The 8th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and Support Technologies for Mobile Machines (CLAWAR 2005), will be held in London, United Kingdom, September 12 – 15, 2005. The venue for CLAWAR 2005 is London South Bank University. The conference will feature technical and social programs. The technical program will comprise plenaries, regular and special/invited sessions, industrial robot exhibition, robot competition and social activities for attendees and guests. The conference proceedings will be produced in hard copy as well on USB drive. The hard copy proceedings will be published by the World Scientific Publishing Company.