Download the CLAWAR 2020 Call for Papers in PDF format here
CLAWAR 2020 is the 23rd issue of the International Conference Series on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines. The conference will be organized in collaboration with the Ishlinsky Institute for Problems in Mechanics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IPMech-RAS), in Moscow, Russian Federation during 24 – 26 August 2020. The technical programme of CLAWAR 2020 will feature plenary, regular and special/invited sessions, and robot exhibition.
Scope
Original contributions are invited in the general area of mobile robotics, covering climbing, walking, flying robots with assistance and service provided to humans and machines. The conference will cover analysis (modelling and simulation) techniques, design approaches, and practical applications and realisations of robotic systems. Support technologies for realisation of such systems, associated economic, ethical and social considerations are integral part of the conference theme. We warmly welcome contributions of papers targeting the conference scope, which includes but is not limited to the following topics:
- Agricultural robots
- Assistive robots
- Autonomous robots
- Biologically-inspired systems and solutions
- Biomedical robots
- Construction
- Co-operative robot systems
- Domestic robots
- Education
- Emergency & rescue operations
- Entertainment
- Flexible manoeuvring systems
- Flexible manipulators
- Flying robots
- Guidance and navigation
- Helping the elderly and the disabled
- Human-Machine/ Human-Robot interaction
- Hybrid locomotion
- Innovative actuators and power supplies
- Innovative design of CLAWAR
- Innovative sensors and sensor networks
- Inspection
- Intelligence and learning for CLAWAR
- Legged locomotion
- Manipulation and gripping
- Manufacturing
- Medical robotics
- Micro and nano robots
- Modelling and simulation
- Nature-inspired systems and solutions
- Perception and situation awareness
- Performing and creative arts robots
- Personal care robots
- Petrochemical applications
- Planetary exploration
- Planning and control
- Positioning and localisation
- Reconnaissance
- Rehabilitation and function restoration
- Robot ethics
- Robot safety
- Rural robots
- Security
- Sensor fusion
- Service robots
- Robot regulation and standardisation
- Social robots
- Space robots
- Sport and exercise robots
- Surveillance
- Swarm robotics
- Tele-operated robots
- Tele-presence and virtual reality
- Underwater and sea robotics
- Wheeled locomotion
Submission of Papers
Authors are invited to submit their papers in PDF format using the templates posted on the submission page of the conference website. Full papers can be up to 8 pages in length. Posters and extended abstracts can be up to 2 pages in length. Articles submitted for inclusion in the conference will be peer-reviewed before acceptance, and all accepted papers (subject to registration) will be published in the open-access conference proceedings and submitted for indexing at Scopus. A selection of papers will also be recommended for possible publication in reputable international journals.
Woskhops/Special Sessions
Potential organisers are invited to submit their workshop/special session proposals to the conference secretariat by the key deadline date. The proposals should be limited to one A4 page and include the title, aim and scope of the session with a list of potential contributions and details of the organisers. All papers submitted for inclusion in the session will go through the conference peer review process.
Robot Exhibition
The robot exhibition will be organised around the theme of “Robots in Human Society”, and in addition to physical hardware will include videos and software models and animations. Potential exhibitors are invited to view the exhibition page in the conference website for details of the requirements and process of taking part in the exhibition.