Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to distribute the call for papers for the Eurobot Conference 2008 .

Eurobot Conference 2008 is an international conference on research and education in robotics .

In the past years, with the advances in microelectronics and digital technology, robots became a platform for innovation. This gave thrust to the development of new and fast robot systems. To further encourage the research in this area, this conference aims to gather researchers and developers from academic fields and industries worldwide to explore the state-of-the-art.

The program committee invites you to attend the EUROBOT conference 2008, which will be held in the University town in Heidelberg between 21. – 24. May 2008 ,  and submit papers on all aspects of robotic systems including, but not limited to:

Research
- Robot control and behaviour: evolutionary and cognitive robotics, navigation, planning, simulation, vizualization
- Applications of autonomous intelligent robots: Exploration robots, service robots, robots for hazardous environments
- Perception, processing and action: sensors, vision, motion systems, specialized peripherals

Education
- Robotics at School and at University: Curricula, methodology, competences, outcomes
- Practical educational robotics activities: Robot contests, workshops, summer camps, robotic kits for education and research
- Good practices in educational robot design: Project management, team development, funding, reusing parts and components

Special Eurobot session
- Presentation of robots designed for Eurobot contest including previous editions: Robot design, planning, team building and management

The Proceedings of the EUROBOT Conference 2008 will be published in the Springer series. Therefore,the layout of the papers must be prepared according to the Instructions for the Preparation of Camera-Ready Contribution to LNCS Proceedings . The paper should be between 6 and 15 pages. Authors are asked to follow these instructions exactly.

Important Details:
Paper submission deadline: Extended to     15. March 2008
Notification of acceptance:                             15. April 2008
Camera ready deadline:                                 30. April 2008
Venue:                                                          Heidelberg, Germany
Conference:                                                   21-24 May 2008

Registration:                                           21. May, 15:00 – 22:00

Place:                                                      SRH Hochschule Heidelberg,

Reception Area,

Ludwig-Guttmann-Strasse 6,

69123 Heidelberg,

Germany

Key Note Speakers:

Professor Atsuo Takanishi, Waseda University, Japan

Title: Humanoid Robotics and its Applications

Professor Oussama Khatib, Stanford University, USA

Title: Human-Centered Robotics

EUROBOT Conference 2008 Program

EUROBOT Conference Program 2008

Conference fee

The conference fee (including two dinners and the conference proceedings) is

Early registration:  275,- EUR (until April 30st 2008)

Late Registration: 475,- EUR

Registration/ Paymentform

Invitation to sponsor the EUROBOT Conference 2008

EUROBOT Conference 2008 Sponsor

Conference Chair:      Achim Gottscheber, Heidelberg University of Applied Sciences, Germany

Program Chairs:           David Obdrzalek, Charles University, Prague
Julio Pastor Mendoza, University of Alcala, Madrid, Spain

Program Committee:  Bernd Sommer, DLR, Germany

Jean-Daniel Dessimoz, West Switzerland University of Applied Sciences

Giovanni Muscato, University of Cattania, Italy

Branislav Borovac, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

Stefan Enderle, Isny University of Applied Sciences, Germany

Pierluigi Mormino, Eurobot Association, Belgium

David Calkins, President of the Robotics Society of America

Tairo Nomura, Saitama University, Japan

Boualem Kazed, Blida University, Algeria

Fernando Ribeiro, University of Minho, Portugal

Address where EUROBOT Conference 2008 takes place:

Ludwig-Guttmann-Strasse 6, 69123 Heidelberg, Germany

We do recommend the following hotel (Please mention EUROBOT):

Guesthouse

Please, if you encounter problems contact Prof. Dr. Achim Gottscheber [email protected]