[robocup-worldwide] [CFP] Deadline extension: CLAWAR 2009

[H. Levent Akin]

***Essential information:
CLAWAR 2009 conference has announced a postponement of the deadline
for extended abstracts from March 1st to ***March 15th***

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CLAWAR'2009

12th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the
Support Technologies for Mobile Machines
09 – 11 September, 2009, Istanbul, Turkey

http://www.clawar2009.org/


Call for Papers
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Robotics is an exciting field in engineering and natural sciences.
Robotics has already made important widespread contributions and impact
in industrial robots for tasks such as assembly, welding, painting, and
material handling. In parallel, we have also witnessed the emergence of
special service robots which perform valuable jobs, in new environments
such as search and rescue, surveillance, exploration and security
missions as well as provide assistance to a variety of users. The
emergence of mobile machines, such as the climbing and walking robots,
for these missions in un-structured environments, has significantly
broadened challenges that must be considered by robotics research.

The purpose of the 12th International Conference on Climbing and Walking
Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines
(CLAWAR'2009) is to provide a venue where researchers, scientists,
engineers and practitioners throughout the world can come together to
present and discuss the latest achievements, future challenges and
exciting applications for mobile service machines in general, and
climbing and walking robots in particular. In order to benefit all
participants, and also to maximize the interaction, the technical
program of this conference is intentionally tailored to having
relatively few parallel tracks. Each track will accommodate
peer-reviewed articles, comprising regular and special sessions, dealing
with theoretical, experimental and application works. Moreover, the
conference will include several keynote lectures and poster sessions.

Topics of Interest (non-exhaustive list):
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RESEARCH

• Autonomous robots
• Tele-operated robots
• Biologically-inspired systems and solutions
• Innovative design of CLAWAR
• Modelling and simulation of CLAWAR
• Planning and control
• Co-operative robot systems
• Intelligence and learning for CLAWAR
• HMI
• Innovative actuators and power supplies
• Innovative sensors and sensor networks
• Positioning & localization
• Perception and sensor fusion
• Guidance and navigation
• Manipulation and gripping
• Legged locomotion
• Wheeled locomotion
• Hybrid locomotion
• Micro and nano robots
• Tele-presence and virtual reality
• Service robot standards and standardization
• SME robotics

APPLICATION
• Planetary exploration
• Security
• Emergence rescue operations
• Surveillance
• Reconnaissance
• Education
• Biomedical robots
• Rehabilitation and function restoration
• Petrochemical applications
• Inspection
• Construction
• Entertainment
• Helping the elderly and the disabled
• Manufacturing
• Performing and creative arts robots
• Personal robots
• Robots for domestic environments
• Service robots
• Space robots
• Assistive robots
• Sport and exercise robots

Important Dates:
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**March 15, 2009 Submission of Extended Abstracts <- Deadline extended
April 15, 2009 Notification of Acceptance
May 15, 2009 Submission of Final (accepted) Papers
June 1, 2009 Early Bird Registration
June 1, 2009 Author Registration
July 1, 2009 Preliminary Program
September 9-11, 2009 Conference

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