/IFToMM International Conference on Reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots (C)
22-24 June
London, England
The ASME/IEEE International Conference on Reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots (ReMAR 2009) is to provide an international forum for presenting and discussing new mechanisms and robots developed in the past decade for their new properties in changing the topological structure of a mechanism or a robot and for discussing their uses for domestic, hazardous, out-space and manufacturing environments. The conference will be held at King’s College of London.
Keywords Robots, Mechanisms, Manufacturing
Contact: ASME, IEEE. Tel.: +44 (0)20 7848 1991, E-mail: remar2009@kcl.ac.uk,web sites: www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/pse/diveng/research/cmms/remar2009; www.ifr.org/index.php?name = News&catid = 1
ICIA 2009IEEE International Conference on Information and Automation (C)
22-25 June
Zhuhai/Macau, China
ICIA is a young, vibrant and growing international conference – running annually since 2004 and gaining increasing international prominence. Its scope was broadened in 2008 to emphasize the importance of information to automation research. We are pleased to bring you the 2009 conference, with the theme of Fusion of Information and Automation, as a forum that facilitates timely and effective academic and scientific exchanges among researchers in a wide range of research fields in information science and automation engineering.
Keywords Robotics, Sensors, Artificial intelligence,Mechatronics, Automation
Contact: IEEE. E-mail: icia09@cs.ualberta.ca, web sites: www.cs.ualberta.ca/ ∼ icia09/#; www.ieee-ras.org/calendar/calendartec.php
ICORR2009IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics
23-26 June
Kyoto, Japan
ICORR2009 will be focused on a number of topics, including the themes of:assistive robotics, therapeutic robotics, mechatronics in prosthetics,artificial human exoskeletons, psychosocial robotics, robotics for caregiving,neural-machine interfaces and control, robotics for human-motion analysis,evaluation and clinical experience
Contact: web site: www.icorr2009.org/
MED 200917th Mediterranean Conference on Control & Automation
24-26 June
Thessaloniki, Greece
The conference, through its technical program, will provide a unique opportunity for the academic and industrial community to address new challenges,share solutions and discuss future research directions. A broad range of topics is proposed, following current trends of combining control/systems theory with software/communication technologies.
Contact: web site: www.med09.org/
ICAR 2009International Conference on Advanced Robotics
24-26 June
Munich, Germany
The theme of ICAR 2009 will be “able robots”, where “able”is the lexical intersection of “cap-able”, “depend-able”,“measur-able”, “afford-able”. These adjectives stand as synonyms for four rather fundamental and important features of robots which are supposed to deliver useful and economically competitive services in everyday environments under everyday conditions.
Contact: web site: www.icar2009.org/
RSS 2009Robotics: Science and Systems
28 June-1 July
Seattle, USA
The 2009 Robotics: Science and Systems Conference will bring together researchers working on algorithmic or mathematical foundations of robotics,robotics applications, and analysis of robotic systems. High quality, original papers are solicited in all areas of robotics. The final program will be the result of a highly selective review process designed to include the best work of its kind in every category. The conference will be single track to allow attendees an opportunity to experience the best research in all areas of robotics. The program will include invited talks as well as oral and poster presentations of refereed papers.
Keywords Mechanisms, Manipulation, Human-robot Interaction and human centered systems, Distributed systems, Mobile systems and mobility,Applications, Medical robotics, Robot perception
Contact: University of Washington. web site: www.roboticsconference.org/
ICINCO 20096th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (C)
2-5 July
Milan, Italy
The purpose of this conference is to bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners interested in the application of informatics to Control,Automation and Robotics.
Keywords Intelligent control systems, Optimization,Robotics, Automation, Signal processing, Systems modeling and control
Contact: ICINCO. Tel.: +351 265 520 185, Fax: +44 203 014 5435, E-mail: secretariat@icinco.org,web sites: www.icinco.org/; www.ifr.org/events/calendar.asp
CITSA 20096th International Conference on Cybernetics and Information Technologies, Systems and Applications (C)
10-13 July
Florida, USA
The 6th International Conference on Cybernetics and Information Technologies,Systems and Applications is an international multi-conference being organized with the purpose of providing researchers, practitioners, developers,consultants, and end-users of computerized, communications and/or control systems and technologies, as well as their industrial and social applications in the private and the public sectors, an opportunity to join in a common place sharing experience and knowledge.
