List of Competitions, Challenges and Events (in order of submissions)
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IROS2018 Fan Robotic Challenge
Organizer: Fernado Martín Monar (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain)
Organizers: Hyungpil Moon (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea), David Hyunchul Shim (KAIST, Korea), Si Jung Kim (University of Nevada, USA), Pascual Campoy (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain)
Industrial Robot Obstacle Race Competition
Organizers: Jesús Enrique Sierra García (ASTI, Spain), Felipe Espinosa (University of Alalá, Spain)
European Robotics League: Service Robots, Major Tournament
Organizers: Pedro U. Lima (Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal), Jordi Pages (PAL Robotics, Spain)
Program-A-Robot Challenge
Organizer: José María Cañas Plaza (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain)
IROS Mobile Manipulation Hackathon
Organizers: Maximo A. Roa, (German Aerospace Center, Germany), Mehmet Dogar (University of Leeds, UK), Nikolaus Correll (University of Colorado, USA), Francesco Ferro (PAL Robotics, Spain), Carlos Vivas (PAL Robotics, Spain), Jordi Pages (PAL Robotics, Spain), Antonio Morales (Universidad Jaume I, Spain)
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Minesweepers: Towards a Landmine-free World
Organizers: Alaa Khamis (General Motors, Canada), Mohamed Aboud (Hadath for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Egypt)
Humanoid Robot Application Challenge - Robot Magic
Organizer: Jacky Baltes (National Taiwan Normal University, ROC)
MathWorks Mini Drone Competition
Organizer: Lauren Tabolinsky (MathWorks, USA)
Autonomous Vehicles Event
Organizers: Christian Laugier (INRIA, France), Philippe Martinet (INRIA, France), Christoph Stiller (Karlsruhe Institute of Tecnhnology, D), Urbano Nunes (University of Coimbra, Portugal), Miguel Angel Sotelo (University Alcala, Spain)
List of Competitions, Challenges and Events (in order of submissions)
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IROS2018 Fan Robotic Challenge
Organizer: Fernado Martín Monar (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain)
Organizers: Hyungpil Moon (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea), David Hyunchul Shim (KAIST, Korea), Si Jung Kim (University of Nevada, USA), Pascual Campoy (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain)
Industrial Robot Obstacle Race Competition
Organizers: Jesús Enrique Sierra García (ASTI, Spain), Felipe Espinosa (University of Alalá, Spain)
European Robotics League: Service Robots, Major Tournament
Organizers: Pedro U. Lima (Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal), Jordi Pages (PAL Robotics, Spain)
Program-A-Robot Challenge
Organizer: José María Cañas Plaza (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain)
IROS Mobile Manipulation Hackathon
Organizers: Maximo A. Roa, (German Aerospace Center, Germany), Mehmet Dogar (University of Leeds, UK), Nikolaus Correll (University of Colorado, USA), Francesco Ferro (PAL Robotics, Spain), Carlos Vivas (PAL Robotics, Spain), Jordi Pages (PAL Robotics, Spain), Antonio Morales (Universidad Jaume I, Spain)
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Minesweepers: Towards a Landmine-free World
Organizers: Alaa Khamis (General Motors, Canada), Mohamed Aboud (Hadath for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Egypt)
Humanoid Robot Application Challenge - Robot Magic
Organizer: Jacky Baltes (National Taiwan Normal University, ROC)
MathWorks Mini Drone Competition
Organizer: Lauren Tabolinsky (MathWorks, USA)
Autonomous Vehicles Event
Organizers: Christian Laugier (INRIA, France), Philippe Martinet (INRIA, France), Christoph Stiller (Karlsruhe Institute of Tecnhnology, D), Urbano Nunes (University of Coimbra, Portugal), Miguel Angel Sotelo (University Alcala, Spain)
List of Competitions, Challenges and Events (in order of submissions)
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IROS2018 Fan Robotic Challenge
Organizer: Fernado Martín Monar (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain)
Organizers: Hyungpil Moon (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea), David Hyunchul Shim (KAIST, Korea), Si Jung Kim (University of Nevada, USA), Pascual Campoy (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain)
Industrial Robot Obstacle Race Competition
Organizers: Jesús Enrique Sierra García (ASTI, Spain), Felipe Espinosa (University of Alalá, Spain)
European Robotics League: Service Robots, Major Tournament
Organizers: Pedro U. Lima (Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal), Jordi Pages (PAL Robotics, Spain)
Program-A-Robot Challenge
Organizer: José María Cañas Plaza (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain)
IROS Mobile Manipulation Hackathon
Organizers: Maximo A. Roa, (German Aerospace Center, Germany), Mehmet Dogar (University of Leeds, UK), Nikolaus Correll (University of Colorado, USA), Francesco Ferro (PAL Robotics, Spain), Carlos Vivas (PAL Robotics, Spain), Jordi Pages (PAL Robotics, Spain), Antonio Morales (Universidad Jaume I, Spain)
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Minesweepers: Towards a Landmine-free World
Organizers: Alaa Khamis (General Motors, Canada), Mohamed Aboud (Hadath for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Egypt)
Humanoid Robot Application Challenge - Robot Magic
Organizer: Jacky Baltes (National Taiwan Normal University, ROC)
MathWorks Mini Drone Competition
Organizer: Lauren Tabolinsky (MathWorks, USA)
Autonomous Vehicles Event
Organizers: Christian Laugier (INRIA, France), Philippe Martinet (INRIA, France), Christoph Stiller (Karlsruhe Institute of Tecnhnology, D), Urbano Nunes (University of Coimbra, Portugal), Miguel Angel Sotelo (University Alcala, Spain)
As the results of the reviews, 14 proposals had been accepted for the Special Session at the 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robot and Systems (IROS2018).
