CALL for PAPERS the 9Th Interna@Onal Conference On

The 9th Interna@onal Conference on Intelligent Robo@cs and Applica@ons August 22-24, 2016, Hachioji Tokyo, Japan

CALL FOR PAPERS Web: hhp://www.comp.sd.tmu.ac.jp/icira2016/ The 9th Interna+onal Conference on Intelligent Robo+cs and Applica+ons (ICIRA2016) is organized by the Research Center for Community-centric Systems, Tokyo Metropolitan University. The conference will be held in Tokyo, Japan, from August 22nd to 24th, 2016. The conference oﬀers a unique and interes+ng plaPorm for scien+sts, engineers and prac++oners throughout the world to present and share their recent research and innova+ve ideas in the areas of robo+cs, automa+on and mechatronics. Topics of Interests The 9th ICIRA covers both theory and applica+ons in all the areas of robo+cs, automa+on and mechatronics. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Robo@cs Collec+ve and social robots; Human-robot interac+on; Mobile robots and intelligent autonomous systems; Robot vision, recogni+on and reconstruc+on; Mul+-agent systems and distributed control; Robot intelligence, learning and linguis+cs; Cogni+ve robo+cs; Fuzzy and neural systems; Evolu+onary robo+cs; Robot design, development and control; Robot mo+on analysis and planning; Medical robot; Robot actuators and sensors; Robot coopera+on; Robot legged locomo+on; Robot mechanism and design; Percep+on and awareness; Man-machine interac+ons; Space and underwater robots; Virtual and augmented reality; Planning and Naviga+on/Localiza+on Mechatronics Advanced measurement and machine vision system; Drives and actuators’ modeling; Educa+on in mechatronics engineering; Adap+ve and learning control system; Advanced control and informa+cs; Micro-electro-mechanical systems; Mul+-sensor data fusion algorithms; Es+ma+on and iden+ﬁca+on; Modeling of complex systems; Process control and instrumenta+on; Mo+on control; Micro and nano systems; Nonlinear systems and control; Op+mal control; Rota+ng system dynamics and control; Smart structures & materials hybrid; Stability and stabiliza+on; Mo+on vibra+on and noise control; Real-+me and hardware-in-the-loop simula+on; Sensing of small quan++es Applica@ons Computer integrated manufacturing; Factory modeling and automa+on; Fault detec+on, tes+ng and diagnosis; Flexible manufacturing systems; Robo+cs in agriculture and ecosystem; Human-centric systems; Community-centric systems; Mechatronics in energy systems; Aerospace engineering; Automo+ve systems; Data storage systems; Electronic packaging; Manufacturing; Prototyping Contributed Papers All papers to be presented at the conference are to be published in LNAI/LNCS series of Springer (www.springer.com/lncs). All the contributed papers are eligible for the ICIRA 2016 Best Conference Paper Award. Detailed instruc+ons for paper submission will be provided on the conference website. Selected quality paper will be recommended for ICIRA 2016 special issues of Interna+onal Journal of Intelligent Robo+cs and Applica+ons, Springer with further review. Special Sessions The conference features special sessions focusing on new research topics and innova+ve applica+ons. Papers in these sessions undergo a regular review process as those in general sessions. A special session has to contain at least four papers. Prospec+ve organizers are invited to contact special session chairs to propose tracks with the +tle of the session, its scope, list of topics, and organizer names, by February 29. Each special session may have an invited talk as well. If the organizer(s) is(are) interested in an invited talk, please contact the special session chair (Kazuyoshi Wada, [email protected]) and program co-chair (Janos Botzheim, [email protected]).