Keywords Cybernetics, Information technologies, Systems and applications
Contact: International Institute of Informatics and Systemics. Tel.: +58 212 232 7062, Fax: +1 407 656 3516, E-mail: citsa@mail.iiis2009.org, web sites: www.iiis2009.org/imeti; www.ifr.org/events/calendar.asp
ARCS-09The International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Control Systems (C)
13-16 July
Florida, USA
ARCS is an important event in the areas of automation, robotics, control and other-related areas. The conference will be held at the same time and location where some other major events will be taking place. The scope of the conference includes all areas of automation, all areas of robotics, all areas of control systems and related areas such as computer vision, etc.
Keywords Robotics, Tele-robotics, Adaptive control,CAD/CAM/CIM, Fuzzy systems, Intelligent automation, MEMS/NEMS, Micro robots and micro-manipulation, Nano-scale automation and assembly, Sensors, actuators and transducers
Contact: International Society for Research in Science and Technology. E-mail: contact@promoteresearch.org, web sites: www.promoteresearch.org/2009/arcs; www.ifr.org/events/calendar.asp
AIM 2009IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (C)
14-17 July
Singapore
The 2009 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics will be held on July 14-17, 2009 in Suntec International Convention and Exhibition Center, Singapore. The theme of the conference is “Mechatronics for Everyday Lives”. AIM 2009 conference invites submissions of high quality research papers describing original work on abstractions, algorithms,theories, methodologies, and case studies on the following topics: actuators,automotive systems, bioengineering, data storage systems, electronic packaging,fault diagnosis, human-machine interfaces, industry applications, information technology, intelligent systems, machine vision, manufacturing,micro-electro-mechanical systems, micro/nano technology, modeling and design,motion vibration and noise control, neural and fuzzy control, opto-electronic systems, prototyping, real-time and hardware-in-the-loop simulation, robotics,sensors, system integration, transportation systems, and other fields of mechatronics.
Keywords Mechatronics, Robotics, Sensors, Intelligent systems
Contact: IEEE/ASME. E-mail: michen@ntu.edu.sg, web sites: www.aim2009.org/; www.ieee-ras.org/calendar/calendartec.php
ICAL 20092009 IEEE International Conference on Automation and Logistics (C)
5-7 August
Shenyang, China
The purpose of this conference is to promote activities in areas of automation and logistics, by providing a forum for researchers to exchange ideas, present technical achievements, and discuss future challenges. The scope of the conference includes technical sessions, tutorials and panels, as well as exhibition and working group meetings.
Contact: Tel.: 314 935 6037, Fax: 314 935 7500, E-mail: gc@ieee-ical.org,web site: www.ieee-ical.org/
ICMA 2009IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation (C)
9-12 August
Changchun, China
The objective of ICMA 2009 is to provide a forum for researchers, educators,engineers, and government officials involved in the general areas of mechatronics, robotics, automation and sensors to disseminate their latest research results and exchange views on the future research directions of these fields.
Keywords Intelligent mechatronics, Robotics, biomimetics,automation, and control systems, Teleoperation, telerobotics, haptics, and teleoperated semi-autonomous systems, Sensor design, multi-sensor data fusion algorithms and wireless sensor networksAI, intelligent control, neuro-control,fuzzy control, Industrial automation, process control, manufacturing process
Contact: IEEE. E-mail: fukudamein.nagoya-u.ac.jp, web site: www.ieee-icma.org/
AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems North America 2009 (C) (E)
10-13 August
Washington, DC, USA
AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems North America 2009 is the world’s largest event focusing on the international ground, air and maritime unmanned systems marketplace. It will host the largest gathering of government, business,technology and academic leaders in the unmanned systems community. It will have a plenary session featuring senior unmanned systems speakers addressing both defense and civilian markets.
Keywords Unmanned systems, Military, Vehicles
Contact: Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International. Tel.: +1 703 845 9671, Fax: +1 703 845 9679, E-mail: info@auvsi.org, web sites: http://symposium.auvsi.org/; www.auvsi.org
MTT2009MTT Indonesia 2009 (C) (E)
12-15 August
Jakarta, Indonesia
The 4th international metalworking technology and machine tools exhibition and conference.
Keywords Manufacturing, Metalworking, Machine tools
Contact: The Federation of Indonesian Metalworks & Machinery Industries Association. web site: www.mtt-indonesia.com
SICE 2009SICE (Society for Instrumentation and Control Engineering) Annual Conference (C)
18-21 August
Fukuoka, Japan
The conference covers a wide range of fields from measurement and control to system analysis and design, from theory to application and from software to hardware. Newly developed interdisciplinary ideas and concepts transferable from one field to another are especially welcome.