Each organizer collects at least 8 papers for each Special Session. They will be reviewed similar to the regular papers and only the accepted ones will be published in the IROS2018 Proceedings. The organizer will be invited to be the Chair of the Special Session and responsible for.
If the number of accepted papers is bigger than 8, papers will be allocated in two sessions and if necessary will be completed with regular papers of similar topic. Just in case that the number of accepted papers is less than 8, the papers will be reassigned to the other regular sessions according to the topic.
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As the results of the reviews, 14 proposals had been accepted for the Special Session at the 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robot and Systems (IROS2018).
Each organizer collects at least 8 papers for each Special Session. They will be reviewed similar to the regular papers and only the accepted ones will be published in the IROS2018 Proceedings. The organizer will be invited to be the Chair of the Special Session and responsible for.
If the number of accepted papers is bigger than 8, papers will be allocated in two sessions and if necessary will be completed with regular papers of similar topic. Just in case that the number of accepted papers is less than 8, the papers will be reassigned to the other regular sessions according to the topic.
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As the results of the reviews, 14 proposals had been accepted for the Special Session at the 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robot and Systems (IROS2018).
Each organizer collects at least 8 papers for each Special Session. They will be reviewed similar to the regular papers and only the accepted ones will be published in the IROS2018 Proceedings. The organizer will be invited to be the Chair of the Special Session and responsible for.
If the number of accepted papers is bigger than 8, papers will be allocated in two sessions and if necessary will be completed with regular papers of similar topic. Just in case that the number of accepted papers is less than 8, the papers will be reassigned to the other regular sessions according to the topic.
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October, 1-5, 2018 Madrid, Spain
As a result of the reviews, 48 proposals have been accepted for the Workshops sessions at the 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robot and Systems (IROS2018). The workshops will be held on Monday, 1st October and Friday, 5th October, 2018. There are 33 full-day workshops and 15 half-day ones. Morning sessions are from 9:00 until 13:30, with a half-hour coffee break at 11:00. Afternoon sessions are from 14:30 until 19:00, with a half-hour coffee break at 16:30 (times to be confirmed).
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Registration is required for the workshops, through the IROS2018 registration website. The workshop registration gives you access to all workshops (and tutorials) on both workshop/tutorials days (1st and 5th October). However, you need to select the workshops (and/or tutorials) of your interest from the list on the registration site. (Also note that the workshops might be re-numbered for better consistency in the final program).
As a result of the reviews, 48 proposals have been accepted for the Workshops sessions at the 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robot and Systems (IROS2018). The workshops will be held on Monday, 1st October and Friday, 5th October, 2018. There are 33 full-day workshops and 15 half-day ones. Morning sessions are from 9:00 until 13:30, with a half-hour coffee break at 11:00. Afternoon sessions are from 14:30 until 19:00, with a half-hour coffee break at 16:30 (times to be confirmed).
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Registration is required for the workshops, through the IROS2018 registration website. The workshop registration gives you access to all workshops (and tutorials) on both workshop/tutorials days (1st and 5th October). However, you need to select the workshops (and/or tutorials) of your interest from the list on the registration site. (Also note that the workshops might be re-numbered for better consistency in the final program).
Call for Forums
IROS 2018 is willing to host several forums in order to exchange innovative ideas, points of view and discuss issues around different approaches on robotics and related fields. We are particularly interested in forums that discuss non-technical societal issues of robotics such as robotic society, robo-ethics, new jobs and employment, regulations, citizens, culture, etc. We are open to different proposals and themes that may be of broad interest for IROS 2018 attendees.
IMPORTANT DATES
All deadlines are 23:59 PST
Jan 21, 2018
Forums submission deadline
Feb 09, 2018
Notification of acceptance
Oct 1-5, 2018
Forums
How to write a proposal for a Forum
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Proposals for forums should include:
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A proposed title for the Forum.
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A brief 3-4 paragraph summary for the session explaining the goal of the Forum and the themes to be discussed.
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A proposed format for the Forum (time, presenters…).
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A list of presenters with names, a short biography and topic.
Prospective organizers are invited to submit their "Forum Proposals" to forum@iros2018.org to be revised by the General Chairs. Proposals with significant overlap will possibly be merged.
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GENERAL CHAIRS
Carlos Balaguer – U Carlos III Madrid
Hajime Asama - U Tokyo
Danica Kragic - KTH, Stockholm
Kevin Lynch - Northwestern U, Chicago
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