[5] Conferences and Competitions

There are dozens of international conferences in the areas of robotics, artificial intelligence, control and related areas. This is a compilation of many of these.

[5.1] Conferences

There are a wide variety and number of conferences related to robotics and automation. Some are focused on industrial applications, many are researchy in nature and most are a mixture of both. Proceedings should be available in most good libraries or by interlibrary loan. Most conferences now also have ftp: and web locations from more information. Also see news:news.announce.conferences for many postings on conferences.

An excellent www page for Robotics, AI and Control related conferences, is also at conf-list.html

This page mainly consists of those conferences/symposia/colloquia that have had CFP's put out on the various news groups such as comp.robotics, sci.engr.control, news.announce.conferences, etc. The entries are sorted by date, and more detailed info can be obtained by clicking on the conference name. Some have links to their own WWW pages. A wonderful compilation of conferences can also be found at The Virtual Library on Conferences Once there, do a keyword search on 'robotics'.

For IEEE conferences, this site lists all the robotics and automation related conferences that they sponsor: IEEE Robotics and Automation Conference list

Summary list of conferences:

MFI'96: 1996 IEEE/SICE/RSJ International Conference on Multisensor: Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems; October 1996

27th International Symposium on Industrial Robots.

October 6-8, 1996

Milan, Italy

American Nuclear Society 7th Topical Meeting on Robotics and Remote Systems

April 27 to May 1, 1997

Augusta, GA

MFI'96: 1996 IEEE/SICE/RSJ International conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems

Main topics: - Algorithms for sensor fusion and integration
             - Sensing Architectures
             - Implementation
             - Applications
Further info.: Masatoshi Ishikawa
               Department of Mathematical Engineering and Information Physics
               University of Tokyo
               Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113, Japan
               TEL: 81-3-5800-6569
               FAX: 81-3-5800-6969
               Email:ishikawa@k2.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp

See this page for more details: http://muletto.dibe.unige.it/robotics/robotics.htm

The American Nuclear Society 7th Topical Meeting on Robotics and Remote Systems

The American Nuclear Society 7th Topical Meeting on Robotics and Remote Systems will be held in Augusta, GA from April 27 to May 1, 1997. This international meeting will include a technical program, an exhibition, a technical tour, a student competition and numerous special events. The event is expected to include over 120 expert, technical papers and over 50 exhibitions from robotics technology leaders around the world. Abstracts for papers are due by July 1, 1996. ANS Web Site

Other Conferences

In addition to those listed above many other annual conferences are held. Here are some:

Annual International Conference of IEEE on Robotics and Automation (ICARA)
Annual Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
Annual Symposium on Industrial Robots
International Symposium of Robotics Research
Autonomous Intelligent Systems
International Conference on Computer Vision
British Machine Vision Conference
IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Conference
IMAC/SICE International Symposium on Robotics, Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems.
American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)
Probably the largest and most prestigious conference on AI. Now sponsoring a robot competition at the annual AAAI conference.

Last-Modified: Wed Aug 14 13:27:00 1996

Kevin Dowling <nivek@cmu.edu>