Advisory CommiEee Organizing CommiEee Award CommiEee Co-Chairs : - Jorge Angeles, McGill University, Canada - Kentaro Kurashige, Muroran Ins+tute of Technology, Japan - Hegao Cai, Harbin Ins+tute of Tech., China General Chairs - Kok Wai (Kevin) Wong, Murdoch University, Australia - Naoyuki Kubota, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan - Tianyou Chai, Northeastern University, China Workshop Chair: - Jiansheng Dai, King’s College London, UK General Co-chairs: - Yasufumi Takama, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan - Toshio Fukuda, Meijo Univ., Japan - Xiangyang Zhu, Shanghai JiaoTong University, China Workshop Co-chairs: - Fumio Harashima, - Kok-Meng Lee, Georgia Ins+tute of Technology, USA Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan - Simon Egerton, Monash University, Malaysia - Jangmyung Lee, Pusan Na+onal University, Korea - Huosheng Hu, University of Essex, UK - Lieu-Hen Chen, Na+onal Chi Nan University, Taiwan Program Chair: - Han Ding, Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Tech., China Publica@on Chairs - Kazuo Kiguchi, Kyushu University, Japan - Oussama Kha+b, Stanford Univ., USA - Takenori Obo, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan - Zhongqin Lin, Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., China Program Co-chairs: Publica@on Co-Chairs: - Imre Rudas , Obuda University, Hungary - Honghai Liu, University of Portsmouth, UK - Taro Nakamura, Chuo University, Japan - Shigeki Sugano, Waseda University, Japan - Chun-Yi Su, Concordia University, Canada - Chee Seng Chan, University of Malaya, Malaysia - Guobiao Wang, - Janos Botzheim, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan Na+onal Natural Sci. Found. of China, China Publicity Chair: Special Sessions Chair: - Hiroyuki Masuta, Toyama Prefectural University, Japan - Kevin Warwick, University of Reading, UK - Kazuyoshi Wada, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan - Bogdan M. Wilamowski, Auburn University, USA Publicity Co-chairs - Ming Xie, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Special Sessions Co-Chairs: - Jiangtao Cao, Liaoning Shihua University, China - Youlun Xiong, Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Tech., China - Alexander Ferrein, University of Applied Sciences, Germany - Mamas Wahde, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden - Huayong Yang, Zhejiang University, China - Chu Kiong Loo, University of Malaya, Malaysia - Simon X. Yang, University of Guelph, Canada - Jason Gu, Dalhousie University, Canada Financial Chairs: For further informa@on, please refer to Award CommiEee Chair : - Takahiro Takeda, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan e-mail: [email protected] - Toru Yamaguchi, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan - Zhaojie Ju, University of Portsmouth, UK

Important Dates 14th Apr. 2016 Deadline for Full paper Submission 30th May 2016 Deadline for Final Manuscripts 14th March 2016 2nd May 2016 23rd May 2016 Organized Session Proposal No@ﬁca@on of Acceptance Early Bird Registra@on 22-24th August 2016 ICIRA2016 Tokyo, Japan The 9th Interna@onal Conference on Intelligent Robo@cs and Applica@ons August 22-24, 2016, Hachioji Tokyo, Japan

Plenary Talks Web: hhp://www.comp.sd.tmu.ac.jp/icira2016/

Plenary Speaker: Plenary Speaker: Plenary Speaker: Jun Tani, Ph.D., Professor, Jian S. Dai, Ph.D., Professor, Toshio Fukuda, Ph.D., Professor,

Title: Title: Title: How can we develop 'deep mind' of Kinema7cs That Entails Reconﬁgurable Micro and Nano-Robo7cs and Automa7on robots? Mechanisms Technology in ROBOT4.0

Korea Advanced Ins+tute of Science and King’s College London, University of Nagoya University, Japan, Technology, Republic of Korea. London, UK Meijo University, Japan, Beijing Ins+tute of Technology, China

Track Chairs : Local Arrangement CommiEee:

- Assis@ve Robo@cs: Local Arrangement Chairs:: Lundy Lewis, Southern New Hampshire University, USA - Takenori Obo, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan - Biologically-inspired Robo@cs: - Takahiro Takeda, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan Georgy Sofronov, Macquarie University, Australia - Collec@ve Robo@cs: Web Masters: Kosuke Sekiyama, Nagoya University, Japan - Naoyuki Takesue, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan - Cogni@ve Robo@cs: - Yihsin Ho, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan Tetsuya Ogata, Waseda University, Japan - Decision Making and Planning: Local Arrangement CommiEee Members: Min Jiang, Xiamen University, China - Shinji Fukuda, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan - Educa@onal Robo@cs: - Takuya Hashimoto, The University of Electro-Communica+ons, Japan Boris Tudjarov, Technical University of Soﬁa, Bulgaria - Narita Masahiko, Advanced ins+tute of industrial technology, Japan - Evolu@onary Robo@cs: - Taro Ichiko, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan Sung-Bae Cho, Yonsei University, Korea - Lieu-Hen Chen, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan - Humanoid Robo@cs: - Yu Sheng Chen, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan Xiaohui Xiao, Wuhan University, China - Kazunori Hase, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan - Network Robo@cs: - Mime Hashimoto, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan Narita Masahiko, Advanced Ins+tute of Industrial Technology, Japan - Koji Kimita, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan - Non-verbal Communica@on: - Hitoshi Kiya, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan Xinjun Sheng, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China - Daigo Kosaka, Polytechnic University, Japan - Robot Manipulators and Hands: - Osamu Niha, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan Futoshi Kobayashi, Kobe University, Japan - Sayaka Shiota, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan - Robot Vison - Eri Shimokawara, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan Ryas Chellali, Nanjing Tech University, China - Keiichiro Yasuda, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan - Robo@cs in Agriculture and Ecosystem: ©'76,'90,'16 SANRIO APPROVAL No.P0702254 Shinji Fukuda, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan Secretariat - Sensing, Measurement, and Percep@on: - Mizuho Shimada, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan Hongbin Ma, Beijing Ins+tute of Technology, China - Social Robo@cs: Nobuto Matsuhira, Shibaura Ins+tute of Technology, Japan - Wearable Robo@cs: Zhaojie Zu, University of Portsmouth, UK