Keywords Sensors and transducers, Opto-electronic measurement, Intelligent control, Computer aided design, Systems theory and engineering, Robotics and mechatronics systems, Industrial applications, Fuzzy systems, Neural networks
Contact: SICE. web site: www.sice.or.jp/iccas-sice2009/index.html
MMAR 200914th IEEE International Conference Methods and Models in Automation and Robotics
19-21 August
Miedzyzdroje, Poland
The participants of the 14th IEEE International MMAR Conference will have the opportunity to take part in the wide spectrum of categories for technical presentations, including plenary lectures, regular papers of both lecture and poster session types, and panel discussion.
Contact: web site: www.mmar.ps.pl
Robotics World Show 09 (E)
20-23 August
New Delhi, India
The core mission of the “Robotics World Show 09” is to promote and elevate the domestic and global players operating in the robotics sector, by providing a common platform to reach and interact with their prospective buyers,suppliers and the target audience in a well-controlled environment enabling room for personalized interactive communication growth and development of Engineering and Machinery Industry.
Contact: KMG Business Technology. Tel.: +91 79 32410602, Fax: +91 79 26851716, E-mail: info@kmgindia.com,web sites: www.kmgindia.com/rawe/home.html; www.ifr.org/index.php?name = News&catid = 1
IEEE-CASE 20095th IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (C)
22-25 August
Bangalore, India
The goal of the conference is broad coverage and dissemination of foundational research on automation among researchers, academicians and industry practitioners. The focus would be on scientific methods for machines and systems operating in structured environments over long periods, and also on the explicit structuring of environments. Special themes for the 2009 conference include:green technologies and automation; knowledge services and automation; self-aware automation; internet automation and internet search and analytics.
Keywords Green technologies, Automation
Contact: IEEE Robotics and Automation Society. web sites: www.ieee-case.org/assets/pdf/case%202009%20poster.pdf; www.ieee-ras.org/calendar/calendartec.php
COMS 2009COMS – Commercialization of Micro and Nano Systems Conference (C)
30 August-2 September
Copenhagen, Denmark
COMS (Commercialization of Micro and Nano Systems Conference) is the world’s most important meeting place for all those bringing emerging small technologies from concept to the marketplace. It addresses issues on an international front,gathering input from MNT leaders representing regions all over the globe. COMS is connecting the international Micro-Nano marketplace!
Keyword Micro and nano-science and engineering
Contact: MANCEF. E-mail: info@mancef-coms2009.org, web site: http://mancef-coms2009.org/
SYROCCO 099th International IFAC Symposium on Robot Control
10-12 September
Gifu, Japan
Automation 2009 (E)
16-19 September
Mumbai, India
India Automation 2009 is a first-class automation show. It will provide an excellent opportunity to the exhibitors to show new products and services to the potential buyers. It will bring the visitors and exhibitors related to the field automation on a common platform. The event would be very beneficial to meet and interact with the decision makers from the foremost automation companies.
Keywords Automation, Manufacturing, Industry
Contact: Confederation of Indian Industry Mumbai. Tel.: +(91) (22) 24931790,Fax: +(91) (22) 24939463/24945831, web site: www.biztradeshows.com/india-automation-mumbai/
RO-MAN 2009IEEE International Symposium on Robot an Human Interactive Communication (C) (W)
27 September-2 October
Toyama, Japan
RO-MAN addresses fundamental issues in coexistence of robots and humans from psychological and philosophical aspects over interaction and communication mechanisms to technological systems and architectures. Manifold real-world application areas such as rescue, assistance, care, education, or entertainment require cognitive and social skills in order to provide safe, intuitive, and efficient interaction and goal-directed proactive behavior.
Keywords Multi-modal communication, human-robot interactions, Collaborative robotics in manufacturing environments, Robot assistants for housekeeping and care, Situation recognition, Socially interactive robots, Entertainment and education robots
Contact: IEEE. E-mail: sec@ro-man2009.org, web site: http://ro-man2009.org
IROS 2009IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (C)
10-15 October
Missouri, USA
Contact: web site: www.ieee-ras.org/calendar/227/iros-2009.html
ICICRA 2009The International Conference on Intelligent Control, Robotics, and Automation (C)
28-30 October
Venice, Italy
The International Conference on Intelligent Control, Robotics, and Automation(ICICRA 2009) aims to bring together researchers, scientists, engineers, and scholar students to exchange and share their experiences, new ideas, and research results about all aspects of intelligent control, robotics, and automation, and discuss the practical challenges encountered and the solutions adopted.
