13th International conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines
SPONSOR
CLAWAR Association
Co-sponsor
Nagoya Institute of Technology
Technical Co-sponsors
The Robotics Society of Japan The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers, System Integration Division The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
ORGANIZATION
General Chair: Hideo Fujimoto, Japan
Program Chair: M. Osman Tokhi, UK
Program Vice-chair: Hiromi Mochiyama, Japan
International Advisory Committee:
Gurvinder S. Virk, New Zealand (Chair) H. Levent Akin, Turkey M. Armada, Spain Y. Baudoin, Belgium K. Berns, Germany P. Bidaud, France B. Bridge, UK A. T. de Almeida, Portugal K. Kozlowski, Poland G. Muscato, Italy L. Seneviratne, UK M. Xie, Singapore
M. N. Ahmadabadi, Iran F. M. Aldbrez, UK K. Althoefer, UK R. Arkin, USA A. K. M. Azad, USA C. Balaguer, Spain J. Billingsley, Australia F. Bonsignorio, Italy C. Bostater, USA K. Bouazza-Marouf, UK H. Cheng, China C. Chevallerau, France C-M. Chew, Singapore D. Chugo, Japan H. Cruse, Germany S. Cubero, Australia J. Dai, UK P. G. de Santos, Spain R. Dillmann, Germany T. J. Dodd, UK S. Dubowsky, USA M. Dunbabin, Australia M. S. Dutra, Brazil A. Dutta, India J-G. Fontaine, Italy Y. Fu, China T. Fukuda, Japan E. Garcia, Spain S. S. Ge, Singapore V. Gradetsky, Russia A. Halme, Finland N. Heyes, UK A. Hossain, UK D. Howard, UK L. Huang, NZ I. Ion, Romania R. Jarvis, Australia S. F. Jatsun, Russia E. E. Kadar, UK O. Kaynak, Turkey P. Kiriazov, Bulgaria K. Kosuge, Japan R. L. Shabgahi, Iran D. Lefeber, Belgium M. A. Lewis, USA J. Lopez-Coronado, Spain R. C. Luo, Taiwan H. Ma, China J. T. Machado, Portugal L. Marques, Portugal R. Molfino, Italy S. Moon, Korea T. Nakamura, Japan D. K. Pratihar, India L. Preucil, Czech Republic R. Quinn, USA M. Rachkov, Russia M. Ribeiro, Portugal V. Santos, Portugal T. P. Sattar, UK K. Schilling, Germany H. Shaheed, UK H. M. A. Shamsuddin, Malaysia N. H. Siddique, UK F. Silva, Portugal L. Steinicke, Belgium O. Tosun, Turkey L. Vajta, Hungary A. Vitko, Slovakia K. J. Waldron, USA R. Walker, UK K. Watanabe, Japan H. Wöern, Germany Y. Yamada, Japan A. Yigit, Kuwait S. Ylonen, Finland M. Zecca, Japan Z. W. Zhong, Singapore C. J. Zhou, Singapore T. Zielinska, Poland A. Zomaya, Australia
Local Organization Committee:
Akihito Sano (Chair) N. Takesue S. Ito H. Nakajima K. Hyodo M. Shibata T. Miyoshi T. Imamura H. Fukuoka M. Yamada Y. Morita M. Sakaguchi (Treasurer) Y. Ikemata (Secretary) T. Nakayama (Venue) J. Arata (Special Sessions) Y. Tanaka (Reception) Y. Tada (Banquet) R. Ishibashi (Factory Tour) H. W. Kim (Venue) A. Yamada (Public Relations) K. Nishibori (Administration) H. Aoki (Food and Beverages) M. Takagi (Food and Beverages)
Topic of Interest (non-exhaustive list)
RESEARCH
Autonomous robots Tele-operated robots Biologically-inspired systems and solutions Innovative design of CLAWAR Modelling and simulation of CLAWAR Planning and control Co-operative robot systems Intelligence and learning for CLAWAR HMI Innovative actuators and power supplies Innovative sensors and sensor networks Positioning & localization Perception and sensor fusion Guidance and navigation Manipulation and gripping Legged locomotion Wheeled locomotion Hybrid locomotion Micro and nano robots Tele-presence and virtual reality
APPLICATION
Planetary exploration Security Emergence rescue operations Surveillance Reconnaissance Education Biomedical robots Rehabilitation and function restoration Petrochemical applications Inspection Construction Entertainment Helping the elderly and the disabled Manufacturing Performing and creative arts robots Personal robots Robots for domestic environments Service robots Space robots Assistive robots Sport and exercise robots
CLAWAR 2010 will conduct a factory tour to the world renowned Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, LTD. (MHI).
We believe it will be a golden opportunity for you to catch a glimpse of the aerospace industry site in Japan.
Date: Friday, 3 September 2010, afternoon
Meeting Place: Bus stop in front of NIT Library inside the main gate
Where to visit: Tobishima Works, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI)
Cost: JPY2,500
Quota: 40 people (Max.) (In the case of more registrants over a quota, participants are chosen by organizer’s draw and losing registrants could be refunded through the credit card for payment.)
Registration/Payment: Online registration/Payment via conference registration page
Tour Schedule:
Meeting 11:30 in front of the Nagoya Institute of Technology Library Meeting 12:00 at the Silver Clock – Taikodori side
*Silver Clock is located in front of the Shinkansen Tracks (North Entrance).
Shinkansen Tracks (North Entrance)
Silver Clock
1:00 pm Arrive at Tobishima Works, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) Factory Tour (Tobishima Works and Oe Works) 4:00 pm Departure from Oe Works 4:20 pm Arrive at Nagoya-ko (Nagoya Port) Subway Station 5:00 pm Dismiss at Nagoya Station (JR/ Meitetsu or Nagoya Railroad/ Subway)
1. No camera and video allowed. 2. Fellows from the same technology field as MHI might be declined to participate in the tour by MHI. 3. Due to the number of participants, a means of transportation might be changed. 4. In case of very few respondents, a tour might be cancelled and its fee would be refunded through the credit card for payment. 5. For your convenience after the tour, you can dismiss the bus at Nagoya-ko (Nagoya Port) station, where you may visit some attractions nearby. 6. The above schedule is tentative and any change might be caused. 7. Participants are advised to finish lunch before gathering.
Sponsorship
Organisations wishing to sponsor the conference in any way and gain the corresponding benefits by promoting themselves and their products to the robotics community through conference publications, conference web-site and conference publicity are encouraged to contact the conference secretariat to discuss the terms of sponsorship and the necessary arrangements.
Exhibition
Organisations and research groups wishing to exhibit their robots and robotics research work at the conference are asked to contact the conference secretariat to discuss the necessary arrangements.
Secretariat
Robotics and Automation Laboratory Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan Yoshito Ikemata, Kumi Ota, NIT, Japan E-mail: clawar@vier.mech.nitech.ac.jp