Symposium on robotics … present and future

The above event will be held on 24-26 March 2002, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania(USA) in the context of the joint meeting of the World Organisation of Systems and Cybernetics (WOSC) and of the International Institute for General Systems Studies (IIGSS) (12th WOSC Congress and 4th HGSS Workshop).

The topics are as follows:

• biological robots;

• biomimetics;

• climbing robots;

• computational intelligence in robotics;

• cyborgs;

• construction automation (buildings, roads, etc.);

• domestic robotics (house, hotel, smart robots, etc.);

• Environmental modelling;

• health and rehabilitation (disabled people, hospitals and physiotherapy);

• industrial automation including intelligent robots;

• intelligent autonomous vehicles (exploration of planets, underwater vehicles,sub-zero environments and airborne robots);

• links to the human brain;

• machine learning;

• man-machine interactions;

• neural networks;

• obstacle determination and avoidance;

• robot interaction;

• multirobot systems;

• sensors in robotics;

• software developments in robotics;

• trajectory planning;

• telematic applications;

• visual reality;

• visual tracking.

Papers (hard copy; two copies) to be submitted to: The Symposium Organiser,Professor J. Rose, 5 Margate Road, Lytham St Annes, UK FY8 3EG.

The schedule deadline was 30 November 2001, but please contact the organiser immediately if your contribution is delayed.