Keywords Intelligent control, Robotics, and automation
Contact: World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology (WASET). web sites: www.waset.org/wcset09/chicago/icicra/; www.ifr.org/index.php?name = News&catid = 1
International Congress on Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics Conference
2-5 November
Orlando, USA
The International Congress on Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics(ICALEO®) has a 26 year history as the conference where researchers and end-users meet to review the state-of-the-art in laser materials processing and predict where the future will lead. From its inception, ICALEO®has been devoted to the field of laser materials processing and is viewed as the premier source of technical information in the field. Each year ICALEO®features areas of topical interest.
Contact: web site: http://optics.org/cws/event/13626
SSRR 20092009 IEEE International Workshop on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics
3-6 November
Denver, USA
Contact: web site: www.engr.du.edu/ssrr2009
CARVE 2009International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision Engineering (C)
25-27 November
Johannesburg, South Africa
The International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision Engineering (CARVE 2009) aims to bring together researchers, scientists,engineers, and scholar students to exchange and share their experiences, new ideas, and research results about all aspects of control, automation, robotics and vision engineering, and discuss the practical challenges encountered and the solutions adopted.
Keywords Control, Automation, Robotics, Vision
Contact: World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology (WASET). Web sites: www.waset.org/wcset09/sydney/carve/; www.ifr.org/index.php?name = News&catid = 1
2009 International Robot Exhibition
25-28 November
Tokyo, Japan
This show is designed to provide a place to exhibit robots and related equipments in order to enhance market awareness of new technology. At the same time, the show is to be a medium to promote new products and to develop new business through contributing the promotion of new technology.
Contact: web site: www.nikkan.co.jp/eve/irex/
ROBIO 2009IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics
16-18 December
Guilin, Guangxi, China
Contact: web site: www.ieee-ras.org/calendar/323/robio-2009.html
2010IEEE MEMS 20102010 IEEE 23rd International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems
24-28 January
Wanchai, Hong Kong
WHCM 2010IEEE Workshop on Health Care Management
18-20 February
Venice, Italy
This is a primary international event that provides an opportunity to highly qualified researchers, academicians and practitioners in the healthcare management and technology assessment fields to exchange new ideas and results. Scientists and practitioners are invited to present their current research topics in the area of the healthcare modelling, simulation, optimization and management, especially taking into account the modern information and communication technologies innovations. The event aims at providing a forum for international collaboration and dissemination of research and best practices in the healthcare management and technology assessment fields.
Contact: web site: www.deei.units.it/WHCM2010/
HRI 20105th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
2-5 March
Nara, Japan
HRI is a single-track, highly selective annual international conference that seeks to showcase the very best interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research in human-robot interaction with roots in social psychology, cognitive science,HCI, human factors, artificial intelligence, robotics, organizational behavior,anthropology and many more, and we invite broad participation.
Contact: web site: www.hri2010.org/
ICRA2010Robotics for Energy (C) (E)
3-7 May
Alaska, USA
The theme of the conference is “Robotics in the Environment,”reflecting the ever growing interests in research, development and applications in the dynamic and exciting areas of robotics and automation.
Keywords Robotics, Automation
Contact: IEEE. web sites: http://icra2010.grasp.upenn.edu/ ∼ graspweb/dynamic/icra2010/?q = overview; www.ifr.org/index.php?name = News& catid = 1
Automatica 20104th International Trade Fair for Automation Assembly, Robotics and Vision (E)
8-11 June
Munich, Germany
AUTOMATICA presents an international product range covering assembly and handling technology, robotics, machine vision and associated technologies. This makes AUTOMATICA the very first international event that brings together all branches of the robotics and automation industry under the same roof in a single event. It is being staged in Munich, the central hub of the biggest European market for robotics and automation products.
Keywords Assembly and handling technology, Robotics, Machine vision, Positioning systems, Drive technology, Sensor technology
Contact: Messe München GmbH. Tel.: +49 899 491 1538, Fax: +49 899 491 1539, E-mail: info@automatica-munich.com, web site: www.automatica-muenchen.de
MFI 2010IEEE International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems
5-7 September
Snowbird, Utah, USA
IAV 20107th IFAC Symposium on Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles
6-8 September
Lecce, Italy
The Symposium will consider generic methodologies and techniques applicable to intelligent autonomous vehicles. These include mobile robots on land, at sea,in air or in space, multi-vehicle systems and networks of autonomous vehicles.
Contact: web site: http://iav2010.unile.it/
2011ICRA2011International Conference on Robotics and Automation
30 April
Shanghai, China
2012ICRA2012International Conference on Robotics and Automation
1-6 May
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
2013ICRA2013IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
27 April
Karlsruhe, Germany
